{"id":3155,"date":"2010-11-13T01:32:24","date_gmt":"2010-11-13T05:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=3155"},"modified":"2011-03-14T15:14:24","modified_gmt":"2011-03-14T19:14:24","slug":"canon-70-200mm-f2-8-l-is-ii-2x-ii-teleconverter-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2010\/11\/13\/canon-70-200mm-f2-8-l-is-ii-2x-ii-teleconverter-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Canon 70-200mm f\/2.8 L IS II & 2X II Teleconverter Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Brown Pelican in flight; early morning light. Canon 70-200mm f\/2.8L IS II with the 2X II teleconverter and the EOS-1D Mark IV handheld at 365mm. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 1\/3 stops off the sky: 1\/16000 sec. at f\/5.6 set manually. Central sensor AI Servo AF with expansion to include surrounding points. Rear button focus. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Canon 70-200mm f\/2.8 L IS II & 2X II Teleconverter Report<\/h2>\n

I arrived in San Diego on Thursday afternoon and got out to La Jolla for a few hours on Friday morning. I speak on Saturday and Sunday at Photo Expo West in Delmar, CA. Admission if free so come on out and say “Hi.” For more info and the speaking schedule click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

My main photographic mission while here in San Diego is to test the Canon 70-200mm f\/2.8 IS L II (the latest version) with the EF teleconverter 2X II and the EOS-1D Mark IV professional digital camera body. After just two hours on the cliffs of La Jolla this morning I can tell you that the combination is both versatile and insanely sharp. If anyone has shown me the optimized TIFFs and told me that they were created with the 2X teleconverter I simply would not have believed them. Thanks to Patrick Sparkman for the heads up on this great combo; he used it extensively in the Galapagos. I did not have many chances for flight photography but the image above tells me all that I need to know \ud83d\ude42 I will however keep testing. <\/p>\n

Enjoy the rest of the images. Note: the new Series III teleconverters will be available soon. Mark IV owners who are confused by any of the AF or other settings mentioned here should get themselves a copy of the recently updated Mark IV User’s Guide.<\/a> The updated 7D User’s Guide will not be sent until at least next Wednesday as the additions are more extensive than I had envisioned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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First winter Western Gull sleeping. Canon 70-200mm f\/2.8L IS II with the 2X II teleconverter and the EOS-1D Mark IV handheld at 400mm. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 1\/3 stops: 1\/1250 sec. at f\/7.1 set manually. Central sensor AI Servo AF with expansion to include surrounding points. Rear button focus and recompose. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Brown Pelicans on the rocks; early morning light with the distant Pacific Ocean as background. Canon 70-200mm f\/2.8L IS II with the 2X II teleconverter and the EOS-1D Mark IV handheld at 335mm. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 1\/3 stops off the sky: 1\/1600 sec. at f\/5.6. set manually. Central sensor AI Servo AF with expansion to include surrounding points. Rear button focus and recompose. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Whimbrel calling. Canon 70-200mm f\/2.8L IS II with the 2X II teleconverter and the EOS-1D Mark IV handheld at 300mm. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 2\/3 stops off the sky: 1\/1250 sec. at f\/6.3 set manually. Central sensor AI Servo AF with expansion to include surrounding points. Rear button focus and recompose. Only one thing bugs me about this image. If you think you know what it is, please do post a comment. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Surfer. Canon 70-200mm f\/2.8L IS II with the 2X II teleconverter and the EOS-1D Mark IV handheld at 400mm. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 2\/3 stops off the sky: 1\/1600 sec. at f\/7.1 set manually. I manually selected the third sensor to the left of the central sensor\/AI Servo AF with expansion to include surrounding points. Rear button focus. As I have been saying: astoundingly sharp. On the TIFF, I can see the guys whiskers. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Shopper’s Guide<\/h2>\n

Here is a list of the gear that I used on the cliffs on Friday morning: <\/p>\n

Canon 70-200mm f\/2.8L IS II lens<\/a>
\nCanon EF Teleconverter 2X II<\/a>
\nCanon EOS-1D Mark IV professional digital camera body<\/a><\/p>\n

If you are considering the purchase of a major piece of photographic gear be it a new camera, a long lens, a tripod or a head, or some accessories be sure to check out our complete Shopper’s Guide.<\/a\n\n\n \n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Brown Pelican in flight; early morning light. Canon 70-200mm f\/2.8L IS II with the 2X II teleconverter and the EOS-1D Mark IV handheld at 365mm. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 1\/3 stops off the sky: 1\/16000 sec. at f\/5.6 set manually. Central sensor AI Servo AF with expansion to include surrounding points. Rear […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[89,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-89","category-70-200mm-f2-8-ii","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}