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60-600mm lens + 3 extenders = Total focal length?

Okimar
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I'm a novice and completely confused after researching this question

Can anyone please tell me what the combined mm and magnification this with this arrangement on my Canon R?

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ebiggs1
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"Call me whatever you want, ..."

Hey no disrespect at all. I am all in for you as I say I've done some pretty out there stuff too and I suspect people thought I was nuts. Maybe they are right. 😁

I only offered an alternative using Photoshop.

EB
EOS 1D, EOS 1D MK IIn, EOS 1D MK III, EOS 1Ds MK III, EOS 1D MK IV and EOS 1DX and many lenses.

Okimar
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As best as I can guess so far, I've read that a 25mm lens provides 10x magnification.

So based on that, I'm thinking that my setup here will logically provide a magnification of 672x, assuming 600mm × 2 × 1.4  and  10/25 = 672/1680.

Prove my method of calculation is incorrect, and I will consider your suggestion or correction. 

Or, just say something critical about my intellectual level or whatever... 🤪

I'm a retired US Navy pilot, so I don't care about anyone's insults or about pointless blabbering about my gear not working. 🤣🤣🤣

"As best as I can guess so far, I've read that a 25mm lens provides 10x magnification."

It is not so cut and dried. It is a factor of focal length, sensor size and minimum focus distance.

Trevor told you your new focal length. I wrote how to figure out how many pixels you will get for the moon for a given focal length:

https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/EOS-DSLR-Mirrorless-Cameras/Getting-prepared-for-the-eclipse/m-p/...

ebiggs1
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"Prove my method of calculation is incorrect, and I will consider your suggestion or correction. "

Yes or I mean no, your calculation is incorrect, IMHO.

" It is a factor of focal length, sensor size and minimum focus distance."

"a 600mm lens plus a 2x = 1200mm. Add another 2x and it is 2400mm. add the third it becomes 4800mm."

On a FF camera 50mm is basically considered one power as it is thought to be the same view as the human eye. So 100mm is equal to a 2x telescope and 400mm is equal to a 8 power telescope, etc. Your combo yields 4800 mm and should be equivalent to a 96 power telescope. Of course this would also be influenced by the 1.6 crop equivalent of a cropper.

Now as to the extension tube it will depend on exactly where it is in the rig. It will only effect everything forward of it and nothing behind it. I have heard of birders using an extension tube on big tele lenses for shooting birds but I have no idea how well it works since you lose infinity. And in your case, I so want to see any Moon shots you get even if it is possible for you to get one which I doubt. Your f-stop penalty is going to be in the tank. I am guessing it will be more than f45 possibly f85 on the big Siggy lens.

Please post a sample.

EB
EOS 1D, EOS 1D MK IIn, EOS 1D MK III, EOS 1Ds MK III, EOS 1D MK IV and EOS 1DX and many lenses.
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