{"id":3861,"date":"2016-01-27T14:56:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T22:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3d.coldstreams.com\/?p=3861"},"modified":"2016-01-27T14:56:54","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T22:56:54","slug":"using-the-olympus-tcon-17-1-7x-teleconverter-with-a-nikon-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/2016\/01\/27\/using-the-olympus-tcon-17-1-7x-teleconverter-with-a-nikon-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the Olympus TCON 17 1.7x teleconverter with a Nikon 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These three photos were taken with a Nikon 1 V2, the 1 Nikkor 30-110mm zoom, and an Olympus TCON-17 1.7x teleconverter. I am extremely pleased with the results using the teleconverter.<\/p>\n<p>On the Nikon 1, I use a 55 to 52mm adapter ring, and then a 52mm to 40.5mm adapter ring to mount on the Nikon 1. (I could not find a 55 to 40.5 mm adapter).<\/p>\n<p>I bought the TCON17, used, on Ebay, for $15. That is not the normal price &#8211; prices are usually closer to $80 to $110 U.S. I think the person who sold this one did not know what they had.<\/p>\n<p>Olympus had made 4 teleconverter lenses that appear to be essentially identical &#8211; the B300, the unlabeled TCON17, the TCON-17, and the TCON-17x. I have what I believe is the &#8220;unlabeled&#8221; version. I understand the early models did not include the TCON-17 model # on the lens.<\/p>\n<p>I also did tests on a micro four thirds camera using the TCON17 with the Olympus f\/1.8 45mm lens &#8211; works great (makes a 150mm FF equivalent). I tried the Lumix 45-200mm, but the TCON17 made the images soft and with much chromatic aberration.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3862\" src=\"http:\/\/3d.coldstreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_3148-640x427.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_3148\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3863\" src=\"http:\/\/3d.coldstreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_3161-640x427.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_3161\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The shot below was to test for chromatic aberration, by having the high contrast areas of the branches against the gray background. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3864\" src=\"http:\/\/3d.coldstreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_3160-640x427.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_3160\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, contrast is a little soft with the teleconverter, but that is easily corrected either in camera or using Lightroom.<\/p>\n<p>I will post more photos in the future, but it is hard to get out taking photos right now as we live in a rainy climate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These three photos were taken with a Nikon 1 V2, the 1 Nikkor 30-110mm zoom, and an Olympus TCON-17 1.7x teleconverter. I am extremely pleased with the results using the teleconverter. On the Nikon 1, I use a 55 to 52mm adapter ring, and then a 52mm to 40.5mm adapter ring to mount on the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/2016\/01\/27\/using-the-olympus-tcon-17-1-7x-teleconverter-with-a-nikon-1\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Using the Olympus TCON 17 1.7x teleconverter with a Nikon 1<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[95,112,122,139,220,288,312,313,326,419,420,421,425],"class_list":["post-3861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cameras","tag-b300","tag-camera-lens","tag-chromatic-aberration","tag-digital-single-lens-reflex-camera","tag-image-quality","tag-mirrorless-interchangeable-lens-camera","tag-nikon","tag-nikon-1","tag-olympus","tag-tcon-17","tag-tcon-17x","tag-tcon17","tag-teleconverter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}