Hi--

>Hi, I hope you're not busy, Mr. Ruether.

Always, and never...;-)

>I'm Winston Setiawan, a freelance photographer in Jakarta, Indonesia.
>
>I have these lenses :
>20/2.8 AF-D
>24/2.8 AF-D
>28/2.8 AIS
>50/1.4 AI
>105/2.8 Micro AIS
>180/2.8 ED IF-AF-D
>
>question :
>I need to lengthen my 180AF-D, but don't know which TC to use. So far, I
>know that 180AF's rear element are deep inside, while TC14A and 201 are
>designed for lenses that the rear elements are outside the mount. You
>said that 80-200 could use the TC14C, can it work with 180AF-D, How
>about TC201 ?

Nice set of good lenses! The only converter that works well (or at all)
with the 180 AF is the TC14A. It is sharp with the lens wide-open.
The TC200/201 will fit, but is not a very good match optically,
unfortunately. The long-lens converters will not fit due to the
opening size in the mask at the rear of the lens. This was a Nikon
mistake, I think, since all the other (non-"E") converters would have
fit if the opening had been larger - and I suspect that they would
have been sharp... BTW, the TC14A should work well with the 105M also,
to increase magnification in macro...

>Sorry for disturbing you with my question, but I just don't know where
>else to ask.
>Thanks a lot, Mr. Ruether.
>
>Winston S.
>cyberarc@rad.net.id

No problem - I hope this was helpful.