{"id":18068,"date":"2012-05-23T04:00:58","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T11:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/?p=18068"},"modified":"2024-02-26T04:47:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T11:47:20","slug":"a-few-from-the-80200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2012\/05\/23\/a-few-from-the-80200\/","title":{"rendered":"A few from the 80~200 f\/4.5 Nikkor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not half bad.<\/i><\/p>\n

I went on about the Zoom-Nikkor 80-~200mm f\/4.5 lens the other day<\/a> and finally had a chance to take it for a spin.<\/p>\n

Light and easy to use, you have to be a bit careful with focus at full aperture as f\/4.5 is not all that bright, though the viewfinder focus confirmation LED in the D700 works a treat in marginal cases. Fixing any zoom slop with vinyl tape, as I illustrated, is essential. There’s nothing worse than having the zoom ring flop about in use. In the snaps that follow I mostly used f\/4.5 and f\/5.6. The lens needs no stopping down to sharpen up and renders out of focus areas in a pleasant, smooth manner at larger apertures.<\/p>\n

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MIB3.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n

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Friends.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n

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Shine.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n

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Go Forth.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n

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On break.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n

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Bay Bridge.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n

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Sky ride.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n

For about a Benjamin, the lens is a keeper. Many will prefer the 75-150 Series E<\/a> which, at f\/3.5, is a stop faster and much lighter and smaller, but if you need the extra reach, this lens does nicely. And the 80-200mm is a better lens, clearly out-resolving the 75-150mm through f\/8, where the smaller lens catches up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not half bad. I went on about the Zoom-Nikkor 80-~200mm f\/4.5 lens the other day and finally had a chance to take it for a spin. Light and easy to use, you have to be a bit careful with focus at full aperture as f\/4.5 is not all that bright, though the viewfinder focus confirmation … Continue reading A few from the 80~200 f\/4.5 Nikkor<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nikon-lenses","category-photographs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18068"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38348,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18068\/revisions\/38348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}