Nica Post: Video...Telephoto Surf Taste Test

The good news: surfing video found after the jump. The bad news? It's in the form of a camera-wonky comparison of the Canon 1.7x telephoto against the Raynox 2025 2.2x telephoto.

Fact is, 1.7x is only adequate for shooting beach breaks close to shore. Beyond that, it looks like bad home video. (Insert painful insult to the rest of Spat Out in Glory here.) The Raynox puts you a bit closer to the action and that's good in terms of making the video watchable...

Conclusions? The Raynox is frighteningly plasticky and its massive barrel in front of the camera catches wind like a wing, making camera shake a problem. But for the Web, image quality is fine. Beyond that, we're not qualified to say. It's another tool in the box. Not that we're averse to using a pocket knife as a screwdriver.

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Is the Raynox the one whose arrival in Nicaragua was less than certain? So it made it?