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Bower MC4 2X AF Teleconverter for Canon EOS EF lenses | 
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| Brand: Bower
Category: Photography
List Price: $149.99
Buy New: $67.99
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Rating:  6 reviews
Color: Black
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
MPN: B000J6AVQ8
Model: SX4EOS
UPC: 636980500171
EAN: 0636980500171
ASIN: B000J6AVQ8
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 2x autofocus teleconverter/extender for Canon EF lens system | | • | Magnification: 2x | | • | Optical Construction: 4 elements in 4 groups | | • | Fully Multi-coated, automatic diaphragm coupling | | • | Made in Japan, Lifetime Garantee |
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Product Description
Product Features Description The Bower MC4 2x teleconverter (also known as a tele-extender) will multiply the focal length of the existing lens by 2x, and will cut back the amount of light by 2 f/stops. This precision optical accessory, which is compatible with your Canon EOS SLR camera, allows you to increase the focal length of your lens without sacrificing optical quality. For example, using a 2x teleconverter with a 300mm lens will effectively increase the focal length to 600mm. A lens set to f/2.8 will now be f/5.6. It also reduce depth of field to the 50% of the master lens. Not compatible with new digital EF-S lenses.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
 Mounting Problems for EFS lens November 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Bower tele-converters work only on Canon's EF lenses. It will not work on the Canon EFS lenses. There's a difference in the way the EF and EFS lenses are made. The Canon camera body will accept both EF and EFS lenses, but Bower tele-converters only accept the EF lenses.
Also, I am trying to get the Bower converter to work with a Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 on my EOS Rebel XSi. But I'm having very limited success.
The auto-focus will not work. The camera searches and searches, but to no avail. It must be manually focused. And that's a big pain because the ring you must hold in order to manually focus the lens is tiny and I end up touching the lens filter about half the time.
If I could get my money back on the bower tele-converter, I would.
Autofocus problem is not a problem January 30, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Some people have complained about autofocus problems. After reading a little about this, people must understand that for most autofocus systems to work the aperature must be 6 or greater (that means a number smaller than six). But, a 2x converter adds two f-stops to the aperature (decreases the aperature) so you must have a lens that goes no lower than f/4 for the aperature. Most zoom lenses go to somewhere are 5.3 to even higher numbers and that means that as you zoom in on a subject the autofocus will quit working. The answer is that with a teleconverter expect to use manual focus when using a zoom lens.
 Some good with some bad January 1, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I am please that the Bower 2X lens mounted to my EOS Rebel XT and performed well with my Canon EF 70-300mm zoom lens. But when my Canon EFS 18-55mm lens would not mount to the Bower 2X, I was very disappointed. The extra 1/8" of rubber-like material on the inner Canon EFS 18-55 lens will not allow it to fully seat in the Bower mount.
 Performs as expected June 11, 2007
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
First off let me say that South Bay Camera handled my order very well. I really chose a teleconverter based on price. With that in mind I am very satisfied with the product. I confirm what other reviewers mentioned that the AF "hunts" for a focus at higher magnifications so I had to use manual focus. Other than that, I had no other problems with it. FYI, I used the converter on my Canon 75-300mm f4-5.6 III and my kit lens (18-55mm). It worked on both.
Decent fot the money April 10, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Does not give you the feel of 2 x zoom but it does help.
If you are using an image stabilized lens you will lose the Auto Focus abilities of the IS lens
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