Archive 2012 · The 300/2.8 lenses

DennisC
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p.1 #1 · The 300/2.8 lenses

Two unrelated questions -

With TCs, do the VR versions play better than the original AF-S and AF-S II?

What about the old AF screw drive? Anyone shoot with it?

Thanks.

Feb 17, 2012 at 10:39 AM

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p.1 #2 · The 300/2.8 lenses

DennisC wrote:
Two unrelated questions -
With TCs, do the VR versions play better than the original AF-S and AF-S II?
What about the old AF screw drive? Anyone shoot with it?
Thanks.

ad 1) imho, yes
ad 2) yes, absolutely

Can't get rid of these fantastic lenses

http://www.pbase.com/andrease/image/140822818/original.jpg

rgds,
Andy

Feb 17, 2012 at 10:44 AM

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p.1 #3 · The 300/2.8 lenses

Nice little collection there.

Feb 17, 2012 at 11:52 AM

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p.1 #4 · The 300/2.8 lenses

The optical qualities have not changed Soci would imagine the iq to be similar. I shoot with the AFS II and with the TC 1.4 and 1.7 I can see almost no loss in AF speed and IQ.

Feb 17, 2012 at 01:21 PM

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p.1 #5 · The 300/2.8 lenses

Quite a collection, Andy! Glad to hear the praise for the old AF; those can be had for $2K or less these days. Ever put a Kenko 1.4 on it?

Thanks for stopping by, folks!

Feb 18, 2012 at 08:41 AM

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p.1 #6 · The 300/2.8 lenses

You can't put the current AFS converters on the old "screw-drive" type af lens without filing down a part of the mount. After the modification, the AFS converters will transfer the data, but the af will not work. The "standard" 1.4x for the old-style screw-drive 300 f2.8 is the TC-14b. This was a great combo in its day, but the newer AFS through VR designs are sharper.

cheers,
bruce

Feb 18, 2012 at 10:28 AM


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