Bridges wrote:
If you want to go light, here is a suggestion: The sharpest lens I own seems to be the 300 f4 PF, and I have some very good lenses like the 85 f 1.4, and the 70-200 II. If you take the 300 and add a 1.4 extender, you will have a 450mm f5.6 lens. Some people feel the addition of an extender degrades the quality of a photo but it has been my experience that it is so slight as not to be a factor. The 300 is very lightweight and very sharp.
Before someone jumps in and tells you, you can't combine an F-mount extender onto a z adaptor, and that you will lose functionality, well, they haven't tried it and do not know what they are talking about. Below are two shots I took minutes ago out my front door using that exact combination: 300 f4 + z adaptor + 1.4 extender. I think the sharpness is pretty darn good. Autofocus and auto-exposure worked perfectly. The lamp post was f7.1 @ 200, ISO 200, and the street sign was f7.1 @ 80, ISO 200.
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AFAIK you can use either an F mount TC or a Z mount TC when using a F mount lens with a FTZ adapter. Have no idea which would work out better or if there were any difference. I loved my 300 PF as well, but just sold it last week as I completed my move to mirrorless 100%. If I need a 300 nowadays, I use my 100-400Z. I don't even own a TC since I obtained my 400/2.8 TC, as I really never bothered with a TC on anything but my 400 and now I have one built-in, which is very sweet. Your examples look OK, but a new Z lens would do a better job (IMHO). Also, the subjects you choose are not moving very fast and I would expect you'd have some issues with focus speed if using that combination for fast moving sports. No matter, it does work. Best of luck from your neighbor!