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The Nikon AF 80-200 f/2.8 ED D is a tele lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 1998 to 2018 (discontinued). The focus is done by In-camera AF motor, it does not have image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 1012 €;
105 users have given it an average vote of 9.6 out of 10.
MOUNT
This lens is available with the following mounts:
Nikon F: this lens is compatible with reflex fullframe and APS-C Nikon.
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Pros:color and atmosphere, bokeh, razor-sharp at intermediate apertures, beautiful design, fastness
Cons:Output at 2.8 (at least mine), noisy, fragile m/af selector
Opinion:A great former Pro lens with which the spark was never triggered. Taken thinking I was making a deal, however, I used it in the wrong way: anxiety-inducing work situations where I absolutely had to bring home the result. A wire too soft for me at 2.8, too noisy in certain locations, not performing enough for my standards the autofocus in low light situations and without VR. I asked an instrument from 25 years ago to be on par with recent professional lenses and it was clearly an exaggerated claim. I make a mea culpa. The result is that it has too often remained closed in the bag and on balance it does not deserve it because taken in another way it is a great lens: closed just a thread on a high-performance camera body (even dated) it becomes sharp and fast and can be used for non-prohibitive sporting events but also for landscaping because it returns beautiful colors and for portraiture because it has a truly delicate and dreamlike bokeh. But for this unfortunately I already had dedicated lenses. So worse for me but better for those who immediately understood how to use it.
Pros:AF-S MODEL REVIEW. Construction, aesthetic appearance (it's really beautiful!), Sharpness and blur.
Cons:AF-S MODEL REVIEW. AF motor that can break and that, in many examples, does not work as it should. Weight and size.
Opinion:I had the first 80 200 2.8 pump-engine, then the AFD ring nut and finally the AF-S big winder. This one is visibly and substantially superior to the previous ones in terms of overall performance: sharper, especially at maximum aperture, but above all with an absolutely beautiful bokeh that its predecessors did not have... A truly uncompromising blur, like a real portrait optic!!! At 135, 150, 180mm focal length, it easily plays with fixed luminaires: I also have the 180 AFD 2.8 and I often use the 135 f2 AI and, honestly, at the same focal length I don't see any noteworthy differences!! We could to all intents and purposes define the latest version of the 80 200 (AF-S, in fact) as a "portrait tele zoom" being able to compete with bright fixed cameras such as, for example, an 85 1.8, a 105 f2 or a 135 f2... In "less" and "worse" than these, it has only the weight and versatility factor, having considerable dimensions and dimensions. The autofocus, if it works well (!), is fast and accurate..... Unfortunately in many examples this is already broken, or is about to break, due to the well-known problems with the ultrasonic engine that also afflict the 28 70 and the 17 35 always F2.8 Costante of the same series. What a shame! Look: if you can still find it on sale today at the not insignificant sum of 400-500 euros, even considering that it is a model that is no longer recent, that it does not have VR (like the later 70 200 2.8) and that the sword of Damocles of engine breakage looms over its durability... well..... The reason, believe me, is there! I use it on D3s and D700....... I think that mounted on the Z (it keeps the AF motor!), and becoming stabilized as a result, it really becomes an almost unbeatable lens in its focal range!
Cons:I don't really know, maybe the weight but, being really a professional lens in every perspective, you can forgive that too.
Opinion:Holding it in your hand you understand that you have a spectacular professional lens, built in other times, made in Japan......, I've said it all! The only flaw is that I didn't buy it earlier; with the D5 it's just a perfect combination. Lens, truly unique for everything: street, portrait, sport. Excellent at f2.8, mind-blowing in sharpness from f3.5 onwards up to f11. The stabilization is absolutely not regretted as it is very balanced and built in an era in which people really cared about the professional and not only on paper or in price. Truly unique; Old yes, heavy yes but stratospheric and to have absolutely. If it was in production from 1998 to 2018 there must be a reason......, lenses like this are no longer built!
Pros:I recently bought the AF 80-200 f/2.8 ED D pump (used, second series), I share the previous reviews on yield and optical quality, excellent. The same goes for the blurry, really beautiful. The front lens does not rotate when focusing, unlike the first series.
Cons:The weight, for some is a pro, therefore depends on the points of view. It is not stabilized, it has no mounting ring for the tripod. The autofocus is not very fast, but in my opinion sufficient.
Opinion: Happy to have bought it, it repays all expectations. I never considered the 80/200 useful for portraiture, I preferred fixed optics. I was wrong, it detaches the subject from the background in an excellent way. Although dedicated to the fx format, my still valid d7000 is giving me very nice shots. This lens belongs to the generation of "made to last", nothing in common with the constructive fragility of modern lenses with integrated af motor and stabilizer. I prefer it to the "bighiera" precisely because the pump, without taking your hand off the ring can be zoomed and focused manually.
Pros:lens really to be supplied as an alternative to its successor 70/200 (the other 80/200 I would see as a duplicate to own ...), solid construction, wonderful blurred, beautiful colors, totally internal zoom; What can I say, if you find it in good condition at 5/600 euros buy it with your eyes closed (obviously check for any mold inside ....), it will give you a lot of satisfaction
Cons:my specimen at the time of purchase had the ring lock button -M A- locked, problem solved with a nice green elastic band to remedy .... another defect is the ring for mounting on the tripod, an operation impossible to do using it with the D4s, but also with the other two (D3 and D4) that I owned previously. For the weight... Personally I do not see it as a problem, together with the camera allows me to do gym to the arms without going there .....
Opinion:I own this lens (purchased used in 2014) after replacing its pump predecessor, what can I say.... quite another thing! AF much faster, optical position ring that does not move (obviously) by raising or lowering the camera as it happened in the previous "brother", old NIKON materials (not plasticy like the new ...), mounted on the camera then holds it in a vertical position when you hold it with the strap around your neck, excellent swing (perfect balance freehand, also thanks to the D4s ...), if it had the VR would be perfect, but at the time of its marketing it was not present, which instead they have obviated with the 70/200, lens that has been winking at me for some time ..... obviously some defects have it, some specimens have shown some defect in the focus (back / front) and the presence of mold, but I think it is more due to the lack of tropicalization .... or incorrect use by those who used it... Honestly give it away for the 70/200 does not make me crazy, we'll see .....
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