TC201

[biggerry]

I got this Teleconverter cheap, not something I would actively go out and buy, however i think I may have a use for it.

Quality wise, I am on the fence at the moment, I guess you really need good glass to get the best benefits of this kind os converter. Anyone else got one of these?

First day with a bit of sunshine and the opportunity for something in the distance! taken with the 100-300mm at f5.6 iso 200 1/1500s

[surenj]

Gerry, the background and the lighting makes to plane look like it's been cut and pasted. I doubt this is anything to do with the lens or converter.

Do you have any other shots from this? Is this at 600mm effective length?

[Murray Foote]

I have a TC200, essentially the same thing, which I have probably had for 25 years. None of the reviews are very complimentary and I haven't used it since I got my D3. My longest lens is a 300mm f4 and I sometimes use that with a TC14E, which works well enough. I would have thought it would take a prime or a high range zoom for it to be reasonably viable but then teleconverters can behave differently with different lenses. I guess the practical test would be to compare an image using it to a crop without it.

[biggerry]

Do you have any other shots from this? Is this at 600mm effective length?

heres one from tonight.. its a hit and miss with this I find... I used a tripod and another stand for teh lens..

300 * 1.5 * 2 = 900mm ??

[surenj]

Nice one Gerry,

I have a funny feeling you are not getting quite 900mm ??? Shouldn't the moon be bigger??? Oh wait, I think I used a 1200mm telescope back then to view the moon bigger. Perhaps this is the right size?

[Murray Foote]

It looks sharp as a web image. I guess the tripod and the stand was the key to minimise vibration.

[aim54x]

That moon looks great Gerry...how long was the exposure? It wouldnt have been too long though!

[Mr Darcy]

I'd like to see the moon cropped to fill the frame. Otherwise, great.

Oh and Cameron, EXIF says 1/125s

[biggerry]

I guess the practical test would be to compare an image using it to a crop without it

yeah, i have done this in a qualitative terms and it does come across quite soft on the 100-300mm...i will try and do a proper comparison one day..

I'd like to see the moon cropped to fill the frame

hows this?

[biggerry]

for completeness, here is the original file, no sharp, resized and jpeged and a 100% crop.