[Leica] Hot hummers

[grduprey at mchsi.com]

Howard,

The 1.4 is super.  The 2x requires you to stop down a couple of stops for best sharpness, and with your 80 ~ 400 you are already at 5.6 to start with therefore the 2x is not a good choice.  With my 400/2.8 it works fairly well.  The new 1.4 is supposed to be even better than the current one.

Gene

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From: "H&E Cummer" <cummer at netvigator.com>
To: lug at leica-users.org
Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 9:14:49 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: [Leica] Hot hummers

HI Gene,
I agree 9620 is the  best - because of the shadow of the head and beak on the wing. Getting closer is always an option but my hummers are a skittish lot - still worth a try. About extenders; the 2X is too soft - the 1.7X is just marginally acceptable - and I don't (yet) have a 1.4X which by reports is quite good. This is on the 80 - 400 VR zoom which by itself is very good. All food for thought.
Cheers
Howard

Message: 13
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 12:54:18 -0500 (CDT)
From: grduprey at mchsi.com
To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
Subject: Re: [Leica] Hot hummers


Howard,

All very nice, but I like the last one best.  As for cropping, you just have to get closer, or use a tele-extender. ;)

Gene


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