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

Started Jun 1, 2014 | Discussions thread
CrisPhoto
CrisPhoto Senior Member • Posts: 1,749
Re: 100-300 vs. 50-200+1.4TC: I have different results
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Hi,

I don't want to disturb the party. But last year I compared my 75-300 with my 50-200SWD and the SWD lens won by far. Even upscaled from 200mm to 300mm FOV via PhotoShop the 50-200 was better. Using a tele converter gives even better results.

I sold my 75-300mm without hesitation ...

Two weeks ago, I was curios if the AntiShock=0s makes a difference and while I no longer have the 75-300mm, I got a 100-300mm from a frined.

Compared to my 50-200SW+TC14 the 100-300 was much softer. Just like your pictures in the first posting but the other way round: The 50-200 has more contrast and a clearly visible sharp area while the 100-300 has some blue glow and is not 100% sharp.

I believe your findings are correct with your copies of 50-200 and 100-300, but you can not generalize it on all these lenses.

At least my copy of the 50-200mm is clearly better than my 75-300Mk1, my 75-300Mk2 and better than the 100-300mm I had for a weekend.

By the way: I had to do the focus-fine-tune thing with my 50-200. When using the EC14 some front focus was visible, I get best sharpness with +2/+3 steps correction.

Christof

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