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chrisvw
4th of July 2005 (Mon), 06:17
I was out at Queensland Raceway on the week-end shooting the Australia Motor Racing Series. Lots of good cars and lots of action. I was using the Canon EOS 10D, Canon EF 300 f/2.8 with Canon 2x MII converter. The first 4 shots are without the converter and the last five are with the converter “600mm”.

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600mm
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Dave_G
4th of July 2005 (Mon), 06:35
Superb. GT cars are very photogenic.
JakeC
4th of July 2005 (Mon), 10:19
Great shots Chris, here and on your site.

The results people are getting with TC's on L glass is pretty amazing. I'm slowly trying to save for the F4 300, that 2.8 would be awesome!
Dave_G
4th of July 2005 (Mon), 11:39
an f2.8 lens with a 2x TC on it is still gonna be pretty fast - but you guys knew that already!

I'm just thinking aloud...lol
Skip Souza
4th of July 2005 (Mon), 12:12
Wow. You didn't seem to suffer much with the 2x TC, great shots. I do like the shot of the "beach racing" ;-)
Dave_G
4th of July 2005 (Mon), 12:15
that one is cracking
chrisvw
4th of July 2005 (Mon), 16:11
Thanks for all your comments! 300 f/2.8 with 2x converter is still very fast focusing and excellent quality. When I first got the 2x I didn’t expect the quality to be as good as it is.
Dave_G
4th of July 2005 (Mon), 16:38
I was surprised at how well some of mine came out - Tamron (hahahaha RUBBISH!) 1.4x plus a Canon 75-300USM - I was even pleased with the results, as well as surprised! lol
Nolz
5th of July 2005 (Tue), 03:17
That first shot is fantastic, nice and sharp from what looks like very little light!Must be great having a fast lens :)
Cadwell
5th of July 2005 (Tue), 03:37
Some nice shots there with some good action. I like them.

The 300mm stuff looks lovely, the 600mm slightly less so with a couple of the shots showing the typical slight back focusing you get when the focus mechanism isn't quite fast enough for AI Servo. Not unusual with a 2x TC.