#8045772 - 01/14/15 05:53 PM
You guys ever use teleconverters?
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tylerdurden
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I'm looking to put together a really light kit for a backpacking trip coming up, and don't want to take my 70-200 as that would defeat the light part. I'm hoping a 2x teleconverter on my 105 macro will give me some reach if I need it, but if they bork the image quality then it's not worth it. Any opinions?
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#8045776 - 01/14/15 05:57 PM
Re: You guys ever use teleconverters?
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trench301
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I have a canon 2x mk3 that I use with my 100-400mm. It kinda stinks because I lose autofocus and manual focusing moving subjects like birds in flight is tough. But when I use it on my faster lenses (135 f/2, 200 f/2.8) its no problem.
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#8045804 - 01/14/15 06:21 PM
Re: You guys ever use teleconverters?
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tylerdurden
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AF isn't consideration, it's mostly useless on my setup anyway (A7R with adapted Canon lenses), and this will be for landscapes anyway. I just want to know if the IQ goes really sideways or just a little. I'm OK with just a little.
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#8045903 - 01/14/15 08:45 PM
Re: You guys ever use teleconverters?
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Nate047
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You want a teleconverter for landscape photography? Weird, but whatever. I had the Canon 1.4x and it does add some softness to your images, you WILL notice it.
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#8046037 - 01/15/15 12:09 AM
Re: You guys ever use teleconverters?
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tylerdurden
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You want a teleconverter for landscape photography? Weird, but whatever. I had the Canon 1.4x and it does add some softness to your images, you WILL notice it. Nate
I just don't want to carry my 70-200, was hoping to get away with a TC on my 105 macro for a little more reach without adding too much weight. Only other option is crop in, which, given 36 MP, isn't a totally unreasonable option.
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#8046946 - 01/15/15 01:29 PM
Re: You guys ever use teleconverters?
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i have a 1.7, but the only time i really want to use it is at the landspeed races. It's fair. Decent. I haven't tested it at different apertures to really learn it well though. The 2x is supposed to be pretty rough. I JUUST deleted a pic like two days ago that was the 70-200, 1.7, cropped off the d800 of the Challenger 2 truckin' along at over 400 mph from a good, I don't know, at least a good 100 yards out. It was better than nothing, probably could have been better if I'd practiced with it.
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#8047221 - 01/15/15 04:08 PM
Re: You guys ever use teleconverters?
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flyEX #1
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You want a teleconverter for landscape photography? Weird, but whatever. I had the Canon 1.4x and it does add some softness to your images, you WILL notice it. Nate I just don't want to carry my 70-200, was hoping to get away with a TC on my 105 macro for a little more reach without adding too much weight. Only other option is crop in, which, given 36 MP, isn't a totally unreasonable option. You will lose some quality like Nate said. I use a 2X III with a 70-00 2.8 II and 135L and the results are not bad at all. IQ is surprisingly good in that I really don't notice a difference with those two lenses. I tried it out on my F/4 non-IS 70-200.... Once.
Cropping in might not be a bad alternative to a 1.4X TC.
Edited by flyEX #1 (01/15/15 04:17 PM)
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#8061123 - 01/25/15 09:09 PM
Re: You guys ever use teleconverters?
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tylerdurden
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Pretty much everything I'd use it for would be fine for tripod work, but I'm thinking for what I'll run across on this trail 105mm will be good enough, maybe a bit of crop if need be.
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#8066454 - 01/28/15 09:05 PM
Re: You guys ever use teleconverters?
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BobBarker
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made my pics look a little funny. The background blur, particularly. took the creaminess out of it. This was on my Canon stuff.
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