me@mine.net mine.net> wrote:

Like any Canon 1D/1Ds.
(Actually, even my 20D will AF at f/8 if I fool it by telling
it's faster than that.)

Good to see Canon getting some competition, so they'll not be
tempted to rest on their laurels.

Nice blue bird, but the bokeh of the needle leaves in the first
one is ... not so good.

-Wolfgang

In article , Wolfgang
Weisselberg sneakemail.com> wrote:

and like any nikon, from the d40 on up, including the d200. and even
if the d300 was the only one that did (it isn't), it is substantially
cheaper than the 1d/1ds.

the 40d can't be fooled. taping the pins no longer works.

nospam wrote:

I don't tape pins. I stack a 2x and a 1.4x on a f/2.8 or faster
lens.

Anyway, I guess that you can fool even the 40D by taping all pins.

-Wolfgang

In article <9ledc5-7mf.ln1@ID-52418.user.berlin.de>, Wolfgang
Weisselberg sneakemail.com> wrote:

won't work on a 40d.

nospam wrote:

Have you tested that?
And how would 2 stacked TC announce themselves to the lens
and/or camera?

-Wolfgang