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

 

According to this B&H page:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=66987&is=USA

 

In message <>,

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.
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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

 

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

 

Oops from the specs tab:
Tc-201 Or Tc-14a (Manual Focus Only)