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100-300 vs. 50-200+1.4TC: surprised!

Started Jun 1, 2014 | Discussions thread
luisflorit
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Re: this was the wrong moment...

javayoda wrote:

Wilu wrote:

...to read such a thread - after all i just hit the buy it now button for a Pana 100-300 a few minutes ago

I have a 100-300 and I just ordered a 50-200 Mk I (KEH) and a cheap EC14 (EBay). I seem to remember finding several similar comparisons on the web that reached different conclusions.

Yes, that's why I wrote "surprised" in the title. But others also say differently (read below the thread).

I'm not wildly thrilled with the 100-300 at full zoom so this could be disappointing (if true).

Well, we will have different copies, so maybe your 100-300 is softer than mine. Actually, I've read in this very forum people strongly complaining about the 100-300 at full zoom, and others posting shots showing that this was not true (I'm sure you read these yourself). Maybe everyone is right, and there is lots of variations in the 100-300? This was the case with the famous Bigma (Sigma 50-500), for example.

I'd wait for your lens to arrive, and do your tests.

Cheers,

L.

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