D70: Use Kenko with 50-400???

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I just bought a Nikkor ED 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR Nikkor. The manual stated
that the "AF-I teleconverters TC14E or TC20E" should not be used due to
potential damage of the contacts.

I have a Kenco N-AFo 1.4x Pro300 teleconverter. Can this be used safely,
or is there also a danger similar to the above?

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On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 08:31:25 -0400, in rec.photo.digital Ed Ruf
<egruf_usenet@cox.net> wrote:

>On Sat, 9 Apr 2005 21:11:16 -0700, in rec.photo.digital "Jimmy G"
><NotDisclosed@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>>I just bought a Nikkor ED 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR Nikkor. The manual stated
>>that the "AF-I teleconverters TC14E or TC20E" should not be used due to
>>potential damage of the contacts.
>>
>>I have a Kenco N-AFo 1.4x Pro300 teleconverter. Can this be used safely,
>>or is there also a danger similar to the above?
>
>You might give Nikon Tech Support a call. The spec sheet at
>http://www.nikonusa.com/specs/1996NAS.pdf
>states:
>Teleconverter compatibility: TC-14A/TC-201
>These are manual focus teleconverters.

Forgot to add, that even if there wasn't a concern of damage, at all but
the very short end where the 80-400 is f/4.5 the combined max aperture
will be greater than f/5.6 and you will lose metering and AF capability
anyway.
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I've used that combination with my D70 extensively with no problems.


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