Yes, it IS Optical ZOOOOOM. 36X on the FZ28

One of my contacts on flickr, was asking about my Sigma Telephoto lens (1.4X) and during my reply I suggest that they get the TCON 1.7, and the adapter tube, as my Sigma is not available any more, (half a days searching on google).... I suggested that by reducing the MPX count from 10 to 7 would give a big improvement on the Optical zooom.... ! then I thought about going down to 5mpx. and here is some remarkable results...
The pics have text installed on them to show what zoom was used. I must say, the quality of the last pic with the 36 X zooooooom is quite impressive....

click on the pic to view larger.... and then click on the pic again for even bigger versions

Bear in mind this is a 1.4 X telephoto lens, that screws directly onto my FZ28 lens, NO adapter tube is used... The TCON 1.7 will give a bigger zooooooom capability.

Turkmenian Eagle Owl

For some unknown reason, I have been told that "some of you " cannot view my pics in "l a r g e" size.... I haven`t made any changes to my setup, but have noticed this on a few of my contacts, where I cannot view their uploads in LARGE.... I have all the usual items on top of my pic on my side, perhaps there is something wrong at Flickr side....
so for those who cannot see my Turkmenian Eagle Owl in LARGE size... here it is...!

If you CLICK anywhere on the pic , it should open in a new window, When it has opened..... you can click again, to get a

R E A L L Y B I G P I C T U R E

........ the size of your screen.....

Wide Angle Lens - Test shots

I have had the Teleconverter lens on my camera, more or less, permanently since my last blog, so have almost forgotten about it`s "little brother", lurking in my camera bag..... the 0.7 x Wide Angle lens...

As with the Teleconverter, it screws straight onto the FZ28 lens barrel, and sits snug as a bug in a rug, when the camera is switched off. The down side of this is that it (and the teleconverter) produces a "porthole" effect if I forget to zoom out a little bit... In the case of the wide angle lens, this means zoooming out to just a little more than 1 X optical, but in the case of the teleconverter lens, it means going out to about 5 x optical... Not a great problem, just worth mentioning.

Now todays test shots, are aimed (!) at finding out what difference the Wide Angle lens actually makes to the amount of " view " you get with it added to the FZ28... Obviously, I cannot vouch for any other makes of lens or camera, But, I think I may well be using it for landscape photography a bit more, and it could even save a couple of shots when doing panorama`s...

anyway, here are the pics... I have put text on them to explain when the lens is used, or not... you will have to check the edges of the pix to see how much "extra" you get, and work out for yourself if it is a viable or necessary accessory for you to carry around with you....