graham catley
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well it seems to have such rave reviews I though I might as well try one;
read th ebook in about an hour and took it out this afternoon with 300 2.8 and 1.4x attached---first pics 400ISO then put the 2x on the 300 and upped the ISO to 800---as the light went did some shots at ISO 1600 and some at 1000 in sunlight----the noise levels seem pretty impressive on all pics especially at 800ISO; as to BIF the AF seemed to be pretty good but with odd quirks when it seemed not to want to move at all but that was when I had caught the AF switch on the lens! mostly it picked things up pretty well and stuck with moving targets but odd shots were not sharp in some sequneces which seemed a bit off---anyway it looks good even if just for the ISO and lack of noise plus the nice colour balance, have not altered anything as yet; a few examples attached
BHG2 coming into land towards the camera ISO400 300 2.8 and 1.4x
BHG 800 2x as it says ISO 800 300 2.8 with 2x converter
BHG 800 2x nil straight off the camera as a JPeg 300 2.8, 2x and ISO 800
CG 300 2.8 with 1.4x and ISO 400 (an odd artefact of the camera turning birds heads upside down)
MG2 Magpie flight 300 2.8 + 1.4x 400ISO
Snipe I underexposed this so used shadows and highlights which has increased the noise a bit but still pretty good for 400ISO with some unsharp mask
MA3 800 Mallard 300 2.8 + 1.4x at 800ISO
MA 1600 ISO 1600 when the light had gone 300 2.8 with 1.4x
read th ebook in about an hour and took it out this afternoon with 300 2.8 and 1.4x attached---first pics 400ISO then put the 2x on the 300 and upped the ISO to 800---as the light went did some shots at ISO 1600 and some at 1000 in sunlight----the noise levels seem pretty impressive on all pics especially at 800ISO; as to BIF the AF seemed to be pretty good but with odd quirks when it seemed not to want to move at all but that was when I had caught the AF switch on the lens! mostly it picked things up pretty well and stuck with moving targets but odd shots were not sharp in some sequneces which seemed a bit off---anyway it looks good even if just for the ISO and lack of noise plus the nice colour balance, have not altered anything as yet; a few examples attached
BHG2 coming into land towards the camera ISO400 300 2.8 and 1.4x
BHG 800 2x as it says ISO 800 300 2.8 with 2x converter
BHG 800 2x nil straight off the camera as a JPeg 300 2.8, 2x and ISO 800
CG 300 2.8 with 1.4x and ISO 400 (an odd artefact of the camera turning birds heads upside down)
MG2 Magpie flight 300 2.8 + 1.4x 400ISO
Snipe I underexposed this so used shadows and highlights which has increased the noise a bit but still pretty good for 400ISO with some unsharp mask
MA3 800 Mallard 300 2.8 + 1.4x at 800ISO
MA 1600 ISO 1600 when the light had gone 300 2.8 with 1.4x