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From: Searle, Art <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 3:25 PM
Subject: EOS 7 AF with 1.4x
> I just bought my wife an EOS Elan 7. It is an upgrade to her EOS Elan II.
> I got it for the improved autofocus and metering. My wife use the 100-400
> IS lens a lot (it used to be mine). She also uses the 1.4 teleconverter
> which she had to manual focus with the Elan II. The sales brochure for
the
> Elan 7 says it will AF the 100-400 with the 1.4 teleconverter except at
the
> closer focusing distances. It does not! The top LCD displays a flashing
MF
> as soon as you mount the lens and it AF will not activate. The Elan 7
will
> AF with the 1.4 teleconverter and the 500 f/4 IS lens. Anyone else have
the
> same results with the 100-400 IS? Why?
>
> Art
Hi Art!
Your 100-400 IS with 1.4 converter becimes f/8 lens and Elan 7 can only AF
'till f/5.6.
This happens with canon's converter as it does report correct aperture to
body.
Good light
Grega
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Grega Fenko
Topolsica 57
SI 3326 Topolsica
SLOVENIA
http://fenko.8m.com
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