Since I bought the D300 I've never been really happy with its IQ. To my eyes the 200 delivered much pleaseant and sharper images. Also, when taking long exposured night shots I've started to get much more blown highlights than with the 200.
This weekend I went to a local zoo to shoot some birds. I used the D300+70-200VR+Kenko 1.4. As I found the results very bad, I decided to run some comparative tests btw the 200 and 300 + 70-200VR, with and without the TC. I'd like to ask your opinions on the following 100% crops. (all shot in RAW, VR on, no pp, only converted to Jpeg):
D200, f/4, iso160, 1/320 with TC (280mm):
D300, f/4, iso200, 1/320 with TC (280mm):
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D200, f/4, 1/1250s , iso220 with TC (280mm)
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D300, 1/1000s f/4.0 at 280.0mm iso200 with TC:
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D300, 1/1600s f/3.5 at 200.0mm iso200 , no TC:
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D200, 1/3200s f/4.0 at 280.0mm iso200 , with TC:
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D300, 1/4000s f/4.0 at 280.0mm iso220 , with TC:
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D300, 1/5000s f/3.5 at 200.0mm iso200 , no TC:
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D200, 1/400s f/4.0 at 280.0mm iso200 , with TC:
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D300, 1/320s f/4.0 at 280.0mm iso200 , with TC:
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D200, 1/800s f/4.0 at 280.0mm iso220 , with TC:
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D300, 1/640s f/4.0 at 280.0mm iso200 with TC:
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D300, 1/1000s f/3.5 at 200.0mm iso200 , no TC:
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D200, 1/3200s f/4.0 at 280.0mm iso560 , with TC:
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D300, 1/1000s f/4.0 at 280.0mm iso200 , with TC:
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D300, 1/3200s f/3.5 at 200.0mm iso200 , no TC:
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I really don´t like what I see, specially after spending several thousand $ in gear.
I'm starting to feel very disappointed with my gear but can't understand what is going wrong. Very often, we can see here pics post by folks showing great overall IQ that I can't just match.
So pls. tell me - do you find the shapness of the above pics acceptable? Could it be a problem with the use of the TC? Don't you find the D200 pics sharper than the D300? Should I send the D300 to Nikon service?
Thanks for all the help.
Regards
Rui
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D300, D200, MB-D10 and MB-200
Primes: 10,5 2.8 fisheye, 50D 1.4, Tokina 100 AT-X
Zoom : 12-24 (Nikkor),17-55 2.8, 18-200VR and 70-200VR
SB-800, TC Kenko Pro300 1.4, Manfrotto 190MF4+804RC Head
www.pbase.com/ruilopes
This weekend I went to a local zoo to shoot some birds. I used the D300+70-200VR+Kenko 1.4. As I found the results very bad, I decided to run some comparative tests btw the 200 and 300 + 70-200VR, with and without the TC. I'd like to ask your opinions on the following 100% crops. (all shot in RAW, VR on, no pp, only converted to Jpeg):
D200, f/4, iso160, 1/320 with TC (280mm):
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D300, f/4, iso200, 1/320 with TC (280mm):
View attachment 242947
D200, f/4, 1/1250s , iso220 with TC (280mm)
View attachment 242948
D300, 1/1000s f/4.0 at 280.0mm iso200 with TC:
View attachment 242949
D300, 1/1600s f/3.5 at 200.0mm iso200 , no TC:
View attachment 242950
D200, 1/3200s f/4.0 at 280.0mm iso200 , with TC:
View attachment 242951
D300, 1/4000s f/4.0 at 280.0mm iso220 , with TC:
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D300, 1/5000s f/3.5 at 200.0mm iso200 , no TC:
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D200, 1/400s f/4.0 at 280.0mm iso200 , with TC:
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D300, 1/320s f/4.0 at 280.0mm iso200 , with TC:
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D200, 1/800s f/4.0 at 280.0mm iso220 , with TC:
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D300, 1/640s f/4.0 at 280.0mm iso200 with TC:
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D300, 1/1000s f/3.5 at 200.0mm iso200 , no TC:
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D200, 1/3200s f/4.0 at 280.0mm iso560 , with TC:
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D300, 1/1000s f/4.0 at 280.0mm iso200 , with TC:
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D300, 1/3200s f/3.5 at 200.0mm iso200 , no TC:
View attachment 242961
I really don´t like what I see, specially after spending several thousand $ in gear.
I'm starting to feel very disappointed with my gear but can't understand what is going wrong. Very often, we can see here pics post by folks showing great overall IQ that I can't just match.
So pls. tell me - do you find the shapness of the above pics acceptable? Could it be a problem with the use of the TC? Don't you find the D200 pics sharper than the D300? Should I send the D300 to Nikon service?
Thanks for all the help.
Regards
Rui
________________________________________________
D300, D200, MB-D10 and MB-200
Primes: 10,5 2.8 fisheye, 50D 1.4, Tokina 100 AT-X
Zoom : 12-24 (Nikkor),17-55 2.8, 18-200VR and 70-200VR
SB-800, TC Kenko Pro300 1.4, Manfrotto 190MF4+804RC Head
www.pbase.com/ruilopes