Pictures with wide angle lenses (9 pictures)

This album is to demonstrate pictures taken outside of my porch window with my Olympus C-2100UZ camera, comparing the camera normally without a tele-extender lens; the camera with the Kenko KNW-075 wide angle tele-extender; and the camera with the Tiffen 43 tele-extender lens. In all cases, I tried to take exactly the same scene, though I did not use a tripod.

Both tele-extenders have 0.75 magification, which gives an 35mm equivalent of a 28.5mm lens. My main impression is the Kenko gives a slighty softer image, but that the Tiffen is useless unless you use it at full wide angle. I am rather disappointed in the Tiffen, since I had read good reviews about the Megaplus. I got the Tiffen at Circuit City, and it does not have the branding Megaplus, so I don't know if they are different lenses or not. It is possible the Circuit City lens is an inferior lens, and the real Megaplus is much better.

The specs of the two lenses are:

Lens Front
Thread 		Rear
Thread 		Magnification Location
Purchased
Kenko KNW-075 52mm 67mm 0.75x Hunts camera in Melrose, MA
Tiffen 43 43mm 67mm 0.75x Circuit City

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Pictures taken with the zoom at maximum wide angle (3 pictures)

Picture #1: Scene at full wide angle, no wide angle lens
Scene at full wide angle, no wide angle lens
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Olympus C-2100UZ camera
f/2.8, ISO 200, 1/100 sec, 7.0mm, auto mode, SHQ, matrix metering
35mm equivalent focal length 39.0mm
Taken by Michael Meissner on November 12, 2002 08:42:12
Last modified on November 12, 2002 at 22:21 		Picture #2: Scene at full wide angle, Kenko wide angle lens
Scene at full wide angle, Kenko wide angle lens
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Olympus C-2100UZ camera
f/2.8, ISO 200, 1/100 sec, 7.0mm, auto mode, SHQ, matrix metering
35mm equivalent focal length 39.0mm
Taken by Michael Meissner on November 12, 2002 08:44:07
Last modified on November 12, 2002 at 22:23
Picture #3: Scene at full wide angle, Tiffen wide angle lens
Scene at full wide angle, Tiffen wide angle lens
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Olympus C-2100UZ camera
f/2.8, ISO 200, 1/100 sec, 7.0mm, auto mode, SHQ, matrix metering
35mm equivalent focal length 39.0mm
Taken by Michael Meissner on November 12, 2002 08:45:42
Last modified on September 04, 2004 at 12:44

Pictures taken with the zoom half way between wide angle and telephoto (3 pictures)

Picture #1: Scene at medium zoom, no wide angle lens
Scene at medium zoom, no wide angle lens
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Olympus C-2100UZ camera
f/2.8, ISO 200, 1/80 sec, 14.7mm, auto mode, SHQ, matrix metering
35mm equivalent focal length 82.0mm
Taken by Michael Meissner on November 12, 2002 08:42:19
Last modified on November 12, 2002 at 22:22 		Picture #2: Scene at medium zoom, Kenko wide angle lens
Scene at medium zoom, Kenko wide angle lens
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Olympus C-2100UZ camera
f/2.8, ISO 200, 1/100 sec, 16.2mm, auto mode, SHQ, matrix metering
35mm equivalent focal length 90.0mm
Taken by Michael Meissner on November 12, 2002 08:44:15
Last modified on September 04, 2004 at 12:44
Picture #3: Scene at medium zoom, Tiffen wide angle lens
Scene at medium zoom, Tiffen wide angle lens
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Olympus C-2100UZ camera
f/2.8, ISO 200, 1/100 sec, 16.2mm, auto mode, SHQ, matrix metering
35mm equivalent focal length 90.0mm
Taken by Michael Meissner on November 12, 2002 08:45:57
Last modified on November 12, 2002 at 22:27

Pictures taken with the zoom at maximum telephoto (3 pictures)

Picture #1: Scene at full telephoto zoom, no wide angle lens.
Scene at full telephoto zoom, no wide angle lens.
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Olympus C-2100UZ camera
f/3.5, ISO 200, 1/80 sec, 70.0mm, auto mode, SHQ, matrix metering
35mm equivalent focal length 388.0mm
Taken by Michael Meissner on November 12, 2002 08:42:26
Last modified on September 04, 2004 at 12:44 		Picture #2: Scene at full telephoto zoom, Kenko wide angle lens
Scene at full telephoto zoom, Kenko wide angle lens
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Olympus C-2100UZ camera
f/3.5, ISO 200, 1/80 sec, 70.0mm, auto mode, SHQ, matrix metering
35mm equivalent focal length 388.0mm
Taken by Michael Meissner on November 12, 2002 08:44:23
Last modified on September 04, 2004 at 12:44
Picture #3: Scene at full telephoto zoom, Tiffen wide angle lens
Scene at full telephoto zoom, Tiffen wide angle lens
Small: 800x600, 15,686 bytes (16K), (html file)
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Olympus C-2100UZ camera
f/3.5, ISO 200, 1/50 sec, 70.0mm, auto mode, SHQ, matrix metering
35mm equivalent focal length 388.0mm
Taken by Michael Meissner on November 12, 2002 08:46:03
Last modified on November 12, 2002 at 22:27

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