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Can anyone recommend good brand name filter + hood + adapter sets for the Powershot S2 IS ? Also, what are good macro lenses for this model ?
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Hi - have read that this place sends to Australia withina couple of weeks or less - reasonable price and good service.
http://www.lensmateonline.com/newsite/S2.html Choice of 58mm or 52mm quality aluminium adapters Have heard good reports for Raynox DCR250 macro lens Hoya,B&W and some more brands are good filters - the more coatings,the better and more expensive.Smaller diameter are cheaper. Cheers Dom |
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Good macro lenses should be achromats.
You can read the reasons here: http://home.planet.nl/~heuv0283/achromats.html This is my personal list of achromats: ![]() Most are out of production, so look at ebay... Start with +2 diopters, second lens: +4 diopters If you find the nikons still - they are stackable. I have heard that buying lenses in australia is not so easy. Boyzo (a panasonic member) got his nikons from canada! So look for: nikon 3T,5T minolta #1 lateron: nikon 4T,6T minolta #2 canon 250d raynox 150 if you want to get real close: raynox 250 These are the new ones, but if you find a good used Olympus lens - take it!! cheers Sven ...sorry don't know anything about canon adapters.... But many americans buy their stuff here: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/ |
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Thanks - can you recommend some of the add on filters/lenses that you guys are using right now, and thinks are good ?
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I use an Olympus T-con17 teleconverter quite often with good results , but had to make an adapter to fit as the one ordered from shop didn't seem to be arriving anytime soon-that was before i read of Lensmate.I have a Hoya circular polarizer and in the last year have used it once to test it - same with the UV filter.
Quite a number of people leave their adapter fitted with UV filter on the cam all the time for lens and barrel dirt/bump protection - but i find this leaves the cam too bulky for me,also i am pretty careful with it. Haven'tused any wide/macro lenses.Good report for Sony teleconverter here(not many teleconverters have been tested with the S2 compared to older cams) http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=17079881 |
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