And I'm as enthusiast as Rudy while he wrote his first impressions.
Early findings:
This TC is simply designed for the new 70-200 AF-S VRII. This is a miracle combination.
Just like Rudy stated already:
-AF maintains very fast, also in lowlight conditions.
-VR transmission is exceptional. It is possible to get very decent sharpness in pictures taken @ 400mm and 1/20 sec shutter speed .
-Bokeh maintains unchanged.
-After testing my 70-200 AF-S VRII with my Kenko pro300 2xTC I got pretty decent sharpness, but quite bad vignetting and horrible bokeh. I was a little worrying about vignetting, but with the nikon TCIII, @ first view, the corner sharpness seems to be very good and vignetting, although visible wide open, much better controlled than with the Kenko TC.
Underneath a quite difficult thing for AF and a first try about vignetting and corner sharpness: A rough white wall in very low light... AF was instant! Wow...
D700 with 70-200 AF-S VRII and nikon TCIII, iso 800 and F5.6, handhold @1/30 sec.
And a 100% crop of the corner left under:
* I also did some early tryouts with this TC with my 105 AF-S VR:
-AF becomes very slow in lowlight conditions
-VR transmission is also here perfect.
-Sharpness is stunning (@ first view indistinguishable from pictures without TC)...
*I tried to mount this TCIII with my sigma 180mm with the hope to get a sharp 360mm macro lens. It doens't work, don't try it! You might break something!
Tomorrow I'll go for some "Birds in flight" shooting with this magical combo. I'll post samples and findings here.
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