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Home → Reviews → Cameras and Lenses → Nikon TC-20E III Review

Nikon TC-20E III

By Nasim Mansurov 109 Comments
Last Updated On July 3, 2020

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  • Optical Features
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  • Reader Comments
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Vic
Vic
May 29, 2019 1:45 am

Thank You Nasim , for Your Outstanding reviews , which have been of a Great Help in my making some Tough decisions, this review is No exeption ,however, it is about making Long Lenses longer, what about making Short lenses a tad longer, as I am looking Hard at this Converter to place on a PC-E Micro Nikkor 85 f 2.8 , so I would have a PC-E 170 f 5.6,…….a Traveling photog on Long Haul like me ,staying in Cheap/Sleazy hotels , I would Not Dare leaving anything in the room while roaming the great outdoors…and therefor cannot carry ,nor need Big Telephoto`s as Hot weather causing air movement would negate that anyway,..so what is your take on Pairing that TC 20EIII with the PC-E 85 f2.8 Micro Nikkor ?…thanks.

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mxbianco
mxbianco
December 28, 2018 5:10 pm

I would like to point out that in the lens compatibility chart near the top of the article, the first line is incorrect:
for the AF-S Micro-NIKKOR 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR the effective focal length and f:stop are marked 210mm f/4.0
Should be 210mm f/5.6
Because there is a 2 f:stop reduction. Maybe that’s the reason why sometimes it hunts when focussing (should not occur if aperture were f/4)

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Nikos Charpantidis
Nikos Charpantidis
July 3, 2018 5:44 pm

Hello i would like to ask about bokeh.
I have an idea: How about to combine 70-200E with TC-20 III on a portrait for more bokeh?
but the loss of sharpness is about 26% (as u said on other article), is that too much loss for portrait?
Because the 105mm 1.4E is too much expensive maybe the 200-500 gives same bokeh?
Shoot with d750 and d850.

Thank you a lot

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Pavol
Pavol
April 29, 2018 12:24 pm

Hallo ,
That is super recenzion.
Will it work TC 20E III on my nikon D500? With 70-200 f2.8 VRIi?

Thanks Pavol

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Steve
Steve
Reply to  Pavol
April 29, 2018 4:25 pm

Yes.

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Krishna Prasad Kotti
Krishna Prasad Kotti
April 24, 2017 7:09 am

Can we use latest Nikon d500/D5 bodies with Nikon 500mm /f4 VR with Nikon 2xTC III Teleconverters.

How is the image quality and is this combination viable ?

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Royal Winchester
Royal Winchester
August 11, 2016 11:41 am

Dear Nasim,
I was wondering if you have found any differences retesting TC sharpness (for example on the 200-400mm) using the new methods you had to develop to test the 800mm f5.6. I would imagine that the combo of a long heavy lens with an effective focal length of 800 (1200 on a DX) would be as susceptible to micro vibrations.

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Steve Mundy
Steve Mundy
April 19, 2016 6:37 pm

I just got the Nikon 200-500 lens and took my first shots with it with the TC-20EIII:

www.mundy.ca/Space…016-04-18/

I also shot with the TC-20E-III coupled with my Nikon 300/2.8 here:

www.mundy.ca/Misce…C-20E-III/

I also use this TC with my 105VR for most of my macro shots.
The VR really helps when shooting handheld macros with a TC.

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Kevin207
Kevin207
Reply to  Steve Mundy
March 4, 2019 3:25 pm

Thanks Steve for posting the photos from your 200-500 lens with the TC-20EIII. I have the converter and was looking at the Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR Lens for moon shots like yours in place of my non-DSLR superzoom cameras which I have reached the quality limits of. I look forward to purchasing the 200-500 lens now after seeing your photos!

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Steve
Steve
Reply to  Kevin207
March 4, 2019 7:41 pm

Thanks, I have another page here where I compare the 200-500 against the 300/2.8 …

www.mundy.ca/Lands…utterflies

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Sajjaad Nemati
Sajjaad Nemati
February 18, 2016 1:49 pm

Dear Nasim
Could you please help me to make a decision about buying this teleconvertor Nikon TC-20E III?
I have a D750 and my lenses : Nikon 16-35 f4- Nikon 20mm f1.8-Nikon 50mm f1.8- Nikon 85mm f1.8 and i am going to buy Nikon 200-500 mm…
Now this is my question: is it worth buying this tool for my primes and the latest creation of Nikon(200-500 mm)?
I will have serious problem with Nikon 200-500mm + Nikon TC-20E III for catch my hunts??
My favorite subjects are still birds and Landscape.
Please consider my budget!!
And what is your Idea about the new Beautiful wizard of Nikon , Nikon 24-70 f2.8 VR?
Thanks a lot in advance.

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Steve
Steve
November 6, 2015 1:10 pm

I own this TC as well as the TC-14E and TC-17E. I have been using them for many years.

For a real world sample – I performed a test at night with the TC-20E III and the Nikon 300mm/f2.8 VR:

www.mundy.ca/Misce…C-20E-III/

If you only buy one TC, it should be the TC-17E. IMHO

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Jon Kirshner
Jon Kirshner
February 19, 2015 8:49 pm

Nasim, did you update the use of the TC2.0E III with the 70-200 F4? I thought I saw this compared to use with the 2.8 and it worked great. I have tried to find the update but cannot. Nikon indicates that there is AF Limitations, specifically to an f8 limit. Did I misread something? Thanks for your help.

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