olemikey wrote:
Since you shoot Nikon, many of the DX bodies have the internal 1.3X Crop capability....it is called "Image Area" in the menu - it works better than teleconverters, there is no extra glass in the path, no light loss. It is a crop, but in the field it allows me to fill the frame with the push of a re-assigned button, and if well taken, no loss of detail. I have a number of TC's that I skip over because of this feature. You won't (opinion) be happy with a TC on the 55-300 (had it, tried it), at best you might get away with a quality 1.4, but would still expect less than stellar results , 1.7 very doubtful results, 2X, "fogedaboutit".... and many (like the 55-300) will not AF with the bigger TC's.
My$.02
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You don't need to crop in the body - it has no advantage whatsoever over cropping in post processing. In fact, with the narrower angle of view, it may be a little harder to keep the subject in the frame if it is moving or flying. A sharp lens with a 1.4 TC beats a crop pretty much any day.