Grumpy Old Photographer: The Tamron 1.4X Teleconvereter...

When I bought the Tamron 150-600, which I subsequently sold, I also bought the Tamron 1.4X Teleconverter. I hardly ever use it because I was never happy with the results from it on the 150-600.

So today I thought I’d Give it a try on the Tamron 100-400 on my walk this morning with Roxie. I wanted to check out how the auto focus works and if I could get a sharp image with it.

The photos below are from that walk. It is sharp. These photos were all hand held while holding onto a leash at the same time. Not an ideal shooting situation. What I did learn is that for these kind of close photographs, the f-stop cannot be smaller than f/8. Auto focus did not work well at f/11 in darker conditions like deep shade. In brighter light it worked just fine. More testing on this required.

But I was happy to see the results and can now shoot with this combination with confidence.