Nikon afs 70-300 VR + teleconverter
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Check the compatibility of the Kenko with it, I think it will AF with the 70-300mm..
I don't think the Nikon T/C AF with a lens that goes beyond F4..
No. That lens is not luminous enough to be used with any tele-converter. For the auto-focus to work properly you need at least a 5.6 aperture. When you put any tele-converter on a lens that is 5.6, you end up with f9. What will happen is that your camera will just hunt for focus and it will me mostly unusable for wildlife shots. I'm afraid you will have to spend serious money to do what you'd like.
I understand completely. Sometimes we do have limitations. At least now you know what your options are.
Phillydog1958
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When I view Grandpaw's wildlife photos, they make me want to go out and get that 70-200 and the teleconverter, but then when I think about the cost, I manage to snap back to reality.
Phillydog1958, I appreciate your kind comment about my pictures. As far as the lens I picked it up in mint condition for $1100 but I did buy the TC new. I was looking around for a little longer lens and decided this combination of lens and TC would be the least expensive way to go and with the crop factor it gives me a reach of up to 600mm. To get that kind of reach in a single Nikon lens would have cost many times more, which I could not afford. Here is another picture that was shot handheld with this combination of camera, lens and TC. Jeff
Grandpaw I like your results with this combo. I have the 70-200 vrII already and I tried the TC 2 III in a shop. Even handheld at 1/20 sec I got a half passable shot in the shop.
I think this TC is my next acquisition. Unfortunately we've just had to buy two Coolpix 7100s for our hols next week so that blows the budget for toys this month!!
I think this TC is my next acquisition. Unfortunately we've just had to buy two Coolpix 7100s for our hols next week so that blows the budget for toys this month!!
I took this one today Shot handheld with my Nikon D7000, Nikon 70-200VR F2.8 with a Nikon TC 20E III Teleconverter. Was just out today and there was nothing to photograph so I thought I would give this dragonfly a try. I probably won't bother you with any more examples but I thought this was a good example of what it could do. This was only shot to see how well this combination worked together. It was shot at a distance of 2.66m or about 8ft. and is NOT cropped. Jeff
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silvercreek
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How far away were you from the bird?
The EXIF data on that picture says 22m and that would be 71 and 1/2ft away from the bird. Jeff