Poor man's 600 - Bluejay, cardinal grackle

[coastalconn]

I wanted to see how the Tokina paired with my kenko dg 2x TC (it doesn't record exif) It was crappy weather so I set up in my back yard with flash ready. I had a couple willing participants. These are wide open (except 1) so 600 f5.6 equivalent.. comments welcome..

1 Stopped down to f4 (f8 eqv)

Blue Jay 3 by krisinct, on Flickr

2

Blue Jay 1 by krisinct, on Flickr

3 too noisy but i liked the pose

Grackle by krisinct, on Flickr

4 cropped a little to aggressively?

Cardinal by krisinct, on Flickr

 

[HL45]

Looks like the combo works well! Decent detail!

 

[DorkSterr]

Worked better than I expected. I would do this instead of getting a real 600mm to save money.

 

[jedirunner]

I love em! #1's my favorite.

Kevin

 

[nmoody]

Looks pretty darn good to me. Looks like a nice money saver. Any lenses you find it doesn't work with yet?

 

[JacaRanda]

Way more than acceptable in my eyes! Winners.

 

[MSnowy]

Looks good.

 

[Aloicious]

that looks very good! especially for a 2x! did you AFtune it? not that it really matters, just curious.

the shots are looking great!

 

[dudley_53]

Looks like a great way to get what you need for less. Great images!

 

[coastalconn]

Looks pretty darn good to me. Looks like a nice money saver. Any lenses you find it doesn't work with yet?

This is about the lens The 2x hasn't worked very well with any other lens

that looks very good! especially for a 2x! did you AFtune it? not that it really matters, just curious.

the shots are looking great!

I did spend some time messing about with fine tune.. I ended up at +14 actually. Not surprising I was at +10 with the Tamron...

I do like the bokeh this lens produces. At 600mm even at F4(F8 eqv) the DOF is very thin. These were shot on a rainy crappy morning so I can't complain too much. Thanks for your kind words everyone!