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How much zooming will I get if I buy the tele-converter TC-DC58B for my Canon Powershot S5 IS??
Hey I want to know much zooming I will get if I buy this tele-converter lens. In canon website it is given that this lens gives 1.5X zoom. So will the total zooming be 12X+1.5X? Is it worth to buy this??
The x in zoom lenses is just the difference from the widest focal length to the most zoomed in focal length. Thus a 50mm-500mm lens is a 10x lens, but so is one that goes from 28mm-280mm. So there are two ways to answer the first part of your question as to the "total zooming"
1) If you left the tele-converter on ALL the time you still have "just" a 12x lens, albeit one that goes from 54mm-648mm instead of 36mm-432mm.
2) If you want to know the total x you can achieve then it's from a no tele-converter 36mm to a 648mm with tele-converter which is an amazing 18x zoom.
As for "is it worth it"?
Hmmm, it's really a tough call.
CONS: Adding glass to a lens often lowers its optical resolution, so the final photo may look almost as good on a print if cropped it as opposed to tele-converted zooming in. Also many camera require you to tell the camera (in the menus) that you are using a converter, which adds time to setting up for the shot. Finally, keeping a camera steady at 648mm is no easy task.
PROS: On the other hand you get to see the results of your "crop" in real time on the display (or viewfinder) with the tele-converter on. Auto-Focusing should be a bit more accurate since your subject is bigger. And the resolution (image details) should be better (but only marginally).
MY TAKE: At about $100 it's a pretty reasonably priced piece of equipment for what it does, but the real question is do you need it? And that is best answered by the question... Have you ever asked yourself, "if only I could zoom in a little bit more I could get this really great shot?"
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