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Fuji 1.4 Teleconverter with Tamron 18-300?

Started Mar 22, 2022 | Questions thread
JNR
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Re: Fuji 1.4 Teleconverter with Tamron 18-300?

mikey201 wrote:

will it fit and work?

Even if it did fit and "work," you'd be sacrificing too much light and optical quality to provide satisfying results. The AF would be poor in all but bright sunlight, and even then cropping from the 300 setting would give you better results than the extra pull you've gained.

This isn't an "anti-TC" general rant. I use them frequently, but they only perform decently on prime lenses or relatively fast short-range zooms - up to 3x or 4x at most.

This isn't meant to say the Tamron isn't one of the very best 12x-15x zooms out there - it clearly is good. Still, it isn't designed to be stretched beyond the 300mm mark (and some would advice not going past 275mm for IQ purposes).

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