fuzzypaddle Loc: Southern Illinois

Thanks !!! If anyone ever wondered why the name "fuzzypaddle", my name is Harry Orr and some years back a friend said that name was the same as a fuzzy paddle (or hairy oar)

DavidPine Loc: Fredericksburg, TX

Will you provide the settings you used, please. I have a D800, Nikon 70-200 and a TC-20E III and I'd like to try a shot like this. Very nice.

lone ranger Loc: Port Saint Lucie, Florida

thanks David, however the trick is to play with depressing the shutter button a few times from different angles, till you absolutley feel, that you"ve gotten the sharpest focus possible, it takes a bit longer, but the results are worth it........

lone ranger Loc: Port Saint Lucie, Florida

snapper123 Loc: North Wales U.K.

Nothing works as well as a prime lens, having said that I have only ever used NIKON stuff during the last 30 - 40 years and the 2X NIKON is excellent with almost any NIKON lens and I assume a Canon, Olympus, Pentax etc. would be the same.
You will loose 2 stops and also shorten the depth of field. Use the Tx4 with your 300 mounted on a decent tripod if you really want to use one.
Make sure the rear of the convertor does not protrude too far into the camera's throat and Don't forget that converters also show up any lens faults to the same amount as the Tx's magnification being used.

Bill MN Loc: Western MN

Read this at the bottom of the page.

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Ponce Loc: Ft. Lauderdale Fl

I use the new Nikon 1.7 tele and it works great. I've used the 1.4 in the past and never had a problem however I generally used them on faster lenses.

Nic42 Loc: Cardiff, Wales

A 300mm lens on a D3000 is already 450mm (1.5x crop), so won't a 1.4 teleconverter make it into a 630?

snapper123 Loc: North Wales U.K.

Thank you

Ares23 Loc: Ohio

The most important thing is to find one that is "matched" for the lens and camera you intend to use it for. This was taken with a Tamron 23A 60-300mm with a matching 2x teleconverter using a Nikon D3200 DSLR Not cropped or any PP editing.

Pixelpixie88 Loc: Northern Minnesota

I use the Nikon 1.4 TC on my Nikon 300mm prime..I think the IQ loss is very minimal. I wouldn't be without it. You can check out my bird photos from my link. Some examples for you.

elliott937 Loc: St. Louis

I have just one small suggestion to make. I've purchased two of these teleconverters in the past. One was very inexpensive, and the loss of sharpness was very noticeable. Several years after that, I switched over to Canon L series lenses, one of which is the 100-400, giving amazing results. However, I wanted to experiment, so I purchased (this time) the 2.0 converter made for the L series lenses, so that gave me 200-800mm. The results are truly amazing. Now keep in mind, the converter cost just under $400, but I plan to own it for many years to come. And while I won't be using it that often, I was so glad to have it when I was in the Baltic two years ago, for I captured a castle a great distance away. So I'm in favor of owning one, but don't purchase anything but the best made for you camera system. You truly do "get with you pay for".

skiman Loc: Ventura, CA

Check for compatability. I don't think the nikon converters work with dx lenses as the rear element will extend back and hit.

gessman Loc: Colorado

I just want to urge everyone to be careful with this "get what you pay for" thing. I have noticed several online merchants offering the exact same piece of merchandise for a wide range of prices, especially on ebay. They're taking advantage of people who believe in that old adage too strongly. Examples I've seen lately are photo filters selling for as little as $7 and at several intervals ranging all the way up to $385 - for the exact same thing, same merchant, and it's becoming more and more widespread.

As for the original question from the OP, since nobody up to now has given you a definitive answer to your specific question, I suggest you PM "Imagemeister" who often recommends Tamron TCs and apparently uses them with excellent results on a variety of lens. Have a look at the uhh threads "Imagemeister" has started and his websites where he has examples of his work for an overall recommendation. He is knowledgeable about unsuspecting equipment and shoots what you want to get into. He might be a good resource for your ongoing guidance, him, "swamp gator," and "GregoryD45," a trio of prolific shooters who seem to focus a lot on wading birds, along with other shooters, no pun intended: http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/user_profile.jsp?usernum=8242

gregoryd45 Loc: Fakahatchee Strand

I use a tamron 1.4X with my canon 100-300mm, 5.6 lens, One Camera One Lens, all the time. You can check out my posts, most of what I do are wading birds both wading and in flight. It never comes off my camera. I never loose auto focus and I usually shoot at maximum 300mm