Testing a 2 x Teleconvertor on the Panasonic Lumix TZ series cameras
4,121 views · Published 9 June 2011 · 3:43 · Indexed 10 November 2026
Channel: Graham Houghton · 2011 · Science & Technology
Using my recently made adaptor tube for the TZ camera I tested a cheap teleconvertor lens with the TZ20 camera. As the lens is marked video teleconvertor I suspected that the optical performance was not going to ve very good. It was horrific. The actual lens elements, on closer inspection, were not assembled correctly and were not parallel from to back so the image was not focused eveninly ( side to side in the video) Also a lot of chromatic aberrations. I set the camera to minimum aperture to try to improve centre resolution but no significant difference. In theory this application should work but it may mean investing in a higher quality optic to get acceptable results - especially if it is to be used for still images. I have one on order so I will post a new video once it arrives.
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