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- From: ka1gt@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (robert.m.atkins)
- Newsgroups: rec.photo
- Subject: Re: A teleconverter question
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.203528.1341@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 20:35:28 GMT
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- In article <C1H4Jq.C1C@acsu.buffalo.edu>, tklai@acsu.buffalo.edu (Tobysze K. Lai) writes:
- > Hi,
- >
- > Has anyone tried to use a 1.4x teleconverter on the Canon EF
- > 100-300 USM before? With the maximum aperture of f/5.6 at the 300mm end,
- > is autofocus still possible? What will the f/ stop be if the max aperture
- > of the lens is f/2.8?
- >
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- The Canon EF 1.4x will not fit this lens. The Tamron will (as will Sigma,
- Vivitar, Tokina, but I think the Tamron is better). Autofocus will
- almost certainly not work. Even if it does it will not be reliable.
- For an f2.8 lens with a 1.4x you will get an effective f4.
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