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

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With those caveats, the Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 AF-D (new) is sharp. Of course it's sharp: it was Nikon's most important professional lens at its introduction, and remains in Nikon's catalog as one of Nikon's most popular professional zooms to this day. Mike Otley's shot says more than a 100 words. And Mike, I can understand your philosophy, the eye is best at focusing. I have read in other forums that the AFS is prone to motor failure and apart from the price that puts me off. They have the some issue as pretty much all the AF-D lenses in a high megapixel digital world. A bit softer wide open, with lower contrast, as compared to newer G and E lens designs. If you plan to shoot wide open most of the time, you'll be happier with the 70-200's. Just shoot at F3.5 at 200mm and be happy. It's a little bit softer wide open at f/4.8, so if you're counting every pixel, better at f/5.6 and great by f/8.

The tripod collar is very useful - you don't want to shoot this lens mounted on a plastic camera like D70 when the camrea sits on a tripod. Note that the older Push-Pull version didn't have it (and had a really slow A/F). Do tele converters work with the last screw lens the Third is the AF 80-200/2.8D EDn (new) from 1997-today. Two ring with tripod foot, quite fast AF, bajonett hood: Thanks to its silent-wave (ultrasonic) AF motor the lens provides very fast and near-silent AF operations as well as manual focus override at any time.You grab the 2-1/2" (65mm) wide rubber ring and have at it. I can wrap three of my big American fingers around it; littler guys probably can fit their whole hand around it. was Nikon's best telephoto zoom made from 1999-2004.This and the 17-35 2.8D AF-S were really the only

And at f4.0 and certainly by f5.6 using autofocus and 200mm focal length and at mfd/close distances your home and hosed. Again, something that the 70-200 vrii won't do. Below is a simplified summary of the formal findings. The chart shows line widths per picture height (LW/PH) which can be taken as a measure for sharpness. No vignetting (well, may be "almost"), but I have never notices anything like it - may on FF it'll be more significant. Which 80-200 f/2.8 D is yours? The older 'single ring' or the newer 'two rings'? I have the former, however optical formula and image quality look like to be the same. This one too. Happened once to me. But again rare enough I even forgot about it. Still valid point though. I'd resort to the tape idea if it will happen too often in the future.There can be some green ghosts, even with the sun outside your image. Use your hand to shield the lens, and watch your finder if the sun is in the image. EXIF and exposure data read correctly with the TC-20E, meaning the camera and EXIF read in the effective f/stop, which now starts at f/5.6, and the effective focal length, which goes from 160-400mm. I acquired a new twin ring in 2010. I have not found any issues with CA on my D300S or D7000. I do not find my copy as soft wide open at 200mm as some have reported. Certainly it sings at f4. For wild life though the focusing mechanism sort of makes the the quiet release modes on my bodies academic, as it is so noisy as it snaps into focus. Price given no VR, not hood included hood screws on, screw thread on the lens is plastic, focus noisy

Nikon's first pro-level f/4 tele zoom was announced in late 2012. It has the highest rated MTF of any Nikon tele zoom, and performs spectacularly —at a fraction of the size, weight and price of the 70-200mm f/2.8 ED IF VR II. Given this lens' long-standing reputation for performance, we were a bit surprised that it wasn't a bit sharper wide open across its focal length range. Wide open, it was quite sharp from 80-135mm, but softened markedly at 200mm. Stopping down to f/4 improved sharpness across the board, but the blur profile at 200mm was still somewhat lopsided. (This was a little reminiscent of what we saw in our initial sample of the Nikkor 12-24mm ultra-wide zoom, apparently an issue with earlier production of that lens. - We'll ask Nikon for another sample of the 80-200mm f/2.8, so we can see if the softness at 200mm is universal or an issue with the particular (brand new) sample we tested here.) Diffraction limiting set in on our D200 test body at about f/16, but wasn't too bad even at the f/22 minimum aperture. Had this lens since 2018 and I only experienced one indecent with the limiter switch. It accidentally switched to Limit mode. I didn't even remember it until you mentioned it here. But for the rarity of it, should it be listed on the cons? or maybe not? I don't know.

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I think the AF-S is sharper too. But its even more expensive and bigger and yeah, the reliability issue. Also it's already discontinued and at least in my current locale, it's not that available. 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. a great lens is in my photo bag again. In myopinion, itoffers everything that is important to good photography, but it has its weak spots as well. The AF-D one touch is a good lens but reportedly slow to focus. Unlike the other two, I've never owned this version so I'll let someone else expound on its virtues. However, the lens is very sharp at 200mm f2.8 at most other focusing distance, just not at its minimum distance.

I use this lens with my D50 and although it uses the mechanical linkage to achive focus, the speed is very good with virtually no hunting in most light conditions. One day when I upgrade this to a higher megapixel model, I am confident I will be in posession of a lens which will enable me to fully appreciate any improvement in definition. The one with the AF-S motor is as sharp (or you won't be able to call a difference) as the VRII and you will be able to use the latest TC-14e up to the TC-20eIII, teleconverters with it The only incompatibility is that it will not autofocus with the cheapest DX cameras like the D40, D40x, D60, D3000, D3100, D3200, D3300, D5000, D5100, D5200 or D5300, but if you focus manually, everything else works great. These cameras have in-finder focus confirmation dots to help you.The even bigger and more expensive 80-200/2.8 AF-S came out in 1999. The 80-200/2.8 AF-S got canned in 2003, replaced by the 70-200/2.8 VR. The 70-200/2.8 VR was then canned and replaced by the 70-200/2.8 VR II in 2009. The lens was targeted at professional users and consequently the build quality is superb. Most outer parts are made of metal and carry the crinkle finish typical for professional grade Nikkor lenses at that time. The optics are still the same as the excellent original AF version of 1988, and used the same HB-7 bayonet hood as the previous D version. If you turn on the focus limiter all the time (i.e. disable close focus), AF speed is no longer an issue in real shoots, even with version 1, because switching focus from infinity to 10m is fast on every lens. The Nikkor AF-S 80-200mm f/2.8 IF-ED, introduced late in 1998, was one of the first AF-S lenses. In fact it was the first zoom lens that featured the then new sonic wave driven autofocus. It was discontinued and replaced by the Nikon AF-S 70-200mm VR less than 5 years after its announcement.