p.3 #1 · 17mm TS-E, 1.4X Extender, and Various Sensor Size
Stan -- Thanks so much.
I'm no scientist, and not above making errors. But I try to learn from my mistakes and remain curious and enthusiastic. I always appreciate when people such as yourself post comparisons. Those images give me pause to think about the results and the planning and gear that made them.
I really enjoy when people on the forum step up and show results that haven't really been shown before. Seems collegial and cooperative atmosphere, not confrontational. It is hard to argue with documented results!
p.3 #2 · 17mm TS-E, 1.4X Extender, and Various Sensor Size
Gunzorro wrote:
Joshua -- Thanks!
You can see the fire clearly in the bandstand shots, right side, facing SW -- looks like a low cloud, but it's brown/grey.
The quality seems good with the Extender. I no longer have the original 24 TS-E to compare against, but sharpness seems similar without as much CA, maybe a little better, going from memory. Certainly convenient!
Now that I'm shooting full frame, I'm finding the 17 sometimes too wide and wanting to use the 1.4x more often, but also finding the image quality drop to be somewhat annoying (more distortion and some drop in sharpness)...
Something to watch with the 17 is flare cause by point light sources outside the frame but 'visible' to the front element. Generally this flare will be fairly small and often can easily be spot retouched, but the easiest solution is to shade the lens when possible while shooting, either with your hand, or a small gobo. Overhead fluorescent light fixtures will also result in purplish ghost images of the tubes showing up in the image, if not careful...
