D-300 with the Reflex Nikkor 1000 f/11

After I had some complications today dismounting the Reflex Nikkor 1000mm f/11 from my D-300, I decided to post a few images made eatlier with this combo. Just in case someone is interested.

As you will see the Reflex Nikkor produces quite likeable pictures, but due to considerable lack of speed (f/11) you need plenty of light to achieve this.

A bush to show depth of field...
















A flower pot...
















Family cat sleeping in a large flower pot
















Family cat irritated by a photographer

2nd comparison - from some 4 kms away

So here is the shot from my terrace towards a mountantop some 4 kilometres away. Far and fair enough, is it?

Since the Panasonic FZ-20 has inbuilt image stabilization (though probably not designed in mind with a large 1,7x teleconverter mounted on this light camera), I supported my hand against a vertical wall, when I made the shot with the D-300. The shot with the Panasonic was made without any support.

This is a crop of the Panny FZ-20 shot with the TC-E17ED at 200%.

D-300 with AFD 70-300 ED, crop at 200%.
The original by the Panny and the TC-E17ED.

The original with the D-300 and the AFD 70-300 ED

1st comparison - 50 meters away

Here is the comparison between the TC-E17 ED mounted on a Panasonic FZ20 and the AFD 70-300 ED Nikkor on a D-300.

Both shot on "P" as is, automatic without any adjustment. I made two set of shots, one about 50 meters away, the other some 4 kilometres away.

In order not to overburden this web page with too many images, here I will publish only the first set: picture of a roof some 50 meters away and the second set separeately.

By the way: images were not processed in any way, just cropped. The crops are shown at 200%, to show as much detail as possible.

Please take note that I supported my hand against a fixed surface when shooting with the D-300 and the 70-300, but shot without any support with the Panasonic and the TC-E17ED. The Panny has inbuilt VR.

Below is a the crop of the Panasonic FZ-20+TC-E17ED's shot shown at 200%.





Above is a crop of the AFD 70-300 ED + D-300's shot at 200%.


Above is the original shot with the TC-E17ED on the Panasonic FZ-20.

The objects on the roof are larger on this image since the Panny's zoom goes to 432 mm plus the 1.7x teleconverter= 734 mm.




Above is the original shot with the 70-300 AFD ED Nikkor on a D-300.

Nikkor's 300mm x 1,5 = 450mm.

More pictures with the TC-E17ED

Blackbird sitting by a heated birdbath in freezing temperatures. Crop

Bird over steaming birdbath. Crop.

Female blackbird in sunshine. Crop.

Jay in falling snow. Crop

Pictures made with the TC-E17ED

For the sake of demonstration I shall publish here a few photos from my former website TCBirding including some made with Nikon's TC-E17ED teleconverter. This TC was mounted on Panasonic's FZ-20 camera.

This was the title page of the website. Note the sharp pictures.

The TC-E17ED on the FZ-20.

...and on the FZ-30.

This looked like a beatiuful black beast, but the FZ-20 was f2.8 all the way.

and a blackbird.

and probably the best picture with this combo. Note the detail.