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Just this week acquired a new copy of this lens and had a little play with both the 1.4x and the 2x converters today.
Having bought this for a walk around lens I thought I would run a mini test of my own for anyone who may be interested in what it performs like with and without converters fitted.
My first conclusion was with no converters fitted the AF is very fast in the sunlight I ran the test in although at F.4 although I presume things will slow down in poor light, IS is not a problem IMO because in realility it makes you hold the camera more steadily.
All my shots were taken from the same vantage spot so trying to get an equal judgment on the test.
Shot 1 was at 200mm @ f.4 where for birding is a struggle to get much detail but here is a cropped shot to look at..
Second shot here has the 1.4x converter fitted making it 280mm @ f/5.6
Again a 50% cropping but still has a great finish to the shot.
Now we come to the 2x converter fitted obviously making it 400mm @ f.8
Still the AF was working really good and was surprised at the quality with only a slight crop. Value for money. I think so..:1st:
Having bought this for a walk around lens I thought I would run a mini test of my own for anyone who may be interested in what it performs like with and without converters fitted.
My first conclusion was with no converters fitted the AF is very fast in the sunlight I ran the test in although at F.4 although I presume things will slow down in poor light, IS is not a problem IMO because in realility it makes you hold the camera more steadily.
All my shots were taken from the same vantage spot so trying to get an equal judgment on the test.
Shot 1 was at 200mm @ f.4 where for birding is a struggle to get much detail but here is a cropped shot to look at..
Second shot here has the 1.4x converter fitted making it 280mm @ f/5.6
Again a 50% cropping but still has a great finish to the shot.
Now we come to the 2x converter fitted obviously making it 400mm @ f.8
Still the AF was working really good and was surprised at the quality with only a slight crop. Value for money. I think so..:1st: