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Can you tele-extend a 60mm micro Nikkor?
Hello Everyone,
I've been having a lot of fun taking pictures of insects and small plants with my 60mm Nikkor "micro" lens. Some of my latest pictures taken with this lens are at http://www.scottspeck.com/old4/index.html. The blue heron pics on that page were taken with a 80-400 Nikkor zoom with VR having been activated. All other pics, both short and long range, were taken using the 60mm. My question is, could I use a tele-extender to further magnify images taken my micro lens? If so, would this introduce much distortion of the image? Thanks for any help, Scott |
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Can you tele-extend a 60mm micro Nikkor?
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"Scott Speck" wrote: Hello Everyone, I've been having a lot of fun taking pictures of insects and small plants with my 60mm Nikkor "micro" lens. Some of my latest pictures taken with this lens are at http://www.scottspeck.com/old4/index.html. The blue heron pics on that page were taken with a 80-400 Nikkor zoom with VR having been activated. All other pics, both short and long range, were taken using the 60mm. My question is, could I use a tele-extender to further magnify images taken my micro lens? If so, would this introduce much distortion of the image? My suspicion is that the "90mm or greater" value given by TC manufacturers assumes a "full-frame" sensor or 35mm film. With an APS-sized sensor, you can probably go down to 50 or 60mm. I use a 1.4x a lot with my Tamron 28-75 on my 20D (1.6x crop sensor), and it only get a little funny down around 28, and then only wide-open. -- John P Sheehy |
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Can you tele-extend a 60mm micro Nikkor?
"Scott Speck" wrote in message . .. Hello Everyone, I've been having a lot of fun taking pictures of insects and small plants with my 60mm Nikkor "micro" lens. Some of my latest pictures taken with this lens are at http://www.scottspeck.com/old4/index.html. The blue heron pics on that page were taken with a 80-400 Nikkor zoom with VR having been activated. All other pics, both short and long range, were taken using the 60mm. My question is, could I use a tele-extender to further magnify images taken my micro lens? If so, would this introduce much distortion of the image? Thanks for any help, Scott A good tele-extender should not seriously degrade your images. You will lose some speed (with a 2x extender you lens will become a 120mm f5.6), but on the upside your minimum focusing distance remains the same, giving you twice the magnification :-) Toby |
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Can you tele-extend a 60mm micro Nikkor?
Scott Speck wrote: Hello Everyone, I've been having a lot of fun taking pictures of insects and small plants with my 60mm Nikkor "micro" lens. Some of my latest pictures taken with this lens are at http://www.scottspeck.com/old4/index.html. The blue heron pics on that page were taken with a 80-400 Nikkor zoom with VR having been activated. All other pics, both short and long range, were taken using the 60mm. My question is, could I use a tele-extender to further magnify images taken my micro lens? If so, would this introduce much distortion of the image? Thanks for any help, Scott Yes you can, but there is a limit, if you use a 2x extender you get a 120mm f5.6 lens, no more. The one advantage you will get is at your closest focus you will get 2:1 instead of 1:1 at the same distance. Now for the bad news telextenders always degrade the image, if you are starting with a micro Nikkor you are starting with an excellent lens so the images will PROBABLY be OK. Don't buy a cheap one either telextenders are generally designed with the manufacturers lenses (mostly telephoto) in mind. The Nikkor 2x telextender is $300+, you may be able to get a faster 100mm lens for that price. Tom |
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