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Had a great time in the garden today.

1D MKIII, Canon 300mm f/2.8L IS + Canon 1.4x II and Canon 2.0x II Extenders.
RAW PP'd in DPP then cropped in PS CS3

1st 3 stacked tc's, others 1.4x and 2.0x

ISO 1600 1.4x and 2.0x stacked



ISO 1250 1.4x and 2.0x stacked



1.4x and 2.0x stacked





















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Nick
Herts, UK
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Beautiful stuff with a beautiful camera. Thanks for posting these.

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I have a love affair with light.
 
I am more impressed by the quality of 300/2.8 with stacked TCS(840mm). Imagine if you shoot with 1.6 cropped camera(effective 1344mm, it may still autofocus in bright light). Of course the output from 1DMKIII is really good.
 
Ruhikant said:
I am more impressed by the quality of 300/2.8 with stacked
TCS(840mm). Imagine if you shoot with 1.6 cropped camera(effective
1344mm, it may still autofocus in bright light). Of course the
output from 1DMKIII is really good.
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840mm on FF
1092mm on the Mark III
1344 on 8Mp 1.6 crop sensor
1213mm when taking that DIII image and cropping it down to 8Mp.

in other words, not much of a difference to really worry about.
 
Really impressive, thanks for posting.
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Ben
 
The 1D--III is doing a super job with the lenses and TCs. However, you image are quite interesting in that they look "full frame" without crop.

Are these images full frame or did you crop extensively? I would be curious to see the original frames as well. I just don't seem to have the luck, skill, patience, understanding (or other adjective) to get such shots even though I do have the optical toys (even those which my wife does not know about :-)
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tony
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Firstsly, the 1D MKIII is an awesome camera just based on the reviews I have read on it. Besides all the cool features, just the low-noise very high ISO makes me think about it. Cool images.

I'm still debating between the 300 2.8L IS and the 500 f4 IS. Thought I'd made up my mind already for the 500 F4 for the type of photography I do. How do you like the 300 2.8L with stacked TC's?

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I know you mean well but please do not embed my images into the forum. Thanks for respecting that.
http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/some_recent_shots
http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/northern_hawk_owl

 
Did you choose a focus point and let the AF have at it or did you let the AF choose the focus point or did you do AF and tweak with the full time USM manual focusing ring.

My long winded way of asking your focus technique.

Very impressive shots.
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Lundy

'Sometimes the best part of wanting something is not having it.' ME 1994

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If you use XTi(10mP), it may still be nociceable difference, but I will sell my 30D(of course, after I test the difference).
 
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RappWizard

I went through the same debate. But if your primary purpose for the lens is birding, then you want the reach of the 500 f/4. If however you will split alot of your time b/t birding and sports for example, then the 300 2.8 starts to make more sense especially if you plan on doing alot of handheld shots and weight is going to be an issue for you. I'm down in Florida which is birding capital of the Nation in the Winter months so I wound up with the 500. FANTASTIC lens and I'm glad I chose it over the 300 2.8.

If you have not already done so, do a search over on the Canon SLR Lens forum. There are a ton of threads on this issue.
 
Justme said:
Firstsly, the 1D MKIII is an awesome camera just based on the
reviews I have read on it. Besides all the cool features, just the
low-noise very high ISO makes me think about it. Cool images.

I'm still debating between the 300 2.8L IS and the 500 f4 IS.
Thought I'd made up my mind already for the 500 F4 for the type of
photography I do. How do you like the 300 2.8L with stacked TC's?

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I know you mean well but please do not embed my images into the
forum. Thanks for respecting that.
http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/some_recent_shots
http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/northern_hawk_owl

Click to expand...
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RappWizard

I went through the same debate. But if your primary purpose for the lens is birding, then you want the reach of the 500 f/4. If however you will split alot of your time b/t birding and sports for example, then the 300 2.8 starts to make more sense especially if you plan on doing alot of handheld shots and weight is going to be an issue for you. I'm down in Florida which is birding capital of the Nation in the Winter months so I wound up with the 500. FANTASTIC lens and I'm glad I chose it over the 300 2.8.

If you have not already done so, do a search over on the Canon SLR Lens forum. There are a ton of threads on this issue. Good luck.
 
I was beginning to wonder what all the fuss was about the Mark III with some of the not very good photos being posted here, but yours are absolutely wonderful!!
 
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