Kenko 1.4x Teleconverter or Canon's? Which is better?

riversen · Oct 23, 2006

I am thinking of asking my wife for a teleconverter for Christmas, but I noticed that the Kenko will work on my 100mm and even 50mm prime lenses; however, the Canon's 1.4X teleconverter will not. It will only work with the 135mm f/2L primes and up. Which of these teleconverter's is better and is it that noticable?
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jerryk · Oct 23, 2006

At least one site has a comparison between the two. I went for the Kenko Pro because it worked with most lenses. It seems to work fine.

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dswcamera · Oct 23, 2006

It works on the Canon 70-300/ IS and my Sigma 100-300 f4.

You need to stop down f8 to get sharp images, but that is the price you pay for extra reach.

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dylanbarnhart · Oct 23, 2006

There are differences in TC qualities, but it's what you put the TC on that truly matters.

For that reason, many people prefer the cheap $100 Kenko, for its wider compatibility. It even works on F5.6 lenses, such as the Canon 400 F5.6, while the Canon TC won't.

keithallenlaw · Oct 23, 2006

The kenko even works on the Canon 100mm macro, the Canon TC wont.

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ngajoh · Oct 24, 2006

Hi Robert,

according to this quite extensive review:
http://www.traumflieger.de/desktop/telekonverter/konvertertest2_teil3.php

the Kenko 1,4x Pro 300 is the best of the available options.

The review is in german only but the examples and graphics should be more or less selfexplaining. Personally I own (and USE) the kenko 1,4 SHQ and so far I find the results acceptable.

You can find here a good side by side examples kenko 1,4 SHQ vs. Kenko Pro 2,0 vs. canon 2,0 in an older test:
http://www.traumflieger.de/objektivtest/telekonverter/telekonverter_check.php

Johannes

lenny_shp · Oct 24, 2006

Go for Kenko, it might work with lenses which Canon made 1.4 doesn't. I think some of them will work MF only.

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Greg Biggs63409 · Oct 24, 2006

I bought the pro version of the Tamron for my lens and it works great. It hunts for focus on the slower lenses like anything aabove 2.8 but the image quality is right up there. The pro version is a perfect match colorwise for the white Canon L series lenses too.
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Gary S · Oct 24, 2006

I guess it's the less expensive Tamron that does not.

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