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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 €;
109 users have given it an average vote of 9.6 out of 10.
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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:Optical quality of a fixed lens, solidity, contrast, colors
Cons:a bit heavy....
Opinion:Passed from Nikkor "pump" zoom of medium quality (70-210 f/4.0-5.6; 35-135 f/3.5-4.5; 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6) the difference is all there and you can see it... indestructible, sharp at f/2.8, outstanding bokeh, sharpness, color quality, contrast..... post-production is almost never needed... Used even in extreme conditions and burst photos it hardly misses the shot... used on both the D300s and D700 is always ready and responsive... the use is not only for landscape, photo hunting and moving photos but also for portraits precisely because of the quality of the blur... I also tried to take moving photos from the passenger side car and it never goes wrong..... The macro function is not excellent and can be used occasionally. The construction is very good even if it has plastic parts, but still weighs for the number of internal lenses and the size of the front lens (77mm). If you find it in good condition it is still an excellent lens that has nothing to envy to the 70-200. It is nicknamed the "biference" for its two focus and focal rings, it is not "pump-shaped" like its two predecessors. If weight is not a problem it becomes irreplaceable, even if carried around for several hours you can feel .... A monopod is recommended if you use it for a long time for sports photos or photographic hunting. The cost of second-hand today is low, if you find it, don't miss it.
Opinion:I had this lens given as a gift (in front of a gift how do you say no?) despite already having a lens of identical focal length (Tokina 828 80-200 F2.8), and since I have owned it, I have practically not detached it from the Nikon D3. It is its age but I consider it a very good lens, very well built and, as absurd as it is, it does not even weigh too much (compared to the aforementioned rival Tokina). The performance is really surprising, the performance already at F2.8 is really incredible, it remains extremely constant always, clearly that helping with a little aperture it improves even more. The colors it reproduces, especially in the complexion, are truly surprising, very bright and realistic. Great definition but never exasperated like the most current lenses, it is much more "sincere". So far I have never encountered chromatic aberrations even at the edges of the poles or on the "cut" of the snow where many lenses collapse. Built very well but despite everything it remains one of the lightest in its category in my opinion, the Canon of the same series weighs a little more, the Tokina in my possession we don't even talk about it ... Today it is found at prices all in all accessible to most, so it is even more tempting, let's pay attention to the fact that it is not stabilized, slow AF if you decide to do sports, but I don't care as I don't do any. Perhaps the only real sore point that I would never have expected on a lens of such caliber is the AF/MF selector, a light plastic ring with a delicate appearance, for everything else I consider it a truly amazing lens, so much so that it is always with me everywhere. Another drawback, the lens hood cannot be mounted backwards, so in certain situations it becomes uncomfortable to have it behind.
Pros:A dated lens but made without compromise for professional-journalistic purposes (for the time). Sharpness without excessive micro-contrast and excellent color balance, churns out remarkable photos. It is very reasonably priced and can be easily repaired in case of need 9
Cons:The stabilizer is not present and given the weight a bit massive and this will discourage more than a few. It has a very flimsy plastic AF/MF mode dial that can be annoying and require repair which is never too cheap.
Opinion:It's a lens that I bought for the F100 but then began to use with satisfaction with the D750. It's a dated but still valuable lens that in the right hands doesn't make you regret more modern tools in the slightest. The sacrifices are only on the image stabilizer which is absent, but it must be forgiven by virtue of the approximately 350 euros at which it is sold on average used. The focus is sincere and also fast, remember that it uses the motor inside the camera body so if you couple the lens to cameras without the focusing shaft work only in manual. Were it not for the fact that sometimes I feel it heavy by the arms I would always want it with me, it is damn good in portraiture as well as in landscapes, a reference in that range of focal lengths.
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.
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