80-400 VR Nikon

Hi,

I have kept the 80-400 that many people confirmed it to be a good lens -
now, I would very much like to have a good quality TC with it - I
posted to the D200 group, but didn't get a response. Somewhere I read
that no TC was available for this lens and the D200 = I hope this is
not true.

Would someone please give me info on this - I have the Kenko TC, but
it's poor quality on this lens.s

Looking for some response,

Thanks to everyone,
Dee

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Hi Dee,
If you look over the lists posts for the last weeek or so, I think
your answer has already been discussed. I believe the consensus will be
that you'll get better results simply cropping your image by whatever
photo processing software you're using.
The Kinko's are pretty good units, the problem is that slower zooms,
such as your new 80-400 just don't work well with teleconvertors.
Bill Crabill

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on 24/03/2008 13:14 Dee said the following:

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Hi,

I have kept the 80-400 that many people confirmed it to be a good lens -
 now, I would very much like to have a good quality TC with it - I 
posted to the D200 group, but didn't get a response.  Somewhere I read 
that no TC was available for this lens and the D200 = I hope this is 
not true.

Would someone please give me info on this - I have the Kenko TC, but 
it's poor quality on this lens.s
  

Dee, I don't know which Kenko TC you have specifically, so YMMV. ; From the reports I've read on the internet so far, people have had relatively good results with a Kenko Pro 300 1.4 mounted on a 80-400.  You have to bear in mind that adding a TC always reduces your image quality a bit.  More important, however is that you now have turned your 400mm f/5.6 lens into a 560mm f8 lens, on a DX body, this adds up to an effective focal length of 840mm!  This means the AF system will have a very hard time (if it is able to focus at all), and that good hand-holding technique, or preferably a sturdy tripod, is adamant.  Don't even try mounting a TC2.0...

If you want to have a go at other converters that fit your 80-400, have a look at: <http://blog.nikonians.org/archives/Nikonians%20Teleconverter%20Table.pdf>

Hope this helps,

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Hi, Dee.
Keep in mind that your 80-400mm VR lens will act like 120-600mm
film-equivalent lens. I'm not sure why you would want to mount a TC
with that combination.

Have you thought about getting a Canon 500D (77mm) close up lens to
screw onto the front of your 80-400 VR lens?

-Chris Stanford

--- In NikonLenses%40yahoogroups.com">NikonLensesyahoogroups.com, "Dee&quot; <had2tryharder...> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> I have kept the 80-400 that many people confirmed it to be a good lens -
> now, I would very much like to have a good quality TC with it - I
> posted to the D200 group, but didn't get a response. Somewhere I read
> that no TC was available for this lens and the D200 = I hope this is
> not true.
&gt;
> Would someone please give me info on this - I have the Kenko TC, but
> it's poor quality on this lens.s
&gt;
> Looking for some response,
>
> Thanks to everyone,
> Dee
>

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I agree with Hayo. ; I have the Kenko DG 300 Pro 1.4x and while it works with the 80-400VR and gives relatively decent image quality, autofocus will become glacial even in good light as you have now gone from having the aperture range entirely within the f5.6 autofocus minimum to just about entirely above the autofocus minimum as you are now have a 112-560mm f5.6-f8 lens. ; VR can also have problems I've noticed especially with low contrast subjects and I've had mine lock up on me when I use the Canon 500D too.

Warm regards,
Bob Reimer
Al Ain
United Arab Emirates
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwreimer

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