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I have the Tamron and love it. With TC, though, it is manual focus only. It's the best cost benefit, by far. Nikon and Tamron are business partners. Sigma is not. If you make money out of your photos, maybe the Nikon price is justifiable (maybe not), otherwise I'd recommend the Tamron.
Sample shots:
Tamron SP 70-200mm f/2.8 Di VC USD - an album on Flickr
I'm curious to know what TC you're using. A telephoto 2.8 lens with proper TC should AF just fine. My Kenko Pro 300 DGX 1.4x TC has both the electronic contacts for AF-S lenses, as well as the screw drive assembly to operate the older AF type lenses. My Tokina 300 f/4 and Nikon 80-200 2.8 work fantastic with the TC. Even my cheaper Tamron 70-300 VC will AF in good light with the TC (albeit slower).
I use the Bower 2x DGII Teleconverter (7 Elements) for Nikon, that works great with all my lenses, including this Tamron, and even the Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 AI-S. But with the Tamron, it is manual focus only. This is an issue with this Tamron lens. Even the Tamron own TC don't AF with it (it looks like Tamron is abandoning TC products in general).
But I like manual focus, if the subject is not moving. Moreover, with the DX mode I still get 15Mpix with a 1.5x crop mode of my D810, so that decreases the need for TCs, anyhow.
Here is a sample shot of mine with the Tamron and the 2x TC, at 400mm and f/5.6, in my D5200. Very sharp and with very nice bokeh.
Zoológico de Chapultepec | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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