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Nikon 1.4x extender
Jul 31, 2013 21:54:01   #
keith k
 
this looks like a nice extender for my D5000 camera... however, pretty expensive... anyone have experience with this extender. I have the standard 55-200 plus 18-55. Perhaps just buying a used longer lens makes more sense....

Keith

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Jul 31, 2013 22:00:04   #
CaptainC Loc: Colorado, south of Denver
 
keith k wrote:
this looks like a nice extender for my D5000 camera... however, pretty expensive... anyone have experience with this extender. I have the standard 55-200 plus 18-55. Perhaps just buying a used longer lens makes more sense....

Keith


I have it. Love it. It won't fit those lenses. Some third-party TC's might. So do some research. I do not know what would, but then I am a lens snob who only would use a Nikon TC. :-)

Gramps call me a "cultist." Love it.

Before you buy ANY extender you should know that a 1.4 will steal one stop, a 1.7 will take a stop and half, and a 2X will kill two stops. Unless you are starting with a 2.8 or MAYBE an f/4, you will almost certainly lose autofocus. The TC's are great, but in the Thesaurus under "no free lunch," is a photo of a teleconverter.

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Jul 31, 2013 22:58:53   #
TucsonCoyote Loc: Tucson AZ
 
CaptainC you are no fun at all !

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Jul 31, 2013 23:26:55   #
DOOK Loc: Maclean, Australia
 
Hi Keith. I have two TCs, a Nikon, & a Sigma. Both top quality but neither will fit your lenses. Mine will only fit my two big Sigmas, which they do a great job with, albeit no AF. Earl.

Edit. Mine are 2X, not 1.4X.

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Aug 1, 2013 07:12:57   #
OnDSnap Loc: NE New Jersey
 
TucsonCoyote wrote:
CaptainC you are no fun at all !


But he's right on...

http://www.nikonsupport.eu/europe/Manuals/DrdIaQvRZv/TC_converter_compatibility-EN_01.pdf

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