I have been trying to sell my 500mm vr to go back to a 300mm 2.8, mostly to pay off bills, i used to own the 300mm 2.8 afs-ii and i loved it. i am now going to be looking for the first vr version of the 300mm and match it with the new tc14e iii and possible a 2x again.
great thread everyone hopefully I will contribute soon.
I just sold my 500mm f4 vr, and went back to a 300mm 2.8 vr. I had a 300mm af-s II lens before and always loved it.
I have been hand holding the 500mm vr a lot, and that helps make the 300mm much lighter. I have been looking at the bushhawk and have a few questions for anyone who has and uses one.
I saw it has a trigger, and I assume with the correct cable(Nikon one on their website works with a d7100) you can control the shutter release. I am a AF-ON shooter but I guess it wouldn't be too hard to still have a hand on the camera to activate the AF-ON button for focus and use the bushhawk trigger for the shutter, I always found the shutter on the camera to induce more shake than the AF-ON button anyways, as I will usually have that depressed on and off at different intervals as the shutter.
anyways. I plan to buy the tc1.4e iii and or possibly the tc20e iii - as I previously had the tc20e iii with my af-s ii 300mm 2.8 about 2 years ago and it did decently I just found focus to be somewhat hit and miss, but I would be willing to give it another go round.
Too bad the weather wasn't better. Had to convert to B&W.
All hand held.
