Superb telephoto-zoom lens for sports and nature photography. 3 ED glass elements for high resolution and high contrast even at maximum apertures. Mai
Superb telephoto-zoom lens for sports and nature photography. 3 ED glass elements for high resolution and high contrast even at maximum apertures. Maintains fast f/2.8 aperture throughout zoom range.
Incorporates Autofocus and Internal Focusing technology. D-type lens technology provides distance information to select Nikon digital and film SLR cameras. ED glass for sharp pictures.
The last 80-200MM lens I owned was the F4.5 version in the '70's I believe and It was a pretty good lens. The one I have now is the two-ring ED AF version F2.8 with 3 ED elements. This one, in my opinion is better. Great color, saturation and almost 2 F-stops faster. It is a bit heavy but I use it with my monopod which helps. I believe Nikon got it right with this version. Well, along with the AF-S version as well but there was a big price difference. Don't feel like I had to settle for second best with this lens.
The best lens I have ever had, very rugged very sharp, very heavy. I would recommend this lens to anyone that needs fast glass for not a lot of money.
Strengths:
Very Durable, Heavy, professional grade lens. Like I said above this is the best lens that I have ever used, including a 50,000 lens for a Television camera.
I just buy this lens today, i have a very good feeling about it, even though i was looking for the 80 200 with cola second hand then i found this one 98 %, and build quality is superp, its easy to zoom and manual focus also like dream.
Strengths:
Sharp, fast enough AF for sport and animal photographing
Weaknesses:
no tripod holder, the cola is no fixed with this lens
Received this lens about ten days ago, and thus far vary happy with it. In reading reviews of this lens vs. the older AF-S version, I was afraid the focusing would be 'so slow'. Well, it's not....if I had an AF-S version here I'm sure I'd see a minute difference, but in real life shooting it's pretty darn fast. It's a HEAVY lens, but that was expected. The only reason i don't give this lens a top rating is that in testing it via a focusing chart, I found that it is forward focusing about 1 inch ahead when using auto focus at f2.8. Now, this 'could be' the camera (5 month old D200).....but I don't think so. In real world shooting, I don't think this will be a problem, so still deciding what i want to do--get it looked at by Nikon to be adjusted, or get another copy from Cameta, or simply keep it.
If I had the $1600 to get the 70-200mm VR, surely I would have. At just over half that amount, though--it's a reallly nice lens.
Strengths:
Overall, really solid, focuses fast, and pics are VERY sharp.
Weaknesses:
Forward focuses a bit at wide open/close-up on autofocus. Weight could be an issue for some people.
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