Sony 300mm 2.8 + 2x Tele - Beautiful Combo for bird and wildlife photography. 

You are so good with the story, the narration and the music. I could listen to you again and again. Thank you for the good work.

Thank you for this. I really like your approach, narration and letting photos and videos do the talking instead of the same boring stuff everyone else is doing.

So good to have you back. I've missed your long form videos so much!

Mark, miss your AWESOME videos with your great images and story telling!

Thanks Mark , my A1 and 300 f2.8 + both TC arrive tomorrow, can't wait 👍

Yesterday, I captured a bluethroat bird using a macro lens. Today, I saw the stunning bird you photographed and learned a lot from it, thanks

Amazing video with beautiful details and excellent commentary accompanied by a good musical background.

This was wonderful - a whole story, with individual characters, mystery, suspense, and a compelling arc! I must say, I cheer for the birds to get their meals, but, honestly, it gives me a shiver to watch their throats wrestle with the fish going down. Imagine eating dinner, and your dinner is fighting you as it slides down your throat!!😨😜. But I guess it’s what it costs to be a gorgeous osprey, or snowy egret, or wood heron, or red (I forget -pelican?). Thank you for this documentary!!! ❤️

I am so happy for you to reach 1 M followers👏👏👏. You absolutely deserved that ! Congratulations 👏.

Your videos are art! I love how if you grabbed almost any still frame from this video, you could make a beautiful desktop wallpaper from it. Nice to see how sharp that combo is, I will definitely consider renting one if I need that kind of reach + sharpness!

I am here for the voiceover very well illustrated ... love it ...

Great video Mark, thanks for sharing. You really have a gift for mixing storytelling and wildlife video!

Your images are simply amazing

I received your Osprey book for Christmas and you’ve inspired me to take up photography. Just bought a Nikon D3500 to get me started.

Excellent. Thanks, Mark.

Stunning birds & awesome photography as usual Mark! 👍👍🦅🦅

Incredible footage once more Mark...

Wow how great is your narration. Video it's fabulous!!

Great job, as usual, Mark!

I truly appreciate you sharing your experience with me and I have gathered great details that are helping me in my bird image capture journey! Thank you for your passion!

Awesome video! My favorite was the photos of the jacks in the surf.

Would love to see that Reddish Egret!!! Thanks Mark Smith 👏👏👏❤❤🔥🔥

j'attendais cette vidéo ! j'ai le 300mm et les TC ... j'adore ! et je vous envie d'avoir une si belle faune par chez vous ... un grand MERCI pour vos vidéos, elles sont magiques et vous êtes un super commentateur (désolée, je ne parle pas anglais donc je mets les sous titres et j'écoute en même temps le son de votre voix )

Seems like a great lens (and extender) for traveling. I've heard it is very light and relatively compact for a 300/2.8. I'm definitely looking at this combo for the bear/eagle/salmon season this fall.

Thank you for this video, it's inspirational, I look forward to seeing your work. I will definitely try the 2x on my new 300mm f2.8. The weight factor is such a bonus at my age with problem shoulders.

Excellent photos and video. Definitely worth getting the 2x for this lens!

Masterful as always. Thanks for sharing.

I think it's the first time that a lens still manages to remain extremely sharp with the TC 2x. Normally you would see a very noticeable drop but not in this case. I saw a lot of comparisons, and for ex, this 300mm GM + TC 2x is much much sharper than the 200-600G at 600mm, and slightly less sharp than the 600mm f4 GM.

Great action. Lens looks great with a 2x.

Que bueno verte personalmente hablando felicidades mark Smith🎉

Outstanding images and fun story telling. Your osprey photos and video are always amazing but your images of interaction between species, like the Jacks and the mullet riding a wave together, often add a very special dimension to your work that I look forward to.

This is fantastic!! Also, an incredible option for (the majority of us!) who can't afford $12-13K for the 600 f/4, it's truly amazing how sharp everything looks even with the 2X converter! Thanks for the video!

Guesing we are looking at f5'6 max? Great vid as always sir!

That was wicked awesome! I can't believe the detail in that tiny fish in in the wave! -Darlayne (Indiana)

Mark, I am Bharat, you comentry is better than photography

Mark you're such an inspiration. I just adore your work.

Image quality looks great compared to the 600 prime, but did you notice any difference in autofocus capabilities with the 2x tele on?

Incredible pictures and video sequences, as always. It doesn't get any better than this. I'm glad that the 300mm GM with the 2x teleconverter is so good. Have both. Just need time. To use both. Greetings from Germany Udo (UK)

Really inspiring as to the potential of this combo. Thanks brother!

Mark good to see the reddish egret is still there. I shot him last year but my images aren't a patch on yours. Great video. Thanks.

Да,- вот так выглядит качество!! Спасибо, Марк,- за наслаждение для глаз! Ценю твои работы: ты точно знаешь, чего хочешь 🤝👍

Igual como siempre impresionantes tomas 🎉

Simply amazing shot!! Thank you Mark for making such a wonderful series video of beach birds! 💯 And Sony should give you a big sales bonus for your great video of 328GM 🤩🤩🤩

I already have the A1 and the 2xTC and have been considering the 300mm, but needed some more examples of the 300/TC combo. Thanks for the post.

Congrats on your followers. Great work!

Wow, stunning wildlife footage! I like it a lot 😉👍😍Thanks for sharing

Fun video Mark, I alays enjoy your videos. Nice job.

Great work as usual mark. Mine is coming Monday. Thanks for your excellent work and congratulations on your million plus!!! Well deserved.

Awesome, my lens is due for delivery tomorrow 😊

that seems like a great combo, I have a Sigma 150-600 and was thinking of getting a Sigma 1.4 because though 600mm has amazing reach I do feel I can do with a hair more at my local river.

„Glad I’m not a fish!” Is definitely epic as pictures, movie and narration are 🤩. - Mark, do I get it correct, if you don’t need that extra stop more light of the 600 F4, it is in terms of image quality and no brainer to go with the 300 2.8 + TCx2?

Glad that I am not fish...😜 But I am also glad getting 300mm f2.8 with tc 1.4x and 2x. 😂 Mark, I am looking forward from you to provide and sell a9m3 guides. It sure helps me navigate through this completely new uncharted camera for me. 🙏🏻😂

Very nice picture and super video… where is this place ? Thanks

Hi Mark, is this combination 300f2.8GM+ 2x Tele comparable to the 600f4.0GM?

Great story telling Mark

Fantastic vlog as always, wish you did more., just wandering where about are your Osprey shot taken, planning a trip out from the UK and doing research for photography locations for wildlife around California. Cheers

I really appreciate your channel, passion and great photos. Thank you☺️ I noticed that most of the photos were shot at f/7.1 Does it mean that at 5.6 it's not sharp enough and this combo has to be stopped down to yield good results?

Oh the Mullet runs. When they slowly move South on a wavy day, you can see all the meat hungries there are!!!

Awesome video Mark! Beautiful shots! I was wondering if you noticed any image quality differences between the 1.4x and the 2x TC?

Very nice! I am really tempted by that lens! Personally though would prefer a 400mm F4

Do you plan to test the Sigma 500 F5.6? I would love to see a side by comparison with Sony 300 F2.8 + 2x TC.

Are you doing the video and photography? Great job all the way around... Are you using a 500mm fixed lens?

It is the first time I see the 2x Tele converter works perfectly. I wonder it is just the new 300m 2.8 does the trick.

Mark, love your informative views from a bird photographer's perspective. I have had 2 Sony A1's in a row that eventually end up having severe issues shooting birds over water. The focus either gets obsessed with the water, or just can't get anything in focus, or looks like a distorted filter. If I am not shooting over water, no problem. After 2 cameras having this same issue, only after using each for a few months, I don't know what to do. Have you heard of this issue? MPB refuses to acknowledge the problem for warranty. Thanks

Have you found a rigid front lens cap for the 300mm yet? For bag carry I remove the Sony large hoods (and the after-market hoods), tucking them into my checked luggage. But, as the 300 does not ship with a front cap (it has a leather-like slip-on one) this leaves the front element open to the world!

I was expecting some howto on this combo. Good pics and videos as always.

That seems incredibly sharp, I thought it was the lack of quality of the teleconverters that makes other lenses softer when using the 1.4 and 2x. But maybe because the lenses are not 100% optimised for them? The 300 2.8 was out of the question for me, but now I'm not sure anymore. I either want the 400 F2.8, 600 F4, Sigma 500 F5.6 or now this 300 F2.8 with the TCs...

Excellent as always and glad to see a longer video from you. Have you had the chance to try with the A93 at all?

Very nice combination. It produced really good footage. Well done. Greets Stefan

My wallet thanks/blames you

I'm guessing you're shooting with auto ISO? I had a chance to try out the 300 with both TC's last week and was amazed, but I think the 1.4 TC is the best option.

Amazing images! A practical question is if this combo is better than 200-600 (?) 4500 price difference for the lens plus TC seems a bit steep for just 1/3 of a stop more light. One thing if somebody needs 300mm 2.8 anyway, e.g. for sports, but is there enough reason to get this combo for wildlife over 200-600? Does lighter weight makes a lot of difference? Or faster AF? When people say it's sharper than 200-600, but less sharp than 600 GM, this does not make a lot of sense to me. 200-600 is plenty sharp under right conditions, even with 1.4 TC. I tested reducing image size by just 1.4 and this already resulted in loss of feather detail, meaning that it was there originally already at the pixel level. If 600 GM is sharper, does it magically resolve subpixel details? 🤣I never used the 600 GM, but suspect that the difference is not the sharpness per se, but that it allows you to get images that are optimally sharp in a wider range of conditions (more light, better focusing, less CA if the subject is off centre). Is that the case with 300 GM plus 2.0 tele?

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Mark, what is the front lens diameter of this lens? Is it much bigger than 200-600?

Superb as always

The osprey that tried to take that huge fish up started to do it in a correct way, using the softness of water to have less resistance and also doing it in a more usual way catching fish out of water, not from the coastline. But that burden turned way too excessive…

Nice to see what can be done with this lens and the 2x plus a lot of talent. Thank you.

Good story telling , But a shame you didnt tell us about the lens and tel combo .

Love your videos❤

Thank you? Mark. What body and lens do you recommend most for wildlife?

Astonishing, great work again Mark.... 👍👍

I love your narration and photos/video BUT all shots were made on perfect lighting. If you had to pick one prime which one? 600, or 400, or 300? 300 does not enough reach?

Great video Mark, I also liked the photo of the Jacks in the surf, very cool thanks! Which lens do you think you take out more once you get your 300 lens, the 600 F4 or the 300 F2.8?

This is my style of fishing! Love your photography! 😊

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Excellent video and photos. Hey Mark, care to give away the area you find these Ospreys at? Keep up the fantastic photography.

Fantastic combo and even more fantastic images and video.

Amazing as usual Mark. If you had a choice, would you choose a prime over zoom for filming wildlife? TIA

Amazing video ❤

Mark, spectacular video and photography work. Great narration as well. Please keep the videos coming!

Do you think the results are better than cropping the image without teleconverter?

I think Sony hit a sweet spot with this lens. Up till now now, Nikon has had the only medium priced primes. Sony 300 f2.8 with 420 f4 and 600mm f5.6 options at slightly above the weight and cost of the Nikon 600 f6.3 . If I were a Sony shooter, my order would be in. Mark, any chance of you doing a video that shares your video settings?

It is very tempting with the new Sony 300mm 2.8 and teleconverters, but a bit expensive, so I think I will go with the new Sigma 500mm 5.6 which has the same size as the Sony 300mm, but the 500mm is lighter in weight and much cheaper !

Hi Mark! First of all, your videos and shots are gorgeous. Always a fan here. Secondly, I've been reading about the Olympus OM-1 mark II + Zuiko 150-400 mm. Have you had the chance to test this system vs the A1 + 200-600 or 600 mm f/4? Thanks in advance!

WOW Mark!!!

Always like watching your work, thanks!

Amazing video as usual. How does the 300 + 2.0 TC compare with the Sony 200-600 for birds.

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que imagens expetacular!!!

Wow some crazy crazy shots