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I have an Olypmus C-8080 WZ camera. I am thinking of getting a teleconverter for it.

The one Olympus sells does not have the magnification (only 1.4X). And I can't see to find a telephoto lens for my camera.

I did find some teleconverter by Raynox, namely
DCR-2020PRO 2.2X and DCR-1850PRO 1.85X
(raynox.co.jp/english/digital/c8080wz/index.htm)

What I need is the following:

* Personal experience with either of the above
converters, especially vignetting at high levels of
zoom

* Recommendations, impressions, etc of
converters made by other manufacturers

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Well I baught the 1.8 and I have been unimpressed. Let me explain. The shots from my 8080 are quite crisp and clear. Sometimes you cannot get close enough, like a shot across the lake. The lens suffers from chroma distortion (at least mine does) which leaves the images fuzzy and suffering from 'blue fringe'. But not out-of-focus. It took a long time to figure out what it actually was. The result is that 'digital zoom' make a better alternitave, even with the over pixalation. I just avoid that kind of shot altogeather now. I guess I just should have baught the E-300 and got real lenses ;)

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