Royal Spoonbill shot with D850 & 400/2.8 with 1.4 and 2x for comparison

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ruley74

ruley74

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When out today one thing I wanted to do was really see how the 2x goes on the 400/2.8 to see if I get rid of it or keep it. I feel I may need to micro adjust to move the focus rearward a little but I think it's pretty close going by the DOF visible below.

With 1.4, wide open at F/4. crop to 6000x4000
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Now 2x, F/8. crop to 7500x5000ish
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For comparison here's my D500 with the 200-500 F/5.6. Crop to 5000 long side
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Dean, think the D500 image is better by eye. My 400 F/2.8 did not like the 2 X TC ii. especially on the D800, often gave me black images. On the D3S with the 2X TCiii, nearly all images were always good. But I seldom shot < F/7.1! Maybe that could be the problem?
 
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Callie said:
Dean, think the D500 image is better by eye. My 400 F/2.8 did not like the 2 X TC ii. especially on the D800, often gave me black images. On the D3S with the 2X TCiii, nearly all images were always good. But I seldom shot < F/7.1! Maybe that could be the problem?
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Agree with Callie, the 2.0TCii makes for a great paperweight, whereas the iii is vast improvement, however I found it only "compatible" with Nikkor's f/2.8's.
 
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Thanks men, that is a version III 2x and a version II 1.4. Yes i agree the third shot is sharper, I've always been ok with my 200-500 sharpness, just interesting to compare.
 
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gordon_g said:
Agreed on the last shot... But I'm actually surprised on the 2.0 image.... it's really quite good as well.
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Thanks Gordon, that was the main test, is it usable or not. I would be happy to use it based on that. I've just come to the conclusion that the light needs to be ample.
 
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