Some birds in flight with 70-200AFS-VRII + TC20eIII on D700
Posted: Mon 25 Jan 2010 17:50
All 4 underneath shots are 50% crop of the original. Lighting condition was winter-sunny/clouded.
handhold with VR on @ 400mm, iso500, F7.1, 1/1600 sec, crop50%, localy sharpened in NX2.
handhold with VR on @ 400mm, iso500, F7.1, 1/1600 sec, crop50%
handhold with VR on @ 400mm, iso360, F6.3, 1/1600 sec, crop50%
handhold with VR on @ 400mm, iso500, F6.3, 1/1600 sec, crop50%
and another one in the original proportion
and a 50% crop of the above picture
I am amazed that this 70-200 F2.8-TCIII combo beats my beloved 80-400VR with a big margin about sharpness, and not unimportant, -and by a mile-, about AF speed...
But let's stay realistic: despite this amazing sharpness for a zoom with 2x TC, it's still quite far from the sharpness a 400mm nikon prime or the 200-400F4 can deliver...
Thanks for looking.
handhold with VR on @ 400mm, iso500, F7.1, 1/1600 sec, crop50%, localy sharpened in NX2.
handhold with VR on @ 400mm, iso500, F7.1, 1/1600 sec, crop50%
handhold with VR on @ 400mm, iso360, F6.3, 1/1600 sec, crop50%
handhold with VR on @ 400mm, iso500, F6.3, 1/1600 sec, crop50%
and another one in the original proportion
and a 50% crop of the above picture
I am amazed that this 70-200 F2.8-TCIII combo beats my beloved 80-400VR with a big margin about sharpness, and not unimportant, -and by a mile-, about AF speed...
But let's stay realistic: despite this amazing sharpness for a zoom with 2x TC, it's still quite far from the sharpness a 400mm nikon prime or the 200-400F4 can deliver...
Thanks for looking.