Sony FE 300mm f/2.8 GM Image Thread

Fboss wrote:
The pictures of the F-35B are incredible. And the other pictures of the show in the 200-600 thread are also great.
I wish my 200-600 was lighter, but it's very sharp at 600mm f/6.7. I doubt I would see a significant difference with the 300 + TC2x with real life pictures. While a 300 f/2.8, 420 f/4, 600 f/5.6 in the bag is very tempting, I'm not sure it makes sense for someone like me who doesn't do sports or events where the 300 f/2.8 would be perfect. For birds/wildlife/airshow at 600mm, it may be difficult to reframe without a zoom. With that said, ~1lb of saving may make a bigger difference than I think when carrying during a few hours.

I really have no complain about the sharpness of the 200-600 at 600mm. It's my go to airshow lens if I bring only one lens. As I said it before, the main reason I bought the 300 GM is use it with the 2X TC to shoot hummingbirds at MFD in my yard, letting in a bit more light, a bit sharper, and makes a quite a bit large hummingbird in the frame, the 200-600 is not really 600mm at MFD.

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robert614 wrote:

Douglas L wrote

Finally got to try the 300 GM+2XTC for airshow yesterday, it's a lot easy than wielding the 600 GM +1.4 TC.

F-35B (US Marines version)

Great pics Douglas!

The VTOL version of the F35 is 🔥🔥🔥

Took some photos of one at Fleetweek last year. No where good as yours though 😄



Yes, it's quite a piece of equipment! I have seen it several times. Will be shooting the show in Sacramento this Sat.

Fboss wrote:
The pictures of the F-35B are incredible. And the other pictures of the show in the 200-600 thread are also great.
I wish my 200-600 was lighter, but it's very sharp at 600mm f/6.7. I doubt I would see a significant difference with the 300 + TC2x with real life pictures. While a 300 f/2.8, 420 f/4, 600 f/5.6 in the bag is very tempting, I'm not sure it makes sense for someone like me who doesn't do sports or events where the 300 f/2.8 would be perfect. For birds/wildlife/airshow at 600mm, it may be difficult to reframe without a zoom. With that said, ~1lb of saving may make a bigger difference than I think when carrying during a few hours.

I really have no complain about the sharpness of the 200-600 at 600mm. It's my go to airshow lens if I bring only one lens. As I said it before, the main reason I bought the 300 GM is use it with the 2X TC to shoot hummingbirds at MFD in my yard, letting in a bit more light, a bit sharper, and makes a quite a bit large hummingbird in the frame, the 200-600 is not really 600mm at MFD.

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robert614 wrote:

Douglas L wrote

Finally got to try the 300 GM+2XTC for airshow yesterday, it's a lot easy than wielding the 600 GM +1.4 TC.

F-35B (US Marines version)

Great pics Douglas!

The VTOL version of the F35 is 🔥🔥🔥

Took some photos of one at Fleetweek last year. No where good as yours though 😄


ing
Yes, it's quite a piece of equipment! I have seen it several times. Will be shooting the show in Sacramento this Sat.

Fboss wrote:
The pictures of the F-35B are incredible. And the other pictures of the show in the 200-600 thread are also great.
I wish my 200-600 was lighter, but it's very sharp at 600mm f/6.7. I doubt I would see a significant difference with the 300 + TC2x with real life pictures. While a 300 f/2.8, 420 f/4, 600 f/5.6 in the bag is very tempting, I'm not sure it makes sense for someone like me who doesn't do sports or events where the 300 f/2.8 would be perfect. For birds/wildlife/airshow at 600mm, it may be difficult to reframe without a zoom. With that said, ~1lb of saving may make a bigger difference than I think when carrying during a few hours.

I really have no complain about the sharpness of the 200-600 at 600mm. It's my go to airshow lens if I bring only one lens. As I said it before, the main reason I bought the 300 GM is use it with the 2X TC to shoot hummingbirds at MFD in my yard, letting in a bit more light, a bit sharper, and makes a quite a bit large hummingbird in the frame, the 200-600 is not really 600mm at MFD.

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robert614 wrote:

Douglas L wrote

Finally got to try the 300 GM+2XTC for airshow yesterday, it's a lot easy than wielding the 600 GM +1.4 TC.

F-35B (US Marines version)

Great pics Douglas!

The VTOL version of the F35 is 🔥🔥🔥

Took some photos of one at Fleetweek last year. No where good as yours though 😄


ing
Yes, it's quite a piece of equipment! I have seen it several times. Will be shoot the show in Sacramento this Sat.

Fboss wrote:
The pictures of the F-35B are incredible. And the other pictures of the show in the 200-600 thread are also great.
I wish my 200-600 was lighter, but it's very sharp at 600mm f/6.7. I doubt I would see a significant difference with the 300 + TC2x with real life pictures. While a 300 f/2.8, 420 f/4, 600 f/5.6 in the bag is very tempting, I'm not sure it makes sense for someone like me who doesn't do sports or events where the 300 f/2.8 would be perfect. For birds/wildlife/airshow at 600mm, it may be difficult to reframe without a zoom. With that said, ~1lb of saving may make a bigger difference than I think when carrying during a few hours.

I really have no complain about the sharpness of the 200-600 at 600mm. It's my go to airshow lens if I bring only one lens. As I said it before, the main reason I bought the 300 GM is use it with the 2X TC to shoot hummingbirds at MFD in my yard, letting in a bit more light, a bit sharper, and makes a quite a bit large hummingbird in the frame, the 200-600 is not really 600mm at MFD.

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robert614 wrote:

Douglas L wrote

Finally got to try the 300 GM+2XTC for airshow yesterday, it's a lot easy than wielding the 600 GM +1.4 TC.

F-35B (US Marines version)

Great pics Douglas!

The VTOL version of the F35 is 🔥🔥🔥

Took some photos of one at Fleetweek last year. No where good as yours though 😄



Yes, it's quite a piece of equipment! I have seen it several times. Will be shoot the show in Sacramento this Sat.