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Brian, based on the information you provided about your lens needs, I would highly recommend the 400mm f/4.5 with converters. I personally own this lens along with a 1.4x TC, and have found it to be exceptionally lightweight and quick to focus. With this option, you can easily switch to a shorter lens when necessary, and achieve well-lit shots for the majority of your subjects.
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From the album: Wild Flowers and weeds
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From the album: Wild Flowers and weeds
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You can try using it for a few weeks to determine whether it will just sit on a shelf unused. While it's nice to have the lens, it's important to consider whether it will actually be useful in practice. If it's a lens that you will frequently use, it may be worth investing in a USA product. After all, what's an additional $800 in the grand scheme of things?
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From the album: Wild Flowers and weeds
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From the album: Wild Flowers and weeds
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Glad adding an SSD improved your computing. With photo editing, the SSD isn't involved with the processing. My thoughts would be to open the Task Manager during your computing time and watch where the bottleneck seems to occur. For apps like Photoshop or Lightroom, the CPU does most of the work (if it can) followed by RAM. I no longer have a mechanical storage unit in my box but rely on M.2 SSDs. Yes, they are extremely fast for Read/Write but that doesn't help my processing workflow. I can't imagine working with a CPU with fewer than 8 cores.
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<p>You seem to have some quality diffraction going on...</p>
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Artist: David A. Dube'; Exposure Date: 2014:02:26 16:18:59; Copyright: © David A. Dube'; Make: NIKON CORPORATION; Model: NIKON D800; ExposureTime: 1/640 s; FNumber: f/4; ISOSpeedRatings: 1000; ExposureProgram: Aperture priority; ExposureBiasValue: 0/6; MeteringMode: Pattern; Flash: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode; FocalLength: 300 mm; FocalLengthIn35mmFilm: 450 mm; Software: Adobe Photoshop CC (Windows);
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Exposure Date: 2013:11:16 13:21:21; Copyright: David A Dube; Make: NIKON CORPORATION; Model: NIKON D800; ExposureTime: 1/500 s; FNumber: f/4; ISOSpeedRatings: 1250; ExposureProgram: Normal program; ExposureBiasValue: 4294967294/6; MeteringMode: CenterWeightedAverage; Flash: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode; FocalLength: 300 mm; FocalLengthIn35mmFilm: 450 mm; Software: Adobe Photoshop CC (Windows);
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Exposure Date: 2013:11:16 13:19:12; Copyright: David A Dube; Make: NIKON CORPORATION; Model: NIKON D800; ExposureTime: 1/640 s; FNumber: f/5; ISOSpeedRatings: 800; ExposureProgram: Normal program; ExposureBiasValue: 4294967294/6; MeteringMode: CenterWeightedAverage; Flash: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode; FocalLength: 300 mm; FocalLengthIn35mmFilm: 450 mm; Software: Adobe Photoshop CC (Windows);
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Exposure Date: 2013:11:16 13:29:35; ImageDescription: Anna's Hummingbird, male ~ he heard the camera and looked at me.; Copyright: David A Dube; Make: NIKON CORPORATION; Model: NIKON D800; ExposureTime: 1/250 s; FNumber: f/4; ISOSpeedRatings: 1600; ExposureProgram: Normal program; ExposureBiasValue: 4294967294/6; MeteringMode: CenterWeightedAverage; Flash: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode; FocalLength: 300 mm; FocalLengthIn35mmFilm: 450 mm; Software: Adobe Photoshop CC (Windows);
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Exposure Date: 2013:12:06 14:26:15; Copyright: David A Dube; Make: NIKON CORPORATION; Model: NIKON D800; ExposureTime: 1/1250 s; FNumber: f/5; ISOSpeedRatings: 1600; ExposureProgram: Aperture priority; ExposureBiasValue: 0/6; MeteringMode: CenterWeightedAverage; Flash: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode; FocalLength: 420 mm; FocalLengthIn35mmFilm: 630 mm; Software: Adobe Photoshop CC (Windows);