Teleconvertor for G5

Hello everyone: First post here.
How good are these teleconvertor lenses, particularily the Canon one. Are they suitable say for photographing birds (the feathered variety) and wildlife. What sort of range does it give the G5 when fitted.
Many thanks
Tom

I dont find the conversion that dramatic myself. I have a 2X and a .45x. More like a portrait lens effect from the 2X. Optics seem good though, ...mine are by Digital Optics. I dont know what you can get in the way of long telephoto..I have seen 4x, and thats it. Maybe someone else know.

Ray

Welcome Overbeyond

It depends on the "magnification" factor. If you use a 2x converter your 140 mm tele will become 280 mm. A 1.5x gives you 210 and so on.

See if this helps.
http://www.usa.canon.c​om …nses/lens101/fo​callength/
They could have choosen a better motif, me thinks.

Hi,

I agree with ray mackie that the tele lens attachment for the g-series are mearly for portraits (less dof). Had a zoo trip last weekend to test my G5 and these were the results... some of which i need to crop because of the range limitations.

http://www.pbase.com/r​ngo/avilonzoo