Canon 135f/2.0L and teleconverters

[tannoy]

Hi,

I just pulled the trigger on this (hopefully) great lens, should arrive in a few days. Thanks to some of you here for your posts and advice but I am beggining to believe you may work for my credit card company.

On to my question: I got the Canon 1.4 Tcon with the 135 and was wondering if anyone has tried the 2x Tcon with this lens. I know that it will not look as good but is it still Very good in this combination?

Cheers,

Darrin

[CyberDyneSystems]

It works :)
I only used it to test it,. and was perfectly happy with the results,. but I don't see it being very practical often...

On the other hand I was packing light one day,. brought the 135mm and 20D to work for some indoor threatre shots no flash.

Well it occured to me that I often see my hawks in the neighborhood so a just grabbed the 2X in case they showed up. (they didn't) but it would have done the job just fine, and it was certainly easier than carrying along the 100-400mm :)

[tannoy]

Thanks CDS. Is there anywhere on the net that might have examples of this combo that you know of?

Thanks,

Darrin

[timmyquest]

I'd kind of be interested in seeing those 135 x2 shots...i've seen the 1.4 shots they obviously look great. But the 135 is such a sharp lens i just wonder what effect the 2x has on it, maybe even both of them stacked ?

[ylikojola]

I'm thinking of getting EF 135 F/2 soon and 1.4 TC, too.

I've seen quoted many times that TC 2.0 is not that great with EF 70-200 F/2.8, but would it be with EF 135/2? I haven't seen any samples so far. If someone could test that, it would be very helpfull.

-Markus-

[gmen]

OK...

Here's a quick shot with the 135mm f/2L + 2x extender (Mk I version) on the 1D MkII from my office window - centre point used for AF.

Exposure details: 1/400s wide open at f/4, ISO400.

I've applied a little unsharp mask and made two crops, one near the edge, one near the centre.

Not the best subject matter and this was shot handheld, but hope it helps a little. I'd say that this combo is not as sharp as I'd like it to be when used wide open.

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/ba001.jpg

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/ba002.jpg

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/ba003.jpg

[tannoy]

Thanks gmen, really appreciate the effort. Not quite as good as I had hoped but not bad either.

Cheers,

Darrin