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Tips for Teleconverters

13 Jan

Photographer Jason P. Odell explains the basics of teleconverters and their limitations on your photography.

 
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  1. Stephen Miller

    January 13, 2013 at 2:46 am

    Jason, thanks – I appreciate videos where someone actually gives a lot of good info about the topic being discussed without being repetitive or doing things that waste time, and your video was really great in this regard.

     

  2. indianajones34

    January 13, 2013 at 3:17 am

    I’m starting astrophotography and I was considering getting a teleconverter to make some of the smaller objects larger so I don’t have to crop as much. It would all be compatible with the telescope and I’d be taking multiple long exposures at low ISO. Also I’m using a D800.
    Can you see any problems with that?

     

  3. Steve Staples

    January 13, 2013 at 3:21 am

    Great info
    Thank you
    Steve
    UK

     

  4. Terje Herigstad

    January 13, 2013 at 3:54 am

    hai my inglis is bad, i use the sigma 2x converter on my d7000 and the sigma 150-500mm i loos the autofocus and 2f stops and some images quallity not any big deal the images quallity is good if you use your tripod and higer iso 1000-1500iso the d7000 is exilent on higer iso performens anyway

     

  5. TheShakeyshane

    January 13, 2013 at 4:22 am

    I use the 300.mm lens first shown and didn’t know that a converter would not work, thanks for the advise as I think a new lens is on the shopping list.. Though the 300 is great

     

  6. alex canady

    January 13, 2013 at 5:09 am

    im prettty sure that yyou cant use a teleconverter with that lens

     

  7. photographerjonathan

    January 13, 2013 at 5:51 am

    it’s amazing the questions i’m reading, it’s like they never watched the video

     

  8. AaronDaOwner

    January 13, 2013 at 6:01 am

    and what converter should i use if i dont lose autofocus

     

  9. AaronDaOwner

    January 13, 2013 at 7:01 am

    PLEASE ANYONE i have a nikon D5000 using the 55-200 mm lens i am thinking of buying a 2x tele-converter but how much quality loss do i get and can i still autofocus please respond

     

  10. geurgeury

    January 13, 2013 at 7:48 am

    what if you use 200 teleconverters on one lens?

     

  11. Dean Dezember

    January 13, 2013 at 7:49 am

    Thank you so much for you explain about Teleconverter

     

  12. Jason Odell

    January 13, 2013 at 8:38 am

    The best choice would be the TC-14EII.

     

  13. jasonngocnguyen

    January 13, 2013 at 8:40 am

    Thanks for the review !
    I do have a Nikon300S and the 105mm Nikor lense .
    would you tell me which one is the best teleconverder for my set up ?
    Thanks !

     

  14. pbradley08

    January 13, 2013 at 9:04 am

    Very good explanation – I noticed on Nikons web site they have a list of compatible lenses for their teleconverters and this explains why to me.

     

  15. AeroImagery

    January 13, 2013 at 9:24 am

    good explanation!

     

  16. DDale247

    January 13, 2013 at 9:38 am

    What about “Plan C = Crop”? The discussion of teleconverters (Plan A) vs. very long lenses (Plan B) often overlooks Plan C: Crop. If you have in mind to put your image on a poster (or billboard!) you may need all the pixels you’ve got, but if you’re heading for 4×6 or even 8×10, then a fraction of your sensor’s pixels may be plenty. (Example: 300 dpi x 6″ = 1800 dpi, cf. 5600 pixels on Canon 5D Mark II’s long axis), so 1/9 of the sensor area might produce an excellent 4×6 print. Reactions?

     

  17. SuperSaiyanSupreme

    January 13, 2013 at 10:27 am

    Very informative, thank you very much and keep up the good work!

     

  18. Segma94

    January 13, 2013 at 10:50 am

    helpful thanks
    

     

  19. Sand Fella

    January 13, 2013 at 11:44 am

    Thanks for the tutorial Dr Jay. Very clear!

     

  20. Yeshwanth Nagendra

    January 13, 2013 at 12:05 pm

    Very good explanation! Thanks
    

     

  21. Raf Tabay

    January 13, 2013 at 12:33 pm

    excellent explanation, thanks !

     

  22. tokyo curry

    January 13, 2013 at 1:15 pm

    thank u so much! ur review is very helpful 😀

     

  23. jmmuench

    January 13, 2013 at 1:23 pm

    Very helpful. I’ve considered purchasing a teleconverter for some time. You’ve confirmed some of the concerns that I had. This was educational. Thanks.

     

  24. Jason Odell

    January 13, 2013 at 1:40 pm

    the largest lens is the 70-200 f/2.8 AFS G VRII Nikkor. There are no limitations with F-mount Nikon bodies and TC’s, the issue is simply lens compatibility.

     

  25. redmeaux

    January 13, 2013 at 2:01 pm

    Is the lens on the right a 70-200? Would the teleconverters all work with a D7000 or do you have limitations with cameras? Thanks for a great video. Miss the podcast!!!