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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / DSLR Cameras / July 2006Stumped On Nikon Lens Need
Fellow Foto Freaks, I am shooting action photography, mainly sports, and have found my Nikon 300mm f/4 Af-S ED-IF to be a great tool. But in some situations I have a need for a shorter lens in say the 200mm telephoto range (like the smaller fields the young kids play on). All Nikon has without spending $4K on a 200mm f/2G VR is the 180mm f/2.8D ED-IF AF at about $800. This 180mm lens lacks the Silent Wave autofocus (AF-S) and I am concerned about the focusing speed for sports needs. Any of you have experience in this area? I'd even consider another brand if it would do the job. I have looked at the new 70-200 f/2.8 VR lens, but since I shoot through the fence so much I question if this is a good choice, especially at $1500 bucks. My camera, by the way, is a D70s. Thanks in advance for your help. Dave s/h 80-300 2.8D - a good example is around $750 ?? Guy > Fellow Foto Freaks, > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > in advance for your help. > Dave > s/h 80-300 2.8D - a good example is around $750 ?? Does this exist ? I only find a 80-200 2.8D for some € 1200 (http://www.europe-nikon.com/category.aspx?countryId=3&languageId=3&catId=121) -Michael http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-Nikon-Nikkor-AF-80-200mm-80-200-f-2-8-f2-8-D-ED-UK_W0Q QitemZ290003715425QQihZ019QQcategoryZ30070QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem GB£564.99 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nikon-Nikkor-AF-ED-80-200mm-f-2-8D-80-200-Zoom-Lens_W0QQit emZ270004660221QQihZ017QQcategoryZ106862QQssPageNameZWD2VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem US$700 at present Guy >> s/h 80-300 2.8D - a good example is around $750 ?? >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > -Michael > Fellow Foto Freaks, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > sports needs. Any of you have experience in this area? I'd even > consider another brand if it would do the job. I haven't tried the 180 so I can't comment of focusing speed, but I would assume it would be reasonably fast but not as fast as one with AF-S. > I have looked at the new 70-200 f/2.8 VR lens, but since I shoot > through the fence so much I question if this is a good choice, > especially at $1500 bucks. My camera, by the way, is a D70s. Thanks > in advance for your help. Dave, the 70-200mm VR is a "must have" lens that is very versatile and will fill most of your needs beyond sports photography. The price is definitely worth it. You get an extremely sharp fast focusing lens that has pleasing bokeh. The only drawback is it's a big heavy lens, but is well worth carrying since the optics are so pleasing. Oh, and the focusing speed is very snappy and accurate. I really enjoy using mine and always carry it when I go out with my cameras. Rita Rita, With this lens what focus settings do you find give you the best focusing for sports/action? Thanks fpr the info! Dave >> Fellow Foto Freaks, >> [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Rita > Rita, > > With this lens what focus settings do you find give you the best focusing > for sports/action? Thanks fpr the info! It depends. :-) You might want to pre-focus at certain points that you know where there will be action and leave the lens on manual. I have had no trouble following basketball players with it on auto-focus and VR on (or even the 18-200mm VR, for that matter; it is also an AF-S lens). I would like to shoot a cockfight with it but have not yet had the opportunity. I figure that would be the greatest challenge for the 70-200: bad light, fast action, small sports 'participants' constantly moving closer and further away, probably a plexiglass wall to shoot through. That, to me, would possibly be one of the most difficult things to photograph that there is. I suspect the lens would handle it quite well. > I would like to shoot a cockfight with it but have > not yet had the opportunity. If you know anyone who has the birds, ask them about setting up "muffing" and shoot that. Muffing (fighting with either leather protectors over the natural spurs or with just the natural spurs) is legal in any US state. If you live in a state or nation where cockfighting is legal, that's another matter (in a number of states, the fighting is a misdeamenor but the betting is a felony). Fighting cocks move amazingly fast and in all directions. Even in good light, they're a challenge (I didn't have autofocus then, though).  SignatureRebecca Ore > > I would like to shoot a cockfight with it but have > > not yet had the opportunity. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > good light, they're a challenge (I didn't have autofocus then, > though). I am in the Philippines, doing some missionary work, but I do find time to take pictures (about 17,000 of them since May of last year). Cockfighting is one of the national sports. The big matches are broadcast on TV, which does give me a few ideas of how to approach photographing a cockfight. As a missionary, I have not wanted to appear to countenance gambling in any form, so I figure that most likely I will have to visit a cocker and photograph the sparring matches they do to train the birds. The biggest threat to cockfighting in Southeast Asia nowadays is not people who are opposed to it, but bird flu. The transporting of birds all over the place and the constant close human contact are seen as increasingly dangerous. > Fellow Foto Freaks, > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Dave I recently picked up a used 80~200 2.8 AF Nikon lens. Very nice lens, easy to handhold and very sharp. No built-in motor, so the focus is a bit slow, but fast enough. > Fellow Foto Freaks, > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > fence so much I question if this is a good choice, especially at $1500 > bucks. My camera, by the way, is a D70s. Thanks in advance for your help. I used to own the 180mm f/2.8 ED-IF and it was an awesome telephoto lens - probably one of the sharpest I've used. However, that said, it isn't a fast focussing lens, even when used on a pro-spec body like the F5. I have to second the proposal to get the 70-200mm f/2.8 VR. That's the best Nikon zoom lens I have ever used. Simply outstanding in all areas. SignatureNow with uploadable photo critique section in the forum http://www.nikongear.com/ You guys are great! I am trying to see what I can sell to buy the 7-200 VR! D >> Fellow Foto Freaks, >> [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > I have to second the proposal to get the 70-200mm f/2.8 VR. That's the > best Nikon zoom lens I have ever used. Simply outstanding in all areas. I have been considering the Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6D ED AF Zoom lens, mainly for nature photography. Comments? Bill >> Fellow Foto Freaks, >> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >I have to second the proposal to get the 70-200mm f/2.8 VR. That's the >best Nikon zoom lens I have ever used. Simply outstanding in all areas. > I have been considering the Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6D ED AF Zoom lens, mainly for > nature photography. Comments? > > Bill I have no experience with that one, sorry. It is a consumer grade lens so don't expect the world from it. I seem to recall a rumour that it was actually made by Tamron under license from Nikon. Signaturehttp://www.nikongear.com/ > > I have been considering the Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6D ED AF Zoom lens, mainly for > > nature photography. Comments? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > so don't expect the world from it. I seem to recall a rumour that it was > actually made by Tamron under license from Nikon. A popular rumor, probably spread by some ignorant camera store clerk. Nikon has no lenses made under license by anyone else, yet you hear this rumor all the time. You hear the opposite one, too, that some Tamron or Sigma lens is actually made by Nikon or Canon. That rumor is also hogwash. |
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