asiostygius wrote:
You all can call me crazy, but I am considering seriously to sell my trusty 300/2.8G AF-S VR1 (although she is starting to show those horrendous and frightening squeaking sounds!), and buying a second copy (back up !) of the 200-500/5.6E ( or the new 300FL/4 ?!).
As I almost always (99%) use the 300/2.8 with a TC17E or mostly TC20EIII, thus, bokeh considerations are minor for me.
I also use the 300mm f2.8 VR1 with the TC-17e a lot . For best sharpness I have to step down to f7.1 (maybe my tc-17e is a bad copy ) so also considering buying a 200-500 to be mainly used at 500mm . How do you find the 200-500 wide open compares against the 300 + TC-17e ?
I have no test side by side, but my general impression is that the 200-500 even at 500 & wide open delivers btter IQ than the 300+TC17E wide open.
Dec 15, 2017 at 09:20 AM
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