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Last weekend I happened to rent a 200 2.8L, a 1.4x and a 2x TC, and ran a fairly extensive set of tests, as I was trying to decide what telephoto prime to buy. With the extender 1.4x the difference was negligible (wide open the corners were slightly softer than without the extender), while with the 2x the difference was more evident, having to stop down to f/8 to get back the initial corner sharpness.

Also, while the 1.4x shows minimal CA (no CA at all without TCs), using the 2x the amount of CA is more significant. After this trial,

I think I'm leaning towards 300/4 IS + 1.4x TC

 

HTH,

Stefano

I'm very happy with my feisol CF monopod... <a href=http://www.feisol.com/english/ncm.htm>http://www.feisol.com/english/ncm.htm</a>

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hope it helps,Stefano

I definitely agree with Suman, fredmiranda.com is worth a try

I'm having a problem when trying to rate recent pictures: after

skipping a few pictures, when I click on skip photo I get a "rating

insert failed" error and I am not able to rate unless I restart the

browser...

same here... now all ratings appear to be "direct"

I've had a 28-105 for quite some time and I've always been pleased with it. If you go for a new 3rd party lens, make sure it's a full frame.

I would go to Pro Photo Supply: they are usually well stocked with new and adequately stocked with used (all consignment)... the prices are slightly higher than B&H, but to even things out there are no sales taxes. As far as used, they use keh.com to price them.

Hi Bob,

 

No comparisons against the kit lens either?

...because they know there are people (read professionals) willing to spend those money both today and in two years...

I guess I have to... :-)

I guess it shows english is not my first language... I meant "can I work around it in any way"?

The user that rated your pictures could have been banned

Hello Brian... any workaround?

Here is the problem I'm having: I was looking at pictures on

the "Rate Recent Queue" for Landscapes. I added a comment on one but accidentally clicked on "skip photo" before rating it... now I don't seem to be able in any way to post the rating on that picture, I always get "Rating

Insert Failed".

same here :-)

Mine is broken as well:

 

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Hi,

 

Have you considered a 1.4x teleconverter?

I can confirm the Kenko pro has them

Thanks Steve,

 

The hood for the Mark II seems a little bulky to me. I read almost

everywhere it does a better job preventing flare, but knowing myself

I can tell you I would use the embedded one every time I have to while I don't know if I'd do the same with the detachable one...

Thanks a lot everybody for your feedbacks... I was also attracted by the 200/2.8 because of its relatively small size, especially compared to 300/4 or 400/5.6 At this point I think I'll keep the 2X and start looking for a used 200/2.8 MkI (I kinda like the embedded hood idea).

Ronald, could you email me the scans?

I stumbled across a deal I couldn't pass up on a new extender EF 2X,

so I'm now trying to figure out what to do with it... I always wanted to

start shooting birds, but if I want to retain focus on my DReb I need

to consider an f/2.8 lens... Considering that 400/2.8, 300/2.8 and

200/1.8 are out of the picture, that leaves me with the 200/2.8.

Now my question is: I haven't been able to find samples/reviews

of this match, so I was wondering if somebody here ever tried it and

whether he/she liked it or not

 

Thanks a lot in advance,

Stefano

I got one, works perfectly and looks to me identical to the real one :)

No, I shot from a deck but the camera was above the railings.

Also, the bridge has been resurfaced few months ago and it's very smooth... Over the weekend I'll run some more experiments with different ISO, exposure and aperture.

Hi Aaron,

 

I used the wireless Remote RC1 on the non-MLU shots... I am also a

little puzzled by one thing: why does the headlight trail on the

pictures looks like a composition of dots rather than a smooth line?

 

I always assumed that during a long exposure the sensor was left for

the whole time in charge accumulation mode, while here it looks like

the camera is transferring the raw sensor data at a fixed rate and adding them in the system memory, resulting in loss of exposure during the sensor unload intervals ... am I just speculating?

I didn't want to check the differences at 8 second exposures, that was only a way to get easily a diagram of the camera oscillation in time

(using the car head/taillights) :) I agree with you, on a 8s exposure

the average light captured by each photosite does not depend a whole lot on the oscillations of the initial phase... This apparently is not valid with the shots taken with the cheap tripod though.