Canon 2X Teleconverter

Moose in Cottontails
(Canon 1d Mk II, 500mm lens)

Moose in Cottontails
(Canon 1d Mk II, 500mm lens, 2X Teleconverter)

I saw this moose in a bog full of cottontails on the Gunflint trail (highway 12) in northern Minnesota. The crop size is exactly the same and shows how much more reach the 2X teleconverter gives you.

There are some down sides to using the teleconverter such as a little softer image and loss of two stops of light. These downsides are more than welcome when you just don't have enough lens to get the shot you want. In wildlife shooting it can mean the difference between getting a keeper shot and a bunch of throw aways because you just can't get close enough.