Hi Peter, On Sun, 5 Jan 2003 10:56:22 -0800 (PST), Peter Jansen wrote:
> >Has anyone had experience with the FA* 300mm f2.8 & >the 1.4xL & 2xL converters? > Not with the FA*, but I have used both -L converters with the manual focus A* 300mm f/2.8 The results are quite good, no vignetting and very little loss in sharpness and contrast. (1.4x is a bit better than 2x of course) >I know that Paal has written a good review on >photo.net on the A* version, and that image quality is >great with the 1.4xL wide open, but you have to stop >down a couple for best quality with the 2xL. However >I've read on photographyreview.com that the FA* has >better performance than the A*. > Could be, but I thought they where nearly identical ... >I'm looking for a lighter & less $$$ "big lense" by >using teleconverters with a FA* 300mm f2.8 instead of >buying the FA* 600mm f4, but I still want high image >quality. I have also used the A* 300mm f/2.8 a lot with the 1.7x autofocus adapter, this makes a quite useable autofocus 510 mm ... Regards, JvW (Almere :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery
