Kenko teleplus pro is recommendabe
hey thanks! u know the price of this? i found it to be ard 200++?
Not sure bro, maybe u can call up the shops to check?
IIRC, Nikon does not recommend the use of a TC with this lens.
that is why i look at 3rd party, haha
some say can, some say cannot....
confusing...
hmm...
Bro, actually not cannot, is not recommendabe.
IQ is seriously affected although u get the extra reach;
At 300mm with 2X TC : f5.6 easily becomes f11, which imo, images shot at this focal length will be barely usable..
If u need the extra reach, i rather sell the 70-300 VR and get Sigma 150-500 instead..
hmm... just a suggestion...
the 70-300 isnt suitable for any TCs available in the market. in order to use a TC, the lens needs to have a allowance between the rear element inorder to fit.
Kenko TelePlus PRO 300 AF 2.0x and 1.4x DGX
this means 70-300 VRII cannot use this kenko teleconverter 1.4x or 2.0x?
yo Numnumball, hmm... i did consider the 150-500, but it is too huge and heavy to use as a walk about lens... therefore i decided not to get that
hmm.... i also not considering the 2x TC... cos if cannot AF, then hard to do nature(bird) photogprahy... that is why only considering the 1.4x and 1.7x TC... but not v sure can fit or not... and according to the official website, it says need to have F4 or bigger aperture but my 70-300 is F4.5... but i google a lot, some says still can AF... maybe really need to go try out...
Your 70-300mm is F4.5 only when it is at 70mm. It becomes F5.6 when you reach the 300mm Tele end..
sorry to say that the 70 300 Vr is VR 1. And this lens wont do any good with a TC.
the 70-300 that i am holding is a VRII
"In conjunction with their announcement of the new D80 digital SLR Nikon has also revealed two new lenses, the first of which is the AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED (a mouthful if there ever was one). This lens features ED glass, Internal Focusing, a Silent Wave Motor and Vibration Reduction (II), it provides an equivalent field of view of 105 - 450 mm on a DX format digital SLR (such as the new D80) and has a maximum aperture of F4.5 at wide angle and F5.6 at telephoto. It will priced at $699 in the US and £399 in the UK and should be available in October."
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0608/06080901nikonafs70-300vrlens.asp
Technically you're right..The VR mechanism is already on its second iteration on the 70-300mm VR. But Nikon sold it as AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED and not VRII. The same goes for the first revision of 18-200mm which was also based on the VRII mechanism but sold simply as 18-200mm VR. But for clarity sake, please address your lens as AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED