Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 AF (1987 version) : Specifications and Opinions

Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 AF (1987 version)

The Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 AF (1987 version) is a tele lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 1987 to 1992 (discontinued). The focus is done by In-camera AF motor, it does not have image stabilization. The average price was 400 €;

22 users have given it an average vote of 9.5 out of 10.

Specifications
Focal lenght	80-200 mm
Angle of view	30.3 - 12.4°
Format	FF, APS-C
Max. aperture	f/2.8
Aperture blades	9
Lenses/Groups	16 elements in 11 groups
Min. focus distance	1.5 meters
Reproduction ratio	0.17x
Features
Zoom type	Push-pull, external
Stabilization	No
Focus	In-camera AF motor
Internal Focus	No
Built and notes
Tripod ring	No
Extenders	No
Filters	77 mm
Lens hood	Yes, supplied
Weather sealing	No
Weight	1280 g
Dimensions	85 x 180 mm
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Overlord

sent on 25 Marzo 2019

Pros: Good contrast, useful focal range, constant aperture f2.8, good sharpness. Bulilt like a tank.

Cons: Slow and noisy AF, bokeh could be little bit better. Quite heavy.

Opinion: In general, very good lens indeed. Especially, right now it can be bought for a solid money. Good contrast, useful focal range, constant aperture f2.8 is very welcome, good sharpness. Built like a tank. I bought this lens more than 20 years old, but in excellent condition. Slow and noisy AF, bokeh could be little bit better. Lens is also quite heavy.

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Nolan

sent on 16 Marzo 2023

Pros: blurred, materials, fire ring, price.

Cons: Slow and ruomoroso AF

Opinion: Purchased a year ago for personal monkey and because 'too curious to see it at work on a Nikon D3, obviously used but in conditions really equal to new. It is not a "sharp" lens but it still has a very good sharpness and a very soft and very pleasant blur. The "pump" system of this lens is really very practical to use, the fire ring (which is the same as the zoom) is among the best that I personally have ever tried, impeccable materials and construction, from true pro. It is one of those lenses that personally make me appreciate even more doing photography, both for a sense of robustness and for first-level optical quality, in use in my way of seeing it makes everything more interesting and puts you in direct contact with photography the most real and male, from elbow grease in short. I use it practically only in manual and freehand, so the fact that there is no bracket of the knight or that it does not have a lightning AF does not weigh me down (For that I have more). It should be judged in my opinion according to your needs, and it is to be taken into account that a lens of other times, for me that first of all I am a photography enthusiast is a fabulous lens that I will certainly never sell, for the laser beams of star trek instead there is so much other type (70-200 f2.8 vrii) definitely two different worlds at completely different prices.

Delio.vernacchia

sent on 20 Febbraio 2023

Pros: Quality, Colors, sharpness

Cons: Very slow and noisy Af

Opinion: Interesting lens, very sharp and bright!! But it suffers from time, in silent places to hear the noise of the focus of this 80-200 I find it a bit embarrassing, then in 2023 going to manual focus seems senseless to me given the technology we have. In my opinion the D series remains However the best quality price ever, if it were not for the old focusing system it would have been perfect! But of course we are talking about old but beautiful optics. Today, especially in the SLR world, there is a vast fleet of modern lenses not to be underestimated but I always prefer the G and D series remain the most engraved.

Jacopo Pasqualotto

sent on 09 Settembre 2022

Pros: Robust, it has a real internal helical for manual maf, quiet colors, good sharpness, switching from af to manual with a single move.

Cons: AF lentino, but if you do not chase hares is fine, front & back focus not solvable if not accepting a compromise at halfway, difficult to hold to carry it around without shoulder strap

Opinion: Quoto Gsabbio before me. I have both grandfather 80-200 f 4.5 and this one. I looked for the very first version because 1) aesthetically I like it very much 2) it has the intuitive multi-position ring limiter 3) I dreamed of it for a lifetime 4) inside, unlike the successors who use nylon notches on the bores in the barrel, it has a real helical for the maf, so the feeling it returns is like focusing with the grandfather f 4.5: a pleasure ! You can also leave the selector of the reflex on af, because passing in manual internally is decoupled the transmission shaft from the screw mount. Progressive and soft pump, it is done very well and apart from a possible regreasing of the helical after 30 years (if necessary), it does not require maintenance; the diaphragm selector is comfortable and well accessible. Quiet colors and good sharpness, it suffers from front and back focus, which can be canceled only in a certain focal length: moving the zoom obviously the defect will return to reveal itself in a progressive but regular and predictable way as you move away from the correct point. Eye that is not parafocal. My specimen is a '92 fineserie, found really used as new at 270 € 2 years warranty, with box and original case. Between the grandfather f 4.5 and this I prefer the ancestor as a general yield, but if there is little light there is no history: it goes 2.8 ! To have for every self-respecting Nikonist.

Gsabbio

sent on 06 Dicembre 2020

Pros: contrast, sharpness, blurry, robustness

Cons: autofocus a bit slow compared to current performance

Opinion: That it was a good lens, for me it was a fact already when I used it over 20 years ago on manual machines. The slowness of the focus - according to the current criteria - was not a problem, I was hand-sealing with an F3 and without stabilization and AF the rate of perfect images was very high. I decided to write this review because just these days I digitized some of the 1997 dias, on which I had to intervene to eliminate the damage caused by time. This forced me to work on the image at very high magnifications 300/400% and I was able to re-discover its extraordinary yield. Although on an Ektachrome 100 film, which did not shine for the fineness of the grain, the richness of the smallest details is extraordinary, widely satisfying and even superior to the 45 mpix sensor of the D850 with which I reproduced the image (for duplication I employed a specialist Zuiko 80mm f4 macro 1:1). If you then intervene with modern noise reduction software, the detail obtainable becomes extraordinary even for a film. Therefore: my voice is added to the chorus of those who sing the praises of this lens. Given the price of used goods, it is a widely recommended choice, but I recommend not to buy it in a closed box, because I recently ran tests on a model that was not in place. On the other hand, it has been around for at least 30 years and although the manufacture is very robust, some ailves can be there. In my gallery I will publish the duplicate PWC97 image from slide. The 9.5 vote was fully deserved then as it is today.

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