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Here's a titmouse shot with the 300mm 2.8II w the 2XIII. I find this combo to be quite acceptable. details - f 8.0, 1/400, 800 ISO, 5DMKII, cropped to 1800X2500 pixels, sharpened in PS (maybe not best for the comparisons done here...?).