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Review Date
June 23, 2008
Overall Rating
 5 of 5
Value Rating
 5 of 5
Used product for
3 Months to 1 year
Visitors rate this review
3.00 of 5, 3 votes
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Reviewed by
mohawk51
, Expert
Price Paid
$700.00
at B&H
Photography Experience
21+ years
, Outdoor
Summary
The last 80-200MM lens I owned was the F4.5 version in the '70's I believe and It was a pretty good lens. The one I have now is the two-ring ED AF version F2.8 with 3 ED elements. This one, in my opinion is better. Great color, saturation and almost 2 F-stops faster. It is a bit heavy but I use it with my monopod which helps. I believe Nikon got it right with this version. Well, along with the AF-S version as well but there was a big price difference. Don't feel like I had to settle for second best with this lens.
Strengths
Build, Build, Build!!!
ED, ED, ED!!!
Weaknesses
None really noted at this point!
Similar Products Used
Too many Nikkors to mention here...
Customer Service
Haven't needed them...
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Review Date
January 23, 2008
Overall Rating
5 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Used product for
Less than 1 month
Visitors rate this review
2.33 of 5, 3 votes
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Reviewed by
retroactiv
, Expert
Price Paid
$400.00
at Ebay
Photography Experience
6-10 years
, Sports
Summary
The best lens I have ever had, very rugged very sharp, very heavy. I would recommend this lens to anyone that needs fast glass for not a lot of money.
Strengths
Very Durable, Heavy, professional grade lens. Like I said above this is the best lens that I have ever used, including a 50,000 lens for a Television camera.
Weaknesses
Heavy. Very Heavy.
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Review Date
November 11, 2007
Overall Rating
5 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Used product for
Less than 1 month
Visitors rate this review
1.00 of 5, 1 votes
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Reviewed by
Soukpasong
, Intermediate
Price Paid
$600.00
at Hanoi
Photography Experience
0-1 years
, Fine Art
Summary
I just buy this lens today, i have a very good feeling about it, even though i was looking for the 80 200 with cola second hand then i found this one 98 %, and build quality is superp, its easy to zoom and manual focus also like dream.
Strengths
Sharp, fast enough AF for sport and animal photographing
Weaknesses
no tripod holder, the cola is no fixed with this lens
Similar Products Used
80 200 F/2.8. 70 200 VR
Customer Service
i bought this one in Hanoi Vietnam
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Review Date
October 12, 2007
Overall Rating
5 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Used product for
Less than 1 month
Visitors rate this review
2.00 of 5, 1 votes
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Reviewed by
Darcy Bacha
, Professional
Price Paid
$350.00
at Citizens photo, port
Photography Experience
6-10 years
, Sports
Summary
Beautiful lens, exeptionally sharp at all focal leangths. sharpest lens i've ever used at f/2.8. beautiful contrast. highly recomended.
Strengths
fast focus in daylight, tack sharp in all aspects.
Weaknesses
it takes awile in low light to find its focus
Similar Products Used
70-200 f/2.8 VR
Customer Service
350$ is no joke.. i guess i was just in the right place at the right time!
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Review Date
July 7, 2007
Overall Rating
 4 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Used product for
Less than 1 month
Visitors rate this review
3.50 of 5, 2 votes
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Reviewed by
Steve
, Expert
Price Paid
$849.00
at Cameta Camera
Photography Experience
21+ years
, Sports
Summary
Received this lens about ten days ago, and thus far vary happy with it. In reading reviews of this lens vs. the older AF-S version, I was afraid the focusing would be 'so slow'. Well, it's not....if I had an AF-S version here I'm sure I'd see a minute difference, but in real life shooting it's pretty darn fast. It's a HEAVY lens, but that was expected. The only reason i don't give this lens a top rating is that in testing it via a focusing chart, I found that it is forward focusing about 1 inch ahead when using auto focus at f2.8. Now, this 'could be' the camera (5 month old D200).....but I don't think so. In real world shooting, I don't think this will be a problem, so still deciding what i want to do--get it looked at by Nikon to be adjusted, or get another copy from Cameta, or simply keep it.
If I had the $1600 to get the 70-200mm VR, surely I would have. At just over half that amount, though--it's a reallly nice lens.
Strengths
Overall, really solid, focuses fast, and pics are VERY sharp.
Weaknesses
Forward focuses a bit at wide open/close-up on autofocus. Weight could be an issue for some people.
Similar Products Used
Olympus 50-200mm Zuiko.
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