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Old 16-09-2009, 06:38 PM
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Re: Which lens advice

Hi and welcome to WAB!

I'd say it depends which version of the 70-300 mm lens you have - Nikon made two. If you have the non-VR version then I would save up for a better lens. I have that one - bought it shortly after getting my D70 when I was skint and couldn't afford anything better - and I'm afraid the image quality is poor to start with and will only go down hill with a teleconverter. TCs don't extend the focal length of your lens, they just magnify the image. This means that they magnify any imperfections in the image too.

If you have the later, more expensive 70-300, the one that does have VR then you might get away with a decent quality 1.4x converter such as the Kenko Pro 300.

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