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Hi All, Well the storm hit this arvo i had some spare time so went for a quick spin down the lakes with the 300m lens and put on the 2X tc anyhow took a few shots of different things but here is a couple of birdie pics at 600m.



Cheers
John

BBJ, that lens looks faulty - send it up here and I will do a thorough test on it and report for Maxwells, should only take 6 months or so

BBJ - 'WOW' factor from where I am sitting.

I especially like the third shot.

Thanks Glen, but she will be right mate. I had to sacrifice the D2x for this lens but i am very happy with it so far, i am not a bird person so it's all new to me shooting these things i used to be used to looking at these at the end of a 12gauge shotgun. I am rather surprised of the focusing speed with the 2x tc on as well and will test that out a bit more on saturday at the track. I am having to get used to using a monopod now all the time as it is a brick, think it weighs something like 2.8kg.

I have tried to add this to my list under my signature but wont let me add it says signature too long , even deleted some but still would not work.
Cheers
John

BBJ wrote:Thanks Glen, but she will be right mate. I had to sacrifice the D2x for this lens but i am very happy with it so far, i am not a bird person so it's all new to me shooting these things i used to be used to looking at these at the end of a 12gauge shotgun. I am rather surprised of the focusing speed with the 2x tc on as well and will test that out a bit more on saturday at the track. I am having to get used to using a monopod now all the time as it is a brick, think it weighs something like 2.8kg.

I have tried to add this to my list under my signature but wont let me add it says signature too long , even deleted some but still would not work.
Cheers
John

Sorry if I missed it, but what kind of 300mm is it? f/2.8 nikkor?

Yes Heath it is a Nikkor AF-I 300m F2.8.

Man, I can't believe how sharp that lens+converter combo is.

Well done John/

Top stuff. At that range that is sharp

looks great John,
how much it it end up costing you if you don't mind me asking?

It is pretty sharp. I was considering getting the AF-S II or VR plus 2x TC instead of the 500MM F4 + 1.4x TC. I know quite a few of the Canon guys on NSN use the 300F2.8 IS with the 2x EF TC and the shots are very sharp. Apparently the Canon 2x TC is quite a bit sharper than the Nikon's. Hopefully Nikon will get it right the next time they release a lot of TCs.

Thanks Guys, yes i was surprised at anything maybe tad soft on edges is what i was expecting so i cant wait till Saturday to get some fast action going on.

Nicely done John. BTW, 255 character limit for sig would include all spaces and lines. Try on one or two lines.

Thanks Matt, i will try that again.

Just noticed the 50 or so dashes at the bottom of your sig.

Ok i think that fixed it up a bit, maybe i will tidy it up some more later.