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<blockquote data-quote="Fortkentdad" data-source="post: 631790" data-attributes="member: 24285">[ATTACH]263204[/ATTACH][ATTACH]263205[/ATTACH]Shot these birdies yesterday on my wife's D5100 with the Tamron 70-300 Di SP F4-5.6&nbsp; It is $450 US at B&amp;H - or at least that's what the Google ad says.&nbsp; I have used it with the Kenko 1.4 extender and been satisfied with the outcome and extra reachAdd's $175 to get the extender.&nbsp; So on an APC camera 300 has a FOV of a 450mm on an FX, then x 40% more with a teleconverter you are at 630mm If you really want I could go shoot with that combo this weekend - just ask. A little while back when I first decided to go longer I bought a Tamron 200-400 for about $150 from a used shop in the US.&nbsp; I see them from time to time.&nbsp; It is a good starter for shooting long.&nbsp; Eventually I bought a 200-500 and got rid of the 200-400.&nbsp;&nbsp; But for a while it was my birding lens.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is a poor man's long lens.&nbsp; Google up reviews and youtubes of it if you are interested.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fortkentdad, post: 631790, member: 24285"] [ATTACH=CONFIG]263204._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]263205._xfImport[/ATTACH] Shot these birdies yesterday on my wife's D5100 with the Tamron 70-300 Di SP F4-5.6 It is $450 US at B&H - or at least that's what the Google ad says. I have used it with the Kenko 1.4 extender and been satisfied with the outcome and extra reach Add's $175 to get the extender. So on an APC camera 300 has a FOV of a 450mm on an FX, then x 40% more with a teleconverter you are at 630mm If you really want I could go shoot with that combo this weekend - just ask. A little while back when I first decided to go longer I bought a Tamron 200-400 for about $150 from a used shop in the US. I see them from time to time. It is a good starter for shooting long. Eventually I bought a 200-500 and got rid of the 200-400. But for a while it was my birding lens. It is a poor man's long lens. Google up reviews and youtubes of it if you are interested. [/QUOTE]

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