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As I showed at Sample Images, it's ultra-sharp corner-to-corner, even shot wide-open at f/2.8, at any focal length. The only limitations to sharpness will be your skill as a photographer; the optics of this lens are essentially perfect. Performance is spectacular. It focuses closer than any other Nikon pro 80-200 or 70-200 lens, and it weighs less than any other 70-200/2.8. E: Electronic diaphragm. Diaphragm stops down only on cameras introduced since about 2007 (see the complete list). Because it's gelded (" G," or has had its aperture ring removed to save cost) it's 99% useless with manual focus cameras. For manual focus cameras, the much less expensive 80-200mm f/2.8 AF-D works much better.
Fast, quiet AF with a silent wave motor. You won't scare sensitive subjects as other AF lenses might. For B&W film outdoors, I'd use a 77mm Nikon Y48 or O56 filter, or a 77mm Hoya HMC Yellow K2 or 77mm B+W Orange. Use a yellow filter for normal results outdoors on B&W, and I prefer the orange for stronger clouds. If you use no filter the skies and clouds will be washed-out because B&W film is overly sensitive to blue and ultra-violet light; a yellow filter gives a natural rendition. Not only does it handle better than any other 70-200/2.8, just look at the pictures. The Nikon 70-200 FL sees with astonishing clarity and brilliance that give uncannily beautiful renditions you just can't get elsewhere.
The Nikon AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8E FL ED VR is a spectacular performer, but pricey
EXIF and exposure data read correctly with the TC-14E, meaning the camera and EXIF read the effective f/stop, which now starts at f/4, and the effective focal length, which goes from 100~280mm. The Nikon 70-200/2.8 FL is made better than most other Nikon autofocus lenses. It's got metal where we need it, and plastic where we can save weight. So long as you want to shoot at f/2.8 with any camera, no problem; but there is no way that cameras introduced before 2007 can stop down the electronic diaphragm.
and weight, all of which are to professional standards. You can get the same superb optical performance in lenses that cost much less, but they won't have VR, or they'll require moving a switch to get to manual focus, or they won't zoom, or they won't autofocus. If you're shooting DX, the 55-200mm DX VR is just about as sharp, but doesn't move as fast or take as much of a beating. Desert Brush at Dawn, 21 November 2016. Nikon D810, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 FL at 160mm at f/16 hand-held at 1/40 at Auto ISO 100. bigger or full-resolution file to explore on your computer. The very best protective filter is the 77mm Hoya multicoated HD3 UV which uses hardened glass and repels dirt and fingerprints, and is also multicoated. Its macro ability is unmatched by any other Nikon f/2.8 tele zoom, with a super-close 1:4.76 maximum reproduction ratio.It also works perfectly with any but the very cheapest or oldest Nikon AF film cameras. It sings on the D3 as well as the D40.
Engraved and filled with paint on a little piece glued into a recess on the bottom of the tripod collar. Filters last a lifetime, so you may as well get the best. The Hoya HD3 stays cleaner than the others since it repels oil and dirt. Even wide open here at f/2.8, it's still very sharp. Of course nothing is in focus at f/2.8 this close except for a vapor-thin plane that intersects some of the watch trim as shown above.I use a clear (UV) protective filter instead of a cap. I only use a cap when I throw this in my bag, otherwise I leave a clear filter on my lens at all times. VR NORMAL —ACTIVE: Use NORMAL for hand-holding from a fixed position. Use ACTIVE if you're in a helicopter, sand rail, or motorcycle. Performance seems the same, on a D3, as the lens alone, except now it's a 100~280mm f/4. If you're on a tripod and looking at images at 100%, it's just a teensy bit softer wide open (f/4) and is wonderful by f/5.6, one-stop down.
Sharpness has little to do with real image quality, but if you count your pixels, skip the TC-20E with the 70-200mm VR. Other than the diaphragm staying at f/2.8, exposure, autofocus, metering and VR work fine other digital cameras. On my Nikon F6 it only shoots at f/2.8 and everything else is perfect. 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! Ryan waves as he goes to school, 18 November 2016. Nikon D810, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 FL at 70mm, f/5 at 1/125 at Auto ISO 100. bigger or full-resolution file to explore on your computer. 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.
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There are no color fringes as shot on modern Nikon DSLRs, which by default correct any that may be there. On film, DX and FX digital, this is a very, very sharp lens from edge-to-edge on full-frame, even at f/2.8.
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