It does look good and Nikon have certainly made a progress with their new light FL super-telephoto lenses that are now finally competitive with Canon series II lenses in weight and optics. But until Nikon can fix their TC's that are quite soft and lacking compared to Canon's I would just put a 1.4X III on my 600II and that will give me 59 M pixels of reach on my 5D4 compared to a bare lens, tack sharp with fast AF. I can even quadrople my 1DXII reach to 80 MPixels! compared to a bare lens by putting a 2XIII on my 600 II and still get a tack sharp frame of a KF in flight in low light at 1200mm. With Nikon you are stuck with bare lens and their lens lineup is still not as good Canon. They have nothing that can compare with my 400DOII for example and if Canon come out with a 600 DO game will be over for a while.
A few months back I had an opportunity to shoot with a Nikon D5 and 600FL, I compared it to my 1DXII and 600II, while it was significantly better than the Nikon's I had tried in the past and I made some good frame with it, I can't say I was impressed with the results.
It does look good and Nikon have certainly made a progress with their new light FL super-telephoto lenses that are now finally competitive with Canon series II lenses in weight and optics. But until Nikon can fix their TC's that are quite soft and lacking compared to Canon's I would just put a 1.4X III on my 600II and that will give me 59 M pixels of reach on my 5D4 compared to a bare lens, tack sharp with fast AF. I can even double my 1DXII reach to 40 Pixel by putting a 2XIII on my 600 and still get a tack sharp frame of a KF in flight in low light. With Nikon you are stuck with bare lens and their lens lineup is still not as good Canon. They have nothing that can compare with my 400DOII for example and if Canon come out with a 600 DO game will be over for a while.
A few months back I had an opportunity to shoot with a Nikon D5 and 600FL, I compared it to my 1DXII and 600II, while it was significantly better than the Nikon's I had tried in the past and I made some good frame with it, I can't say I was impressed with the results.
It does look good and Nikon have certainly made a progress with their new light FL super-telephoto lenses that are now finally competitive with Canon series II lenses in weight and optics. But until Nikon can fix their TC's that are quite soft and lacking compared to Canon's I would just put a 1.4X III on my 600II and that will give me 59 M pixels of reach on my 5D4 compared to a bare lens, tack sharp with fast AF. I can even double my 1DXII reach to 40 Pixel by putting a 2XIII on my 600 and still get a tack sharp frame of a KF in flight in low light. With Nikon you are stuck with bare lens and their lens lineup is still not as good Canon. They have nothing that can compare with my 400DOII for example and if Canon come out with a 600 DO game will be over for a while.
Aug 24, 2017 at 10:56 AM
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