Yes that is a nice moon shot. Thanks for the tips too I'll have to go & try one myself. Haven't got the TCON though what are you able to get with the 70-300 alone. I'm assuming you spot meter, what aperture do you tend to find works best?
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Yes that is a nice moon shot. Thanks for the tips too I'll have to go & try one myself. Haven't got the TCON though what are you able to get with the 70-300 alone. I'm assuming you spot meter, what aperture do you tend to find works best?
Right, yeah, spot metering as well. The 70-300MM will give you perfectly reasonable moon shoots. I try to keep the aperture around F7 or above at 300MM.
Originally Posted by raven15
Looks pretty nice. How do you like the teleconverter in general?
Well, the TCON-14b is a lens extension, not a teleconverter. It's a heavy bugger and the AF slows to a crawl on the 70-300MM, so it's definitely only for very specific uses (like the moon). It can also have a big problem with chromatic aberration, though I got a 3rd-party lens hood off of eBay and that helped a lot.
On the other hand, it cost $25 and doesn't cause any light loss so it's a fun toy to play with. A few of the eagle shots I took a few months back I took through the TCON, as well as the night-time rabbit picture as well.
Also, raven, do you have a polarizing filter? A few of the daytime pics you've posted in the last week look kind of washed out.
Right, yeah, spot metering as well. The 70-300MM will give you perfectly reasonable moon shoots. I try to keep the aperture around F7 or above at 300MM.
Well, the TCON-14b is a lens extension, not a teleconverter. It's a heavy bugger and the AF slows to a crawl on the 70-300MM, so it's definitely only for very specific uses (like the moon). It can also have a big problem with chromatic aberration, though I got a 3rd-party lens hood off of eBay and that helped a lot.
On the other hand, it cost $25 and doesn't cause any light loss so it's a fun toy to play with. A few of the eagle shots I took a few months back I took through the TCON, as well as the night-time rabbit picture as well.
Also, raven, do you have a polarizing filter? A few of the daytime pics you've posted in the last week look kind of washed out.
Err.. right that's what I meant. I remember looking at them for my point-and-shoot, never thought about one for a DSLR.
Funny you should mention that, just last week I did a polarizer test, guess which shot has the polarizer guess I need to use one more often:
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Originally Posted by kgosden
guess I need to use one more often:
