Canon 2x + 1.4x teleconverter bonus?

Be careful, you could be vignetting... not to say anything about the image quality, either.

Grimace said:

I am still curious about why I can still use f/5.6 with all AF points.

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You can't. The electronics likely is not reporting the aperture correctly. As we all know f-stop is the ratio of the diameter to the focal length. If you double the focal length then you loose two stops. It is just basic geometry and you can't get around it. Yes I can believe the AF still works but it's working past it's specs at f/8

what lens are using?
i know the stacking works fairly well with the 300 2.8IS and alot of surfer shooters use it.

Ugh! I hate Time Zone changes...its 3AM EST and I'm wide awake.

Grimace said:

I'm using the 300mm f/2.8L IS. I tried out some shots today, and the EXIF show 600mm, even when I have both the 2x and 1.4x attached. The camera is most certainly confused into thinking that there is only one TC there (as I still have all AF points) - but the image is 840mm.

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It simply sounds like you're using the "Canon Teleconverter Tape Trick" without somehow knowing to invoke it.

The Canon EOS "Teleconverter Tape Trick" consists of putting a thin strip of insulating tape over three of the pins on the TC.

Step 1: look at the side of the converter that connects to the camera.
Step 2: rotate it so that the contacts are at the top.
Step 3: place a small piece of tape (transparent OK) on the 3 leftmost pins.


Question #1: does your 1.4x have some tape covering its pins? (or it might otherwise simply be a bad electrical connection?)

Question #2: is your 1.4x a 3rd Party TC or Canon OEM? I seem to recall that some 3rd Party TCs have fewer connection pins or something that doesn't report the +1stop, so this is also worth checking out.

Question #3: Does using the 1.4x alone report in properly as f/4? This might also help figure out the 'why' behind what you're seeing.



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When you stack TCs only the TC mounted on the camera is sending data to the camera.

Also, the loss of light is calculated by multiplying the power of the teleconverters together (2.0 x 1.4) and then multipying that to the max aperture of the lens. This is also how you calculate the effective length.

Optical quality will be affected of course, but there should not be any issues with vignetting.