Frank,

Bad news I'm afraid. Nikon do not recommend a teleconverter for that lens as they feel it will degrade the image too much. I have the 80-200 f2.8 ED which at todays B&H price is $900 worth, and no converter is recommended for that either. There are currently 7 lenses in the Nikon AF range for which they do not recommend attaching a converter and we each own one of them !!

By the way your lens by reviews i have read will perform at its best between f8 and f11.

Sorry about that.

Don

Opanda Exif and its Firefox extension work perfectly on that image, and in general. It's freeware too. Just in case it helps anyone.

Nice image too!

***
 

Don, thank you for the time expended in searching out the information. I' ll fill the piggy bank back up and go shopping. This time with more knowledge.

Gavin, thanks for the free software tip.


Frank

Frank

Here is a link to a Nikon TC compatability chart which may help you.

http://www.nikonlinks.com/unklbil/teleconverters.htm

There is also a Range of TC's Nikon fit, made by Kenco so it maybe an idea to telephone the dealers, explain your problem and see if they have a product that will do the job for you.

Brian

I have used a Nikkor 80-200 f2.8 quite successfully with a Teleplus 7 element 2X AF converter and also a Nikon TC201Ais (not AF). No problems with vignetting with either, autofocus on the Teleplus is good if there's enough light. I assume the Nikon 300mm G lens is the 70-300, I havn't used this lens but I have the Nikkor 75-300 which works ok with Teleplus 2X AF converter!

Dont believe everything Nikon tries to tell you, I used a TC1.6 Manual to AF converter quite successfully with various autofocus and non autofocus lenses up to 150-500mm f5.6 Tokina ATX. Nikon said it wouldn't work with anything above f4 - ??

nirofo.

Thank You
 

I will do some follow up. The lens I'm using is the
70-300 f4-5.6 G AF

Appreciate the post.

Frank