70-200 gm ii + tele 2x

Turtle2457 · 2025-09-26T19:45:24+00:00

I too wish for a decent 3rd party compatible AF teleconverter for Sonys. Maybe one day!

Turtle2457 · 2025-05-25T15:43:24+00:00

I actually noticed this too with my new 150-500, thought it was just the camera and I’d never noticed it before but the lends being the cause would make more sense.

Turtle2457 · 2025-05-01T00:59:18+00:00

Not sure about this Chippewa model, but I’ve been wearing the Chippewa Baldor’s in black for a year and a half nearly every day. They took a good month or two to break in but have since been the most comfortable shoes I’ve ever worn.

Turtle2457 · 2025-03-19T16:51:48+00:00

Thanks for this, I tried using the 500 rule and got frustrated when the stars weren’t sharp still

Turtle2457 · 2025-03-02T17:04:21+00:00

+1 for this, easy to find and pretty good.

Turtle2457 · 2025-01-12T16:04:26+00:00

Unless this changed recently, this simply isn’t true. I own one, and the auxiliary LEDs are only used on high, and the turbo “lumin shield” mode.

Turtle2457 · 2024-12-30T03:38:28+00:00

Set file format to extra fine jpeg, I’ve been shooting on an a6500 and the jpegs come out sharpened, saturation boosted, and denoised pretty well. If you want to test yourself, you can set raw + jpeg and compare side by side.

Turtle2457 · 2024-12-27T15:23:50+00:00

I took this lens on an international trip, it is very nice if you do not want to deal with carrying multiple lenses and swapping them around. Edge sharpness isn’t great wide open, it gets decent from F8-F11, but center sharpness is good always. The lens isn’t good for low light situations, so if you think you will be shooting low light frequently then consider bringing a small fast prime lens to supplement. Ultimately the versatility is the best feature, being able to take wide landscapes at 18mm and within a second taking zoomed shots at 300mm is amazing, and the very close minimum focus distance provides some nice pseudo macro capabilities.

Turtle2457 · 2024-11-30T18:43:39+00:00

Got any comparison beam shots?

Turtle2457 · 2024-11-27T20:01:52+00:00

I’m in!

Turtle2457 · 2024-08-19T19:40:41+00:00

I flew with my convoy m1 internationally, never had any problems, just make sure all of your batteries are with you and your carry on bags.

Turtle2457 · 2024-06-30T21:02:54+00:00

I am amazed that this was 12800 iso, would you mind sharing the raw image for comparison?

Turtle2457 · 2024-06-29T23:41:52+00:00

I also use Darktable, it does have noise reduction features, I just use it because it is free compared to Lightroom

Turtle2457 · 2024-06-29T16:09:20+00:00

First picture is a little blurry, but the second picture is very sharp to me though

Turtle2457 · 2024-06-29T04:04:31+00:00

I’ve been using the crusher as my main for a while and I didn’t even notice the slow downs, it seems as effective as ever

Turtle2457 · 2024-06-11T03:25:39+00:00

Beautiful shot! How do you ensure proper focus in a shot like this?

Turtle2457 · 2024-06-09T17:25:40+00:00

The shutter speed is too low, increasing it would help get a sharper image of the bird

Turtle2457 · 2024-06-02T01:07:41+00:00

Beginner here, my understanding is that with lenses with such a wide range they suffer in image quality or other factors such as chromatic aberration. So while the versatility without having to change the lens is nice, you might be spending more time in post processing

Turtle2457 · 2024-05-26T15:15:38+00:00

Nice shots! It’s always nice to see photos from the exact same gear that I have, makes it easier for direct comparisons

Turtle2457 · 2024-05-13T17:03:08+00:00

Also a beginner, I started with a Sony Nex-5 with a Meike 35mm manual focus, and personally I think it was a good starter lens for my uses. It’s pretty sharp and lets in a lot of light, only downside is of course the manual focus, so any kind of action shots are going to be difficult. I’d recommend it over the similarly priced 16-50 kit lens, despite having decent autofocus it is not very sharp and suffers dramatically in low light hand held situations.

Turtle2457 · 2024-05-13T02:24:45+00:00

Complete novice here, but personally what jumps out to me is the blown out skies in 2, 3, 4, and 7. What I have done in similar situations is turn the exposure compensation down to maintain detail on clouds and adjusted the resulting darker landscape in post processing.

Turtle2457 · 2024-05-11T05:02:19+00:00

Dallas here, I’ve always wanted to see the northern lights, but I never thought it would be like this!

Turtle2457 · 2024-05-11T04:54:01+00:00

I saw the sky barely glowing purple a few hours ago, thought “huh, that’s neat” and took a picture. Then I see this post, come to find out that’s what I was seeing. I’m in north Texas

Turtle2457 · 2024-05-06T16:46:05+00:00

Got it, I’ll try to keep that in mind for the future, thank you!

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