 Scott McCord |
Another Teleconverter question I have a canon 30D & 20D and am interested in a Kenko 1.4x teleconverter. It will be used on a Canon 70-200 f/2.8L lens. I understand the loss of aperture and increased problems with autofocus. But I have a couple specific questions that I haven't yet found an answer to. In addition, my plan for using this converter is mainly to get better reach photographing airplanes at airshows (lots of available light/outdoors in the middle of the day). 1.) with the 1.6 crop factor of the cameras' sensors, will this 1.4x converter actually make the lens a 448mm lens (200 x 1.6 = 320 x 1.4 = 448)? 2.) will adding the converter make autofocusing too hard for fast moving objects such as airplanes? Thanks for your help.
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Oliver Anderson |
I would spend a little bit more and buy the Canon 1.4X....I used the 70-200 2.8L and IS to shoot AMA, MotoGP & Nascar with no problem. Just gotta pan with the vehicle/plane and you'll have no problem.....just buy the Canon version. oh yeah have some photos from AMA you can see in my port.
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Scott McCord |
Oliver, Thanks for the info. I've actually been to your gallery before by chance and I remember thinking how stunning those shots were, especially the motorcycle shots. Were those taken with a canon teleconverter on the 70-200 lens? Again, what great photos!
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Oliver Anderson |
Yep! I was shooting the AMA for the Infineon Raceway and getting my hair ready and accidently packed only my 70-200 2.8L (non IS) with 1.4X. So I get to the track (hair looking awesome) but the WRONG lens. It still worked GREAT and all the Umbrella Girls appreciated both the photos and hair....
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