Amazing shot, great composition! It’s amazing the amount of detail even with the 2x TC.
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Yeah, I have this lens/TC combo for about 12 years now (when it first came out) and am still amazed at how good it is. It outlived my D700 and is now in use on my D750 and Z6.
The new version of this one, for the Z series Nikon is supposed to be even better. Not sure about the converter, though, haven’t heard/seen any results of that combo.
In general a 2xTC degrades the quality of the lens too much (1.4, max 1.7 is generally seen as acceptable). But this lens, without the TC, is incredible and works very well in combination with this specific Tele Converter (Nikon’s TC-20E III). The images without are even sharper/crispier, though.
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Yep, I guess it helps to have great glass in front of the TC to begin with, a great investment, seems like it payed itself off over those 13 years.
Did you get that new 2.0 Nikon firmware…I thought it was for Z9 but also came to the Z6 and Z7…I think there were supposed to be autofocus improvements?? I could be wrong…
EDIT you likely have it…but if not
https://en.nikon.ca/nikon-products/mirrorless-cameras/firmware-two-point-zero.page
The 2.0 firmware update is for the Z9 only. There is an update to 1.4 for the Z6ii/Z7ii in the pipeline (not sure about the other Z’s). These are minor updates and I do not expect anything too drastic on the AF front (Hope I’m wrong about that, though…). I am curious if there is going to be a major update anytime soon.
The link you posted still points to the old 1.3 firmware (Checked for the Z6ii). I do believe it will be available tomorrow (not sure which time-zone this “tomorrow” will be in).
I see that now….that is a bit of a misleading link…I don’t really follow that but there was a swath of video’s lately and more than one YT mentioned incorrectly that the earlier Z’s were getting similar big improvements….makes sense that this is not true given the hardware…
Thanks for sharing this beautiful photo!
RT 5.8 dev, here I used Fuji X Astia LUT
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@Jade_NL I looked at this image many times but forgot to like it. I also instinctively pull up my shoulders to my ears whenever I go back to it. 
