teleconverter
Oct 17, 2015 16:27:12 #
imagemeister wrote:
While in some small way it may be possible to use a 1.4 TC with this lens - it will be very challenging - and the results will reflect that challenge ! How much AF you get ( if any) will depend on your exact camera body and the strength of your lighting.
The best thing I can tell you is instead of a TC , just crop your image and use properly/well applied softwares for sharpening and to enlarge your pixel count. That way you do not loose any light to the TC.
The best thing I can tell you is instead of a TC , just crop your image and use properly/well applied softwares for sharpening and to enlarge your pixel count. That way you do not loose any light to the TC.
"to enlarge your pixel count". That is a concept I have not considered. More information please. If you increase pixel count will that increase iq. Many of the images I consider working with require a significant crop to get the frame I am looking for, but typically result in quite a bit of noise. Would increasing the pixel count help?
Oct 17, 2015 18:03:21 #
Nalu wrote:
"to enlarge your pixel count". That is a concept I have not considered. More information please. If you increase pixel count will that increase iq. Many of the images I consider working with require a significant crop to get the frame I am looking for, but typically result in quite a bit of noise. Would increasing the pixel count help?
From my experience, increasing your pixel count ( intelligently with specialized software and/or techniques) will not "increase" your IQ - just helps to prevent you from loosing IQ.
I have been using the Sony in camera Clear Image Zoom ( 1.1-2X) as well as the default Adobe Bicubic Smoother in increments of 10% or less ( up to 40% - 4X10%) with good success (IMO). There are much more costly and elaborate software out there that MAY do better in some very small way.
Oct 17, 2015 23:54:43 #
I am new to digital. But on my film cameras I would often use teleconverters without serious problems. Yet with digital cameras nobody has anything good to say about them. I bought a Vivitar 2X that you put in front of your lens and found it to be garbage, in either auto or manual mode. I know that they would not work well in AF, but in manual, with a good lens up front and the TC mounted between it and the camera, and in manual mode, shouldn't they be OK?? Thanks.
quote=DWU2]I'll add my voice to most of the others to warn you that you'll probably be disappointed using a TC with that particular lens.[/quote]
quote=DWU2]I'll add my voice to most of the others to warn you that you'll probably be disappointed using a TC with that particular lens.[/quote]
Oct 18, 2015 12:35:02 #
graybeard wrote:
[/quote]I am new to digital. But on my film cameras I woul... (show quote)
It depends on what your "OK" is ....as in all things photographic, there is a wide spectrum of quality in lenses and TC's ! The best lenses with the best TC's are very good ! Everything else, not so much......
Oct 18, 2015 13:47:43 #
imagemeister wrote:
While in some small way it may be possible to use a 1.4 TC with this lens - it will be very challenging - and the results will reflect that challenge ! How much AF you get ( if any) will depend on your exact camera body and the strength of your lighting.
The best thing I can tell you is instead of a TC , just crop your image and use properly/well applied softwares for sharpening and to enlarge your pixel count. That way you do not loose any light to the TC.
The best thing I can tell you is instead of a TC , just crop your image and use properly/well applied softwares for sharpening and to enlarge your pixel count. That way you do not loose any light to the TC.
:thumbup: :thumbup: You'll get more by cropping and using a good resizing software (Not your regular editing program, PS, PSP, etc.) like Onone Perfect Resize.
Oct 20, 2015 01:52:31 #
OK means you get an exposure. Lighting, sharpness etc should be resonable, not outstanding, hence OK.
imagemeister wrote:
It depends on what your "OK" is ....as in all things photographic, there is a wide spectrum of quality in lenses and TC's ! The best lenses with the best TC's are very good ! Everything else, not so much......
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