Nikon AF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 D : Specifications and Opinions

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Timk2

sent on 04 Novembre 2014

Pros: Useful focal length range; contrasty at all settings; good sharpness at almost all settings; cheap to buy used; 62mm filters

Cons: Closest focus a joke and unusable; bad barrel distortion at 28mm, pincushion at 200mm; totally inadequate lenshood, barrel rotates during focusing.

Opinion: Good travel lens but won't focus close enough for head and shoulders portraits! Not suitable for architecture due to pronounced distortion, especially barrel at 28mm. But excellent colour rendering, sharp and contrasty, with a real punch. But flare resistance can be poor, circular lenshood poor at both ends of focal range. A much better lens performance wise than the Sigma and Tamron equivalents but for everyday use, limiting and so I traded it in whilst it still had some value. Best avoided, overall. My score 6/10

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Carlmon

sent on 27 Giugno 2023

Pros: Lightweight, small, economical, compact, very practical, excellent optical quality

Cons: Non-tropicalized, old-fashioned screw AF, totally approximate autofocus accuracy on D800

Opinion: I had it and used it on Nikon D800. I was surprised by the very good optical quality for such an old superzoom. The price from used is good varies from 150 to 250 euros and there are also specimens still in good condition. The big problem I had is that on the D800 the autofocus was totally approximate in accuracy. The speed was acceptable but the accuracy unacceptable. I did some tests and on a tripod focusing 10 times in AF he got it right not even half the time. For the rest I liked it very much, indeed the optical quality had surprised me. blurry more than good

Gianni-Nikon

sent on 27 Giugno 2023

Pros: Great for holidays and good focal range

Cons: Lack of stabilizer

Opinion: I just bought it a few days ago 20/06/23 naturally used at 120 €, there are those who say too much but I wanted it, it is a lens that I had when it came out in 98 and at that time I liked its structure and its reliability, on the other hand it is a Nikon, I wanted to replace the Tamron 28/300 because as a lens I absolutely do not like, chromatic aberrations, little incisiveness, it is not the lens for me, while the Nikon 28/200 after 25 years still does its job well, has a good depth of field and the aperture 8 is the right compromise for a good depth of field. Its weight is not 300 grams but 570gr. with the HB-12 hood As for the focusing speed depends on the SLR because it is she who manages it.

Immaginidiluca

sent on 27 Febbraio 2020

Pros: You take it everywhere without ever breaking it

Cons: Doesn't shine in anything

Opinion: Surely it has the build and assembly qualities of Nikkor 90s and is very useful as an economic handyman as long as you pay it no more than 100euro. But it's certainly not a champion, it distorts a little, cartoon, has aberrations etc... It's much better though than the competition of the time, like the sigma!! With the same money if you find a 28-105 Nikkor Micro take it, it's a whole other planet!

Augustocampo

sent on 25 Luglio 2017

Pros: Wide range of focals. Cost-effective as used. Excellent travel target. Intermediate focal length and excellent contrast.

Cons: A bit heavy and the cap that is likely to get lost.

Opinion: Tested alternatively for both 28/70 D and 70/210 D and the results are excellent (at least avoid disassembling). Obviously, I prefer Fixed Optics (50mm 1.8D) (Samyang 85mm 1.4) but as rendered as contrast and sharpness it is excellent. In my Nikon D750 it is ok. Comprised as used at 220euro. The filters are 72 and not 62 as the card shows. RnMacro nice.

Sandro63

sent on 24 Marzo 2017

Pros: Very solid construction. Compactness. Very sharp and contrasted. Good AF.

Cons: A bit 'soft at the edges to the focal maximum and at full aperture.

Opinion: Beautiful vintage optic. It gives excellent color and offers a remarkable contrast. I love these AFD lenses. Barrel granite as if they are more 'in this price range. Taken used as new for a few euro is giving me great sensations. Do not forget the famous words "MADE IN JAPAN" !!!!!!!!! It 's always a reassuring thing !!!!!!!

Buenavida

sent on 05 Ottobre 2016

Pros: accurate AF even if not lightning, sharpness and contrast of the past, compact.

Cons: Loss of detail at the edges beyond 160mm, not exciting boken, lack of standard lens hood, focus from 2 to infinity, under two meters behaves so varifocal varies depending on the focal focus and the AF is better to exclude it and go to manual.

Opinion: optical fourth "old" that purchase for the D610, then optical oldest of a modern sensor .. the best of the series remains the pump 35-105 but this is more versatile and can be used between 28 and 150mm with good performance, at around 200mm it is a bit 'weak at the edges. Use filters 72 that I consider std. Missing the lens hood in the scope, I'm trying to buy it on the bay. Contrary to the board of Juza, it weighs 520gr but it's all metal, a tank, however, much lighter than the "plasticone" 28-300 which replaced it. rnCome other optical "old" I've tried, the lines per millimeter of the most modern optical missing but are replaced by a surrender "crispy" in strong colors and at the same time in the most mellow soft, neutral tones. So a good yield even on photos studied, easel and control of lights or panels. A film made for represented and shades space. Beyond that which is already so, with wise PP video (which usuallyI leave it to those who do know how to do) makes a lot of video, along with the 50 / 1.8 AF (not D) of a tonal pleasantness, with soft passages that are impossible with optical spaccamillimetro last generation. Imho.