TESTING CENTURY Precision Optics
Hollywood
ACHROMATIC DIOPTER
STK#:OAD-5840-00 and STK#: OAD-5870-00
VERSUS
RAYNOX Micro Explorerset CM-3500
Yosida Industry Company Tokyo Japan
(includes 3 Micro Lenses 6X 12X 24X)
and universal Mounting adaptor 52-67 mm
Also fits 58mm lenses like VX2000/PD150 and Canon GL1/ XM1.
All shots we took with TRV30 on Memory Stick in highest resolution.
Picture quality on this page is equally reduced in AP6 for faster acces.
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Table Shot of just a small Violet Flower
with even smaller seeds in leaves.
Imagine they are as big or even smaller as the
eyes of a fly or Prayer Mantis! Size 1 mm !
We did measure the distance from frontlens
TRV30 to this subject in inches and centimeters
This
is a typical MACRO SHOT from the TRV30 in Memory Stick mode. So camera is very
close to object like 1 inch or 2 cm.
So we actually use here complete 1,55 MEGA pixels CCD!
TRV30-Century4-9inch-20cm.jpg
This is the Century Achromatic Diopter +4
the distance from the front lens till the seeds
is 9 inch or roughly 20 cm
TRV30-Century7-6inch-16cm.jpg
This is the Century Achromatic Diopter
+7
the distance from the front lens till the seeds
is 6 inch or roughly 16 cm
TRV30-Century11-5inch-13cm.jpg
This is the Century
Achromatic Diopter +4 and
on it +7 (fits nicely) the distance from the front
lens till the seeds is 5 inch or roughly 13 cm
TRV30-Raynox6-7inch-18cm.jpg
This is the 6X Micro Lens
from the Raynox
Micro Explorer Lens Set.
It fits directly in TRV30 37mm ring.
TRV30-Raynox12-3.5inch-9cm.jpg
This is the doubler so 12X
distance from
front lens to object is 3.5 inch or 9 cm.
TRV30-Raynox24-2inch-5cm.jpg
This is the absolute
maximum 24X !
Very difficult to obtain some sharpness depth
and controle is nearly impossible and takes a lot
of practice. Every tiny move with camera forward
or backwards changes sharpness point on this tiny object.
This Memorystick Shot was with
6X Raynox on TRV30 ,
Dragon Fly nosy on Human nose.
CONCLUSION: The
Century is very expensive but worth every cent.
A big must for all VX2000 PD150 and Canon GL1 (MX1) owners
who want to dive in a new fantastic world and use full lens opening quality.
The Raynox is not so bad, in fact if using 37mm lenses its ideal
and don't take up much videobag space.
When using them for VX2000 only center is used resulting in less edge
sharpness.
But middle is OK.
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