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Hi ,hope someone can help,I'm thinking of getting a tele converter for my nikkor af-s70-300 vr on a D7000'ive tried to get my head round it on google but seems to be a lot of conflicting advice.
Any pointers in the right direction will be a great help.
 
Kaolin said:
I don't think you can use a TC with the 70-300 as the rear element is to close to the back of the lens. At certain zoom settings the rear element of the lens will touch the TC element.
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The Kenko Pro will fit/work, but it's a waste of time unless you're using it in bright sunlight and the viewfinder image is seriously dark.
 
I looked into it as I have a 70-300 vr and you can't use a TC. Hence why I'm seriously considering selling and putting it towards a 70-200mm VRll
 
Flash In The Pan said:
The Kenko Pro will fit/work, but it's a waste of time unless you're using it in bright sunlight and the viewfinder image is seriously dark.
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:plusone:

The Kenko Pro will work on a sunny day but don't expect too much from one on a mid-range, variable aperture lens.

The Nikon TCs will not mount.
 
Cheers everyone,it looks like that's a wash out then.I'm thinking of getting rid of the 70-300 and maybe go for the 70-200.I assume that a tc will work with that?.
 
The Nikon TCs work with the 70-200 -- and the cheaper 300/4 ;-)

The best quality will be with the 1.4x
 
Actually both the Nikon TC-14E II and the new TC-20E III work extremely well with both the Nikon 70-200 F2.8 VR II and the 300mm F4 AFS.

I used the 2x converter yesterday on the 70-200 (making an effective 140-400 F5.6) to shoot fast jets at an RAF base and the combo worked delightfully.
 
By all accounts that new TC-20E III is supposed to be the dogs dangly bits
 
I use the converter 1.7 om 70-200 f2.8. I read info, before obtaining the long lens, that the nikon converters were designed only for the 70-200 and the 300. They will not work on any other long lens. The elements come into contact --you have been warned!!!
 
mattyg said:
By all accounts that new TC-20E III is supposed to be the dogs dangly bits
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:thinking: Was wondering why all the dogs kept coming over an sniffing it - thanks for clearing that up :lol:
 
i wouldnt use the 1.7 on the 300mm f4 either i have and whatever anyone one says its not designed for it even i can see the results arent good and now only use the the 1.4 on the 300mm.

Nikons site is quite clear the TC x 2 is for F2.8 and faster thats why its so superb on the 70-200mm f2.8 II both modern AFS systems designed for each other.]
its also superb on other F2.8 lens which i dont own so cant comment on.

summary

70-200mm f2.8 tc1.4,tc1.7 and new tcx2

300mm f4 and any lens slower than F2.8 tc1.4 only

with glass like this you cant have something for nothing
 
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