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A Remarkable Long Lens

Started Nov 3, 2021 | User reviews thread
OP ProDude Senior Member • Posts: 4,851
Re: Yes, but the lack of range with the TC is a big drawback to me

Karl_Guttag wrote:

I was out taking pictures at an airshow last weekend, the R5 and RF100-500. The inability to zoom out to less than 420mm with the 1.4x TC made the TC worthless (I ended up taking it off and putting it away).

A 140mm to 720mm would have been great for things like take-off runs of planes. At 140mm, I could have just gotten the whole plane framed with a little room to spare at its nearest point on the runways. I wanted the 720mm for when the plane was at the end of the runway or when flying. When the planes are flying, 420mm is too long on their nearest approach.

It's a good thing with the luxury of the resolution cropping or running the R5 on crop mode isn't much of a sacrifice.

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