Canon 200FD 2.8 lens question

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Ken Rosenbaum - 22 Dec 2006 14:16 GMT

I have just picked up one of these Canon 200mm 2.8 lenses at a good price
after lusting after one for years. Anyone here use one that can share some
of its good points and weak ones?
Also, I have the Canon 2x-B converter that I hear works quite well with this
lens, but might want to try the 1.4 converter.
I hear, however, two different thoughts about which Canon converter works on
this 200mm lens.
Some say the Canon 1.4x-A converter, designed for lenses 300mm or longer,
will work perfectly. And Canon's own literature doesn't reflect that,
because the lens was not manufactured until AFTER the literature for the
converter was published.
Is the Canon 1.4x-B (very rare) needed, or will the 1.4x-A work just fine?
Anybody really know?
Ken

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Dick R - 23 Dec 2006 04:06 GMT

> I have just picked up one of these Canon 200mm 2.8 lenses at a good price
> after lusting after one for years. Anyone here use one that can share some
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> Anybody really know?
> Ken

Hi Ken,
I can't speak from experience with a FD 200mm, but I do have a FD 300
4.0, and both the 2x and 1.4 A converters work quite well (no cheap
glass here). I quite often use the 300 with the 1.4 converter and get
good results. On really bright days I'll stack both converters and still
get good results. I would say, go for the 1.4x-A, but then, I'm just
another Canon FD junkie.

Dick R.

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