Re: Does the teleconverter help?

2020-06-23 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 03:31:03PM -0400, John wrote: > On 6/17/2020 16:12:20, John Francis wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 11:48:50PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Jun 12, 2020, at 11:28 PM, Alan C wrote: > > > > > > > > Igor, I did a lot of tests too. The TC shots were

Re: Does the teleconverter help?

2020-06-22 Thread John
On 6/17/2020 16:12:20, John Francis wrote: On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 11:48:50PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: On Jun 12, 2020, at 11:28 PM, Alan C wrote: Igor, I did a lot of tests too. The TC shots were always inferior to the cropped shots without TC. I only have consumer lenses so I can't

Re: Does the teleconverter help?

2020-06-19 Thread P. J. Alling
It looks a wee bit sharper with the teleconverter, but that could be subject movement. On 6/10/2020 11:25 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I took some photos of Mombird today with the bigma, and some with the bigma plus my 2x teleconverter (which becomes manual focus) It’s my impression that the best

Re: Does the teleconverter help?

2020-06-18 Thread David J Brooks
I think the non versions are better imo Dave On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 11:25 PM Larry Colen wrote: > I took some photos of Mombird today with the bigma, and some with the > bigma plus my 2x teleconverter (which becomes manual focus) > > It’s my impression that the best with the TC are a little

Re: Does the teleconverter help?

2020-06-17 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 11:48:50PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > > > > On Jun 12, 2020, at 11:28 PM, Alan C wrote: > > > > Igor, I did a lot of tests too. The TC shots were always inferior to the > > cropped shots without TC. I only have consumer lenses so I can't comment on > > how a TC

Re: Does the teleconverter help?

2020-06-13 Thread Larry Colen
> On Jun 12, 2020, at 11:28 PM, Alan C wrote: > > Igor, I did a lot of tests too. The TC shots were always inferior to the > cropped shots without TC. I only have consumer lenses so I can't comment on > how a TC performs with Limited or Star lenses. Paul's bird images with the > D-FA

Re: Does the teleconverter help?

2020-06-13 Thread Alan C
Igor, I did a lot of tests too. The TC shots were always inferior to the cropped shots without TC. I only have consumer lenses so I can't comment on how a TC performs with Limited or Star lenses. Paul's bird images with the D-FA 150-450 with 1.4x TC (=630mm) are so good which seems to suggest

Re: Does the teleconverter help?

2020-06-12 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Hi Larry! A while back, I've had a few occasions when I had a chance to compare a lens+TC vs lens+cropping. My overall impression was that indeed, sometimes, going without TC might be as good or even better than with TC (but not always). I remember two cases when no TC was better. 1. I was

Re: Does the teleconverter help?

2020-06-11 Thread Larry Colen
> On Jun 11, 2020, at 12:15 AM, Bulent Celasun wrote: > > Due in part to the moving target (in addition to other issues), > a precise comparison seems impossible. > > Still, I found the "no teleconverter" images a bit more satisfactory. > In other words, teleconverter does not seem to

Re: Does the teleconverter help?

2020-06-11 Thread Bulent Celasun
Due in part to the moving target (in addition to other issues), a precise comparison seems impossible. Still, I found the "no teleconverter" images a bit more satisfactory. In other words, teleconverter does not seem to contribute. Bulent

Does the teleconverter help?

2020-06-10 Thread Larry Colen
I took some photos of Mombird today with the bigma, and some with the bigma plus my 2x teleconverter (which becomes manual focus) It’s my impression that the best with the TC are a little bit better than cropping without it, though with manual focus I missed many more shots. It’s pretty warm