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Canon Extenders don't fit 70-300 f4-5.6L IS ???

Started Dec 21, 2012 | Discussions thread
Lee Jay Forum Pro • Posts: 56,673
Re: Canon Extenders don't fit 70-300 f4-5.6L IS ???

SportsClicker wrote:

It appears to be Canon EF extenders are only for those costly lenses. Canon says "If you want to use our extenders you need to be worthy enough to buy our costly lenses".

Each lens in the compatibility list for both 1.4x and 2x are $1500 and above.

Have a look at these and see if it makes sense:

70-300:

70-200/2.8L IS II

100-400L II:

Note the distance between the back of the lens and the rear lens element. Also note that the Canon extenders protrude inside the lens:

2x TC III:

1.4x TC III:

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