Canon Teleconverter

I bought my Canon dslr awhile ago with a 75-300mm lens which I obviously use for distance or close ups. I want to buy a more powerful lens but being that I'm on a budget its likely to not happen soon. I spoke to a sales associate from Cameta Camera, he recommend to me one of their teleconverters. Ive heard rumors about teleconverters screwing up your f-stops so of course I was skeptical. The sales guy stated they would allow me to return the teleconverter if I was unhappy with it. So whatever I took a whirl at the teleconverter( you only live once). I had the teleconverter for about a week before being able to use it.

The teleconverter becomes the middle man where the lens gets placed into one end and the camera into the other. After the teleconverter is attached, it doubles the focal point of the current lens. The down side toward the teleconverter is it takes away a couple of f-tops causing you images to be a little darker. Not bad, you can always leave the shutter open a little longer. Of course I use my teleconverter mostly in low light situations. I strongly recommend using it with a tripod, its just easier to focus with a tripod. With the tripod I recommend either setting the timer for more then two seconds or using a shutter release, otherwise the camera my pick up unnecessary movement from the pressure of pushing on the shutter. Its a little tricky but once you get the hang of it, you'll see its well worth it, your pictures will also tell you this.

The Goal of my teleconverter is to get amazing shots of the moon. The weather hasnt been to great around here and I've been busy, when I get my moon shot I'll be sure to post it.

Canon Teleconverter

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