JohnMoyer
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Today, I experimented a little with non-Canon inexpensive extenders stacked. My 100-400 mk II does not like the non-Canon extenders much. But, the Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM seems to get along with them fine. It seems to me that the R5 makes the inexpensive lens perform much better than expected. I have only EF and EF-S lenses.
All of the attached photos were made hand held sitting in the same lawn chair. Raw development was done with Canon DPP. Shooting distances in the exif data may be wrong because the Vivitar extender does not modify the exif data. The Kenko 2x extender does modify the exif data, but gives me a black viewfinder and black live view screen when attached to the 100-400 lens.
Stray cat made with stacked extenders
70-300 + Vivitar series1 1.4x AF + Kenko TelePlus HD C-AF 2x DGX
focal length 840
image stabilization switch on lens on
hand held
manual focus with peaking assistance auto focus switch on
actual aperture: F/13.0
From Exiftool:
Exposure Time : 1/800
F Number : 11.0
Exposure Program : Aperture-priority AE
ISO : 10000
Focal Length : 600.0 mm
Measured EV : 9.88
Live View Shooting : On
Focus Distance Upper : 19.39 m
Focus Distance Lower : 12.61 m
Circle Of Confusion : 0.030 mm
Depth Of Field : 0.45 m (15.78 - 16.23 m)
Field Of View : 3.4 deg
Focal Length : 600.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 599.1 mm)
Hyperfocal Distance : 1087.59 m
Camera Temperature : 40 C
Light Value : 9.9
WB RGGB Levels As Shot : 1796 1024 1024 2212
Color Temp As Shot : 4353
WB RGGB Levels Auto : 1796 1024 1024 2212
Color Temp Auto : 4353
WB RGGB Levels Measured : 1796 1024 1024 2212
Color Temp Measured : 4353
WB RGGB Levels Daylight : 1975 1024 1024 1886
Color Temp Daylight : 5200
Lens Type : Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM
Same stray cat cropped to illustrate loss of detail and noise. Eye detection auto-focused on this eye after I started the focus with the focus ring on the lens.
Rose growing among vetch seed pods.
70-300 + Vivitar series1 1.4x AF + Kenko TelePlus HD C-AF 2x DGX
focal length 840
image stabilization switch on lens on
hand held
manual focus with peaking assistance auto focus switch on
actual aperture: F/13.0
From Exiftool:
Exposure Time : 1/640
F Number : 11.0
Exposure Program : Aperture-priority AE
ISO : 2500
Focal Length : 600.0 mm
Measured EV : 11.62
Live View Shooting : On
Focus Distance Upper : 19.39 m
Focus Distance Lower : 12.61 m
Circle Of Confusion : 0.030 mm
Depth Of Field : 0.45 m (15.78 - 16.23 m)
Field Of View : 3.4 deg
Focal Length : 600.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 599.1 mm)
Hyperfocal Distance : 1087.59 m
Light Value : 11.6
Camera Temperature : 37 C
WB RGGB Levels As Shot : 2060 1024 1024 1910
Color Temp As Shot : 5342
WB RGGB Levels Auto : 2060 1024 1024 1910
Color Temp Auto : 5342
WB RGGB Levels Measured : 2060 1024 1024 1910
Color Temp Measured : 5342
WB RGGB Levels Daylight : 1975 1024 1024 1886
Color Temp Daylight : 5200
Lens Type : Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM
Same rose cropped to show loss of detail and noise. For this image DPP allowed adjusting focus distance.
The last two are the same rose, but with the 100-400 and the Canon extender stacked with the Vivitar extender. When the Vivitar extender is attached to the 100-400, the image stabilization switch on the lens must be turned off or it bangs back and forth continuously. Auto focus selected the vetch seed pods instead of the rose.
100-400 + Canon 1.4x + Vivitar series1 1.4x AF
focal length 784
image stabilization switch on lens off
hand held
auto focus
actual aperture: F/11.0
From Exiftool:
Exposure Time : 1/800
F Number : 8.0
Exposure Program : Aperture-priority AE
ISO : 1600
Focal Length : 560.0 mm
Measured EV : 11.50
Live View Shooting : On
Focus Distance Upper : 18.79 m
Focus Distance Lower : 15.15 m
Circle Of Confusion : 0.030 mm
Depth Of Field : 0.43 m (16.76 - 17.19 m)
Field Of View : 3.7 deg
Focal Length : 560.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 559.2 mm)
Hyperfocal Distance : 1302.69 m
Camera Temperature : 39 C
Light Value : 11.6
WB RGGB Levels As Shot : 2005 1024 1024 1938
Color Temp As Shot : 5162
WB RGGB Levels Auto : 2005 1024 1024 1938
Color Temp Auto : 5162
WB RGGB Levels Measured : 2005 1024 1024 1938
Color Temp Measured : 5162
WB RGGB Levels Daylight : 1975 1024 1024 1886
Color Temp Daylight : 5200
Today, I experimented a little with non-Canon inexpensive extenders stacked. My 100-400 mk II does not like the non-Canon extenders much. But, the Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM seems to get along with them fine. It seems to me that the R5 makes the inexpensive lens perform much better than expected. I have only EF and EF-S lenses.
All of the attached photos were made hand held sitting in the same lawn chair. Raw development was done with Canon DPP. Shooting distances in the exif data may be wrong because the Vivitar extender does not modify the exif data. The Kenko 2x extender does modify the exif data, but gives me a black viewfinder and black live view screen when attached to the 100-400 lens.
Stray cat made with stacked extenders
70-300 + Vivitar series1 1.4x AF + Kenko TelePlus HD C-AF 2x DGX
focal length 840
image stabilization switch on lens on
hand held
manual focus with peaking assistance auto focus switch on
actual aperture: F/13.0
From Exiftool:
Exposure Time : 1/800
F Number : 11.0
Exposure Program : Aperture-priority AE
ISO : 10000
Focal Length : 600.0 mm
Measured EV : 9.88
Live View Shooting : On
Focus Distance Upper : 19.39 m
Focus Distance Lower : 12.61 m
Circle Of Confusion : 0.030 mm
Depth Of Field : 0.45 m (15.78 - 16.23 m)
Field Of View : 3.4 deg
Focal Length : 600.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 599.1 mm)
Hyperfocal Distance : 1087.59 m
Camera Temperature : 40 C
Light Value : 9.9
WB RGGB Levels As Shot : 1796 1024 1024 2212
Color Temp As Shot : 4353
WB RGGB Levels Auto : 1796 1024 1024 2212
Color Temp Auto : 4353
WB RGGB Levels Measured : 1796 1024 1024 2212
Color Temp Measured : 4353
WB RGGB Levels Daylight : 1975 1024 1024 1886
Color Temp Daylight : 5200
Lens Type : Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM
Same stray cat cropped to illustrate loss of detail and noise. Eye detection auto-focused on this eye after I started the focus with the focus ring on the lens.
Rose growing among vetch seed pods.
70-300 + Vivitar series1 1.4x AF + Kenko TelePlus HD C-AF 2x DGX
focal length 840
image stabilization switch on lens on
hand held
manual focus with peaking assistance auto focus switch on
actual aperture: F/13.0
From Exiftool:
Exposure Time : 1/640
F Number : 11.0
Exposure Program : Aperture-priority AE
ISO : 2500
Focal Length : 600.0 mm
Measured EV : 11.62
Live View Shooting : On
Focus Distance Upper : 19.39 m
Focus Distance Lower : 12.61 m
Circle Of Confusion : 0.030 mm
Depth Of Field : 0.45 m (15.78 - 16.23 m)
Field Of View : 3.4 deg
Focal Length : 600.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 599.1 mm)
Hyperfocal Distance : 1087.59 m
Light Value : 11.6
Camera Temperature : 37 C
WB RGGB Levels As Shot : 2060 1024 1024 1910
Color Temp As Shot : 5342
WB RGGB Levels Auto : 2060 1024 1024 1910
Color Temp Auto : 5342
WB RGGB Levels Measured : 2060 1024 1024 1910
Color Temp Measured : 5342
WB RGGB Levels Daylight : 1975 1024 1024 1886
Color Temp Daylight : 5200
Lens Type : Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM
Same rose cropped to show loss of detail and noise. For this image DPP allowed adjusting focus distance.
The last two are the same rose, but with the 100-400 and the Canon extender stacked with the Vivitar extender. When the Vivitar extender is attached to the 100-400, the image stabilization switch on the lens must be turned off or it bangs back and forth continuously. Auto focus selected the vetch seed pods instead of the rose.
100-400 + Canon 1.4x + Vivitar series1 1.4x AF
focal length 784
image stabilization switch on lens off
hand held
auto focus
actual aperture: F/11.0
From Exiftool:
Exposure Time : 1/800
F Number : 8.0
Exposure Program : Aperture-priority AE
ISO : 1600
Focal Length : 560.0 mm
Measured EV : 11.50
Live View Shooting : On
Focus Distance Upper : 18.79 m
Focus Distance Lower : 15.15 m
Circle Of Confusion : 0.030 mm
Depth Of Field : 0.43 m (16.76 - 17.19 m)
Field Of View : 3.7 deg
Focal Length : 560.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 559.2 mm)
Hyperfocal Distance : 1302.69 m
Camera Temperature : 39 C
Light Value : 11.6
WB RGGB Levels As Shot : 2005 1024 1024 1938
Color Temp As Shot : 5162
WB RGGB Levels Auto : 2005 1024 1024 1938
Color Temp Auto : 5162
WB RGGB Levels Measured : 2005 1024 1024 1938
Color Temp Measured : 5162
WB RGGB Levels Daylight : 1975 1024 1024 1886
Color Temp Daylight : 5200
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