Nikon 200-400Mm F4G Af-S Vr If-Ed Zoom-Nikkor

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However, if your main subjects for shooting are small birds then you may find yourself slightly limited unless your prepared to put in more ground work for getting closer to your subjects undetected. Whilst I find the optics with a TC usable, some may not like the results. So if your only going to buy one lens and it’s a choice between this with lots of TC use or a 500 or 600/4 I’d go with the prime lens. And of course it IS heavy and I think that is one of the main things you need to take in to account when your thinking about buying one of these, especially if your not used to bigger glass and are stepping up from 70-200 sized lenses. N: Nano-crystal coating, meaning a coating which varies its index of refraction continuously to achieve even greater reflection reduction. It's probably only on one surface, and is used mostly for marketing purposes.

First impressions were ... this lens seems huge, especially when the long lens hood is attached. This impression is fuelled by the very large carry case it comes in. Probably the most impressively constructed lens case I've ever seen with oodles of protective padding ... but why oh why didn't Nikon create enough room to carry the lens with a D2 body attached!? Just a few more inches of latitude and it would have been a perfect fit ... a seriously missed opportunity Nikon, shame on you. If you can get the original version on close-out, you just got yourself a bargain, because this new lens is the same thing.Would Nikon make a top of the range professional super telephoto lens and then skimp by putting a below par drop in filter in the optical path?

This means you can fill the frame with something only 2.3 x 3.4" (58 x 87mm) on DX, or 3.5 x 5.2" (89 x 133mm) on FX and film.Overall, handling is slightly awkward for handholding due to the large size and weight of the lens, but on a tripod I find it perfectly fine (other than the issues I mentioned). At 400mm you can focus directly down to 6.5 feet (2 meters), which is larger than 1/4 life size at the sensor, or much bigger than life when printed. I think my VR II is better at 400mm than my VR I was, but I think I definitely need to stop down to f5.6 to sharpen it up at the far end of the zoom.