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Canon 200FD 2.8 lens question
I have just picked up one of these Canon 200mm 2.8 lenses at a good price
after lusting after one for years. Anyone here use one that can share some of its good points and weak ones? Also, I have the Canon 2x-B converter that I hear works quite well with this lens, but might want to try the 1.4 converter. I hear, however, two different thoughts about which Canon converter works on this 200mm lens. Some say the Canon 1.4x-A converter, designed for lenses 300mm or longer, will work perfectly. And Canon's own literature doesn't reflect that, because the lens was not manufactured until AFTER the literature for the converter was published. Is the Canon 1.4x-B (very rare) needed, or will the 1.4x-A work just fine? Anybody really know? Ken |
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Canon 200FD 2.8 lens question
Ken Rosenbaum wrote:
I have just picked up one of these Canon 200mm 2.8 lenses at a good price after lusting after one for years. Anyone here use one that can share some of its good points and weak ones? Also, I have the Canon 2x-B converter that I hear works quite well with this lens, but might want to try the 1.4 converter. I hear, however, two different thoughts about which Canon converter works on this 200mm lens. Some say the Canon 1.4x-A converter, designed for lenses 300mm or longer, will work perfectly. And Canon's own literature doesn't reflect that, because the lens was not manufactured until AFTER the literature for the converter was published. Is the Canon 1.4x-B (very rare) needed, or will the 1.4x-A work just fine? Anybody really know? Ken Hi Ken, I can't speak from experience with a FD 200mm, but I do have a FD 300 4.0, and both the 2x and 1.4 A converters work quite well (no cheap glass here). I quite often use the 300 with the 1.4 converter and get good results. On really bright days I'll stack both converters and still get good results. I would say, go for the 1.4x-A, but then, I'm just another Canon FD junkie. Dick R. |
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