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<blockquote data-quote="robbins.photo" data-source="post: 324727" data-attributes="member: 27043">Pretty much same here - after I got the 70-200 I just wasn't shooting with the 70-300 hardly at all, so I wound up getting a 1.4x TC and a 2x TC for the 200 - and selling the 300.&nbsp; In retrospect the 1.4 hasn't really proven to be all that useful, originally I was thinking it would be great to have 280 mm at F4, but in truth I've found I just don't use it much at all.&nbsp; I'm hanging onto it for now, it really wasn't all that expensive and I figure you never know when it might come in handy.But quick tip for those of you wanting to buy a TC - don't buy new.&nbsp; Thing about TC's is a whole ton of people buy them new and try to use them with slow glass like F/5.6- and of course they don't work worth a darn because the TC cuts out so much light that they lose autofocus or it hunts.&nbsp; So they turn around and sell the TC after only using it once or twice.&nbsp; My preferred source for TC's is KEH - you can generally pick them in in pretty much new condition for about half what an actual new one would cost.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="robbins.photo, post: 324727, member: 27043"] Pretty much same here - after I got the 70-200 I just wasn't shooting with the 70-300 hardly at all, so I wound up getting a 1.4x TC and a 2x TC for the 200 - and selling the 300. In retrospect the 1.4 hasn't really proven to be all that useful, originally I was thinking it would be great to have 280 mm at F4, but in truth I've found I just don't use it much at all. I'm hanging onto it for now, it really wasn't all that expensive and I figure you never know when it might come in handy. But quick tip for those of you wanting to buy a TC - don't buy new. Thing about TC's is a whole ton of people buy them new and try to use them with slow glass like F/5.6- and of course they don't work worth a darn because the TC cuts out so much light that they lose autofocus or it hunts. So they turn around and sell the TC after only using it once or twice. My preferred source for TC's is KEH - you can generally pick them in in pretty much new condition for about half what an actual new one would cost. [/QUOTE]

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