> which teleconverter can i use in autofocus > mode or manual mode The recommended TCs for that lens are the TC-14B and TC-301. Nikon does not make a teleconverter that will maintain AF with the 300mm/f4. I've used the TC-201 with the 300mm/f4. It works fairly well -- fine for prints up to 5x7, and OK on 8x10's. Nikon used to make an AF converter called the TC-16A. I've played around with one a 300mm/f4. Optically the combination's OK, but the TC's AF focusing accuracy isn't acceptable on long lenses. Third-party companies do make real AF TC's. In fact, almost everybody BUT Nikon makes AF TC's. I don't know which (if any) of them would be a good match with the 300mm/f4. -Don