ANOTHER 70-200 f2.8 IS post!

jejeje wrote in post #5605606
Hmm, mine won't focus with the EF12II tube

But I absolutely love the 70-200 2.8L IS!

To focus closer just add the Canon 500D close-up 77mm filter lens to the 70-200mm. All the Nikon users do.

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sml wrote in post #5594076
Thanks for all the input so far.
That is, can you still get a nice close cropped head shot with this lens? That's what I'm counting on.

yes; at 200mm and MFD on a 1.6 crop camera the field of view is roughly 13cm x 9cm. With a 25mm tube a butterfly will fill the frame

Current: 5DM3, 6D, 8mm fish, 24-105/4IS, 35/2IS, 70-200/2.8IS, 85/1.8, 100-400/IS v1, lensbaby composer with edge 80, 580's and AB800's
Formerly: 80D, 7D, 300D, 5D, 5DM2, 20D, 50D, 1DM2, 17-55IS, 24-70/2.8, 28-135IS, 40/2.8, 50/1.8, 50/1.4, 70-200/4IS, 70-300IS, 70-200/2.8, 100 macro, 400/5.6, tammy 17-50 and 28-75, sigma 50 macro & 100-300

Savas K wrote in post #5607460
What kind size tube does a full frame user need in order to fill the frame with a butterfly?

Well, it would obviously depend on the size of the butterfly but I would guess somewhere between 36 and 50mm maybe? This was a good sized butterfly shot with the 70-200 and a 25mm tube, which essentially filled the frame on my 20D:

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Current: 5DM3, 6D, 8mm fish, 24-105/4IS, 35/2IS, 70-200/2.8IS, 85/1.8, 100-400/IS v1, lensbaby composer with edge 80, 580's and AB800's
Formerly: 80D, 7D, 300D, 5D, 5DM2, 20D, 50D, 1DM2, 17-55IS, 24-70/2.8, 28-135IS, 40/2.8, 50/1.8, 50/1.4, 70-200/4IS, 70-300IS, 70-200/2.8, 100 macro, 400/5.6, tammy 17-50 and 28-75, sigma 50 macro & 100-300