diff --git a/tests/test_fetch_same.py b/tests/test_fetch_same.py
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+import pytest
+from . import PREFIX, CONN_INFO
+import numpy as np
+import datajoint as dj
+
+
+class ProjData(dj.Manual):
+    definition = """
+    id : int
+    ---
+    resp : float
+    sim  : float
+    big : longblob
+    blah : varchar(10)
+    """
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def schema_fetch_same(connection_root):
+    schema = dj.Schema(
+        PREFIX + "_fetch_same",
+        context=dict(ProjData=ProjData),
+        connection=connection_root,
+    )
+    schema(ProjData)
+    ProjData().insert(
+        [
+            {"id": 0, "resp": 20.33, "sim": 45.324, "big": 3, "blah": "yes"},
+            {
+                "id": 1,
+                "resp": 94.3,
+                "sim": 34.23,
+                "big": {"key1": np.random.randn(20, 10)},
+                "blah": "si",
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 2,
+                "resp": 1.90,
+                "sim": 10.23,
+                "big": np.random.randn(4, 2),
+                "blah": "sim",
+            },
+        ]
+    )
+    yield schema
+    schema.drop()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def projdata():
+    yield ProjData()
+
+
+class TestFetchSame:
+    def test_object_conversion_one(self, schema_fetch_same, projdata):
+        new = projdata.proj(sub="resp").fetch("sub")
+        assert new.dtype == np.float64
+
+    def test_object_conversion_two(self, schema_fetch_same, projdata):
+        [sub, add] = projdata.proj(sub="resp", add="sim").fetch("sub", "add")
+        assert sub.dtype == np.float64
+        assert add.dtype == np.float64
+
+    def test_object_conversion_all(self, schema_fetch_same, projdata):
+        new = projdata.proj(sub="resp", add="sim").fetch()
+        assert new["sub"].dtype == np.float64
+        assert new["add"].dtype == np.float64
+
+    def test_object_no_convert(self, schema_fetch_same, projdata):
+        new = projdata.fetch()
+        assert new["big"].dtype == "object"
+        assert new["blah"].dtype == "object"