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   MaxGreen
   

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   My friend took the plunge and ordered the new TC III and then we tested it using my 70-200 VR II and his 300mm 2.8. We compared it to the TC 14 and 1.7 versions.

   I don't have the samples ready to go, but we found....

   The new TC III was barely superior to the old version and had a focus issue. At close distances we had to use focus tune to get it to work. We ended up doing MF to get it right and quite frankly I doubt anyone could tell the difference between the old and the new versions. A 2X TC is just a LOT of magnification. We found it actually worked better on the new zoom over the prime, which was interesting.

   A few other results I've seen online seem to be the same as what we saw. So for now I'm sticking with the 1.7 version, which was clearly better than the new 2X and quite close to the 1.4.

   More reviews will be coming and sample variation may be a factor, but as I like to say....nothing is for free and a TC exacts it's toll to be sure. Thus far we could not conclude that the new TC is worth owning, unless you're fully aware of the loss of IQ.

   Cheers!

   Posted 3 years ago #
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   mb
   

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   I really hope you got some broken sample, it would be to bad if Nikon missed designing this one.

   Posted 3 years ago #
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   NikoDoby
   

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   Here we go again first "FoZoom" on the new 70-200vrII and now this?

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   PB PM
   

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   I've only seen the exact opposite. Most of the people I've seen reporting on the new TC say that it is much better than the old one.

   Posted 3 years ago #
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   Gentoo
   

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   Maxgreen, thanks for the info. Sorry if this is what Nikon could offer but I am hoping your friend just got a bad one if not then we all know it isn't worth it so thanks again.

   Posted 3 years ago #
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   MaxGreen
   

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   There is a thread at DP right now with samples showing the same results. I have no idea if this may be a bad pair of TC's, but I'd like to say that the 1.7 works great, with virtually no loss of IQ at all. So I'm sticking with that.

   Cheers.

   Posted 3 years ago #
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   Gentoo
   

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   MaxGreen said:
   There is a thread at DP right now with samples showing the same results. I have no idea if this may be a bad pair of TC's, but I'd like to say that the 1.7 works great, with virtually no loss of IQ at all. So I'm sticking with that.

   Cheers.
   

   That makes sense as 2X TC's are always worse than their 1.4 and 1.7 counterparts.

   Posted 3 years ago #
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   heartyfisher
   

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   also note that the 1.7tc is special, it was designed and optimised for 70-200. If I were to get 70-200, I would be getting the 1.7 with it.

   Posted 3 years ago #
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   adamz
   

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   maybe someone could post a link to some pictures taken with the new tc20III, also any pictures from the new 300/2.8 VRII?

   Posted 3 years ago #
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    [NR] admin
    

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    I hope this is not true, since I ordered the TC20 III. I will post some pics once I get it.

    Posted 3 years ago #
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    Trenton_Romulox
    

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    I've seen people saying that there TC-20 III results were great and I've seen people saying that they were not. I don't really know what to think right now, but I have been waiting on a new teleconverter because of this new 2x one, so hopefully I can get some straight and consistent answers soon.

    Posted 3 years ago #

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