Thursday 18 October 2012

Kenko Teleplus PRO 300 DGX 1.4x AF Teleconverter with Tamron 70-300 VC - 18 October 2012

 Kenko Teleplus PRO 300 DGX 1.4x AF Teleconverter with Tamron 70-300 VC

Tried out the TC again, still not certain if it was a worthwhile purchase. 

I may have been  been able to achieve the same results by cropping photos taken with my Tamron 70-300VC lens. TC does not work very well on cloudy days, good light is essential to use it. I will probably continue using the TC on sunny days. Not entirely dissatisfied with the TC, would probably get better results using a tripod.

Photos were taken at a few different locations over a period of about a month in varying light conditions. All photos were taken hand held.

 

Whitewater Lake, MB, Oct 2012 - American Avocet - Distance about 75 feet - Sunny day

Whitewater Lake, MB, Oct 2012 - American Avocet - Distance about 100 feet - Sunny day

Gilbert Plains, MB, Oct 2012 - Greater Yellow-legs - Distance about 20 feet - Sunny day

Whitewater Lake, MB, Oct 2012 - Juvenile Ruddy Duck - Distance 50 feet - Sunny day

Whitewater Lake, MB, Oct 2012 - Baird's Sandpipers?? Distance 100 feet - Sunny day

Stephenfield, MB, Oct 2012 - Bald Eagle - Distance 100 yards - Heavy overcast

Stephenfield, MB, Oct 2012 - Bald Eagle -Distance 100 yards - Heavy overcast - Cropped and edited

Southern MB, Sept 2012 - Brown Thrasher -Distance 12 feet - Sunny day

Southern MB, Sept 2012 - Brown Thrasher -Distance 12 feet - Sunny day
 
Fort Whyte, MB - Sept 2012 - Canada Geese - Sunny day

Whitewater Lake, MB, Oct 2012 - Coyote - Distance 150 feet - Sunny day

Whitewater Lake, MB, Oct 2012 - Coyote - Distance 150 feet - Sunny day

Fort Whyte, MB - Sept 2012 - Crows - Distance 50 feet - Sunny day

Fort Whyte, MB - Sept 2012 - Mallard - Distance 20 feet - Sunny day

Southern, MB - Sept 2012 - Meadowlark Juvenile?? - Distance 40 feet - Cloudy day

Fort Whyte, MB - Sept 2012 - Merganser - Distance 40 feet - Sunny day

Fort Whyte, MB - Sept 2012 - Merganser - Distance 40 feet - Sunny day

Southern MB - Sept 2012 - Snow Geese - Distance over 200 yards -Broken cloud - Best photos were when sun was out. Lens with TC had a great deal of trouble focusing on the geese as they were very small in the view finder. Lens alone would have had no problem focusing.

Southern MB - Sept 2012 - Snow Geese - Distance over 200 yards -Broken cloud - Best photos were when sun was out. There was over 100 Snow Geese present as well as a number of Canada Geese.

Whitewater Lake, MB, Oct 2012 - Snow Geese - Distance over 200 yards - Sunny day. There were over 1,000 Snow Geese present.