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

Started Jun 1, 2014 | Discussions thread
bigley Ling Veteran Member • Posts: 4,490
Re: 100-300 vs. 50-200+1.4TC: surprised!
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LMNCT wrote:

The 100-300 has been a fine performer from the start. I suspect that those who find issue with the long end of this lens forget to set the aperture to 7.1 or 7.2 to get better sharpness. For the size and weight, it returns big time.

there is no need to stop down to 7.1 to get sharp focus at 300mm. All that is required is good focusing technique. Sometimes if the subject is too far, the AF can be slightly out. This can be mis read as softness. I have had amazing success with the panny 100-300 wide open, as long as focus is spot on.

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