Olympus Zuiko Digital - telephoto zoom lens - 50 mm - 200 mm F/2.8-3.5

The nikon 70-200mm F2.8 VR, top-of-the-line

Advantages: Beautiful bokeh, tack-sharp, vibration reduction, easy to use, many useful accessories
Disadvantages: heavy, expensive, slight vignetting, prone to flaring

their version, the so-called "vibration reduction", was the 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6 ED. An interesting lens to be sure, but Nikon owners really started to get excited at the announcement of the AF-S 70-200 F2.8 VR. This lens, a successor of a highly regarded line of professional lenses, turned out to be spectacular: the image stabila? sorry, the vibration reduction was possibly even more effective than Canon's and the image quality? Well, I am going to discuss that right now! ---Image quality--- The 70-200 VR is a tack-sharp lens, as you would expect of a lens in this price class. It is not even in the same ballpark as normal consumer lenses: the colours are vibrant, the details sharp, and the bokeh (the appearance of parts of the picture that our out of focus) is stunning. The lens is particularly famous for the silky smooth rendering of out ...

hetvuurtje 24.03.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Nikon Zoom-Nikkor telephoto zoom lens - 70 mm - 200 mm F/2.8

Nikkor 18-200mm VR zoom lens user review

Advantages: great zoom range, good build quality, image stabilization, universal
Disadvantages: maximum apertures only average, high price

in or out of the lens body. The creep only occurs when lens is zoomed to some focal lenght between 70 and 135mm. The focus ring is located behind the zoom ring and can be used to manually tweak the focus in autofocus mode. The ring is a tiny bit loose, but moves smoothly and precisely. It does not rotate during autofocus. There is a distance scale marked both in feet and meters, but no depth of field scale. The images produced by the lens are of good quality, although there is noticeable vignetting (darkening of the corners) when zoomed to 200mm and using wide apertures. The lens has a variable aperture, the maximum aperture is F3.5 at 18mm and F5.6 at 200mm. It is bright enough for daytime photography but requires assistance from flash when taking pictures indoors to avoid blurs. Sharpness is good across the image, with little ...

matipp 23.12.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Nikon Zoom-Nikkor zoom lens - 18 mm - 200 mm F/3.5-5.6

Sigma EX DG 70-200mm f2.8 HSM Macro

Advantages: Build quality. Finish. Range. Fast maximum aperture.
Disadvantages: Image quality not as good as expected. Chromatic Aberration.

-size reproduction, this lens doesn't! Although both the previous and latest models of this lens focus to a highly respectable 100cm (1 metre), this does not provide 1 to 1 life-size reproduction, merely 1 to 3.5 at 200mm focal length. I do wish all manufacturers would be a little more 'honest' in their description of their product's specifications? This lens has a large maximum aperture of f/2.8 which remains consistent throughout the zoom range and is fully compatible with the Sigma EX 1.4x or 2x APO Tele Converters, both of which maintain full AF (auto focus) facilities. The lens features Sigma's HSM (Hypersonic Motor) AF and is fast, accurate and very quiet. Construction is a combination of metal and high quality plastics, along with a fair amount of large pieces of glass. Light it isn't but considering the specification and the fact that it has ...

davecham 28.12.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Sigma EX telephoto zoom lens - 70 mm - 200 mm F/2.8