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Canon Big White Conundrum - 200-400 vs 400 f2.8 IS II vs 500 f4 IS II

Started Sep 3, 2014 | Discussions thread
Andy Blanchard Senior Member • Posts: 1,349
Re: Canon Big White Conundrum - 200-400 vs 400 f2.8 IS II vs 500 f4 IS II
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tarjei99 wrote:

I'm considering another solution.

I'm thinking of buying either a EF 200 F/2 or a EF 300 F/2.8 with one or two 2x teleconverters.

EF 200F/2 will give 400 F/4 and 800F/8 with teleconverters.

EF 300 F/2.8 will give 600 F/5.6 and 1200 F/11 (only contrast AF).

I'm generally leary of using my 2x TC as it softens the image a little too much on all but the sharpest of primes, such as those you list, and is generally not even worth bothering with on a zoom.  Stacking two of them would definitely be pushing things too far for me, even on the sharpest of lenses, so I highly recommend you try and test before purchase.

Andy

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