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<blockquote data-quote="sutherland" data-source="post: 685123" data-attributes="member: 45360"><p>I use a 300 2.8 VRII and a TC-14EIII. I've used a 200-500 5.6 in the past but I found that lens has a tendency to 'hunt'. I find that even the smaller 300mm PF w/ TC-14EIII (which gives you 420mm 5.6) has faster focus acquisition than the 200-500 5.6 and is quite sharp wide open (at 5.6 w/ TC) and will provide fantastic results at 7.1-8.0. </p><p></p><p>For birds in flight, I aim for no lower than 1250. You can definitely go lower (with birds that are gliding or scanning/circling) however your keeper rate will go down. </p><p></p><p>There is no magical combination that exists that will result in 100% tack sharp images all the time. Deleting is as much (if not more) of a requirement with Wildlife as is Reach or FPS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sutherland, post: 685123, member: 45360"] I use a 300 2.8 VRII and a TC-14EIII. I've used a 200-500 5.6 in the past but I found that lens has a tendency to 'hunt'. I find that even the smaller 300mm PF w/ TC-14EIII (which gives you 420mm 5.6) has faster focus acquisition than the 200-500 5.6 and is quite sharp wide open (at 5.6 w/ TC) and will provide fantastic results at 7.1-8.0. For birds in flight, I aim for no lower than 1250. You can definitely go lower (with birds that are gliding or scanning/circling) however your keeper rate will go down. There is no magical combination that exists that will result in 100% tack sharp images all the time. Deleting is as much (if not more) of a requirement with Wildlife as is Reach or FPS. [/QUOTE]
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