> Jim Davis wrote:
> > I would like to buy a teleconverter for my EOS camera.
> > Any comments on the following would be appreciated.
> > I definitely want a 2X converter, and since not an L lens...
>
> To widen the issue a little, do list members have a view as to the 'best'
> third party converters? Like Jim, I have been considering a converter for
my
> non-L lens(es) and am confused by the specifications I see:
>
I vaguely remember being told that the Kenko and Tamron convertors are the
same thing anyway. It was a while ago though and would be worth verifying.
Last year I bought a Tamron SP2x. The store inadvertently got in the cheaper
Tamron MC7 item which I only discovered when I arrived to pick it up. As I
had a job on over the weekend I took it and asked them to get the right one
in to swap later. I used the MC7 for two weeks or so before swapping it for
the SP unit, and what I clearly remember is that it made absolutely no
noticable difference at all, either in operation or picture quality
(trackside work using Agfa Optima print film). I did use both SP convertors
for some time without any problems. I now have only the Canon EF convertors
and they are noticable better again. Buy the best you can afford and don't
use them unless you have to. Hope this helps.
Tim
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