Nikon TC-14E III AF-S Teleconverter for Camera

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I love the Nikon 200-500mm, but can’t imagine how soft adding a TC would make it. Typically it lives on my D500 and I have the D5, or D850, or D750 on the 600 with or without a TC. And sometimes the D500 on the 600 is a sweet effective FOV of 900mm, but the results are not as sharp as I get from FX bodies. That said, I’m still getting familiar with the current 600 and am hoping this may have changed. For me, I didn’t like the D500 on the previous 600, especially with even a 1.4x TC. Even with AF Fine Tune dialed in, it just wasn’t as reliable as FX bodies. With the converter in place, contrast is pretty much the same as without, even when shooting into the light at maximum aperture. When SIGMA TELE CONVERTER TC-1401 is attached to cameras that are compatible with AF at F8, it is possible to shoot with AF. In cases where contrast or brightness level of the shooting object is low, it may not focus properly.

The performance in sharpness between the new TC-14E III and TC-14E II is practically non-existent. Looking at Imatest numbers, the difference stays very close at 1% mark, which is within the margin of error. Not worth moving up to in my opinion. Nikkor 300mm f/4D AF-SThe wide Nikon Z mount lets your NIKKOR Z lens catch more light across the entire frame. You get more detail, depth, and colour in every shot. Get closer. The Z TELECONVERTER TC-1.4x extends the focal length of your compatible mirrorless NIKKOR Z lens to give you 40 % more reach. This lens has no Optical Image Stabilization (OIS, IS or VR (Vibration Reduction)), but does work with any in-camera stabilization your camera or optical stabilization your lens may have.

It is important to point out that the above percentages are only for the center of the frame. If you look at the numbers, you will notice that the teleconverters impact mid-frame and corner performance differently. This is due to the fact that the extreme corners magnify lens aberrations heavily. In the case of the Nikon TC-20E III, the lens sharpness was much worse compared to the center at 43% sharpness loss. The Nikon Z 70-200mm f/2.8 lens started out incredibly strong, so this is a good example of what you lose with each of the teleconverters. The 2.0x TC is worse than the 1.4x TC, but the results are usable with both TCs. In fact, the 1.4x TC results are actually quite sharp – better than plenty of lenses we’ve tested before. The Sigma 1.4x teleconverter seems to be a pretty solid choice for Sigma lenses. As you can see from this review, it works very well with the new Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 Sport lens and shows impressive performance when stopped down to f/5.6 range and smaller. It is a very compact teleconverter that only weighs 160 grams, so you could leave it on the 120-300mm f/2.8 lens without adding much more weight.You might see softer images with this converter if you look too closely, but these are because of higher ISOs or blur from longer shutter speeds from the loss of light or enlargement of atmospheric disturbances like haze and heat shimmer, not from any optical fault of the converter itself. The teleconverters come with a pouch that’s just as flimsy as the pouch of the Z lenses and has no strings to pull it close. [0] That goes to show what I said a moment ago! If you’re using a zoom lens, try to avoid using a wider focal length plus a teleconverter. You’ll get better results by removing the teleconverter and zooming in instead. 2. Nikon Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S at 200mm When the new SIGMA TELE CONVERTER is attached to cameras that are compatible with AF at F8, it is possible to shoot with AF. A pretty impressive difference! And if you’re wondering whether you can achieve the same results by simply cropping: Yes, you can. To achieve the same angle of view of the TC-2.0x you simply need to crop the image without TC by a factor of two. But then you’re losing 75% of pixels and end up with an 11MP photo instead of the original 45MP. Which might well be enough for the intended print or viewing size: a modern 4k Monitor only has 8MP and printing an 11MP photo at a very fine pixel-density of 240 dpi still yields a print of 17×11 in. or 44 x 29cm.

Unsurprisingly, neither teleconverter is compatible with the FTZ adapter – there’s mechanical interference if you try to mount them together. All this means is that you can’t combine the Nikon Z teleconverters with a Nikon F-mount lens. NIKON Z 6 II + NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S Z TC-2x @ 400mm, ISO 400, 1/640, f/8.0 Why you can trust Digital Camera World Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you. Find out how we test. NIKON D3S + 300mm f/2.8G VR II @ 510mm (1.7x TC), ISO 1600, 1/800, f/8.0 Teleconverter vs Cropping in Post Lens profile: Each Z-Nikkor comes with a lens profile for lateral color aberrations, vignette control, diffraction compensation and distortion control. The profiles still work when a TC is attached. [+] For most people, these numbers don’t mean anything. I did the math to figure out the percentages and once I compiled the mean data, here is what I came up with:

TCs rarely are useful; they greatly magnify problems and make everything darker. I prefer to crop from unconverted images. If you don't have this card, if the card doesn't say "VALID IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES" or the serial number on the card doesn't match the one on the bottom of your teleconverter exactly, you got ripped off with a gray market version from another country. All legitimate cameras and lenses come with printed warranty cards, even if you prefer to register online. (The serial number on the outside of the box doesn't have to match, but if it doesn't it means you bought from a shady dealer who took cameras lenses out of boxes and then resold these used lenses cameras as new.) Teleconverter NIKON Z 9 + NIKKOR Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S + Z TC-2x @ 800mm, ISO 3600, 1/4000, f/11.0 Crop of the image above Sharpness Lens sharpness has nothing to do with picture sharpness; every lens made in the past 100 years is more than sharp enough to make super-sharp pictures if you know what you're doing. The only limitation to picture sharpness is your skill as a photographer. It's the least talented who spend the most time worrying about lens sharpness and blame crummy pictures on their equipment rather than themselves. Skilled photographers make great images with whatever camera is in their hands; I've made some of my best images of all time with an irreparably broken camera! Most pixels are thrown away before you see them, but camera makers don't want you to know that.

Teleconverters: Generally, severe impact on AF speed and accuracy on most lenses. Only select f/2.0 and f/2.8 prime lenses work well with 2.0x teleconverters, and typically only in bright light conditions. Nikon D7200 + Nikkor 300 mm f/4 PF + TC-14E-III. Без использования конвертера никаких нареканий (кроме своих кривых рук) у меня не возникает… А вот с конвертером начинаются проблемы. Я понимаю, что так или иначе резкость должна быть хуже, но еще и гораздо хуже становится работа автофокуса. Но вопрос даже не в этом, а в том, что при использовании конвертера иной раз при похожих условиях съемки вся серия получается не резкой в той или иной степени. Lens construction- 6 elements in 4 groups (including 1 aspherical element and fluorine-coated front and rear elements) Teleconverter NIKON Z 9 + NIKKOR Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S + Z TC-1.4x @ 560mm, ISO 320, 1/1600, f/8.0 Crop of the image aboveFocal ratio: Here’s the one and major disadvantage of teleconverters: TCs make your lens less bright. You lose one stop with the ZC-1.4x and two stops with the TC-2.0x. So the Nikon Z 70-200mm f2.8 VR S becomes a 98-280mm f4.0 lens on the TC-1.4x and a 140-400mm f5.6 lens on the TC-2.0x. [-] The score in the “features-department” is 2[-]/5[0]/6[+]. The biggest disadvantage when using teleconverters is the reduction in focal ratio by 1 stop for the TC-1.4x and 2 stops for the TC-2.0x. But that is the laws of optics at work – and not the fault of Nikon. The other [-] is the inability to use the new TCs in combination with the FTZ-adapter. Not sure how good the image quality would have been. But Nikon deliberately precluded this combination so we will never know. You may also not like the relatively high price compared to the street price of Nikon’s F-mount TCs. But if the optics are good the teleconverters are worth their money.