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