Nikon 2185 AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II Lens - Bulk packaging (White box, New)

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Desert Construction, 20 November 2016. Nikon D810, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8E FL at 200mm at f/2.8 at 1/1,000 at Auto ISO 100. bigger or camera-original file to explore on your computer. This new "E" diaphragm will not work on the D1 or D2 series, D100, D200, D90, D80, D70 series, D60, D50, D40 series, or D3000, and will not work on any 35mm camera. The foot has two ¼″ × 20 tripod threads so you can position it for great balance with either light or heavy cameras. Because it's gelded (" G," or has had its aperture ring removed to save cost) it's 99% useless with manual focus cameras. For manual focus cameras, the much less expensive 80-200mm f/2.8 AF-D works much better. If you're a pro or rich amateur, this is the lens for news, sports and action. For you weekend portrait shooters, this is also your lens. For serious portraits, I prefer the 135mm f/2 DC or longer lenses.

I don't use converters with zooms; I use the 80-400mm if I need to get to 400mm instead of fiddling with converters. The 70-200mm f/2.8 class of fast telephoto zoom is (along with the fast standard zoom) one of the key workhorse lenses for the working photographer, and is used for a huge range of applications. From weddings and portraits, though events and journalism, to sports and wildlife, this lens will be a mainstay of many a professional, and therefore needs to perform impeccably across almost every imaginable situation. And naturally this lens is not just the preserve of working pros; keen (and well-heeled) amateurs will also value the flexibility and sheer optical quality promised by a top notch fast telezoom. This new Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 E FL is the world's best 70-200mm lens because it's the sharpest, the best made, and most importantly, the lightest and closest-focusing f/2.8 70-200 ever made. It focuses nearly instantaneously and has great vibration reduction so you won't need a tripod. It has no visible distortion from 70~100mm, and has slight to moderate pincushion distortion at longer settings. and weight, all of which are to professional standards. You can get the same superb optical performance in lenses that cost much less, but they won't have VR, or they'll require moving a switch to get to manual focus, or they won't zoom, or they won't autofocus. If you're shooting DX, the 55-200mm DX VR is just about as sharp, but doesn't move as fast or take as much of a beating.This 70-200 has very little focus breathing. It has none at 70mm, and very little at the longer focal lengths, where the image grow slightly as focussed more closely. They all do the same thing. There are three so you have one for horizontal shots, and one for each vertical orientation. You're on you're own shooting upside-down.

Its optics and mechanics are superlative for everything a full-time career professional news or sports photographer would want to shoot with it, on any Nikon digital or modern film camera. This 70-200/2.8 is lighter and focuses closer than any other 70-200/2.8. Yes, it's at least as sharp as any other 70-200, but when you earn your living with it every day, what really matters is weight and close focus instance All pro 70-200mm lenses are ultrasharp, but that doesn't matter if the subject is too close to get in focus! The 70-200mm VR isn't very hot on the TC-20E. If you have all three TCs and do a direct comparison as I did, the results from the TC-20E and 70-200 VR combination are clearly inferior to any other combination, looking at D3 output at 100%.

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It also works perfectly with any but the very cheapest or oldest Nikon AF film cameras. It sings on the D3 as well as the D40.

Not only does it handle better than any other 70-200/2.8, just look at the pictures. The Nikon 70-200 FL sees with astonishing clarity and brilliance that give uncannily beautiful renditions you just can't get elsewhere. Nano Crystal Coat (N): an anti-reflection coating which varies its index of refraction continuously to achieve even greater reflection reduction. It's probably only on one surface, and is used mostly for marketing purposes.Golf Course. Palm Trees and Mountains, 21 November 2016. Nikon D810, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 FL at 135mm at f/8 at 1/250 at Auto ISO 100. bigger or full-resolution file to explore on your computer.

Macro performance is the best of any 70-200/2.8 because not only does this lens focus closer than any other, it doesn't cheat and shorten its actual focal length to focus closely, so we get what looks to be about twice as close compared to every other 70-200/2.8 from Nikon.

Fast, quiet AF with a silent wave motor. You won't scare sensitive subjects as other AF lenses might.