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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tdodd" data-source="post: 1693760" data-attributes="member: 55450">Cheers, Neil.Here's an example with my 50D, 100-400, Kenko 1.4X, shot wide open (f/8) at 560mm, 1/400, 100 ISO,  from a tripod and focused using Live View. This is the full frame and a 100% crop....Sure, I didn't fill the frame, but shooting in strong light, from a tripod, at 100 ISO, has given me a very clean file that stands up well to sharpening, without the handicap of noise.(another p.s. - don't penny pinch on your file size when saving to JPEG. Take JPEG compression too far and your IQ will suffer.)EDIT : A little tweak with WB and a minor adjustment to exposure and highlights and cropped to 50% I think it looks OK.</blockquote>