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Fringer NF-FX With Nikon 300 PF F/4 VR

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NikonBiologist
NikonBiologist Regular Member • Posts: 358
Re: Fringer NF-FX With Nikon 300 PF F/4 VR

FuzzyDice wrote:

NikonBiologist wrote:

FuzzyDice wrote:

This is a pretty sick little combination here. It rained pretty well today, so I just fired off a few shots close to the house.

Some of these I just liked these Vibrant colors, so I took pictures of them with the lens.

Don't ask me what she got on her face, I have no idea what she got herself into. 😄

How quick was the AF? Did it affect the camera's overall performance at all? I ask because I tried the fringer adapter with the 300 pf, and also the 80-400 G lens, on my X-T3 and had poor results. The AF hunted a lot, and it somehow affected the camera performance; e.g., reviewing images took 2 seconds just to get the LCD to respond, and navigating the menu was also significantly delayed. I checked contacts, and everything was updated, so not sure if I just had a bad copy of the adapter? I had to return it and haven't tried again.

I can’t speak to how it was on the X-T3, but on the X-H2S it felt like a native lens to me. I just bought the 1.7 TC as I heard good things about that too. Maybe I’ll get the 1.4 TC as well, then I’ll have 300, 400, and 500 covered.

The 1.4 tc works great with the 300pf (and many other lenses). The 1.7 tc doesn't get much love. The tc2.0 iii seems to be better, optically speaking. Maybe I need to get the Xh2S or upcoming Xh2 and try it!

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Nikon Z6 OM-1 Nikon AF-S Micro-Nikkor 105mm F2.8G IF-ED VR Panasonic Leica Summilux DG 25mm F1.4 Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm F2.8 Macro +6 more
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