stephen_lilley Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 I have been using this TC with my D200/ Nikon 300mm AFS FS combo for 6 months or so. Generally it works very well,but there has always been a bit of rotational play between TC and camera resulting in momentary loss of autofocus and the Fee warning appears in the camera display.When I apply a little "turn" to the lens, functions are returned.Has anybody else experienced this problem? Would I have a similar issue with the Nikon TC? Lastly I noted somewhere on forum that the Nikon 1.7 TC was recommended for this setup, is this the case? Regards Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trunfio Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 See this post: http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00OYX4 While not directly related to yours, perhaps, I have noticed more play in my 70-200 lens than any other lens I own. So, I am not sure if this is a related problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Schaefer Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 I use the 300/4 AF-S with the TC-14E and with the TC-17EII. There is always a little play - not enough to loose contact and display an error message though. I have experienced the occasional problem with both converters though - aperture closes down or loss of AF - usually fixable by turning the camera (D200) off and on again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen_bay Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 I had the exact same setup but no play. Worked very well and I was happy with the quality. Not sure what you can do other try a different version of one of the components. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_procanik Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 I use the Kenko Pro 300 with my 300 f/4 AF-ED on my D1h and have a little play but I have never seen the FEE warning. -mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bishop Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 I have the Kenko 1.4x 300 Pro and there was always a sloppy fit between the converter and lenses. That said I never had a problem with it not making a proper electronic connection. I bought a Nikon TC-14E and this greatly improved the fit between my lens and converter. It is now quite snug. Shooting with a 500mm M/F lens the Nikon has also improved image sharpness. This is most obvious when cropping images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bishop Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Sorry Stephen but I should have said above that the loose fit was between the T/C and camera. Not between T/C and lens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter davies Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Stephen, ditto with the rotation play with both D2h/1.4TC/80-200 f/2.8 and also mounted on the D70. Very frustating as a number of key shots have been missed when needed. TC 1.4 still useful at times and worth keeping in the kitbag. To work round the problem, I twist and take the weight from the F mount which can help but up to 90% of shots. Not that good for under pressure work but shooting fairly stactic subjects it's fine. I only paid ?40 GBP new so never expected that much anyway. It is the TC and not the 80-200. Cheers, Pete. Happy shooting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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