I need telephoto!

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seven.b

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Hey everyone,

I just got an HMC150 and my aim is to someday shoot ski/bike/surf films and documentaries. While continuing to shoot that stuff, I will also be doing some event shooting to help pay for the camera and make some extra cash for film budgets and equipment. Anyway, I am finding I really need more telephoto capability than the HMC's 13x lens offers.



So far, I've found two options:

35mm Adapter + Telephoto FD Lens = ~$1400 ??

or...

http://www.schneideroptics.com/Ecommerce/CatalogItemDetail.aspx?CID=1545&IID=6826 = $1025



I see that the film equivalent for the tele-converter is 307.5-612mm. How do these numbers stack up against a 35mm adapter + 300mm lens on my HMC?

I am temped to go with the adapter+lens route because not only would I be getting the telephoto capability I want, I would also have an adapter for other uses too (I already have an FD 50mm f1.4. But would I be sacrificing too much sharpness and portability by going with the adapter over the tele-converter?

What's your take? What would you recommend?


Any advice will be appreciated!


Thanks.
 
An adapter gets you less telephoto FOV since it doesn't have a crop factor. A teleconverter would be a better option.
 
I don't know that camera and lens in particular but with the HVX I recall that you needed a 300mm 35mm lens to match or beat the built in lens on the HVX.
That's pretty long and heavy already.
With the extremely low DOF you would also have with the 35mm adapter you would either get very pretty images and/or lots of shots where you lost focus on the important moment.

As an alternative thjought - Bypassing the adapter idea, With an EX-3 you can put B4 lenses on the camera or 35mm Nikon and they will give you very long equivilent telephotos. Also on one of those Canon HD camera's you can put 35mm Canon lenses directly on. I know people who used to do that with the XL1 & XL2 - incredibly long telephotos.
 
i have a 2x century telephoto for the hvx200 for sale .open to offers. just bought the 1.6 tele for my new hpx170. great images. also a hvx200 zoom through wide .7 century lens.
 
jetaddiction, I'm not sure if the 2x century works on the HMC/HPX? They don't list it on schneideroptics.com under the HMC/HPX. I don't know why it wouldn't as both are 72mm right? Could you try it?
 
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