RE: lens converter fact that may be useful to someone

2004-07-26 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi Alan, On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 02:09:22 -0700, Alan Chan wrote: Do you think the wide open sharpness can match the performance of F/FA*300/4.5 (though I think the chance is slim)? Because if it did, I might replace mine with the converter to cut down the weight and recover some cash. I really

lens converter fact that may be useful to someone

2004-07-25 Thread Tom Reese
I was shooting some high magnification macro work yesterday fooling with a macro lens - extension tube - 2X-L teleconverter - camera combination. The 2X-L seemed to perform fairly well based on what I saw in the viewfinder. I'm hoping it will give me better results than the 2X-S did. I'll have to

RE: lens converter fact that may be useful to someone

2004-07-25 Thread Alan Chan
Which tripod mount was it? I browsed though BH and there are two. Black one is for EF200/2.8L only, and the white one is for EF70-200/4L;300/4L;400/4.5L. I have been toying with the idea to replace the F*300/4.5 with the A2X-L (for my FA*200/2.8), but I have concern with the image quality

Re: Lens Converter and Sigma 70-300

2004-03-07 Thread Lon Williamson
Sigma does not recommend TC use with this zoom. I've tried a decent Vivitar 2X Macro TC behind it near 300mm. Very soft. -Lon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have the Sigma 70-300mm APO Zoom. I would like to put lens converter behind it, probably a 1.4 or 1.7 so I can try to preserve AF. My

Lens Converter

2004-03-04 Thread jhgraves
I have the Sigma 70-300mm APO Zoom. I would like to put lens converter behind it, probably a 1.4 or 1.7 so I can try to preserve AF. My question is whose do I use? Sigma to match optics(?) or the Pentax or is there another I should consider. John Graves

Re: Lens Converter

2004-03-04 Thread Christian
with this lens and either TC (I don't use AF with the lens, I was just playing around one day). Christian - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 2:00 PM Subject: Lens Converter I have the Sigma 70-300mm APO Zoom. I would like