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DJohns110 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) was saying something along these lines: >I was reviewing some of the SPORRS images the other night and I >noticed that some of you aren't bashful about using a teleconverter on >your longer lenses, such as a 200mm or 300mm. <snip> >I'd really like to hear your experiences and recommendations >when it comes to teleconverters. Danny, Like all other lenses, with teleconverters you get what you pay for. For the most part, inexpensive teleconverters are horrid. With that said, however, Both Nikon and Canon (and probably others) make high-grade teleconverters that are usually tailored to compliment the optical formula of one or two primes. In my case, Canon makes a 1.4x teleconverter particularly suited to their 300mm lenses. You can use it on other lenses of 300mm or more according to Canon, but it performs best on a 300. I use it on my FD 300 4.0L and would never know it's there from looking at the slides. It's said to cost me one stop on exposure, but in actual use I find it to be slightly less. The high-grade teleconverters are not cheap however. I paid 350 for mine, but it was one of the very last lenses I bought after filling my other needs. I would really like to own a prime 400 or 500 lens, and if I lived out west I would. But, from my experience living in the midwest, the opportunities to use such a long lens are limited, and didn't justify the big bucks when the 1.4x did such an admirable job for a lot less. Scott Scott Withrow Terre Haute, Indiana (more or less) http://www.railcenter.com ======================================================= -> SPORRS: 'Serious Photographers Of Railroad Related Subjects' -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs/ -> Message © 1998 SPORRS® - All Rights Reserved =======================================================
