My take at Chinese Garden

**Simon** · 28th Dec 2007, 23:33

Thank Benny for the birdie lens and Mervin for the transport

, shooting in the park is so much easier compared to butterfly photography

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#4 - only one shot, the feather on the back was moving hence OOF

**benetay** · 28th Dec 2007, 23:42

I like the kingfisher shot, use to see them regularly at chinese garden area.

**benny** · 29th Dec 2007, 00:01

Nice!! I didn't manage to get any of these!

Cheers,

**trident** · 29th Dec 2007, 17:53

Simon,
Nice photos! Liked the kingfisher, used to see them at Potong Pasir before the flats came up. BTW, you are using the 2x TC, that is teleconverter? Is that useful?

**Simon** · 29th Dec 2007, 18:40

yes richard, however TC degrades optical sharpness and should not be used unnecessarily, when using a TC on a lens, you double the focal length but in exchange the minimum f-stop also increases in respect to the choice of TC (either by 1.4x or 2.0x).

**trident** · 29th Dec 2007, 19:29

Simon,
Thanks for the explanation. Can it be used for prime lens as well as zoom lens?
I was thinking it's a good investment, buy a 2xTC and you get double the lens you owned.

**Simon** · 29th Dec 2007, 22:52

it can work for most fast lenses f2.8 & below will be better, but I wouldn't recommending the use of a TC unless you got a super optical quality lens like the birding lenses or the canon 70-200 L 2.8. No doubt it double your lens focal length, but the disadvantage of sharpness degrading will turn most photographers away, in some cases, the lenses hunts more when using a TC