My favorite lens - it does weight a ton (and a half) Okay, if you got the dough to shelf out ~$1700 for the VR 70-200, go for it. Stabilization can really help with this kind of heavy lens. This sucker does weight close to 3 pounds by itself, and personally a beautiful lens to behold. It's very well constructed and takes great picture too.
I use this on a D80, typically shoot aperature priority. It's very sharp but does exhibit slight distortion at widest aperature. Dial it down to around f/4, it gets super sharp. The AF is fas...
[Nikon 80-200MM F/2.8D ED AF Lens (01986) review can be read at Amazon.com] |