First Nikon 70-200mm f2.8G ED VRII review

By [NR] admin | Published: October 13, 2009

While waiting:

70200comparediagrams First Nikon 70 200mm f2.8G ED VRII review

The first review of the new Nikon 70-200mm f2.8G ED VRII is up - check it out at Cliff Mautner's blog. It seems that Mr. Mautner is one of four photographers that have the lens right now and are working on an campaign for Nikon.

I pre-ordered mine from J&R and they should get them in stock on November 28th. This seems to be the date also for NPS members "priority" pre-orders (source). Amazon Japan also says that the lens will be available on November 30th.

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17 Comments

  1. bubuy
    Posted October 13, 2009 at 10:48 pm | Permalink

    i like how the way you pre-ordered. or was that a typo? :)

  2. Father Merrin
    Posted October 13, 2009 at 10:50 pm | Permalink

    Nice way to defelct the crappy announcement coming up ;-)

  3. blueproto
    Posted October 13, 2009 at 10:55 pm | Permalink

    Apparently Amazon Japan now says that it’ll be available on Nov 27 – if you click on the link.

    • [NR] admin
      Posted October 13, 2009 at 11:06 pm | Permalink

      they must have changed in the last 30 min

  4. Bo & Bro
    Posted October 13, 2009 at 10:56 pm | Permalink

    That’s some ridiculous VR action. 1/13th and sharp at 200mm!!!!

  5. iHateCanon
    Posted October 13, 2009 at 10:58 pm | Permalink

    I can not wait till Nikon comes out with new cameras tonight ! I hope the P&S are going to be involved ..

  6. Rich L
    Posted October 13, 2009 at 10:58 pm | Permalink

    Wow, looks great. Hope I can get one quickly!

  7. Father Merrin
    Posted October 13, 2009 at 11:02 pm | Permalink

    Can’t wait to shoot brick walls with this baby!!

  8. Simon
    Posted October 13, 2009 at 11:26 pm | Permalink

    This is a review from a fanboy who raves about nothing touches his old lens and claims the new lens is a big improvement. Lets be honest of it is that good then no one will need to use prime lens is it? Get real…..
    I shoot Canon with the EF 70-200 f2.8L IS. My observation based on the photos are the vigniting is improved, better than Canon. The stabalising much depend on the user but I can shoot 1/13th pretty still with my Canon. Sharpness wide open is rather dissapointing and not near as sharp as Canon. The EF 70-200 f2.8L IS is known to be soft wide open compared to other Canon lens in this zoom range so I do find it quite surprising Nikon has not bettered this with its new lens.

  9. Anonymous
    Posted October 13, 2009 at 11:32 pm | Permalink

    I am not saying I am a super hero by any means but the “shaky” 1/13 VR shot looks a little exaggerated…. I can get significantly better results than that.

  10. nikonmonster
    Posted October 13, 2009 at 11:36 pm | Permalink

    My nikon rep told me mine will 2nd week of November

  11. Leo
    Posted October 14, 2009 at 12:11 am | Permalink

    Bloody Hell….Sharp Sharp..

  12. Bonzo
    Posted October 14, 2009 at 5:24 pm | Permalink

    Does it have TRIPOD SENSING VR?

  13. zscho2
    Posted October 18, 2009 at 1:16 pm | Permalink

    No idea about the tripod sensing VR bit, but i tried it at the Nikon Roadshow in Malaysia. Darned sharp, and the VR works as advertised. Had a TC-20 mounted on for the sake of it and it was usable handheld @ 400mm, 1/60

  14. snt
    Posted October 19, 2009 at 9:50 pm | Permalink

    Some more 70-200 VR2 sample photos:
    http://ganref.jp/magazines/index/1/0/340
    http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/review/lens_review/20091020_322884.html