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Nikon T16-A Autofocus Teleconverter for Ai-S Nikkor Lenses
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<blockquote data-quote="AC016" data-source="post: 135719" data-attributes="member: 9619"><p>From KR:</p><p></p><p>"<p style="text-align: left">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]To make up for that, </p> <p style="text-align: left">I've got a secret for you. In 1985 Nikon made a TC-16A autofocusing </p> <p style="text-align: left">teleconverter which autofocuses manual focus lenses! I just got one used for </p> <p style="text-align: left">$50. [/FONT]</p> <p style="text-align: left">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I kid you not: put a </p> <p style="text-align: left">manual focus lens on the TC-16A, stick the TC-16A on your camera, and if you </p> <p style="text-align: left">have the right camera, it autofocuses! The TC-16A does amazing things, but even </p> <p style="text-align: left">though it autofocuses perfectly on my <a href="http://nikonites.com/f6.htm" target="_blank">F6</a>, it doesn't seem </p> <p style="text-align: left">to work on my digitals. It turns my beater $400<a href="http://nikonites.com/nikon/300mm-f28.htm" target="_blank"> </a></p> <p style="text-align: left"><a href="http://nikonites.com/nikon/300mm-f28.htm" target="_blank">300mm f/2.8 ED-IF manual focus</a> into a 480mm f/4.5 AF that works perfectly on </p> <p style="text-align: left">my F6! I can't wait to see if it works on my D3. With a 1.6x factor, it expands </p> <p style="text-align: left">the field of DX lenses, even my <a href="http://nikonites.com/nikon/105fe.htm" target="_blank">10.5mm fisheye</a> </p> <p style="text-align: left">and <a href="http://nikonites.com/nikon/1224.htm" target="_blank">12-24 DX</a>, to fill film, but sadly, it doesn't </p> <p style="text-align: left">operate these G lenses' aperture. [/FONT]</p> <p style="text-align: left">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Others tell me their </p> <p style="text-align: left">TC-16As work on the F5 and D2 series, too. "</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">Another link:</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"><a href="http://www.momentcorp.com/review/nikon_tc-16a.html" target="_blank">Nikon TC-16A Review</a></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">I am not sure these will work on your cameras. These were Nikons answer to being behind in the AF lens world and were more or less designed for their film SLRs of the day.[/FONT]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AC016, post: 135719, member: 9619"] From KR: "[LEFT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]To make up for that, I've got a secret for you. In 1985 Nikon made a TC-16A autofocusing teleconverter which autofocuses manual focus lenses! I just got one used for $50. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I kid you not: put a manual focus lens on the TC-16A, stick the TC-16A on your camera, and if you have the right camera, it autofocuses! The TC-16A does amazing things, but even though it autofocuses perfectly on my [URL="http://nikonites.com/f6.htm"]F6[/URL], it doesn't seem to work on my digitals. It turns my beater $400[URL="http://nikonites.com/nikon/300mm-f28.htm"] 300mm f/2.8 ED-IF manual focus[/URL] into a 480mm f/4.5 AF that works perfectly on my F6! I can't wait to see if it works on my D3. With a 1.6x factor, it expands the field of DX lenses, even my [URL="http://nikonites.com/nikon/105fe.htm"]10.5mm fisheye[/URL] and [URL="http://nikonites.com/nikon/1224.htm"]12-24 DX[/URL], to fill film, but sadly, it doesn't operate these G lenses' aperture. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Others tell me their TC-16As work on the F5 and D2 series, too. " Another link: [url=http://www.momentcorp.com/review/nikon_tc-16a.html]Nikon TC-16A Review[/url] I am not sure these will work on your cameras. These were Nikons answer to being behind in the AF lens world and were more or less designed for their film SLRs of the day.[/FONT][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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