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Old 05-05-07, 17:00
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Originally Posted by Roy C View Post
Hi Nick - IMO the lens that you have is one of the very best and if I were to upgrade the 300mm f2.8 IS is the one I would go for. I am sure you will have stunning results with stacked tc's. By my reckoning you should be able to retain AF with the mkIII even with the two converters (f8). How do you get on hand holding this lens from the weight point of view?
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Roy C
p.s The 'Goldie' shot is a cracker
Hi Roy, Will I loose all af on the 30D when I stack the tc's? I suppose it doesn't really matter as I should have the MKIII soon. Hand holding is not to bad but I don't think I could hand hold all day, It would be mounted on the monopod most of the time.

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