gwilliams6 wrote:
The new reality is that the latest TCs, internally and external are excellent optical quality, and top wildlife and sports pro photographers around the world use them all the time, with excellent results.
Just go to any Wildlife and Sports shooters groups and forums and see wonderfully sharp and optically excellent shots made with the latest TCs. It is just fake news that TCs are no good nowadays. The latest TCs and best long lenses are designed to work great together, and they do if you know how and when to use them.
Here top wildlife pro Mark Smith uses both Sony 1.4X TC and Sony 2X TC with the latest Sony 300mm f2.8 GM lens:
Sony 420MM F4? What???? 300mm 2.8 + 1.4 Tele - Beautiful Combo for bird and wildlife photography.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4WA2OglKLo&t=90s
Sony 300mm 2.8 + 2x Tele - Beautiful Combo for bird and wildlife photography.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBNF3xu5w5w&t=436s
Here my 24mp Sony A9, Sony 200-600mm lens and 1.4X TC at 840mm, as kids get pulled by a fast speedboat on Brookings Lake, Manistee National Forest, Michigan, USA. This is a 50% crop in here.
Click on download to see better image quality, even with UHH photo compression here. No noise reduction has been done in post on this image, but I could clean it up a bit with my Topaz Denoise AI if I choose to.
Cheers and best to you.
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LOL, Yes, using the latest most expensive bodies and lenses with extenders does give good results in the right hands and the right light .....8-)