400/5.6 + stacked tc's (1 Viewer)

[Vectis Birder]

Opinions guys please. You can be brutal, I can take it.

Right, I am going to be very brutal and frank here...

that Bullfinch, especially, is excellent. I would be very proud of that shot! :t:

 

[Epsomsalt]

Roy, do you use 'live view' to help you to manually focus or just look through the viewfinder? I wear 'varilux' contact lenses which makes my manual focussing skills on my EOS 400D (no live view) very hit and miss!

Excellent images by all posters in this thread.

Chris

 

[Neil-T]

Thanks for the comments Christine, Quantum and Vectis, they are appreciated. I will do some tests this week providing the light is ok, (I work from 6am to 2.30pm) so I can try the 2x against the 1.4/1.5 stacked for IQ. If I don't have time in the week I will do it this weekend. One thing is for sure, you need very good to perfect light conditions. Thanks again to Roy. Regards. Neil.

 

[Neil-T]

Had a quick go this afternoon with the Kenko 2x C-AF teleplus PRO300DG. The light was not quite as good as yesterday so it's not fair to compare at this stage, the pictures I did take were more softer and grainier looking. Will try again later this week.

 

[wings]

Here's one of mine, taken with the 400mm/f5.6L with Tamron 1.4x. Exposed at ISO 400 on a bright sunny day.

Photo #1 is a Common Goldeneye taken at about 50-75 ft distance.