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Hi i have a canon 80-200mm f2.8 lens what tele converter can i use
as i have looked on every forum on web and it states that canon never made one for it i baught it off e bay for £500 it is called the magic drain pipe
very sharp on my 5d mk 1 but could do with a bit of reach has any body got any info on this lens or info on where i could get a tele converter
i am new to photography 18 mts i realy want to do wedding photography
i have canon 40d and 17-55 lens and canon 5d mk1 with 80-200 lens
regards mixer1
 
Welcome to TP :)

I don't see any reason why any teleconverter/extender shouldn't fit and function perfectly on that lens. I think there have been various versions, in black and grey, both L lenses - which have you got? Remember that you lose one stop of light with a 1.4x TC, and two stops with 2x, so you would end up with either a 112-280mm f/4 or 160-400mm f/5.6.

And of course you will also lose some image quality. Most people recokon that the 1.4x is okay, but 2x is pushing it a bit too far. Depends on the quality of the mother lens - all the TC is doing is magnify the mother lens image, warts and all, plus adding a few warts of its own.

Canon extenders are good, but the only third party (cheaper) one that gets consistently good mentions is the Kenko Pro 300 1.4x for about £120.
 
Canon's extenders don't fit the 80-200/2.8L as the lens' rear element housing fouls the extenders front optic. Tamron or Kenko's versions should be okay though.

Bob
 
Canon Bob said:
Canon's extenders don't fit the 80-200/2.8L as the lens' rear element housing fouls the extenders front optic. Tamron or Kenko's versions should be okay though.

Bob
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Thanks for that correction Bob. I'm surprised. Perhaps one of the reasons for the redesign.
 
Bob Ol Buddy, you are such a gent! Not a rebuff at all - just a polite correction. I'm very happy to be corrected at any time. Facts is facts.

I thought I was on safe ground with my answer that any TC would fit, it being a longish L zoom an' all, especially as the current 70-200L has no probs.

Cheers my friend :)

Richard.
 
I used a kenko 1.4 with my magic drainpipe, it worked ok but have to say IQ did suffer a lot.
 
I just got a Kenko 2x this morning and put it straight on my 70-200 and it performed admirably at 400mm. No great loss of quality nor noticeable issues with speed or AF.
 
thanks for your replies will look for tc you spoke about . thanks michael
 
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