New lens first shots in the yard.

[BCcanuck]

The snow is finally clearing and the garden birds are making mre visits to my feeders. Nikon D500, 300mm f:2.8 + 1.4 TC III.

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[smkunder]

Very nice, looks like that lens will do just fine for you!

 

[DRwyoming]

Great images. Very hard to go wrong with the 300mm f/2.8 of just about any vintage. Just wait till you find some large mammals to put in front of that lens, its selective focus and ability to throw the background out of focus is fantastic!

 

[Charles Loy]

Fantastic! Close distance? How's it do at 50 yards?

 

[BCcanuck]

Fantastic! Close distance? How's it do at 50 yards?

These were taken at 25 feet; I haven't tried it at any distance yet. Evrywhere is still snowbound here for another couple of weeks yet so it's tough getting of the roads.

 

[Andrew Lamberson]

The detail is amazing.

 

[Hatch1921]

Looks broken, I will test it for you and return it as soon as possible LOL

Congrats on the new lens, looks sharp as a tack!

Hatch

 

[RH Alberta]

Gotta love fast glass! Great shots!

 

[Capturingtheunseen.com]

Good detail, highlights on the first two are maybe a tad over, lacking some sharpness on the woodpecker's eye and the whites are over on that one.

 

[jhallettbc]

Wow. What an incredibly sharp lens, of course used by someone who knows what he's doing. How does the sharpness compare to your 300 PF?

 

[BCcanuck]

Good detail, highlights on the first two are maybe a tad over, lacking some sharpness on the woodpecker's eye and the whites are over on that one.

Well spotted. I confess I got distracted stroking the new toy

 

[Capturingtheunseen.com]

Well spotted. I confess I got distracted stroking the new toy

Hey, no problem. I'm sure you'll get it figured out. Obviously you are on the right track.

 

[BCcanuck]

Wow. What an incredibly sharp lens, of course used by someone who knows what he's doing. How does the sharpness compare to your 300 PF?

It appears to be slightly sharper though it is close. I'm about to test it with the TC 2.0 III, keep your fingers crossed

 

[jhallettbc]

It appears to be slightly sharper though it is close. I'm about to test it with the TC 2.0 III, keep your fingers crossed

Thanks for your observation in comparison to the 300 PF. I imagine that you will see a real deterioration with the TC 2.

 

[BCcanuck]

D500, 300mm f2.8 + TC 2.0 III. Some loss of sharpnesss as expected but not too bad. Definitly a keeper for me.

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[jhallettbc]

Those results are amazing. They are better than the TC 1.7 on my Nikon 70-200 f2.8 E. I wouldn't think of trying the TC 2 on that lens.

 

[BCcanuck]

Those results are amazing. They are better than the TC 1.7 on my Nikon 70-200 f2.8 E. I wouldn't think of trying the TC 2 on that lens.

Following the advice of another forum member I took a lot of trouble and time to get the autofocus fine tune spot on. That effort has paid off as you an see. I used both FoCal and Lens Align both of which produced almost identical corrections.

 

[Capturingtheunseen.com]

D500, 300mm f2.8 + TC 2.0 III. Some loss of sharpnesss as expected but not too bad. Definitly a keeper for me.

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Very nice. I'm glad to see they are this sharp, as I just ordered that teleconverter today for my 300mm f4pf.