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How should I resolve my birding GAS?

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OP User1303423862 Senior Member • Posts: 1,070
Re: How should I resolve my birding GAS?

nnowak wrote:

User1303423862 wrote:

Larry kindly offered me his spare 2X TC after I ran into problems with my Kenko 1.5X project. I agree the degree of light loss is an issue, although I think the gull and squirrel shots shows the optics themselves are pretty good.

That 2X must be worse than I thought as I don't see anything that resembles a squirrel in your OP. Of the three photos you did show in you OP, the second and third look pretty rough, even when viewed on my phone without zooming in.

I hadn't realised your were conducting your criticism while viewing a 2"x4" screen.

I can understand that. I have photographed dragonflies with the original M + EF adapter + EF Life Size Converter + original EF 100-400mm L .... handheld. For those unfamiliar, the Life Size Converter is a combination teleconverter and extension tube that was originally sold for use with the EF 50mm f/2.5 Macro to tske it from 1:2 to 1:1. While not officially endorsed by Canon, it worked well on longer telephotos to reduce the Minimum Focus Distance.

Nice work. I saw on another forum in dpr yesterday someone who got great dragonfly shots with a Z50 and Tamron 18-400. He was replying to someone who was getting great results with a 60MP Sony FF camera cropped to APS-C using a similar APS-C  superzoom. They were both in search of the best single lens solution with IQ acceptable to them. I don't mind carrying a couple of lenses to get better IQ at various FLs, but I'll never go hiking with a Canon great white or sigma 100-500. Too bulky and heavy.

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