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Nikon Auto Focus-S FX TC-20E III Teleconverter vs TC-20E II?


5 years 3 months ago #628944 by Prago
Any major reasons to go with the III vs the II which of course is much less on price now?  
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5 years 3 months ago #628994 by garyrhook
Hie thee to the google and do some research. From less than five minutes searching and reading, it appears that the III is considering significantly better than the II. It also depends upon what lenses you pair it with.
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5 years 3 months ago #628995 by Nikon Shooter
I wanted to use a TC on my long lenses but the tests results
of all three magnifications were not positive… so I don't.
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5 years 3 months ago #629328 by Stanly
I was thinking about teleconverters just the other day.  the 1.4x and 2x have been upgraded to III, however the more popular 1.7x is still on the II.  I wonder when Nikon will come out with a III for the 1.7x?
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5 years 3 months ago #630499 by the four vignettes
I use a 1.4 II and a 2 III on my 300mm f/2.8.  As far a IQ goes, the 1.4 is hardly noticable and the 3 is as well if you stop it down a little.  3 wide open is a little softer but not unbearable.  The main thing with the 3 is that when you stop it down a little you're getting close to f/8 which can a limiting factor in lower light situations.  It effects AF as well.  With the 1.4 effecting it a little and the 2 effecting it noticably but not to the point of no use.   As much as I love my TCs, there's no real replacement for large glass.  Sadly I'm not ready to put down 12k on a 600mm though...

I've yet to test them on my 70-200 FL, I wouldn't use them at all in my VR II due to image quality.
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5 years 3 months ago #630520 by fmw
Unless you need every pixel for some reason, you will get better images by cropping than by using a TC.
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5 years 3 months ago #630521 by Nikon Shooter
:agree:
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5 years 3 months ago #630560 by the four vignettes

fmw wrote: Unless you need every pixel for some reason, you will get better images by cropping than by using a TC.


I disagree with a good prime and the 1.4 II, the image degradation is very minimal.  I did some testing with the 300mm f/2.8, keeping the iso and other things static and adjusted the flash to make up for the loss of light and the loss of quality wasn't even noticable, unless you were zoomed in 400% and pixel peeping. 

The 2 III does have noticable downsides both in IQ and AF but it's far from bad.

Now put those on the VR II...
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5 years 3 months ago #630565 by Nikon Shooter
I tested all three TCs from Nikon on my 300ƒ2,8 and
600 ƒ4 and did not find sharpness satisfactory and
was very sorry… I would have dig those.
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5 years 3 months ago #630573 by the four vignettes
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5 years 2 months ago #631730 by Tanner Bello

Nikon Shooter wrote: I tested all three TCs from Nikon on my 300ƒ2,8 and
600 ƒ4 and did not find sharpness satisfactory and
was very sorry… I would have dig those.



So using a 2x TC on that 600mm of yours would turn it into 1200mm f/6.3?  
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5 years 2 months ago - 5 years 2 months ago #631764 by garyrhook

Tanner Bello wrote: So using a 2x TC on that 600mm of yours would turn it into 1200mm f/6.3?  


I believe that's f/5.6. Two stops, no?
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5 years 2 months ago #631765 by Nikon Shooter

Tanner Bello wrote: So using a 2x TC on that 600mm of yours would turn it into 1200mm f/6.3?  


Yes a 1200 mm… but not so sharp at any distance as tested.
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5 years 2 months ago #631766 by Nikon Shooter

garyrhook wrote: Two stops, no?


Correct, two stops… and that means ƒ8, no?
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5 years 2 months ago #631776 by garyrhook

Nikon Shooter wrote:

garyrhook wrote: Two stops, no?


Correct, two stops… and that means ƒ8, no?


My mistake. I was thinking of the 400 f/2.8, not the 600. The 600mm f/4 would end up at f/8, of course.
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