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70-200mm f4 advice please
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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 349080" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>You're talking a 280mm f/5.6 max reach for birds and wildlife with the TC. Not ideal on a full frame, particularly one with 24MP's that leave you fewer pixels post crop. </p><p></p><p>Otherwise it's a great lens that I've been using with great success. For events it may focus hunt a bit with the D610 if it's real dark, and you'll gain a stop of ISO noise if you're not using a flash. The camera listed (the other two are still <em>virtual</em>) does fine thru ISO 6400, but there's always a little more work in post dealing with high ISO shots.</p><p></p><p>So those are my negatives. Otherwise, I use it a ton. Until I started shooting some outdoor concerts at night this past week I had no desire for the f/2.8 counterpart, and while I lusted after that for a bit, I'm now back to thinking my better investment will be the Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 as it is the more flexible choice with TC's and doesn't duplicate the range. It's too big and heavy for concert and walking around shots, but it gives me a big bump in quality over the 150-500mm I'm using for wildlife now, which can't handle a TC.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 349080, member: 9240"] You're talking a 280mm f/5.6 max reach for birds and wildlife with the TC. Not ideal on a full frame, particularly one with 24MP's that leave you fewer pixels post crop. Otherwise it's a great lens that I've been using with great success. For events it may focus hunt a bit with the D610 if it's real dark, and you'll gain a stop of ISO noise if you're not using a flash. The camera listed (the other two are still [I]virtual[/I]) does fine thru ISO 6400, but there's always a little more work in post dealing with high ISO shots. So those are my negatives. Otherwise, I use it a ton. Until I started shooting some outdoor concerts at night this past week I had no desire for the f/2.8 counterpart, and while I lusted after that for a bit, I'm now back to thinking my better investment will be the Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 as it is the more flexible choice with TC's and doesn't duplicate the range. It's too big and heavy for concert and walking around shots, but it gives me a big bump in quality over the 150-500mm I'm using for wildlife now, which can't handle a TC. [/QUOTE]
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