I saw this lens, advertised on Ebay, and thought it might just be the answer to the elusive "handy" 2 X telephoto lens.... so I sent off for it, and it arrived after two days... even though it was Royal Mail 2nd class post ! ! !. On opening the box, I was very pleased with the physical size, and the "professional look" and construction.
As you can see from the photographs, it has an "integral" slide out lens hood, and when fitted on to the lens of the FZ28, it retracted into the main case of the camera, when it was switched off, without having to be removed... Exactly how my Sigma 1.4 X telephoto lens worked....
So far..... So good ! ! ... now to do some photo testing.... which I am sorry to say was very disappointing, after such a good start...
You will see from the test pics, that I first took one at 18 X Optical zoom, then added my 1.4 X Sigma lens, then removed that, and added the new IQ CRX3010 2X lens... ...
It is noticeable that the Sigma lens does "loose some light" , but this is easily rectified using software.... the important thing is that there is no significant loss of definition and sharpness.
Looking at the CRX3010 pics, it is obvious that it does not "work" with the FZ28 lens system, and produces very blurry results.... What a shame... Ah well, back to the search engines ! ! .. will keep on trying.
Series of test pics to give evaluations
REMEMBER TO CLICK ON EACH PICTURE TO GET A LARGER VERSION.....
Each pic has a description at the bottom to explain what lens is being used. The last pic of each group is a crop from the first one, to simulate how a 2 X telephoto pic should look, compared to the actual CRX3010.
In summary, after taking a pic at 18X Optical zoom, careful cropping to 2X simulated (as shown) can give just as good a pic, without the need for a telephoto lens ! ! ! .. (maybe I should be looking for a 3 X telephoto lens ! ! )
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