Unearthed my big lens for the first time in ages and tried it with the Olympus 2x teleconverter. This is the time I have used the combination in earnest for wildlife photography. Given past experiences with most major manufacturers 2x converters I was expecting a greater image degradation compared to a more standard 1.4 tc combination especially using only a 1/2 stop adjustment.
Olympus E-3, 300mm F2.8, 2x converter (effective field of view 1,200mm), iso 800, 1/60s at f6.7, (ie 1/2 stop closure), Tripod, jpeg file cropped slightly, processed in PS Elements and Neatimage. A couple of OOF background twigs removed.
Posted by Jeroen Stel on March 25, 2013 at 3:56 PM
A wonderful look back pose here Mike. Do feel the image is slightly oversharpened (perhaps due to some sharpening in NeatImage) but shows loads of detail.
Feel this would work really well as a square crop too.
greetings,
Jeroen Stel
Posted by Barry Southon on March 26, 2013 at 5:06 AM
Mike
So you want detail, they don't come any better.
Posted by David Sewell on March 26, 2013 at 7:21 AM
I agree with Jeroen that the image looks a little over-sharpened, but it is still a strong advert for what the Olympus converter can do.
Mike in all honesty I think the original post looks spot on to me for Blue tit at this time of the year very natural IMHO ,could be my eyes but I don't have a problem with the sharpening good one! Keith.
Posted by Nick Mckeown on March 26, 2013 at 2:36 PM
Possibly somewhere between the two posts I think. Nice BT image Mike.
Nick.
Posted by Bob Johnson on March 27, 2013 at 8:55 AM
Yeo somewhere in between would work. A tadge BIF for me and removing the second cross twig would enhance the image a little
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8 repliesUnearthed my big lens for the first time in ages and tried it with the Olympus 2x teleconverter. This is the time I have used the combination in earnest for wildlife photography. Given past experiences with most major manufacturers 2x converters I was expecting a greater image degradation compared to a more standard 1.4 tc combination especially using only a 1/2 stop adjustment.
Olympus E-3, 300mm F2.8, 2x converter (effective field of view 1,200mm), iso 800, 1/60s at f6.7, (ie 1/2 stop closure), Tripod, jpeg file cropped slightly, processed in PS Elements and Neatimage. A couple of OOF background twigs removed.
Feel this would work really well as a square crop too.
greetings,
Jeroen Stel
So you want detail, they don't come any better.
David
Nice pic though.
JR
Nick.
Bob