Vaman From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 328 posts, RR: 0 Posted (10 years 8 months 2 weeks 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 820 times:
First off i know this is a reacurring subject. But, y'all serve as a kind of photo role model for me. I spend hours studying your pictures on here to see how i learn from them. Anyways what are you thoughts on the.
Sigma 135-400 APo
Sigma 170-500
Nikon 80-200 F2.8
Nikon 70-300ed F4.5-5.6
Nikon 80-400 VR
800-1200 lenses
fixed 500mm/600mm nikon pro lenses(F/2.80
50mm F1.8
Can you produce some examples please.
Thank you so much
vaman
Jwenting From Netherlands, joined Apr 2001, 10213 posts, RR: 25 Reply 1, posted (10 years 8 months 2 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 772 times:
The 50mm f/1.8 Nikkor is a classic.
The 80-400VR is starting to become one.
I'd love to get my hands on the 80-400VR but will take the 170-500 Sigma instead (in fact, I will likely save up for it next year).
The fixed Nikkor long teles you mention are incredible, but way out of my league.
Unless you are Superman of have them on a very heavy tripod, 800-1200 lenses are useless. They are just too heavy to hold steady.
The 80-200 is by far the best lens. Then the 70-300 and last but not least the Sigma 170-500. If you have the money and don't need the range, go for the 2,8/80-200.
Vaman From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 328 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (10 years 8 months 2 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 729 times:
I own the 70-300 ed. I think i will buy the 170-500. How is its controlibilty. Maybe i'll buy both the 200 and the 500. Hmm....keep the thoughts pouring and and thank you for your answers. Seems like the same people always anser my posts.
vaman
Vaman From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 328 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (10 years 8 months 2 weeks 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 728 times:
All of the ones listed so far have in this string are good.
Ckw From UK - England, joined Aug 2010, 324 posts, RR: 19 Reply 9, posted (10 years 8 months 2 weeks 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 724 times:
You first need to decide whether you want a 300mm or a 300mm as the top end of a zoom (eg. 75-300).
In general, a "fixed" 300mm will give you a better image quality for the same (or less) cost than a zoom, but of course you loose the zoom's flexibility.
Again, for the same cost, you can usually buy a faster fixed focal length 300 than zoom (eg. f4 vs f5.6). This means that by adding a decent x2 teleconvertor to the fixed 300mm you can get an acceptable 600mm into the bargain.
Sunilgupta From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 758 posts, RR: 18 Reply 11, posted (10 years 8 months 2 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 708 times:
The 80-400 VR is the best lens I've ever had. To put it simply - It replaced two lenses in my bag and let me do things I could never do before.
For example: low light hand held shots, 400mm shots (I had a fixed 300), shoot a whole aircraft on approach and then zoom in to get a nose or tail detail shot, etc.
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