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been trying out a friends lens. the Nikon 300mm F4 AF-S lens and really like it. very sharp. Well he bought the Nikon 300 F2.8 so I bought his 300 f4 today.
 
Wow! ; That's awesome! ; Now you will have to decide if the length or speed is more important in you shooting!


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I will get a tele converter next. I tried it with the 1.4 which will makes the lens 630mm at f 5.6. I tried it with the 1.7 which makes it 765 mm at f 6.7. I like it with the 1.4 more
 
thanks Michael. took this to test it wide open at f4. no sharpening applied
 

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and with a small amount of sharpening using Nik sharpener pro 3 at 130%
 

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"HW" said:
and with a small amount of sharpening using Nik sharpener pro 3 at 130%
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That is looking nice and sharp. ; Congrats.


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thanks. may order the kenko 1.4 tele converter and see how it works. 1/2 the price of the Nikon and if not will send it back and save for the nikon version
 
Congrats - if it's anywhere near as good as my 300mm F4 has been, it should thrill you! ; And I agree with the TC summary - I find mine responds gorgeously to the 1.4x TC, with no noticeable loss in detail, whereas the 1.7x and 2x you can just see a slight dropoff in detail when pixel peeping.

Have fun with it!
 
Justin it is so sharp and I did try it with the Nikon 1.7 and except for now being maximum f stop of 6.7 it was still pretty sharp. Jeff VR would be sweet on it for sure
 
Yeah the 300/4 is AFS w/o VR and the 80-400 is VR w/o AFS. ; Of cours once the two of them are updated they will probably be $2k each.

Enjoy your new lens.
 
thanks. oh yea you can bet on a big price increase for VR or AF-S. My tamron 70-300 f4-f 5.6 has it all and was 300 bucks. Nikon version is 220 more and the tamron is rated sharper. Luminous Landscape is giving the tamron away as a contest prize. makes ya wonder sometimes
 
There are times I am very happy I've got the stabilization in the camera body, so all of my lenses can benefit. ; Great when buying 25-year-old 300mm F4 lenses that didn't have such a thing back then!
 
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