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02-27-2018, 09:18 PM - 1 Like   #1
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photo comparison between 150-450mm DFA versus 60-250mm DA with a AFA 1.7x tc

I know I probably made a bunch of mistakes on how to go about this test but, if you were curious about how the 60-250mm DA with a AFA 1.7x tc performs versus a 150-450mm DFA then here it is. max focal lengths used, SR was off, tripod was used, if it got more blurry as I stopped down its b/c of my shutter speed (even I can mess up shooting on tripod lol). conversion from raw to jpg via lightroom. attempted 1:1 crop based on 1:1 view on lightroom (who knows if I did it right, but it looks like how it looked 1:1 in lightroom, i just used adjustment mask to help me crop 1:1 as lightroom saw it)

Moon DFA 150-450mm almost 100% crop, with exposure bump 0.40 f8 1/750 iso200
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Moon DA 60-250mm with AFA 1.7x exposure bump 1.00 f8 1/640 iso200
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Original Scenes 60-250 w/ AFA 1.7x
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60-250 w/ AFA 1.7x stove exhaust f6.7 1/125 iso1600
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150-450 f5.6 1/180 iso1600
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150-450 f6.7 1/125 iso1600
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60-250 w/ AFA 1.7x f8 1/125 iso1600
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150-450 f8 1/90 iso1600
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60-250 w/ AFA 1.7x f10 1/80 iso1600
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150-450 f11 1/125 iso3200
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60-250 w/ AFA 1.7x f13 1/200 iso 6400
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150-450 f13 1/60 iso3200
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more samples

150-450 booey f5.6 1/50 iso 3200 100% crop
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60-250 w/ AFA 1.7x f6.7 1/400 iso 3200 100% crop
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150-450 f6.7 1/350 iso3200 100% crop
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60-250 w/ AFA 1.7x f8 1/250 iso 3200 100% crop
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150-450 booey f8 1/250 iso 3200 100% crop
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60-250 w/ AFA 1.7x f10 1/200 iso 3200 100% crop
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150-450 f11 1/125 iso3200 100% crop
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60-250 w/ AFA 1.7x f11 1/125 iso 3200 100% crop
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while the quality of the 60-250 and the TC is not bad the 150-450 is very good. Thanks for the comparison

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QuoteOriginally posted by sergysergy Quote
while the quality of the 60-250 and the TC is not bad the 150-500 is very good. Thanks for the comparison
don't you mean the 150- 450?

he isn't using a 150-500

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I'm a little surprised by the 60-250... The poor sharpness and contrast in the "CYPRESS" photos must be due to the TC. I use the 60-250 plus HD 1.4x converter frequently, and find both sharpness and contrast to be excellent.

Have you done side-by-side shots of for the 60-250 with and without the TC? Might be interesting...
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Interesting how different the bokeh in the buoy shots is between the two scenarios. In the full size shot with the 60-250, the background becomes distracting for me, and I think I prefer the 150-450 from what I'm seeing here. Looks like we loose a little contrast with the TC, but that would be expected. Over all though, I think the 1.7x looks pretty good. I've been interested in this TC for the K-1. I don't think it's likely, but it would be nice to have a modern FF TC.

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added 60-250 by itself cypress shots

I do think there may be user error in indoor shots especially at f4 because my ball head was loose, and I tightened the hex screw before I took my outside shots (hex tool was in my car). so in essence, it was on my tripod but it was somewhat loose so I still had to hold the camera steady while taking the indoor shots, especially to keep the frame uniform throughout.

60-250 by itself @ 250mm 100% crops

60-250 f4 1/250 iso 800
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60-250 f5 1/250 iso 1600
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60-250 f7.1 1/250 iso 3200
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60-250 f8 1/200 iso 3200
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60-250 f10 1/125 iso 3200
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60-250 f11 1/100 iso 3200
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60-250 f13 1/80 iso 3200
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So far I'm happy with the AFA 1.7x. I will retest my 60-250 again, with and without the AFA 1.7x, just because I will be more careful and mindful of settings on my 2nd test. I did use the AFA 1.7x with my A 50mm F1.2 and was happy with the rendering and results there just from in camera peeping (resulting in 85mm f2.8). I deleted those test photos, but maybe I will retest and post that combination. The AFA 1.7x is spot on in focusing especially when you double check it using live view zoomed in, I finally get why on some lenses you have to get it within focusing range to enable the AFA to focus the rest of the way. My 60-250mm motor died, so all focusing on that without the AFA is manual. The 150-450 definitely appears better at rendering small details, as I would expect regarding its cost; I'm going to shoot with it constantly for the next year partly because I just found the 3 instances of the lens coming apart as reported in this forum and want to make sure if mine does that that it is still under warranty (I do have a later serial number than the reported mishaps). Last, I've never went birding before, but I'm definitely going to start especially now I have this lens, and I hear NJ is good real estate for birding.


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QuoteOriginally posted by angelo9978 Quote
Last, I've never went birding before, but I'm definitely going to start especially now I have this lens
I think you'll find the focus speed on the 150-450 gives you an edge over the 60-250 for this.
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QuoteOriginally posted by angelo9978 Quote
I do think there may be user error in indoor shots especially at f4 because my ball head was loose, and I tightened the hex screw before I took my outside shots (hex tool was in my car). so in essence, it was on my tripod but it was somewhat loose so I still had to hold the camera steady while taking the indoor shots, especially to keep the frame uniform throughout.
I'm not quite seeing what I would expect from the 60-250 here I'm wondering if you're shooting from a tripod with SR enabled, or if the AF fine adjustment needs calibrating?

I've just taken the below shot using the 60-250 + HD 1.4x converter. These are screen grabs from Lightroom - the first shows the entire frame, the second is at 100% reproduction:





This is with the lens at 250mm and wide open (= 350mm @ f/5.6 with the converter), so you're seeing it at its worst here. No post-processing except for a slight exposure boost and some colour noise reduction. No sharpening etc.

Stop down a little and the sharpness is better still.

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Mike, have you used the 1.4x and 60-250 on a K-1? Wondering about vignetting. I've been toying with grabbing a 1.7x or 1.4x to go with my 150-450 and 60-250, both being used back and forth between a K-3II and K-1.

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The 60-250 doesn't look as bright, an EV boost in post would be in order.

Apart from that in terms of detail, they appear pretty much identical. I can see no detail on the 150-450 that isn't present on the DA*60-250. All the little scratches, bits of dust etc. are present on both, A good post processor will give you equivalent results with either.

I don't use the 60-250 with the 1.7 because of the difficulty hand focussing Pentax quick shift, and because for the birds I shoot, you can lose images because you never actually lock focus before the bird leaves. And because for longer images I have the 1.7x and Tamron 300 2.8.

But my take looking at your images is it wouldn't be worthile for me to buy the 150-450. There's a small difference, but not a $2000 dollar difference. If was to buy the 150-450 based on this it would be for the speed of AF.

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QuoteOriginally posted by clickclick Quote
Mike, have you used the 1.4x and 60-250 on a K-1? Wondering about vignetting. I've been toying with grabbing a 1.7x or 1.4x to go with my 150-450 and 60-250, both being used back and forth between a K-3II and K-1.
I'm afraid I haven't, David, but I understand it vignettes quite badly The sooner Ricoh comes out with a FF TC, the better...
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DA* 60-250mm F4 ED [IF] SDM: ++ (officially rated "designed for FF" by Pentax patent US7489452) probably good on full frame but evaluation still missing; the rating is +++ with a baffle modification, + without)


Overall rating scale:
+++: no significant difference between APS-C and FF corners
++: difference but usable at full aperture with a small loss in corner IQ only
+: usable staring at f/4~f/5.6, with no or a small loss in corner IQ only
o: usable at f/11 or with big loss in corner IQ only
-: not usable


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QuoteOriginally posted by Aslyfox Quote
DA* 60-250mm F4 ED [IF] SDM: ++ (officially rated "designed for FF" by Pentax patent US7489452) probably good on full frame but evaluation still missing; the rating is +++ with a baffle modification, + without
I may be wrong, Allen, but I think Dave already has the 60-250 and 150-450, and was considering whether the HD 1.4x converter would be suitable. Unfortunately, it's not... I believe it vignettes considerably on FF....
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I have no keepers taken on a K-1 with that 1.4 and 60-250. If I tried it, I didn't like the results.

The 60-250 vignettes on the K-1, the HD DA 1.4 vignettes on the K-1. What are the odds? It's a combination I'm sure I would have tried.

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