Quality of wide angle and telephoto converters for G2 [Archive]

cterlizzi

13th of December 2001 (Thu), 14:09

I purchased the Canon wide angle converter, but I am put off by the fact that I cannot add 58mm filters to the front of the lens (no filter thread that I can see). Therefore I am in a mind to return the filter and possibly get something else like the Tiffen converters.

Does anyone have first hand experience in the image quality differences between the Canon and Tiffen converters? Or is there anyone else out there that is making quality converters for the G2?

I have both the LensMate and the Canon adaptors, therefore I could go with any 49mm or 58mm converters. I am also not against purchasing another adaptor that would allow me to use a different filter size. I have filters ranging from 49mm to 77mm because of my SLR photography. Therefore my issue is just getting the best wide angle and telephoto converter(s) that can accept filters.

GenDEM

13th of December 2001 (Thu), 14:23

I had the same issue with my G1. The problem, as I found out, is that this segment of the market is still not taken seriously enough by the manufacturers of good quality lenses, and so the selection is very limited.

I have spent a long, long time combing posts on wide angle lenses, and the consensu seems to be that the Canon one and the Olympus A-28 are the two best ones for the G{1,2}. I have the Olympus, and it's a great lens, although it doesn't have threads on the front either...but I just put the filters in front of it, and still get no vignetting at any zoom level, making it very usefull. I love mine, even though it is only 28mm, it does make the difference.

Telephoto is another issue. I've heard that the Oly B-300 is the best, but they are extremely rare (as are the A-28...luckily I found 3 in a bargain bin !:) and only 1.7x which is pathetic for a lens that costs $300. If I could find a good quality no vignette 4x, 7x, 10 I'd buy it in a second. The only thing I've found is the scope adaptors at CKC power that let you attach the camera to a scope. Still some vignetting, but at 24x (scope) time 3x (camera) who cares? ;)

As far as Tiffen goes, I haven't heard anyone say anything nice about them yet. All of this was gleaned from dpreview comments, BTW.

The bottom line is that until Canon, Olympus, whomever realize the market with these cameras, we're stuck with what we have, which isn't much.

mlfrancis

13th of December 2001 (Thu), 15:52

I purchased my G2 from US1Digital.COM and also bought a set of lenses for it. I have a .48x wide angle and a 2x telephoto.

I don't know exactly how to tell what the 35mm equilivant of the .48x is, but it really widens what I can see. The wide angle lens has an additional benifit as well, when you remove one of the two rings that make up the lens, it becomes a macro enhancing lens. With the macro ring, I can get the G2 to focus on something within about 1/2 an inch from the lens; really close.

Both of these lenses connect to the 52mm converter tube that connects to the G2. The cool thing is both lenses are threaded for 58mm filters. I can use 58mm filters on either lens and then take the lenses off and use 52mm filters on the converter tube by itself. Anyone know where to get a cheap 52mm to 58mm step up converter? I would like to stay with one size filter.

I don't know how good these lenses are, but they seem pretty nice to me. Did I mention that I am a newbie? What looks good to me may not to someone else.

Oh, I almost forgot. These lenses are Dat2 Vision Optics Titanium lenses. Pretty nice. Made of metal. The box even says they are infra-red compatible, I guess that means I can use them when I get the nerve up to start messing with IR shots.

In short, these lenses are threaded for 58mm filters. You might want to take a look at them. US1Digital had them for about $100 a piece, but I bought them through a package with the camera. I haven't really tried finding them elsewhere.

cterlizzi

13th of December 2001 (Thu), 17:08

mlfrancis wrote:

I don't know exactly how to tell what the 35mm equilivant of the .48x is, but it really widens what I can see.

The wide angle lens has an additional benifit as well, when you remove one of the two rings that make up the lens, it becomes a macro enhancing lens. With the macro ring, I can get the G2 to focus on something within about 1/2 an inch from the lens; really close.

At the maximum wide angle, (in 35mm equivalent), the G2 is 34mm. Therefore 34*.48=16.32mm... are you sure that this is the factor? Canon's is .85 and makes the 34mm look like a 28mm lens. Other converters I have seen are like .75 or .7 at the most... .48 is pretty damn good...

I would be cautious of a "do it all" lens (i.e. both converter and macro). However, if it works and gives you good pictures, that's all that's needed; isn't it?

mlfrancis

13th of December 2001 (Thu), 17:55

Yup, I went and pulled it out. The lens and box it came in both say .48x. Like I said, it seems pretty wide. I would agree with staying away from the dual useage lenses, but I didn't know this lens had that feature until I bought it. There are two pieces to it and you unscrew the first half and leave the second for the macro "mode." I haven't played with it extensivly yet, but it seems to work pretty well.

Thanks for letting me know how to do the conversion. That was pretty simple after all. ;-)

I haven't uploaded many of the picts I have been playing with, but here are a couple of the first ones.

.48x in Macro "mode" close, but not real close. Probably a inch or so away. Check out the original or large version, the others don't do it justice.
http://www.pbase.com/image/690327

Here is a sample of the .48x in wide mode. The camera was pulled all the way in (34mm). I wasn't very far from the barbed wire. Six inches... maybe?
http://www.pbase.com/image/690328

Don't tell my wife I put this one up, she will kill me. ;-). Again, the camera is pulled in all the way (34mm). The camera was only about three or four inches from her nose. You can see it if you look close in her glasses.
http://www.pbase.com/image/690326

Like I said, not the greatest shots, but so far I am happy with the lenses.

Later

skipwilliams

14th of December 2001 (Fri), 10:26

I looked at the US1Digital.com site, and the 0.45x Wide Angle adapter you mention is listed at $400!! Not $100 as you mention. That seems WAY out of line!

I also can't find any web references to Vision Optics.

It also looks similar the Phoenix 0.5x adapter, which is a 2-element design.

Where can we find more info on this lens?

mlfrancis

14th of December 2001 (Fri), 13:46

Holly Cow! I guarantee I didn't pay that kind of money for them. Not at all worth that. Actually, I got all kinds of goodies in the extra package they offered for much less than that.

I tried looking for them on the net and didn't have much luck either. I found something very similar at

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/mraccessory/45xwidanlen.html

Looks the same, but mine says .48x and not .45x. Must not be the exact same thing.

The box they came in say Dat2, Vision Optics. My receipt that shows they are Professional Optics 2x and .48x. I didn't have a much luck finding any of that on the net either.

Come to think of it, they have a 15yr warranty and the address is someplace in Brooklyn. I am not home at the moment, but when I get home I will look up the address and post for you all. Maybe that will help.

mlfrancis

14th of December 2001 (Fri), 18:34

Okay, home now. The address on the instructions (if you want to call them instructions) that came with the lenses is:

PDS International
203 King Highway
Brooklyn N.Y. 11223

I don't know if this helps at all, but I didn't have any luck finding the exact lenses I have on the net. Weird.

J.C.

28th of December 2001 (Fri), 23:12

Hi !

I bought my G2 just a couple of weeks ago and I'm looking for a good telephoto lens and a wide angle lens. Canon only offers one 1.5x telephoto lens (the model name is TC-DC58), but this seems a little too weak for me. I've done a lot of research and found one lens that caught my attention, Kenko's KUT-300 HI. I read this lens features a 3x performance, but I'm still not sure. I really don't anything about this company/lens, but maybe some of you do. What do you think?

RichYoung

28th of April 2002 (Sun), 15:33

The KUT-300 is advertised on Ebay as "AF Compatible" and yet you can find it on Yahoo shopping where it states Manual focus required. I own the 1.5x and find it not enough. So let me know if you get good results with the KUT-300. Thanks, ...Rich

Larry G0KIZ

30th of April 2002 (Tue), 16:39

Hello all after a lot of research I've settled on the raynox system DCR-6600PRO Wide angle
DCR-1850PRO Telephoto
also The Raynox G2 Lens Adaptor
http://www.raynox.co.jp/english/dcr/dcr1850pro/indexdcr1850proeg.htm
The prices are not to Much even in the UK from Jessops
So when I have them and have some result's I'll post them
Byee
Larry

Mr. Fixit

1st of May 2002 (Wed), 10:21

I've done some research myself and settled for the Tiffen Megaplus lenses because the Canon ones are not really worth it imho, too pricey and not very powerful. I live in Canada and ordered it online here..

http://www.dcprodirect.com/new/index.asp?Title=7&GroupId=&CategoryID=96&Brow%20seAll=yes&CameraId=&ManufacturerId=&Manufacturer=&Model=&bycamera=&KitId=353%20&BundledKits=&viewkit=yes

but had it shipped to my friend's address in the US to avoid duty fee. The total came out to $138 USD(including shipping) for the .75 wide-angle, 2x telephoto, and adapter mount. You'll need the lensmate adapter as well ($22 USD) from ( www.lensmateonline.com ). The Canon wide-angle lens alone is $199 USD.

The Tiffen lenses work really well. I've taken many shots and all of them have turned out really nicely.

grasshopper

8th of May 2002 (Wed), 14:35

Does the telephoto lens get in the way of any of the sensors, or the viewfinder?

Larry G0KIZ

8th of May 2002 (Wed), 16:50

grasshopper wrote:
Does the telephoto lens get in the way of any of the sensors, or the viewfinder?

The short answer is Yes Most do apart fron macro
Len's
Larry

mkanzler

8th of May 2002 (Wed), 23:58

i paid for a package with wide-angle-macro *0,48 + telephoto *2
about 140$ with leather case, cleaning case...

it is the Dat2 Vision Optics product, that i only found on eBay.com auctions,
with the company 47stphoto !

strange, you will not find this package on the 47stphoto..com site !!!

i didn't find any other information on the web...

This material is very goog looking in same color than the G2.

The wide-angle is very large without image problems, just when you shoot lines they can be disturbed, of course 34*,48 = 16,32mm...

i didn't try now the telephot, but i will do that soon, it seems very clear and stong...

i will try to post here some example, as mlfrancis did !!!

if someone else can post his experience with this material, it would be kind.

grasshopper

9th of May 2002 (Thu), 16:51

I'd love to some some comparison show's from some of the Telephoto lenses people are getting. There are some good wide angles but I'd love to see telephoto.

es839145

24th of May 2002 (Fri), 03:35

As an example of a teleconverter with a good quality to cost ratio I use the Tiffen 2x tele with my G2. For examples of shots that could not have been made without a tele (airliners in flight with landing gear retracted) see: http://www.pbase.com/es839145/aircraft_in_flight

Ernst

Swat2

24th of May 2002 (Fri), 13:23

The quality looks great, Ernst! Was your Canon Zoom wide open at 3X? Also, there are several models of Tiffen Teles. Which one do you use on your G2. What diameter?

Thanks for the positive info.

Regards......Don

RichardSimon

24th of May 2002 (Fri), 18:43

I also tried a pair of the lenses sold by 47st Photo. They are described as a 2x and a 0.48x "Titanium" lens by Vision Optics, but don't believe it! The 2X was more like 1.33x, and introduced significant aberations. In fact, in the test photos I tried (brick house at ~250m), it was obvious that the image without the 2x adapter had more information than the one with the "2x" adapter. Enlarging and cropping produced a much sharper image than using the adapter. The "0.48x" wideangle adapter measured at about 0.8x, giving only a 25% bigger field of view.

Luckily, 47st Photo has excellent customer service, and allowed me to return the lenses.

I now have the Raynox DCR1850Pro and the HD4500 on order; the Raynox site has test images and the Raynox lenses look promising.

mkanzler

24th of May 2002 (Fri), 19:03

I confirm, i tried my pair of the lenses sold by 47st Photo (described as a 2x and a 0.48x "Titanium" lens by Vision Optics)
the image fell some information, they are many disturbtions : very bad : don't buy it :-( !!!
they were looking good but...

es839145

27th of May 2002 (Mon), 03:00

Don,
regarding the Tiffen Tele on my G2: It's the 2x Lens, 43mm thread, 62mm front that is advertised on the dcpro homepage under G2 compatible accessories.
Using this lens you have to set the G2 zoom to 3x. Other settings would result in vignetting. So you can not play around with the zoom while using the teleconverter - it is fixed at 6x (zoom scale) or 204mm in 35mm equivalent terms.
Ernst

Larry G0KIZ

28th of May 2002 (Tue), 08:08

http://www.raynox.co.jp/english/dcr/dcrcomparison/indexdcrcompeg.htm

For some comparison Pictures
and I'm still waing for mine from Jessops UK
I'm told Six weeks for Ordering from Japan
the order need's to be economical (In Ferengi Speak)
Maximum Profit They make you wait until their are sufficient orders to make their Profit margin worth their
while....
I'll keep you posted
Larry

Larry G0KIZ

28th of May 2002 (Tue), 12:28

Futher to the last missive The lenses are due to be at the Store tomorrow afternoon So Crossing all my sticky out bits and Holding my breath whilst going Blue ...
Fill you in latter Byee Larry

bfaust

28th of May 2002 (Tue), 20:20

Ernst
I went to dcphoto and they report the Tiffen Megaplus teleconverter will not be available until August 02. Is the Megaplus the one you are reporting to us? The converter which is available to us in the store now is not the Megaplus. I have not tried it because I am afraid it will have vignetting. Can you tell which model you are using?

Bruce

es839145

29th of May 2002 (Wed), 06:44

Bruce,
I purchased my Tiffen Megaplus (2x) teleconverter in January at a 'Circuit City' store while I was in Florida. I odered other Tiffen products successfuly via internet from dc-pro. But when I wanted to buy those products again in May for an other G2 owner I realized that the Tiffen Megaplus teleconverter is now not available before August. May be they will prodce another batch of that cost effective optics.
Ernst

bfaust

29th of May 2002 (Wed), 20:03

thank you.
I decided on the Canon telephoto.
I found the Tiffen MegaPlus 2X (43mm) here locally at a good honest store. They have a web site but I don't know if they ship. So the MegaPlus is available.
http://www.arlingtoncamera.com

katana1260

4th of June 2002 (Tue), 05:25

Larry G0KIZ wrote:
Futher to the last missive The lenses are due to be at the Store tomorrow afternoon So Crossing all my sticky out bits and Holding my breath whilst going Blue ...
Fill you in latter Byee Larry

hi, you should have an email from me ..but did you get the lens and is it any good .also if you dont mind what price from jessops our local shop has no intention of getting me one so id be very interested in the quality (some sample pics please and price and shop that can be bothered )

if you dont mind of course

thanx.

Larry G0KIZ

4th of June 2002 (Tue), 10:11

http://www.raynox.co.jp/english/dcr/dcr6600pro/indexdcr6600eg.htm
http://www.raynox.co.jp/english/dcr/dcr1850pro/indexdcr1850proeg.htm
Comparison Piccys are on the site
Larry

katana1260

4th of June 2002 (Tue), 11:35

Larry G0KIZ wrote:
http://www.raynox.co.jp/english/dcr/dcr6600pro/indexdcr6600eg.htm
http://www.raynox.co.jp/english/dcr/dcr1850pro/indexdcr1850proeg.htm
Comparison Piccys are on the site
Larry

hi yes ive seen them but we all know a maker post what he wants us to see.

the tiffen set are very good but you can only use them in full 3x optical zoom giving you 6x total ..the raynox site implys you can use them from full wide to full telephoto etc ,, thats what i was getting at,

they only do a compare against there own like i say what they want to show or us to believe i was hoping if youve got them you could post a simple

say a object as simple as a bucket of flower or flower pot at 20 feet and do

std no lens attached
lens attached in full wide
lens attached i full telezoom etc that would give us all an idea of how well they work,

i would be happy to do the same for tiffen set up
as a matter heres ones ive already done along those lines

http://www.pbase.com/startrek2/tiffen_2x_example

img_0039 being the 2x tiffen on at full wide and look at what we have left to work with , does the raynox work the same ?....

bfaust

4th of June 2002 (Tue), 21:21

Are 40, 41, 45 and 04 all at full (3X) zoom?
Is there a little gray of vignetting in these also?

Bruce

katana1260

5th of June 2002 (Wed), 02:47

bfaust wrote:
Are 40, 41, 45 and 04 all at full (3X) zoom?
Is there a little gray of vignetting in these also?

Bruce

well you will get vignatting in all pics with the 2x tiffen lens on even fully zoomed (optically) its just alot less noticable i can take a pic of a boat , say grass riverside to water to sky and you wont notice it ,but its there

and yes all the pics 40, 41, 45 and 04 all at full (3X) zoom were done in full zoom,

i only use it at full zoom i was just showing that like example 39/42 that is what you have to work with,

thats also with a tiffen 43mm adapter ,the lensmate produces even more vignetting (i did have oe but prefer to use the tiffen as i also have a hoya 46mm close up set and 43 to 46 works better than the 43 to 49 then 49 to 52mm setup i had previously ).
i did try the canon setup in the shop but it horriblys destroys the internal flash if you leave its 37 to 58mm adapter on for everday use.

also for interest the picture 41 and 42 were done using an centon fg30d (tilt swivel zoom) external flash (this is a n extremely cheapo flash in uk under £30 and us under $50 works in all modes but obviously best out of auto as you can use the flash strenght - /+ bits to tone it down it also has a 3 strenght setting built on it and it does a very good job for me for under £30 as the cheapest cono ex ttl flash here i can find is £169.00, alos the local cam superstore has garunteed me it works ok and if it does blow the electrics they will do the repair or obviously send it on my behalf as id pointed this to them on purchase etc and explained what i wanted it for)
#

try here for poss a bit more http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1010&message=2775940

Larry G0KIZ

11th of June 2002 (Tue), 13:02

Ok Here's My Test
Light levels were low
Not had much summer in Manchester
Well not yet anyway
http://www.pbase.com/larrywright/g2_accessory_lenses
I hope that it helps
Byee for now Larry

Stoneh

12th of August 2002 (Mon), 11:48

Larry,

Is there anyway you can send some pics over? im looking at the Raynor lens too and would appreciate some more shots at full telephoto

Larry G0KIZ

12th of August 2002 (Mon), 13:50

Yes I'll Have Look tommorrow and see if I can do summat just for you
But you do have to have the camera at X3
to use the Tele adaptor So the increase is not as much as you might hope but you can then zoom Digitaly to the full extents on the Camera with the subsequent loss of sharpness
73 Larry

Peter Hilzendegen

14th of August 2002 (Wed), 13:32

Dear guys,

just a short provocating question to you all: why the hell do you mess around with all this extra equipment instead of buying a camera which has an appropriate zoom already included. Surely there are some good cameras available, like the Canon 90IS or the Nikon 5700...
Adapters of all kind can always be just a compromise, can't they? Let alone the lack comfort, when you have to carry around lots of eqipment and constantly screw on an of and on and off. By the way: I own a brandnew G2 myself.

Kind regards,
Peter from Germany

Mind Socket

14th of August 2002 (Wed), 17:29

For me, the other features of the G2 outweigh the lack of a decent zoom. At the time that I bought it, there was only one alternative choice with a large (10x) zoom and the rest of it's features didn't sway me.

Good question :)

Stoneh

14th of August 2002 (Wed), 17:58

Maybe it has something to do with cost my friend, true after spending extra on addons u end up paying more but its a gradual thing......I would have loved to afford a "better camera" but I refused to pay silly price for the nikon 5700

Larry G0KIZ

15th of August 2002 (Thu), 03:53

I Realy belive that if we as G2 Owners wish to Attemp to Improve our System and Photographic Skill's Within the limit of our budget we Should allowed to do so with out the Asking the opinions of of other's But If we need that opinion / Advice we should ask for it.
and then it's a case of "Let the Listener Beware"
as for provacative - provacating Thought well Perhaps

We should be saying Long live the experimenter you keep on taking pictures through the bottom of Jam jars
If that's what you want to do...!
When I bought the G2 i considered all the pros and cons for a long time before I went ahead with the purchase then it took the death of my Father to convince me that by provaricating and putting it off I was not furthering my cause..!
We will all strive to become Intuative to vairous levels in the use of our choosen Hobby / Job some of us will achieve greatness some won't ...
So get out there and do it no matter what "ask listen and act" you will improve Its a lot easier with Digital
Byee for now Larry

slejhamer

15th of August 2002 (Thu), 08:26

Okay Larry, now that you've had your Raynox for a while, what are your current thoughts? Any reason you wouldn't recommend it, other than what you've previously posted?

Also, when you say that the camera lens must be at full telephoto when you use the Raynox, is that because of focusing issues or just because of vignetting? Vignetting I expect, as the Tiffen does the same. But focusing problems would make me think again before buying.

Thanks,

Larry G0KIZ

15th of August 2002 (Thu), 17:18

slejhamer wrote:
Okay Larry, now that you've had your Raynox for a while, what are your current thoughts? Any reason you wouldn't recommend it, other than what you've previously posted?

It Beats using Jam Jars
But Ive really not made the photo opertunity Time that is required to give a Qualitative assement

[Also, when you say that the camera lens must be at full telephoto when you use the Raynox, is that because of focusing issues or just because of vignetting?[

Yes

Vignetting I expect, as the Tiffen does the same. But focusing problems would make me think again before buying.

Ive not said anything about Focussing only stated a Fact
in that use Digital zoom and the Sharpness suffers even Canon admit that....!

ok Hope that helps also I see that the images have changed on the Raynox Pages also that there is a Fish eye lens available Hmmmm theres a Thing
getting closer to the Jam Jar Hi Hi

73 Larry

darkhors4

2nd of January 2003 (Thu), 01:07

People - check out this site - it compares the pictures of the Canon 1.5x Teleconverter (TC-DC5, the Olympus 1.7x Teleconverter (B-300), and the Tiffin 2x Teleconverter!

These are some of the best lenses - and you can see it for yourself.

http://kazutoku.cside21.com/G1andG2/report1_eng.htm#filter

Good Luck

Dave

darkhors4

2nd of January 2003 (Thu), 01:09

darkhors4

3rd of January 2003 (Fri), 02:57

Say Ernst - Those were some pretty sharp pictures!

I wonder if you could tell me more of the performance of your Tiffen 2x teleconverter?

You mentioned earlier that you could only use this lens as a 6x extension of your G2's normal 3x - that it had to remain extended and not use the zoom or vignetting would occur.

Question - have you found any other teleconverter that will let you use the zoom with less vignetting - such as the Olympus B-300, Kenko LD-20T, Canon TC-DC58, or even the Kenko 3x 300?

Your insight would be appreciated!

Dave

tootsie

4th of January 2003 (Sat), 06:27

mlfrancis wrote:
I purchased my G2 from US1Digital.COM and also bought a set of lenses for it. I have a .48x wide angle and a 2x telephoto.

**** snipped

after reading this post, I did a search for US1digital.com, thinking I would buy the lens. Go to pricegrabber.com before shopping with this company. The reviews were all negative in the extreme. I'dlike to know if anybody else has dealt with them? The lens set sounds like something I would like to own, but, after reading the reviews, I would prefer to try another dealer, unless someone can tell me something good about this one.

tedson99

8th of January 2003 (Wed), 23:32

I also got a set of .45X wide angle/telephoto lens set also.

About my experience with .45x, I would STRONGLY NOT RECOMMEND a .45X as it really wouldn't work.

Think about it, if Canon knows that it can be done, they would have done it themselves....why would they play save to come up with their .8x geniune one instead?

The part it doesn't work is not that it cannot do wide angle...but what is the USE when at the widest angle from the original G2..put in this .45x lens and realized that you get major vignetting (round darkening at corners of image). Yes you can avoid it by zooming in the Canon lens slight towards telephoto...but by the time you totally eliminate the vignetting...that wide angle is worst than if you didn't put that add-on lens in the first place...WHAT IS THE USE THEN? None I don't see!

As for the telephoto lens, I don't see you can go wrong with ANY of them out there today. They should work like a charm as I have tried a few myself!

Ladies and Gentlemen, I would now suggest only 2 things:

1) Get the ORIGINAL Canon lens/adaptor and you will not likely to encounter any problems and you will be assure to get Canon quality out of your images....

2) There is a manufacturer called "Raynox"....get these lens...they go up to .5x without a problem....although a little vignetting may occur still but a slight zoom towards telephoto will solve the problems and the results in images are very very wide. They offer a variety of .5x (most powerful) to .77x (least powerful).

They also offer Telephoto lens up to 1.85X....also awesome results as I tried both lens myself!

Check it out at http://www.raynox.com

tedson99

8th of January 2003 (Wed), 23:36

Lanthan

19th of March 2003 (Wed), 11:14

RichYoung wrote:
The KUT-300 is advertised on Ebay as "AF Compatible" and yet you can find it on Yahoo shopping where it states Manual focus required. I own the 1.5x and find it not enough. So let me know if you get good results with the KUT-300. Thanks, ...Rich

Have you bought the KUT-300 Hi Lens? What are your experiences so far? Any samples of photos that can be seen somewhere?
Please email me privately: thomas.huemer@cable.vol.at

Best wishes from Austria
Thomas

Dominick

20th of March 2003 (Thu), 01:25

Hello all.

Just a quick question and excuse me if it has been dealt with before.

I have been looking to purchase a wide angle / tele for my G2 and was told at a shop that G3 lenses are fully compatible with the G2, the G3 wide angle being wider than that of the G2.

Is this true or are there any issues regarding the use of G3 lenses on a G2 body?

Thanks!