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Recommendations for travel setup please

Thinking of a European trip with lots of indoor usage in museums, churches and such where allowed as well as normal walk-around usage and landscapes. Would love to keep the equipment list to a minimum of course. Concerns are mostly indoor shots where...

Can I use an extender on 70-300L and 24-70L with extension tube?

As the topic asks, seems like an extender (1.4 or 2.0) mounted to an EOS with a tube extender then a lens might work to allow extending the range of some telephoto zooms that are not compatible with an extender directly attached. Would this work? Wou...

Will A Teleconverter Work With My Lens?

I was browsing B And H's website looking at teleconverters and I had a question. I have a Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III lens and I shoot (or try to) a lot of wildlife photography with it but it just does not have the reach that I would like. I was ho...

Macro lenses, Extender for the 100-400 telephoto lenses.

I have a EF-S60mm F/2.8 USM thinking about getting the EF 100mm f/2.8.8L IS USM would this be worth the money, does it produce better macro shots. Also I have a 100-400 telephoto lenses thinking about getting an extender what would be a good choice o...

polarizers

whats the difference between a linear and a circular polarizer ? And what is best for reflex lenses ? 

6D and EF 28-80 2.8/4 L lens

I am hoping someone can here can help me, I just got a 6D and was wanting to use some of my old lenses with it, one of them is the old EF 28-80 2.8/4L.  I took a test shot and the mirror on the 6D hits the back element of the lens which protrudes out...

Canon Zoom Lens Problem

Hello, I've been having an issue with my 75-300mm lens for my T3i.  Earlier today, it accidentally fell out of my bag and into some snow.  The lens appeared to be fine and no damage whatsoever, however, when I try to attach it to my T3i, it won't sli...

Please make recommendation for ~300mm lens ... And a general lens for a 70D

I have a new 24-70mm f2.8 and want something to compliment it for the longer distances. I'm thinking something between 250-400 would be good but not sure which one(s) are 'better'. This would mostly be used for indoor/stage shooting with some outdoor...

55-250mm Telephoto Zoom Lens help

I can not get a sharp image with this lens no matter what I do.please can someone help me.I tried taking pictures of some birds this morning and they are not sharp at all.I used a tripod too.thanks.Tina

Replacing 400mm5.6 with used 500mm 4.5 non-IS good idea?

Thinking of purchasing a used 500mm 4.5 non-IS to replace my 400mm 5.6. It would be used only on a tripod inside of a portable blind. My thinking is that it will do OK without the IS due to the blind keeping the wind off. Any downsides? I'm starting ...

Lens adapter

I have an old Tamron Aspherical lens for a Canon AE1, what adapter do I need to mount to SL1?

Can an older Tokina lens from an SLR be adapted to fit a Rebel T3I DSLR?

EF-s 15-85mm IS USM

Has Canon ever considered an "L" quality variant of its EF-s 15-85mm IS USM lens?  I am thinking of something with a constant f/2.8 or f/3.5 aperture.  In spite of the IS on the current lens, it is still a bit of a struggle in lower light situations ...

How do you read date code

How do you read the date code. The code that I can find is UR0500.

Cleaning 18-55mm STM front lens

Hello,I own a EOS M with an 18-55mm STM lens.I need to clean inside the lens, at the front, so i need to know the best way to do it?I've seen some youtube videos of other canon lenses where they remove the UV filter(?) first but on the STM lens i don...