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Is it possible to use an old school teleconverter?
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<blockquote data-quote="Silverback" data-source="post: 605616" data-attributes="member: 43255"><p>I have to admit that I didn't know what AI meant... I ended up at googling and going to Ken Rockwell's site and finding this which amused me because that's exactly the lens that I used for years on my dad's old camera setup (I'm pretty sure that the camera and lens date to the early/mid 60's, and most of his accessories and other lenses date to the 70's and 80's, I really love that old camera, I used that through most of the late 80's and early 90's):</p><p> [ATTACH]244570[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Oh, and I have used that lens on my D40x (it worked very well, but everything had to be done manually).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>"higher than f/5.6" How much higher? When I read that I slapped it back on the camera and got it shooting, but everything was black. </p><p></p><p>I ended up setting the ISO 3200, shutter 1/60, and turning the flash on and getting a few lighter dots in the picture, so I took that and pointed it up into a light with a 100w (equivalent) bulb in it, and with the same settings I got this:</p><p>[ATTACH]244571[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>So with the teleconverter is the aperture closing all the way down or is this something else wrong causing the really dark exposure? FWIW, the EXIF info (obviously showing the aperture and focal length incorrectly):</p><p>[ATTACH]244572[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You know, it's funny how camera guys don't seem to really like this lens, and honestly it's probably my favorite one that I own, it gets used more than the rest for sure. WRT to sharpness I would put it behind my Sigma ART and my Nikkor 35 f/1.8, but ahead of everything else, including my Nikkor 18-140 which seems to have a bit of a following. I've gotten some really incredible wildlife shots at or very close to it's longest focus lenght, 2 of which won contests and it's actually my favorite for things like parties and chasing my kids around (I can pick a spot in the room and play sniper with the long lens, not disturb the action and still get the shot, and for some reason I seem to get the most pleasing colors from it). I've been tempted to try to sell it and the 18-140 and pick up one of the newer/smaller/cheaper Nikkor 18-300mm but I've been worried that I wouldn't like it much like the 18-140.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silverback, post: 605616, member: 43255"] I have to admit that I didn't know what AI meant... I ended up at googling and going to Ken Rockwell's site and finding this which amused me because that's exactly the lens that I used for years on my dad's old camera setup (I'm pretty sure that the camera and lens date to the early/mid 60's, and most of his accessories and other lenses date to the 70's and 80's, I really love that old camera, I used that through most of the late 80's and early 90's): [ATTACH=CONFIG]244570._xfImport[/ATTACH] Oh, and I have used that lens on my D40x (it worked very well, but everything had to be done manually). "higher than f/5.6" How much higher? When I read that I slapped it back on the camera and got it shooting, but everything was black. I ended up setting the ISO 3200, shutter 1/60, and turning the flash on and getting a few lighter dots in the picture, so I took that and pointed it up into a light with a 100w (equivalent) bulb in it, and with the same settings I got this: [ATTACH=CONFIG]244571._xfImport[/ATTACH] So with the teleconverter is the aperture closing all the way down or is this something else wrong causing the really dark exposure? FWIW, the EXIF info (obviously showing the aperture and focal length incorrectly): [ATTACH=CONFIG]244572._xfImport[/ATTACH] You know, it's funny how camera guys don't seem to really like this lens, and honestly it's probably my favorite one that I own, it gets used more than the rest for sure. WRT to sharpness I would put it behind my Sigma ART and my Nikkor 35 f/1.8, but ahead of everything else, including my Nikkor 18-140 which seems to have a bit of a following. I've gotten some really incredible wildlife shots at or very close to it's longest focus lenght, 2 of which won contests and it's actually my favorite for things like parties and chasing my kids around (I can pick a spot in the room and play sniper with the long lens, not disturb the action and still get the shot, and for some reason I seem to get the most pleasing colors from it). I've been tempted to try to sell it and the 18-140 and pick up one of the newer/smaller/cheaper Nikkor 18-300mm but I've been worried that I wouldn't like it much like the 18-140. [/QUOTE]
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