omar Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 Take a look at http://www.graysofwestminster.co.uk/newsitem.php?id=35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jemini_joseph Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 Finally Nikon is competing with Canon. The only reason I didn't move to canon when I was hunting for a 500mm lens, is that I couldn't afford a IS lens anyway. So I stayed with Nikon and bought Sigma 500mm. I guess by the time I'll be able to buy a IS or VR lens, there will be lots of VR lenses in the market. Or at least pros will start selling their AF-S lens and go for VR, then I can get AF-S :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry n. Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 Cool. Can't wait to see the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 "In a recent meeting with Mr. Tetsuro Goto, Head of Research and Development for Nikon SLR cameras, I asked if all future professional specification Nikkors would follow suit and be of the G-type. He explained that the decision to adopt the G specification for the VR 70-200mm lens was based purely on engineering reasons, because Nikon�s priority was to produce a lightweight, compact lens, and that there was no policy to dispense with a conventional aperture ring in future lenses provided it fitted the design criteria."<p> Hmmmmm, what criteria would that be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 My criteria for judging whether I will go for this lens or not essentially boils down to: will this lens plus TC-14 and TC-20, all under US warranty, cost more than gray market 80-200AF-S + 80-400 VR? I suspect it will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omar Posted February 10, 2003 Author Share Posted February 10, 2003 Hi There will soon be a review at http://www.naturfotograf.com/index2.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jemini_joseph Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 Chuck I guess it will. I heard it's going to be the same price as AF-S 80-200. May be little higher. Don't they have to compete with Canon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 Chuck, if your objective is to have a 400mm/f5.6 with VR, I would wait a bit longer to see how the 70-200 VR works with TCs, 1.4x and 2x, in terms of (1) image quality, (2) AF speed as well as (3) how well VR works with a 2x TC on. Generally speaking, I have doubts about adding a 2x TC on a zoom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 The I guess I better unload the 80-200 AF-S while the going is still good. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkka_nissila Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 I played with the lens today and I have to say that it has the best "feel" factor of any Nikkor lens I've tried. Lightweight, solid, amazing zoom and manual focusing feel, looks like the VR works ok, and tripod mount seems to be solid too. The list price in my country is 3000 � (including VAT). That's pretty high since I bought my 80-200/2.8D ED N for 1000 � new. But the lens seems pretty nice. It's good to hear that Nikon isn't planning on going all "G". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 Hmmm, 3000 Euros = about 2700 dollars. So the street price would be about $2000 here in US, This means the new lens with AF-I teleconverters would not quite price competitive against the 80-200 AF-S + 80-400 VR combo. I sort of expected this, since Canon's own 70-200 IS is also around $2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted February 10, 2003 Share Posted February 10, 2003 Actually the US $ has dropped quite a bit recently and 1 Euro is now approximately $1.07. The Canon 70-200mm/f2.8 IS is now $1700 at B&H (the grey version is about $80 cheaper), so $2000 for the new Nikkor 70-200mm/f2.8 AF-S VR is in the ballpark. In any case, since I don't see why I need VR in a 70-200mm zoom, all of these is moot to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl smith Posted February 11, 2003 Share Posted February 11, 2003 I have to agree. I guess it really depends on your shooting style. I just hope the tripod mount isn't as flimsy as some of the other recent Nikkor lenses I've used. I wasn't impressed by the 80-400s mount, although it's not the same class of lens according to Nikon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 Paedee's camera store here in Sacramento promises the new Nikon 70-200mm AF-S VR for this coming friday (2/21/2003). The retail price is $1899.99. Putting the relative prices into prospective, This same store sells Nikon's older 80-200mm AF-S for $1699.99 and Canon's 70-200mm IS for $1999.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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