nikon 70-200 f2.8 VR

gpphotos

I just got mine in from B&H...wow...this thing is an amazing piece of glass.

this is a snapshot of my cat sitting up on a chair by a window. 200mm at ISO 200 f2.8 (VR normal mode) shutter speed? 1/15th of a second.



yummy. i cant wait to see how sharp it gets at faster shutter speeds.

xtnomad

I love mine and would not go shooting with out it.

Phyxius

I mine too!

There's been a thread about the canon equiv lens. We should start a nikon one. Full of glorious Nikon 70-200 2.8 VR shots. rofl

Congrats!

gpphotos

i'll post more shots as i get them...feel free to post some yourselves!

xtnomad

Here is one of mine
You may have seen this one before. i received the lens the night before this shot and was not sure what i was going to get with it. but i did start to find that sweet spot to shot with lighting and started to get a feel for the lens. After that I felll in love.

Mike Werner

xtnomad wrote:

You may have seen this one before. i received the lens the night before this shot and was not sure what i was going to get with it. but i did start to find that sweet spot to shot with lighting and started to get a feel for the lens. After that I felll in love.

Do you have aby problems getting it to focus on high speed bikes ?? Or do you focus manually ??

Mitchell

This is a great lens. Possibly one of the finest zooms ever made.

Mine just got back from Nikon after a $540 repair!:wow

Had to try it out handheld at my daughter's soccer match two days ago. This lens is a fast focuser and beautiful wide open.

Harryb

This shot with the 70-200 was selected for the St. Augystine's Alligator Farm's yearly calendar

xtnomad

Mike Werner wrote:

Do you have aby problems getting it to focus on high speed bikes ?? Or do you focus manually ??

It will focus fast but with the speed of the bikes i would like to try a longer 2.8 to help with the panning. With only 200mm you do have to get a little closer to get the shot. The fist time out i had about a 50% keeper rate and hope this inproves with time.

Seneca

Yes I definately love mine!!! Little pricey...but worth it.

Phyxius

My very, very first shot with this lens and my very first time at 2.8. I didn't even attempt to set this up I just pointed the lens at someone and pressed the button to see if 2.8 and a shutter speed of 1/2000 would work. I this lens!



Then, a short trip into DC just before Christmas got me these two night shots.

This was shot RAW and before I had a real RAW editor so EXIF was lost, but if I remember correctly this was on a tripod and shot at 1.5 seconds.



This one I do know as I posted in another forum about the VR. Down Penn. Ave @ 1/13 F 2.8 160mm ISO 200 with VR on, handheld.

Phyxius

Mitchell wrote:

This is a great lens. Possibly one of the finest zooms ever made.

Mine just got back from Nikon after a $540 repair!:wow

Had to try it out handheld at my daughter's soccer match two days ago. This lens is a fast focuser and beautiful wide open.

Mitchell, that shot is great!

Mac Swenson

Although I have the Canon version, the range is great, and I wouldn't trade it for any other zoom lense in the world.(maybe for a 400 f/2.8 though)

Mike Werner

xtnomad wrote:

It will focus fast but with the speed of the bikes i would like to try a longer 2.8 to help with the panning. With only 200mm you do have to get a little closer to get the shot. The fist time out i had about a 50% keeper rate and hope this inproves with time.

Yeah, that's more or less what I've got... hit & miss when it's fast. I alos hope over time that it'll improve; because once it is well focused, the quality is superior.