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eRichard

21st of December 2001 (Fri), 16:10

I was thinking about getting it instead of the Lensmate because it was slightly smaller (46mm) at the end. I've heard the Lensmate can partially block the on-board flash at wide angle lens settings (lower right of picture.) I am concerned about vignetting though. Does anybody have any experience? Also where do you buy it? I saw it on ebay, but I'm not sure I want those particular Tiffen lenses as well:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1312021712

Richard

ega1

22nd of December 2001 (Sat), 01:27

Lensmate has a faq you might want to look at: http://www.lensmateonline.com/faq.html#flash

There is almost no difference in flash shadow between the Lensmate and the 43mm Tiffen. A 46mm adapter should fall somewhere in between.

eRichard

22nd of December 2001 (Sat), 08:52

Thanks, I hadn't seen that. Apart from the question of vignetting, it's seems to be the answer, assuming all the tubes are equal in length.

Richard