{"id":1876,"date":"2019-08-03T16:52:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-03T15:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/?p=1876"},"modified":"2019-08-11T13:15:26","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T12:15:26","slug":"which-nikon-70-200-zoom-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/03\/which-nikon-70-200-zoom-lens\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Nikon 70-200 zoom lens?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is not an image quality comparison, rather a few practical thoughts. Both lenses are more than sufficiently sharp for most uses, with the f\/2.8 having a slight edge on ‘usability’ in certain situations simply because it is 1 stop faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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70-200 f\/4.0 @ f\/6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I took this recently and got thinking about which lens I use the most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I purchased my first 70-200 in 2012 – it was a second-hand f\/2.8 VR l model and it served me well, for CiRCa and for the Cri’Art concerts, as both were environments where the range of lighting was vast – from almost total darkness to daylight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nikon 70-200 f\/2.8 VR l<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The f\/4 version came out after later in the same year, but didn’t particularly interest me, as I already owned the f\/2.8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A couple of years later, I had a chance to try the f\/4 version and I was impressed by the quality of the lens – it was considerably lighter (840 over 1480 grammes) and quite a lot less imposing (178mm versus 215mm) – but what impressed me the most was the quality of the optics. So I bought a new one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nikon 70-200 f\/4 VR<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This lens is sold <\/em>without<\/em><\/strong> the tripod foot. Apparently <\/em>Nikons<\/em><\/strong> thinking behind this is that it’s such a light lens that it’s unlikely that people will ever have to mount it on a tripod, so the tripod foot is extra – and a very expensive extra too at over 200\u20ac. As it happens, our Chinese cousins got their hands on this and now produce very respectable copies for 35\u20ac – delivered!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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iShoot tripod mount for the 70-200 f\/4<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This is in my current ‘kit’ – the fact that it is a stop slower doesn’t really change a lot for me – if I feel I really need a fast lens and I’m in a situation where a heavy lens isn’t problematic, I’ll use the f\/2.8 – but frankly, the f\/4 does pretty much all I need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To make the shot above I traveled by bike – I packed my backpack with a camera body, two lenses and a few odds and sods, and it was still easy to carry while I was riding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Horses for courses….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is not an image quality comparison, rather a few practical thoughts. Both lenses are more than sufficiently sharp for most uses, with the f\/2.8 having a slight edge on ‘usability’ in certain situations simply because it is 1 stop faster. I took this recently and got thinking about which lens I use the most. … <\/p>\n

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