nikon 300 f4 ED
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Until very recently I had one of these beauties. I loved it. Pin sharp but not hugely quick to focus although very accurate. I used it mainly for motorsport and occasional wildlife. I didnt ever try it with the 1.4x, but sure it'll be a great combo.
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Only sold it to buy a 17-55mm 2.8
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Only sold it to buy a 17-55mm 2.8
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I've just got that exact combination, albeit with the Kenko Pro 300 1.4TC. Focus is a bit on the slow side, but the IQ is superb, even with the TC on. You'll need to practice your hand holding technique though, or use a monopod. This was taken Sunday with the TC at 1/200th sec, f/6.3, ISO200.
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Do you mean the 300 AF or the 300 AFS?
I have the latter and its great - nothing to say bad about it really. Its a 300mm f4 lens and it has the silent wave focus motor. Works lovely for motorsport and takes either the 1.4x or 1.7x TC's like a charm (with the obvious usual caveats of TC use) on my D300.
Not as good as the Nikkor 300 2.8, but still good enough for most.
I have the latter and its great - nothing to say bad about it really. Its a 300mm f4 lens and it has the silent wave focus motor. Works lovely for motorsport and takes either the 1.4x or 1.7x TC's like a charm (with the obvious usual caveats of TC use) on my D300.
Not as good as the Nikkor 300 2.8, but still good enough for most.
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It's not the AF-S, it's the ED IF he's talking about, and you are correct, the Nikon TC won't work on it, but the Kenko one will.
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I bought one from a member on here recently (300mm f/4 ED AF-D) and used it properly for the first time yesterday. Its very slightly soft at f/4 but at f/4.5 its fine and from there onwards just gets sharper. 
While the auto focus isn't the quickest, setting the focus limiter speeds things up nicely and shooting a rally it seems to keep up fine tracking cars coming towards me, probably about 80-90%% of the shots were in focus.
For the money (I piad £330) I think its good value for money compared to the AF-S version which are going for £700 - £800 second hand!
If I remember I'll put some sample shots with it up later, got to sort out the other shots first.
Cheers,
While the auto focus isn't the quickest, setting the focus limiter speeds things up nicely and shooting a rally it seems to keep up fine tracking cars coming towards me, probably about 80-90%% of the shots were in focus.
For the money (I piad £330) I think its good value for money compared to the AF-S version which are going for £700 - £800 second hand!
If I remember I'll put some sample shots with it up later, got to sort out the other shots first.
Cheers,
I use the Nikon 300mm AF-S for a lot of my hide work.Regularly couple it up with Nikon's 1.4conv.
They can squeak! Mine did then stripped the gears inside the lens. Had it rebuilt about a year ago & it is as good as ever.
Very sharp lens.
They can squeak! Mine did then stripped the gears inside the lens. Had it rebuilt about a year ago & it is as good as ever.
Very sharp lens.
