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Sony apparently had no idea whatsoever of what flash photography is about (2013) which made me choose a Nikon DSLR with optical viewfinder 5 years ago. I had the otherwise excellent Sony R1. Flash...

What a beautiful bird shot! I realize that I am not going either to make wall-size posters of the few birds I shoot for fun or make a living that way. I am happy to be able to carry the 300mm PF ...

Hi, I know this thread has some age, but I just wanted to insert a link to a tool that goes far beyond what the free luminosity masks offer: Aaron Dowling's tool has a video overview here, and I am ...

300mm x 1,7 is 510mm and no need to enlarge. I do not understand, you just stated that a 200mm prime was too restrictive on DX at 300mm effective, so a 400 mm will be even more restrictive. Thank ...

To guys that need super wide and are not happy about fisheye distortion: there is a defishing plugin for photoshop and LR. I had the old version and it was marvelous. Spheres near the edges of an...

Hi Ernie, I suggest it would be your copy that lost sharpness at the short distance. This fly was shot with the TC 1.7x on the 70-200mm F4, as was the squirrell and caterpillar with matching fur.

Thank you! I will keep that in mind and be sure to use the D7200 for skittish birds!

Impressivre images! Interesting to hear your experience with both lenses .-- Smile and the world smiles back!

Hi, Thought I would include a bug image with the 18-140mm. It is cropped a bit but not downsampled.

Hi Larry, You may have been unlucky with your sample of TC1.7x. I am quite happy with mine on first the 70-200mm F4 and now the 300mm PF F4. Subjectively it is probably a bit better on the 200mm ...

Sorry, I managed to confuse myself, I want to compare lens weight and size @ equiv. focal length. The DX version of the 200-500 is the non-existing 133-333mm F5.6 lens and I assume this would be ...

Granted you do pay quite a premium for the lightness of the fresnell and 1 stop more light @300mm and for the VR that is simply outstanding. Even with the TC 1.7 hand-held shots @ 1/15s are ...

Yes, one shot was on a D800 (500mm): it was solely to demonstrate that the other shot of the same critter, still sitting in my car at the same distance, on the D7200 (750mm equiv.) actually pulls ...

Excellent photo indeed in FF, but this thread was to demonstrate a DX solution. You are comparing 300mm on FF with 750mm on DX, so yes I would expect a lens @ native resolution and 300mm on FF to ...

On the contrary: I see sharp whiskers on the bushy-tailed bird. If the sensor had been less noise prone it would have been better. Senior guests here agree with me that there is indeed more ...

Hi, The 300mm PF F4 is easily sharp enough with the TC1.7x making 500mm F6.7 in a tiny and light weight package. Of course a zoom is versatile, but if the long end is only ever used for small birds ...