The Nikon F-Mount Teleconverter are a group of magnifying lenses mounted between the lens

Lens

-Optics:*Lens , an optical element which converges or diverges light**Lens , a part of the eye**Corrective lens for correction of human vision***Contact lens, placed on the cornea of the eye**Photographic lens, a lens designed for use on a camera...

 and the camera

Camera

A camera is a device that records and stores images. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the camera obscura , an early mechanism for projecting images...

 body. Currently there are 1.4x, 1.7x and 2x converters available.

Models

TC-1 (2.0x) TC-2 (2.0x) TC-200 (2.0x) TC-300 (2.0x) TC-201 (2.0x) TC-301 (2.0x)

TC-14 (1.4x) TC-14A (1.4x) TC-14B (1.4x) TC-14C (1.4x) AF TC-16 (1.6x) (F3AF only) AF TC-16A (1.6x)

AF-I Teleconverter TC-14E AF-I Teleconverter TC-20E AF-S Teleconverter TC-14E II AF-S Teleconverter TC-17E II AF-S Teleconverter TC-20E II AF-S Teleconverter TC-20E III

Technical information

There are several generations, the newest are the E-II and E-III series, which includes an aspherical lens.

Compatibility information

Nikon AF-I and AF-S teleconverter

Teleconverter

A teleconverter is a secondary lens which is mounted between the camera and a photographic lens. Its job is to enlarge the central part of an image obtained by the objective lens...

 will only mount original Nikon Nikkor AF-S and AF-I lenses (without modification). Modification needs removal of a small part. Not recommended for use with Nikkor DX lenses although it mounts.

List of compatible lenses

The compatibility and use vary by type and generation.
The manual for each converter has details on compatibility.
For the corrent E series converters: they are designed to be used with the current (professional-grade) AF-S lenses such as 200 2.0 AF-S and longer, exeptions do occur.