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Originally posted by Christobal65Yeah but 280mm (200*1.4) isnt long enough for LAX but the 1.7 gives me 340mm, which is more useful.
If you are looking for something about the 300mm mark you cant go far wrong with either the 300 f2.8 prime but thats rather expensixe or the 300 f4. Both a superb lenses. Or if you realy like the f2.8 there is the Sigma model but again its alot of money.
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I am shooting with a Nikon D70 and an old style (metal frame push pull zoom) 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6 AF, so i am used to the crop factor. In fact I dont shoot film or anything that doesnt crop so I normally just disregard the crop factor.
The 75-300mm is a decent lens but the 70-200 f/2.8 even with a 1.7x or 2x will be by far sharper and faster.
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Originally posted by seahawkTry the new 70-300 AF-S VR you could be very surprised.
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Well, slight change of plans in that instead of the D200, I got myself a D80. Nice piece of kit... as soon as the bank account recovers, the lens is next.
The f 2.8 is a nice idea, but VR is also nice as it gives killer panning shots in low light
But does VR work with a teleconverter?
Cheers,
Mark
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Originally posted by MaltaAirSpotterWell, slight change of plans in that instead of the D200, I got myself a D80. Nice piece of kit... as soon as the bank account recovers, the lens is next.
The f 2.8 is a nice idea, but VR is also nice as it gives killer panning shots in low light
But does VR work with a teleconverter?
Cheers,
Mark
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For a D80 the new AF-S 70-300 VR is really really a good starting lense with very little trade-off in performance, if any to the 80-400.
Test shot from the first day with the D200 (only day yet cause off the weather)
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If you intend on spending big, then I would take the 70-200 2.8 VR + TC. If you should prefer 2.8 or VR, well that depends. For airshows I would always pick the 2.8 cause I life in an region of grey skies and bad weather, so shutter speed is life for me. If you do mostly airliners and live in sunny regions, VR becomes interesting for easy panning shots.Last edited by seahawk; 2007-01-10, 20:40.
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