The NIKON Thread (Talk About Nikon Stuff here)

[perplex]

Anyone have experience with the 80-200 f2.8 push-pull? I just ordered one off ebay, hoping it's a good one.

[Arainach]

Optically, it's the same as the two-ring, so it'll take nice pictures. The problem is the lack of the tripod mount; you try to attach your camera body to a tripod with that lens on and it could damage or even rip out the lens mount. That's why most heavier lenses (including the 80-200 2 ring, 80-200 AF-S, and 70-200VR) have tripod mounts built in. If you're comfortably always hand-holding the lens, it won't be an issue.

[perplex]

Yeah, I think I found a good price on ebay and jumped for it. I'm a bit paranoid about somethings though. Dust because it's push-pull, the weigh! and how good the copy will be. Ah well... we'll see soon enough

[dj_mocok]

Don't worry about dust in the lens, it won't affect you in real life situation unless you got serious dust/fungus problems. My dad's old lens is so full of dust but the pictures coming from it are still beautiful.

[perplex]

Whoever has the 80-200 f2.8, mind posting some nice samples? I think that mbriant mod has one?

[mbriant]

You're correct. That mbriant mod has an 80 - 200 2.8 af-s version. It's possibly the sharpest lens of the 10 or so Nikon lenses I own......no small feat since most of them are fixed focal length. Here's some samples ... sorry about the bandwidth.

[perplex]

Thanks for those mbriant

[kugino]

nice pics, mbriant!

[SenjStevo]

Went out in the cold and took my first pics with the D40 kit. I did loads of auto and landscape preset stuff and then experimented with the focal size and shutter speeds. Here are some of my favourites:

[afireinside]

Looking to purchase a D40 kit, mainly looking to do car photography. Anywhere I can look for used ones?