--- Henning Wulff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 8:29 AM +0900 3/2/04, Jim Davis Nature > Photography wrote: > >Bob Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote/replied to: > > > >> > >>That said, the 100-400 + 2xII is pushing the edges > of > >>acceptable. Put in on a tripod, stop down a couple > of > >>stops, and you'll get images that are usable. But > >>wide open you'll find things pretty soft. > > > >And therein lies the problem. > > > >Even at ISO 800 on a sunny day, I'm shooting wide > open at f11, at a > >mere 1/125th of a second. And that's just not fast > enough for me, even > >with IS. > > > >I have got a few usable images using the 100-400 + > 2xII. But nothing I > >couldn't have got using a 1.4x and cropping a bit. > > Here is a crop from a picture shot on 100ISO film in > an EOS3 with the > 100-400 with 1.4x at 1/8 sec handheld wide open of a > Vermilion > Flycatcher 4 years ago or so. This is the best shot > of 3 that I > managed before it took off. It's not perfectly > sharp, but not far off > what I can get with a two tripod setup with a 509 > and 320 Gitzo. > > This combination I still find useable, but the 2x > disappoints.
I think maybe you two missed the point of my response. I was responding to the comment that the 2X does not produce satisfactory results with ANY lens. I still strongly disagree with that statement. The 2X produces completely acceptable results with many lenses, including the 70-200 and the 200 2.8 (the only two lenses, other than the 100-400, I've tried it with). Anecdotal evidence also suggests it produces fine results with the 300 2.8, and very acceptable results with the original 300 f4 (but perhaps not with the 300 f4 IS). ===== Bob Meyer I wish I knew what I know now, when I was younger... http://www.meyerweb.net/epson __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you�re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
