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Botts' Dots, 21 November 2016. Nikon D810, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 FL at 78mm at f/22 hand-held at 1/30 at Auto ISO 100. bigger or camera-original file to explore on your computer.
Nano Crystal Coat (N): an anti-reflection coating which varies its index of refraction continuously to achieve even greater reflection reduction. It's probably only on one surface, and is used mostly for marketing purposes. Desert Fountain, 19 November 2016. Nikon D810, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8E FL at 155mm, f/2.8 hand-held at 1/40 at Auto ISO 800. bigger or full-resolution file to explore on your computer.
EXIF and exposure data read correctly with the TC-17E, meaning the camera and EXIF read the effective f/stop, which now starts at f/4.8, and the effective focal length, which goes from 120~340mm. Macro performance is the best of any 70-200/2.8 because not only does this lens focus closer than any other, it doesn't cheat and shorten its actual focal length to focus closely, so we get what looks to be about twice as close compared to every other 70-200/2.8 from Nikon. Most cameras also allow you to program, in the camera's custom functions menus, to have these buttons do other things, like start AF. This 70-200/2.8 is lighter and focuses closer than any other 70-200/2.8. Yes, it's at least as sharp as any other 70-200, but when you earn your living with it every day, what really matters is weight and close focus instance All pro 70-200mm lenses are ultrasharp, but that doesn't matter if the subject is too close to get in focus! Desert Spanish Tile, 20 November 2016. Nikon D810, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 FL at close-focus distance at 200mm at f/2.8 at 1/2,000 at Auto ISO 100. bigger or full-resolution file to explore on your computer.
If you're worrying about this lens' sharpness, you're probably not a seasoned full-time pro. This, and all Nikon's previous 80-200mm and 70-200mm lenses, have been the standards against which all other professional zooms have been judged for many, many decades. This new "E" diaphragm will not work on the D1 or D2 series, D100, D200, D90, D80, D70 series, D60, D50, D40 series, or D3000, and will not work on any 35mm camera.
This Nikon 70-200mm VR was Nikon's top professional zoom for news and sports photographers from its introduction in 2003 through the Fall of 2009 when it was replaced by the very similar 70-200mm VR II. Today this original 70-200 VR is still a remarkable professional lens. The only things the newer lenses do is focus a little more closely, weigh a little less, or maybe have a hair more sharpness visible only in the laboratory.
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