SUPERB SHARPNESS AND COLOUR SATURATION, MUCH LIGHTER THAN SIMILAR NIKKOR FOCAL LENGHTS. I WAS GOING TO BUY THE 80-200 2.8 EDAF, THANK GOODNESS I DIDN'T. THIS LENS IS A JOY, BUY ONE.

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fOR PORTRAITS OR WHEN YOU NEED SOMETHING MODERATELY LONG YOU CANNOT BEAT THIS LENS FOR THE MONEY OR D*** NEAR OTHERWISE. EASILY HAND HELD, PLUS STURDILY BUILT. NOT AS FLEXIBLE AS A ZOOM BUT YOU CAN'T PRINT FLEXIBILITY IN THE DARKROOM!

Customer Service

NONE YET.

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LEICA 100APO2.8, NIKKOR 80-200EDAF2.8

This lens is SHARP!!! It is nicely finished and while heavy, is well balanced. One of my favorite all time lenses.

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Buy this lens. It is great for those times when you need a wide aperture or for those shots which must be tack sharp. Not enough good things to say about this lens.

Customer Service

none needed

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80-200 2.8, 70-210 4-5.6,24-50, 85 1.8, 35-70 3.3, and other older and off brand lenses

look, feel, and balance are good; built-in lens shade is convenient; image-quality is excellent

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Thus far I have used this lens for one application only, photographing rock concerts at a live-music venue where I work. For that purpose, a fast telephoto is indispensible, and so far I have nothing but praise for this lens.
The lighting in the club where I shoot is moderate, hence I often shoot wide-open, and I rarely shoot with this lens stopped down past F5.6, unless using flash. I have been extremely pleased with the quality of my images. I am shooting mostly color transparency, and sharpness invariably holds up to the most critical inspection with a high-quality lupe. In my case, every shot that has been less then tack-sharp lack has been the result of camera-shake. I should mention that I attribute that in most cases to my having selected too-slow of a shutter speed. Of course long lenses are always harder to hold steady, but this lens is well balanced, and that plus a great feel combine to make it very wieldy for it's focal length. I often use it with the camera body mounted on a monopod, and the lens is light enough to get away with not using a collar.
A terrific prime lens!

Customer Service

never needed any

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AF Nikkor 70-210/4.5-5.6 (an excellent consumer-level lens -- light, convenient, and quite sharp)

Tack sharp.

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The Nikkor AF 180mm F2.8 lens is very sharp for portraiture. This lens is now my favorite portrait lens. A picture of my mom shot on B & W Agfa 25 shows every gray hair & wrinkle on her face. Other people pictures show the same high quality sharpness. I like it!

Customer Service

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About 15 Nikkor lenses from ultra wide through normal up to 400 mm. 5 are AF. The rest are manual.

Build quality
Image quality

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A very good investment

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Nikon 200/4
Canon 200/2.8
Minolta 200/2.8 APO

> Easy to manage.
> Sharp as 35mm gets
> Feels solid
> perfect balance of speed to focal length for most hand held shots

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If something happened to it, I would buy another one in a heartbeat.

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Cannon fd 200 2.8 (also a great lens)