Kenco 1.4 Teleplus pro 300 Teleconverter

[stephen_lilley]

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

[trunfio]

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.

[Dieter Schaefer]

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.

[stephen_bay]

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.

[mike_procanik]

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

[dave_bishop]

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.

[dave_bishop]

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.

[peter davies]

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