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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mikew_RIP" data-source="post: 508183" data-attributes="member: 14174">Two of the most popular lenses many start with are the Nikon 55-300 and 70-300 VR versions,they soon find they are too short and often ask can i fit a converter to these lenses,well you can if you shop around enough and find one that will physically fit due to rear elements being too close to the converter element or other problems.Even if you fit a converter you will lose too much light so no AF and IQ will take a dive,even a lenses like mine the Sigma 150-600 that is designed to take a 1.4 converter but not sure i would want to use one.Many times especially with the Nikon lenses there is a better way to get reach without buying a longer lens, that is buy a Nikon 1 series and the FT-1 adapter,you will lose some of the 1 series settings but will keep the important ones like AF and VR.You will have a crop factor of 2.7 which gives the effect of making the lens 2.7 times longer,notice i say effect and crop,nothing changes apart from putting a smaller sensor in behind the lens and mostly keeping more pixels in the image area.Shot taken with a Nikon 1 V2 and Nikon 55-300[ATTACH=full]187290[/ATTACH]Shot taken with the Nikon 70-300 VR[ATTACH=full]187291[/ATTACH]Shot taken with the Sigma 150-600,not all sigma tamron ect lenses will work with the 1 series[ATTACH=full]187292[/ATTACH]</blockquote>