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If you have a Depth of Field preview function try this experiment: Set the aperture to f32 using aperture priority or manual mode. Look through the viewfinder without using Dof preview. Press the DoF preview button, watch the viewfinder go dim, very dim. The viewfinder screen is normally viewed with the aperture wide open, the camera performs AF in this mode. When the DoF preview button is pressed, the camera stops the aperture down to the intended final setting so that you can see the resulting DoF in the viewfinder. When taking the picture, the camera does not actually stop down the aperture until the shutter release button has been pressed. If the camera varied the aperture directly as the aperture setting was adjusted on the camera, it would be possible to see the DoF varying as you made the adjustment, it would also be clear that the brightness of the image in the viewfinder was changing as you varied the aperture. Neither of these effects are seen when not using the DoF preview function. When performing AF and letting the camera change its focus point, you do not see the brightness of the image in the viewfinder vary, nor do you see the DoF vary, this is because the AF is performed with the lens wide open. If you stick on a 2x TC to a lens that has a max aperture of 6.3 it is unlikely to AF unless the subject is exceptionally bright and contrasty, the max aperture just isn't enough for the AF sensor to work with under most circumstances. Unless you have an extremely bright subject with lots of contrast, AF will struggle if presented with a smaller effective aperture than f8 when wide open. |
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Sorry Frank
Did not mean to confuse you –I was answering Duncans last post. Duncan is correct in what he says – my confusion arose because all my lenses are f2,8 or f4 all the way through so even with a 2TC the worst would be f8. As he quite rightly says, at your 500mm end you have f6.3 less 2 stops for your TC. I have been to a few Sigma 50-500 review sites and it looks as though with the Sigma TC2 you have to go completely Manual. Brian |
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