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Mar 27, 2013 19:14 |  #1

Anyone with any experience with this combo please post some examples. Eagles are back and i would like to see how this 120-300 does at 600MM with the Sigma 2X TC's before I buy one.

Thanks a Ton. Appreciate the help.


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Mar 27, 2013 19:25 |  #2

Works well, swapped my Sigma 150-500 for this combo. This is a bit of a crop as well

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Mar 27, 2013 21:01 |  #3

Mike, just look at 95% of my photos posted in the big 120-300 2.8 OS thread. Or you can check out my Flickr site. The nature shots I've taken in the past year and half are mostly with the Sigma 2x TC.
It definitely requires more skill than shooting the bare lens with no tc. And the number of keepers are of course less too.

But what the heck, here are a few of my best. All of these were cropped more or less for composition or to squeeze out a little more magnification.

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Nearly 100% crop:

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Mar 27, 2013 21:13 |  #4

Wow...those are amazing shots at 600mm with that 2x TC!




  
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Mar 27, 2013 21:30 |  #5

gabe‘s lens and tc are better than the others' :)


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Mar 27, 2013 21:38 |  #6

skycolt wrote in post #15763658 (external link)
gabe‘s lens and tc are better than the others' :)

Yep, just the other day I was saying the same thing about Emiril Lagasi's pots and pans :)


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Mar 27, 2013 22:13 |  #7

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Yep, just the other day I was saying the same thing about Emiril Lagasi's pots and pans :)

:D :D


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Mar 28, 2013 14:19 as a reply to  @ gabebalazs's post |  #8

Thanks everyone. Gabe i hope mine works as well as yours. Just order this AM...free shipping right now with the Sigma 2x TC with B&H. Cant wait to get it out in the next couple of weeks.....Eagles are back :cool:


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Mar 28, 2013 14:27 as a reply to  @ umphotography's post |  #9

F/5.6 at 600MM,,,,,,cant wait:cool:


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Mar 28, 2013 15:25 |  #10

Oh, and Gabe, those are stunning!


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Mar 28, 2013 15:29 as a reply to  @ CyberDyneSystems's post |  #11

This thread just convinced me to order the Sigma 2(x); it arrives on Saturday.

Now to start saving up for the re-invented 120-300


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Mar 28, 2013 15:31 |  #12

Rocky, is the Rhode for Rhode Island? You a transplant?


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Mar 28, 2013 15:32 |  #13

umphotography wrote in post #15765974 (external link)
Thanks everyone. Gabe i hope mine works as well as yours. Just order this AM...free shipping right now with the Sigma 2x TC with B&H. Cant wait to get it out in the next couple of weeks.....Eagles are back :cool:

Did you get the new sports version that was the optional USB attachment for customization? I am looking to seeing some examples.


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Mar 28, 2013 16:25 |  #14

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Rocky, is the Rhode for Rhode Island? You a transplant?

Nope; never been to the East Coast


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Mar 28, 2013 16:50 |  #15

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Did you get the new sports version that was the optional USB attachment for customization? I am looking to seeing some examples.

Dont Think so. I ordered this one here from B&H

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