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Nikon AF Nikkor 70 - 210mm f4.0 - 5.6


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Some time ago I posted that I was looking for a wide-angle Nikon lens to use on my Nikon FM2n.

I was not able to find anything suitable.

Today I was fortunate enough to find this zoom.

I paid the equivalent of approximately 97 , (ninety-seven) US Dollars for it.

The lens is in pristine condition , and in fact appears to have not been used at all.

I hope that I have not bought a BIG white elephant , but a little bitsy teeny one :D:D.

Just thought that I would share.

 

Cheers.

 

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I owned that lens pretty much since it came out and used it for many years on an FM2 (with a 24-50 on a second FM2) - manually focusing the lens wasn't as nice as with manual-focus only lenses but certainly doable. Optically, the lens is fine for use on film. The D version focuses faster due to faster gearing - but that's irrelevant on a manual focus camera.
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Not that I always, or even ever, agree with him, but Ken Rockwell seems to like it:

 

Nikon 70-210mm f/4-5.6 Review

 

though he likes the D version a little better.

 

He says that the D focuses faster, which might be good.

 

Though, as well as I understand it, faster focus makes it harder for autofocus.

 

I have a Kenko 2x teleconverter which, when using the mechanical focus

coupling (motor in camera) does a 2x gear reduction on the focus system.

 

Since the 2x teleconverter will also 2x the focus, as seen by AF, that makes

some sense. But lenses with built-in motor won't be slowed by that.

 

He seems to say that the prices are low, as more people go for the 70-300.

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-- glen

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