Customer Reviews

Olympus CLA-10 Lens Adapter Tube for Olympus SP-550 UZ

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3 star:		(1)
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1 star:		(2)

 

 

I bought this so I could attach the Olympus 1.7 teleconverter to my SP 550 UZ camera. It works fine for that, and the teleconverter also works well, giving me 27X optical zoom. This setup only works when the camera is at nearly full zoom, but that's the only time you would use it anyway. You can also use this adapter tube to attach 55mm filters to your camera, but, again, it only works when the camera is at nearly full zoom.

I got this adapter because I wanted to combine a TCON-17 teleconverter (1.7X optical multiplier) with my new Olympus SP-550 digital camera with its monster 18X optical zoom. This gave me over 30X optical zoom. This adapter tube is the only Olympus sanctioned tool to combine the camera with the teleconverter. However, you need to keep this in mind: 1. even though the SP-550 camera has image stabilization, if you are taking pictures in less than bright light, you probably need to use a tripod (or at least be braced very solidly) to take non-blurry pictures. 2. The TCON-17 costs about $100. You can't expect the sharpness of image to match that of a DSLR with a good zoom lens. However, I was able to take a decent shot of my parents standing on their deck waving from over 1 1/2 miles away. This CLA-10 tube is designed for teleconverters, not wide angle converters. There is a 3rd party lens adapter with extends and retracts made by a 3rd party company. It costs a little more but allows for both teleconverters and wide angle converters.

To use the telephoto conversion lens on the Olumpus SP-550 UZ, one must have the correct adapter with which to connect the lens to the camera. The camera was so new, I had to wait several weeks before the adapter became available. I had been checking the Olympus Online Store, but decided to take a chance to see if anyone might possibly have it. I was surprised to see that Amazon did, even before Olympus, itself. To use the lens, one must have the adapter. And yes, it does the job.

Hi, in my opinion the adapter is not made of plastic, but some kind of lightweight alloy. It works as expected. No issues. I recomend it to attach teleconverters to the SP-570/560.

You would think that an adapter from the manufacturer would always work, but this one only works in the telephoto range. At wide angles, the tube appears in the frame. Maybe it's only intended to be used with telephoto attachments, but it definitely falls short for filters.

You end up with a circle view of the inside of the adapter at wide angle. Olympus should thread the end of the lens. This solution is ridiculous.

I needed this adapter so that I could attach a slide copier to convert family 35mm slides to digital images. It served that purpose perfectly.

I have the CLA-11, for the SP-590UZ Olympus. When it was new, it worked fine, doing its job of connecting the actual teleconverter lens to the camera. (I believe some of the 1- and 2-star reviewers didn't realize you needed to buy the actual lens as well as the adapter.)

However, the threads of either the adapter itself or the camera soon began to resist being screwed together. Since I often needed to take the teleconverter off and put it on, this was a real problem. If you can't screw the teleconverter in properly, the camera can't focus properly. I am getting many more blurred shots than I used to.

I used a lens cloth to clean the threads often, but I was afraid to use any kind of oil (or WD-40) so close to the lens, and eventually I could see metal filings lying on the lens after removal. Urk! I bought a new adapter, but the same thing is happening, so maybe it's the metal around the lens that's the problem.

This is a piece of equipment whose entire purpose is screwing on and off, and Olympus should be able to come up with a material that's up to the task. (I also had to spend over a hundred bucks replacing the piece where the tripod screws in -- the threads were plastic! Of course it wore out after two years!) So it's back to Canon for me.

I should add -- the teleconverter, when all is working, does a thrilling job of coming in close. I shoot birds, so that's why I got it in the first place. Too bad it's so poorly put together.

I bought this so I could attach the Olympus 1.7 converter to my SP-560-UZ camera, it works fine for that. I am very happy with the results.

The Olympus CLA-10 is a required adapter for using auxillary lenses with certain Olympus digicams. It is nicely made and works exactly as advertised. I am very pleased with both this item and the auxillary lens I use.