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Hi folks,
I'm a Sony user but I'm really looking for a Canon telephoto lens due to Sony's tele options being limited in terms of used / budget pricing.
I currently have a Tamron 70-300mm f 4-5.6 which I'm putting up for sale. It's OK I suppose, but certainly a bit soft between 250-300mm, and comparatively slow.
The purpose will be travel photography including some nature / wildlife both for travel and around woods near my home, and just good clean fun. Because I'm not doing serious wildlife photography, I thought it could be more useful for my purposes to get the 200mm 2.8 prime, which would be beneficial for portraits as well, and I could couple it with the 1.4 TC and even my APS-C mode on my A7R3, cranking it to around 420mm equivalence when I want to do a bit of wildlife shooting.
The other option I looked at was the Canon 300mm F4. Just by using APS-C mode, I would get to 450mm equivalence. If I were to add a 1.4 TC it would take me to 630mm.
The bonus of the 200mm 2.8 is that it is going to be smaller and more portable. The bonus of the 300mm is, quite obviously, bit more reach.
So it seems that the tie breaker is going to be image quality. I'm curious how IQ will be proportionally effected on the 200mm by adding a 1.4 TC, as compared with the 300mm on it's own. If you have any comments on that, or ideas for other lenses I should consider, please let me know.
Thanks!
Burns
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