I would not make these assumptions...
Century products tend to be anywhere from somewhat
to very much more expensive than comparable-quality
(selected) products from other manufacturers - and I
would tend to go with the camera company's own top-end
option as the best likely match for the particular
camera's optics. Century does offer some unique
options, though, and these may be worth the premium
price, since equivalents are not available or suitable
from other suppliers.

On Sun, 3 Mar 2002 18:25:57 -0800, "Mike Rehmus" wrote:

>Talk to Century. I would expect theirs to be the best of the readily
>available converters. Certainly their wide converter is the best.

>"Ernest" wrote in message
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>> Would like a quality tele lens. Bealecorner.com mentions the Kenko and
>> Canon TL-55 but these seem to get ho-hum reviews due to image
>> degradation. I would expect Century Optics $400 lens to be nice but I
>> can't find much info on this topic. Sony has a $350 lens (VCL-HG1758)
>> and Raynox has one as well. I've seen some discussions about the lens
>> needing to "match up" with the camera.