[Leica] Hot hummers

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

I have found that the TC 2x works very well with fast primes (200 f2, 300
f2.8, 400 f2.8, 500 f4 & 600 f4), but is indifferent on zooms, at least on
my 70-200 and 200-400. In fact the 200-400 mates indifferently with any TC,
even the 1.4x giving barely passable results - in fact, I have found it is
better to use that lens on the D800E and crop...I think the 1.7x is best
passed by, especially for zooms.
Cheers
Jayanand


On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 2:31 AM, <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote:

> 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
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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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