Nikon 80-200Mm F2.8Ed Af Zoom Nikkor D

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I think this lens is still being produced by Nikon and is made only in Japan. Talk about legendary. See Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 History for explanations and photos of all the various models made from 1978 through today. I'm not a big fan of the D70's kit lens, the 18-70mm and before I bought the Nikkor 17-35/2.8 I virtually stopped using the wide angle as the images taken with the 80-200 were so much more beautiful that those produced by the 18-70.

On point. It's fairly small and, as i know now, actually lighter than the modern lenses of it's kind. That said, if I were going to only shoot at F4, I'd prefer using the 70-200F4, which is smaller, sharper and has VR.you might have found a keeper. Just be aware that parts for those lenses will eventually dry up so repairs might become difficult to impossible in the future. Compatible with Nikon converters / extenders. The first challenge was which adapter to use and how to mount it on a tripod. I ended up selecting the Metabones adapter which has a mounting foot. This alleviates some of the stresses that would otherwise be on the camera body's mount.

I have used them on lower MP bodies as the D1H, D70S, D2X and D3. All three lenses performed well and image sharpness was no problem on on those bodies .

The only incompatibility is that it will not autofocus with the cheapest D40, D40x and D60, but if you focus manually, everything else works great. The D40, D40x and D60 even have in-finder focus confirmation dots to help you. My 80-200 spent a lot of time on film cameras, where I thought it was great. It spent very little time on my D70s, D200 or D300, because I never liked the focal range on DX. (Too long on the short end for people much of the time, not long enough on the long end for wildlife). It found renewed like on my D700 for several years.

This isn't a big deal, but you will feel this as you shoot on the faster pro cameras like the F5 and D3. toy) and will probably break with moderate use. Not to worry, if it does Nikon will cheerfully replace it with one just like it (still in production, so parts are plentiful). For shooting portraits of posed people and landscapes, it's great. For photographing moving people, kids or sports, forget it. Nikon showed a prototype of the first 80-200mm f/2.8 ED. It was never sold or seen again. It took an 86mm filter, as did the 18mm f/4 of its day. This 80-200mm has some spherochromatism. If you really go looking for it, highlights behind your subject may have slight green fringes, and those in front of your subject may have slight magenta fringes.

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Does anyone have experience with the 1st (or 2nd since they are optically the same) gen push/pull 80-200s? Specifically, I was wondering how it would perform on a D7100 or similar high density crop sensor, especially wide open. The biggest reason to consider paying twice as much for the newest 70-200/2.8 VR II is if you need fast access to manual focusing. With this 80-200mm lens, you must press a release button and rotate the M - A ring between auto and manual focus; you cannot simply grab the manual focus ring as you can with all the newer AF-S f/2.8 zooms.

The last few of these to leave the production line were updated to "D," as seen on their identity plates. Chromatic aberations (purple fringing) are not visible in my pictures (15x10). I have seen a number of samples on the internet taken with the 18-200 VR which had considerable CA. The focus and zoom rings operate very smoothly and slightly damped. The length of the lens remains constant regardless of the focus and zoom settings and the front element does not rotate thanks to an IF (internal focusing) design.

Compatibility with film cameras

Bought Kenko 300 Pro x1.4 TC to replace my x2, but haven't a chance to test it - if it's possible I'll update this review with the details later. Katie swinging, 28 July 2016. 2016 Nikon D5 at 1/1,250 at 12 FPS at Auto ISO 100, 1999 Nikon 80-200mm AF-S at 200mm at f/2.8. bigger or full-resolution file to explore on your computer (mobile devices rarely display high resolution files properly).