Dress for Success: Gear Poll

D2H / 300mm f2.8 + 1.4, 1.7 & 2.0 Nikon type II TC's.

Frank

 

D1X, 300 AFS f2.8, TC-20E II 2X. Rarely use last item. 99.9% of my shoots are within easy reach.

 

70-200VR with a TCEII. I don't mind the softness. But I am getting twinges about that 400mm over in the for sale forum.

Rich :lol:

 

An old Vivitar 400mm f/5.6 with manual focusing and 'preset type' aperture ring (2 of 'em, one for shooting, the other for setting.) But it does have 19 blades and is quite sharp at f/11, supersharp at f/16, and it goes all the way to f/45.

But manual exposure on a d100!?!?!!! Not to mention manual focusing, with nearly a 360 degree throw. I can forget about following anything that's moving, and it ain't that fast, so it sits here and I photograph closer stuff.

I'm feelin' like a pair of tennis shoes with a hole, to borrow Frank's Goebel similie.

 

If you're a pair of brown shoes, then I must be flip flops cuz the longest I have is my 80-200 NO TC.

 

70-200 and what should be a TC-17. I ordered and paid for the TC Jan 12, but the shippment got lost in the mail. I have to wait until this coming Monday to fill out insurance paperwork with B&H so they will reship my order. That is if they have anything left after the fire.

 

Looooooong range kit

D70 with a SIGMA 50-500mm f/4.0-6.3 EX APO. A SIGMA lens once owned by flew.

 

Frank :


Heh. Well...

D100 (no D2H), 70-200mm AFS/VR, 200-400 AFS/VR, TC14EII, TC17EII


John P.

 

here is mine

Nikon 300 f4 with 1.4 and 2.0 Nikon converters, soon to add the 1.7

 

If it makes anyone feel better our long kit is a D-100 with a 28-200G and a D-70 with a 70-300ED. I was kind of embarrassed at the Merritt Island shoot.

I have a 500 full manual f8 Mirror which is really soft. Also a 1200 spotting scope that I can attach the D-100 to but it is really hard to see to focus in viewfinder at F11.

Bob

 

D2H with 500mm f/4 AF-S II and TC17EII - gets me out to 850mm before taking the 1.5x factor into account.

 

D2H soon to be D2X with a Sigma 800 5.6 and a 80-400 VR. I have not had luck with the TC14EII

From the Sigma today

 

Nikon D100 and the mighty 80-400 VR :>)))

Cheers
Gale

 

D2H with 300mm f2.8 EDIF lens plus TC1.4e and this does not seem long enough when shooting birds. I guess that is why I don't shoot all that many birds.

 

Actually Gordon, this is my favorite set-up for shooting flying birds. Just long enough, but not so long that it cuts their wings off.... :lol:

Frank

 

Well, now....here is my current set-up.

Camera 1, Mr. Primary:

D2H
Sigma 500mm f4.5 HSM
Nikon TC-14E 1.4 - nominal 700mm f6.alittlebit, AF's very fast, my "prime" set up.
With the Nikon TC-20E, 2.0 - nominal 1000mm, f9, AF sucks, but for stationary objects works well
Stack both TC's for 1400mm, f-waytoomuch, forget AF, danged if it doesn't work well, I got a "lucky" pair

Camera 2, when 500 is "too much"

D70
Sigma 120-300 f2.8 HSM
Sigma 1.4x TC for 240-600 f4
Just got this but am liking it, will take it out for a real "test drive" tomorrow morning, but the darned clouds are back, which sucks....

 

D2H 500/4 TC14EII and TC20E11 (never use)

 

You can never have too much hair, money, or focal length

Frank, I think you need a 300 f4   The magnification of a 200 just isn't enough to fill the frame for most birdies... unless they're trained, of course, like your hummers   I will say I've had some luck shooting larger birds with my 70-200+TC 1.4, which reaches out to 280mm.