Are you satisfied with this Nikon AF-S Teleconverter TC-14E III?

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My wife and I are pretty dedicated birders. My go to photo equipment for birding is a D850 with a 500mm f4 and the tc 14e lll. That setup handles quite the variety of circumstances. Frame fillers are particularly sharp, but cropped distant pictures are also satisfactory at least. Examples are at mrtk.smugmug.com. I started using this setup last May in Alaska.
 
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mrt said:
My wife and I are pretty dedicated birders. My go to photo equipment for birding is a D850 with a 500mm f4 and the tc 14e lll. That setup handles quite the variety of circumstances. Frame fillers are particularly sharp, but cropped distant pictures are also satisfactory at least. Examples are at mrtk.smugmug.com. I started using this setup last May in Alaska.
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Ok thank you very much. :)
 
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Snapshot2020 said:
I'm in the very satisfied camp with the TC 1.4 III . I was on the waiting list last year for several months and finally found a lightly used TC 1.14 III for half the cost of new. I have used the TC on the D850 and the Z7II with the 300mm PF F4 with good results @ f5.6.
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Ok thank you very much.:)
 
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I’ve been watching for one to be available for the last couple weeks to use with my 500mm PF. I waited too long while trying to decide if it was something I wanted and missed a used one at MPH, but saw Adorama had two used ones today so ordered one. They still have one if anyone is interested, but I think mph had better pricing.
 
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Mimi76 said:
Hello to everyone,

I would like to have your opinion about Nikon AFS Teleconverter TC-14E III please. I am thinking of buying it. Are you satisfied? I have a Nikon D7500 with N 200-500mm. I only take pictures of wildlife. Thank you very much.
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I doubt very much if you will be pleased with a teleconverter on the camera lens combination you posted. Focus at f8 is not very fast on my d500. I doubt it would be better on the camera you have. If you are shooting stills or very very slow moving objects then it is ok.
 
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This is why I have accounts at the lens rental companies and I watch for their promotion coupons via email. I rented a TC for a week and tried it out on the equipment and in situations I like to shoot and it worked well for me so I ended up purchasing one. You can rent a Nikon TC-14 for about $75 a week shipping included to be sure it would work well for you. I did have a hard time finding a TC last year at about this time but found one at a local store but I am still getting the out of stock emails from Adorama.
 
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I shoot my 1.4 TC III with D500 and 500PF. Excellent results, but, the f8 light reduction does affect AF performance. I didn't experience much difficulty in good light, however, with this Red-shouldered Hawk
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Drbobcameraguy said:
I doubt very much if you will be pleased with a teleconverter on the camera lens combination you posted. Focus at f8 is not very fast on my d500. I doubt it would be better on the camera you have. If you are shooting stills or very very slow moving objects then it is ok.
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Ok thank you very much for your advice. :)
 
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MartyD said:
This is why I have accounts at the lens rental companies and I watch for their promotion coupons via email. I rented a TC for a week and tried it out on the equipment and in situations I like to shoot and it worked well for me so I ended up purchasing one. You can rent a Nikon TC-14 for about $75 a week shipping included to be sure it would work well for you. I did have a hard time finding a TC last year at about this time but found one at a local store but I am still getting the out of stock emails from Adorama.
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In England I don't know if there are any rental lenses. I have never heard of it. Thank you for your advice.:)
 
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Mimi76 said:
Hello to everyone,

I would like to have your opinion about Nikon AFS Teleconverter TC-14E III please. I am thinking of buying it. Are you satisfied? I have a Nikon D7500 with N 200-500mm. I only take pictures of wildlife. Thank you very much.
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I am a bit late to this thread. Whether you will like the1.4x TCIII may depend on several factors. On the gear side, it depends on the lens you attach it to and the camera body you are using. It may also depend on how close you are to your subject.

The 1.4x TCIII will generally work better on lenses that are better optically and focus faster. I like the 1.4x TCIII a lot on the 500 mm PF, 300 mm PF and 70-200 mm f2.8 E FL lenses. Less so on my 200-500 mm lens (which I sold last a year). The 500 mm PF is a bit better optically and faster to focus than the 200-500 mm. I thought the 1.4x TCIII made the 200-500 mm slower to focus, although this may have been more related to the DSLR bodies.

I also find that I like the 1.4x TCIII better when used with a Z mirrorless body (currently the Z6II, Z7II and a recently added Z9) than with my DSLRs (currently the D500 and D850). There are a couple of reasons. Using the 1.4x TCIII on a lens that is f5.6, like the 200-500 mm or 500 mm PF, makes the combination f8. More recent NIkon DSLRs (including my D500 and D850 and I believe your D7500) will AF with a lens that is f8. But there are compromises. First, you will find that only a small subset of AF points near the center of the frame will work. On a mirrorless body, all the AF points continue to work at f8 (and even f11) and cover the entire frame. I also think that TCs may slow AF more on a DSLR than on a mirrorless body, although I have not done quantitative testing on that.

Another issue that I find better on mirrorless bodies and TCs is that you generally do not need to focus tune a lens +TC combination on a mirrorless body, given that AF is on the sensor. This can be an issue with TCs on lenses on DSLRs even if the lens does not need tuning when used without a TC.

All in all, I like the 1.4x TCIII a lot with my 500 mm PF, but prefer to use the combination on a mirrorless body.

Good luck with your choice.
 
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When a lens is difficult to find in stock I have often found that by placing an order with a company it put me on the backorder list and gave my order priority over new orders. If I waited for the item to appear as in stock on the websites I would have a very long wait as resellers fill their backorders first.
 
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BillW said:
I am a bit late to this thread. Whether you will like the1.4x TCIII may depend on several factors. On the gear side, it depends on the lens you attach it to and the camera body you are using. It may also depend on how close you are to your subject.

The 1.4x TCIII will generally work better on lenses that are better optically and focus faster. I like the 1.4x TCIII a lot on the 500 mm PF, 300 mm PF and 70-200 mm f2.8 E FL lenses. Less so on my 200-500 mm lens (which I sold last a year). The 500 mm PF is a bit better optically and faster to focus than the 200-500 mm. I thought the 1.4x TCIII made the 200-500 mm slower to focus, although this may have been more related to the DSLR bodies.

I also find that I like the 1.4x TCIII better when used with a Z mirrorless body (currently the Z6II, Z7II and a recently added Z9) than with my DSLRs (currently the D500 and D850). There are a couple of reasons. Using the 1.4x TCIII on a lens that is f5.6, like the 200-500 mm or 500 mm PF, makes the combination f8. More recent NIkon DSLRs (including my D500 and D850 and I believe your D7500) will AF with a lens that is f8. But there are compromises. First, you will find that only a small subset of AF points near the center of the frame will work. On a mirrorless body, all the AF points continue to work at f8 (and even f11) and cover the entire frame. I also think that TCs may slow AF more on a DSLR than on a mirrorless body, although I have not done quantitative testing on that.

Another issue that I find better on mirrorless bodies and TCs is that you generally do not need to focus tune a lens +TC combination on a mirrorless body, given that AF is on the sensor. This can be an issue with TCs on lenses on DSLRs even if the lens does not need tuning when used without a TC.

All in all, I like the 1.4x TCIII a lot with my 500 mm PF, but prefer to use the combination on a mirrorless body.

Good luck with your choice.
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thank you very much for your advice :)
 
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