Anyone had experiance with the EF100-400 f4.5-5.6L IS USM II & EF1.4EX III

[candyman]

Hello Mario,
Great shots!

Do you have photos taken with the 5D MK III + 100-400II +1.4x III @ 560mm?
(I saw only 1 @400 and 1 @401mm)

Thanks, Candyman. I just had a dive into my archive, and yes, several with the 5DIII and the 100-400 II @ 560 mm. Here are 2 consecutive shots of a blue tit, both 5DIII, 100-400 II + 1.4x III @ 560 mm, 1/125, f/8, ISO 800, -2/3 EV.

edit: there's a difference in color, the processing of the last one was done at the time of the testing, the first one I quickly processed just before posting this.

Mario

Hello mario,
Those are just wonderful shots! Truly fine detail. Thank you for sharing.
Makes me wonder .....I may have problems with my 100-400 II.. :-\
I have to check this.

 

[Mario]

One of this evening, a great spotted woodpecker, this time with the 1DXII.

1DXII, 100-400 II + 1.4x III @ 560 mm, 1/400, f/8, ISO 2500, -2/3 EV.

Candyman, please keep in mind these birds are sitting really close, about 3 meters or so. You won't get that level of detail with birds sitting much further away. I also have my micro-adjustments set for this short distance as this is what I do most of the time.

Mario

 

[fallsong]

Anyone has tried it with the 2X?

Thanks

 

[greger]

Nice pictures on this thread. My experience with version 1 and the 2X ll were too noisy which I couldn't fix in PS. Manual focusing in Live View was not easy. I want to try my 1.4 ll extender next time. I'm sure the results will be better as using it on my 70-200 was fine.

 

[Mario]

Anyone has tried it with the 2X?

Thanks

You will lose AF with the 2x, except in Live view mode.

Mario

 

[TWI by Dustin Abbott]

The combo also works well on the new 80D (I cover it in my review here: http://bit.ly/1TIXffd). If you have the 1.4x II, only the center focus point will work, but the 1.4x III allows for 27 AF points to work on the 80D (three groups of nice across the center). My findings were that the fewer focus points selected the better. Single point = fantastic. Group of nine = pretty good but occasional pulsing. All 27 points active = often frustrating.

Here's a moon shot + crop:

As others have mentioned, the lens with the extender becomes essentially a macro lens with the world's best working distance.

 

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Did much testing and found that the 100-400 II did just about as well bare as with the 1.4x III when comparing the bare lens cropped. This was on a 7D2. On my former 5D3 the teleconverter had some more significant benefit, and I'd use it on it for still objects.

On a used 1dx I just picked up, it does very nicely, and the better autofocus makes up a lot of difference too. I use it much more with the 100-400 now that it's back on a full frame.

BTW, you can pick up a good used 1dx mark 1 for less than you can buy a new 5d3. I suspect once the new 1dx mark 1 inventory gets shot through the retail channels, people will be paying a higher price for them, but for now, it's quite a deal.

 

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Thanks, Candyman. I just had a dive into my archive, and yes, several with the 5DIII and the 100-400 II @ 560 mm. Here are 2 consecutive shots of a blue tit, both 5DIII, 100-400 II + 1.4x III @ 560 mm, 1/125, f/8, ISO 800, -2/3 EV.

edit: there's a difference in color, the processing of the last one was done at the time of the testing, the first one I quickly processed just before posting this.

Mario

Beautiful shots. Very well done, Mario.

 

[stochasticmotions]

I currently use the kenko DGX 1.4 converter a great deal with the new 100-400 which works extremely well on my 1D IV and the Sony A7RII but there have been some compatibility issues with the 5D3. Quality wise it is pretty close to the mark III canon. Here are a couple of examples, and these are also cropped since I rarely consider 560 (x1.3) long enough This teleconverter will also work with autofocus on older canons that don't officially focus at F8.

Find the cause of the knocking by Barry Scully, on Flickr

Attitude by Barry Scully, on Flickr

phinizy phlight #1 by Barry Scully, on Flickr