Category: Nikon FX System Teleconverters

A Relatively Cheap Way Into Nikon Super Telephoto Lenses

Brown Honeyeater

Throughout my 40  years of photography I never thought that I would ever own a 500mm super telephoto lens, now for around the last 12 months I have been the proud owner of the Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6 lens.  This lens is an excellent product and prior to the release of the lens photographers had to… Continue reading A Relatively Cheap Way Into Nikon Super Telephoto Lenses

Testing the Nikon, Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S Lens with the AF-S Teleconverter TC-20E III

Noisy Miner

I have always been interested in how the Nikon, Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S Lens would perform with the Nikon TC-20E III teleconverter. To my mind there is only one way to test such a combination and that is to take some images and look at the resulting files. I was fortunate to… Continue reading Testing the Nikon, Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S Lens with the AF-S Teleconverter TC-20E III

Nikon TC-14E III AF-S Teleconverter

Nikon TC-14E III AF-S Teleconverter

  The AF-S Teleconverter TC-14E III is a 1.4x teleconverter that will enable the capture of excellent images when used with the lenses listed below. The teleconverter features a new optical design to reduce any lens distortions and corrects for colour fringing. This new 1.4x teleconverter enhances auto focus (AF) accuracy with all lenses and… Continue reading Nikon TC-14E III AF-S Teleconverter

Focus Stacking Some Coffee Beans

Where we require great depth of field, particularly with close up images, the mechanism of focus stacking is a great solution. As an example, the image below of the single coffee bean was captured using the Nikon 105mm f/2.8G VR Micro (Macro) lens together with the Nikon TC20E III teleconverter. The use of these two… Continue reading Focus Stacking Some Coffee Beans

Nikon Teleconverters with Super Telephoto Lenses

There are three different teleconverters available which are suitable for use with Nikon’s super telephoto Lenses, the TC-1.4E II, the TC-1.7E II and the TC-2.0E III. The TC-2.0E III is a relatively new teleconverter and appears to perform superbly with some of the Nikon super telephoto lenses. One thing to beware of when using extremely long lenses,… Continue reading Nikon Teleconverters with Super Telephoto Lenses

Bird Photography Equipment

There are many  different situations with bird photography and different equipment will be required depending on the circumstances. The best type of camera for bird photography is the Digital Single Lens Reflex camera. Where birds come to a particular area frequently and this can be because of food, water or because the birds are nesting,… Continue reading Bird Photography Equipment

Nikon Teleconverter Teleconverter TC-17E 1.7x II Review

These teleconverters can be used to effectively extend the focal length of telephoto lenses. In general they can be used with the following lenses. 105mm 2.8 AF-S Micro 70-200mm 2.8 AF-S 200-400mm 4.0 AF-S 200mm 2.0 AF-S 300mm 2.8 AF-S 300mm 4.0 AF-S 400mm 2.8 AF-S 500mm 4.0 AF-S 600mm 4.0 AF-S In general all… Continue reading Nikon Teleconverter Teleconverter TC-17E 1.7x II Review