Who says TCs don't work? Blue Jay 600mm lens f/4 + 1.4 TC
Jan 16, 2019 18:39:32 #
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Jan 16, 2019 19:24:26 #
Davethehiker wrote:
They work if you crank up the f-stop. Good light helps.
Jan 16, 2019 19:35:53 #
Jan 16, 2019 19:37:35 #
AJFRED wrote:
Very nice shot. How far away were you?
About 15 yards.
Jan 16, 2019 19:54:48 #
Tracy B. wrote:
Nice!
Thank you for the kind words. This guy was about half as far away and I did NOT use the TC.
Jan 17, 2019 00:08:32 #
Davethehiker wrote:
They work if you crank up the f-stop. Good light helps.
I don't think anybody ever said they don't work!
Jan 17, 2019 06:33:06 #
Davethehiker wrote:
They work if you crank up the f-stop. Good light helps.
Nice shots Dave.
Jan 17, 2019 07:23:20 #
speters wrote:
I don't think anybody ever said they don't work!
I have met a lot of people both on the Internet and in person who have recommended not to use teleconverters. They claim that because of high resolution imagining arrays that we can do better with simply cropping. I'm not talking about average people saying this I'm talking about world class, award winning photographers. I live a short drive from an eagle nest and have taken hundreds of photo of eagles in flight and resting in their nest. In most cases I was better off cropping than using a TC. For a while I was one
one of the people who advice others not to bother with teleconverters. With eagles in flight or hidden in shadow TCs do not work. If you have a subject like a well lit bird that is standing still and you have the luxury of the ability to crank up the f-stop to f/8 or higher teleconverters do work.
I happen to own both a 300mm f/2.8 lens and a 600mm f/4 lens. I love both of these prime lenses and have the 2X and 1.4CX TC made for these lenses. Under some circumstances they can work but most of the time they are a waste of time. I have attached a photo that I took using a 600mm f/4 prime lens and a lot of cropping. I know that a TC would have made this photo much worse. I needed high shutter speed.
Jan 17, 2019 07:27:23 #
Jan 17, 2019 08:11:01 #
The only time I've heard that "TCs don't work" has been in reference to putting them on lenses that would end up with maximum apertures smaller than f8, as most cameras cannot auto-focus at smaller openings than that. Since your glass doesn't suffer that problem, it's assumed a TC will work.
That said, good shots!
That said, good shots!
Jan 17, 2019 08:23:16 #
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Jan 17, 2019 11:06:45 #
Tazzy wrote:
Great shot
Thank you. Sometime the birds pose and let you manually focus on them.
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