The new August 2011 issue of Men's Journal magazine has a Revo sunglasses ad, featuring photographer Jimmy Chin holding a Nikon DSLR camera with an unusual/unknown lens attached. The lens looks like a short version of the existing 70-200 f/2.8 VR II. Could this be the new 80-400mm lens? Or maybe this is an existing lens from Sigma, Tamron or Tokina? What do you guys think? A list of all current Nikon lenses can be found here.
Here is the full ad:
Update (thanks broxibear) - Jimmy Chin was kind enough to contact me about this and here's a direct quote:
"It's the old 80 - 400 Nikkor. I don't actually use it much, just happened to be the prop they wanted for that shoot."
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FIRST…..
But I dunno what it is ?
Necessary?
Leave him alone. Being the first poster in an insignificant thread on a low-traffic website was the high point of his life!
Only losing your virginity or reaching level 80 in WoW will possibly ever come close to eclipsing this life-defining moment…
70-200 without the shield
I second that. I hope its the 70-200 f/4 vrii priced between 1100 to 1300 usd at less 2lbs in wt. Good performer in smaller package at reasonable price.
Old 80-400 VR.
I think it’s smaller than the current 80-400 lens:
http://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl=en&biw=1195&bih=717&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=nikon+80-400mm+lens&oq=nikon+80-400mm+lens&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=7124l8583l0l9342l5l5l0l4l4l0l179l179l0.1l1
You should get contacts or glasses or something. You do know how small 300 2.8s are right? 80-400s are smaller still. And I don’t even know why I think 300 2.8s are small.
80-400 is small. smaller then 70-200.
I can’t see a shooter who has top secret Nikon gear on loan allowing himself to be shot for an advertising photo shoot with it.
Might well be an existing lens ‘shopped to remove Nikon marks.
BIGGER QUESTION???
If the lens is the new 80-400.
Is the camera the new D800?????????????????????
Could it be a new 24-70mm F2.8?
What for ? It’s already perfect, I hope Nikon will not put a VR in it.
A zoom is already complicated, adding VR does not improve reliability.
Werd!
I don’t think it is a telephoto. It looks more like a fat midrange zoom. Maybe a 24-85mm f/2.8-4 VR?!
Or even 24-70mm f/2.8 VRII.
There is no I version as it does not have VR. If it gers VR, which is stupid, it will be called 24-70mm f2.8 VR.
I still dont see why you want VR on such a lens.
II referes to VR not to the lens. VRII means the second generation of the VR technology, not the second version of the lens.
If you think using VR in midrange lens is stupid then you stick on 24-70 and boost the iso to 6400 to get ugly noisy photos.
VR is quite useless on 24-70mm. Such lens is typically used for photographing people and people move, which means that 1/30 is the longest exposure you can go (if not seeking for some motion blur effects).
At 70mm it’s no brainer to keep picture sharp without VR even at 1/30. Though VR would help, but nevertheless it would just add cost and more moving parts and increase chance of malfunction.
The game changes when 70-200mm is used, then VR becomes necessity. At 200mm 1/30 is almost impossible without VR and you should go around 1/200 to be on safe area.
This yields for FX bodies. DX bodies obey the same rule, but with that 1.5 crop factor in mind. When I started, I had 18-55mm no-VR kit lens and I never really needed a VR on that either.
First of all, even for what you mentioned (motion blur effect), VR is useful. So VR is not “quit useless”.
In fact VR is a very cool feature to have in wide0normal range lenses. I love it on my 16-35mm
Secondly, only brainless people spend thousands of dollars to get a high res camera and then they take a photo at 70mm 1/30s. The next generation of nikon cameras won’t be 12mp anymore. This is really funny that people always ask for larger megapixel count and on the other hand they shoot at 70mm 1/30 of a second. It is totally waste of resolution of the sensor.
The other think is that video guys love VR. Even for this single reason it is quite possible to see a 24-70 VR in not so far future.
I strongly believe that we will see a VRII version of 24-70 before 2013.
’cause not everybody has surgeon-steady hands, and in a “romantically” lit venue, you can only crank the ISO so far;)
There are people whose shooting habits do not require VR on a mid-range zoom. But it’s a complete failure of imagination to pre-suppose _nobody_ could _possibly_ use VR on a mid-range…
Tamron’s 17-50 [on DX] has VC, and it’s certainly the better for it
And VR on my 16-35 is amazing. 1/8 second and everything is sharp. It adds to the aresenal of creativity to have it. If I don’t want it, I turn it off.
A nice fast f/2.8 aperture would be a more useful addition to my particular arsenal ….that’s where they goofed that lens I feel.
Yeah sure, they decided to ditch the internal focusing and zooming design. They gonna make the whole lens extendable now to collect more dust and just to have more retarded design. Epic thinking, not to even mention the size of this lens. Facepalm.
the 24-85 is smaller
the new 40 dx macro?
Please tell me You’re joking. Why da f..ck would You need 2 operational rings on a fixed focal lens for f…cks sake?!!! Have You EVER seen ANY lens before?
Seeing how I am just looking into a 80-400mm this bloody well could be a replacement!
If so then I say finally! Anybody dares to guess its new price?
Btw do you guys think 10yr old 80-400 is worth 1/2 of its todays purchase price?
looks like old 80-400
I dont think a new 80-400 would have this M-A ring between zoom and focus ring
exactly! That`s the point. After noticing this it is sure that is a old nikon lens design.
I am also convinced that it is 80-400 (old lens) for the same reason.
like I said on Twitter last week, looks like the 80-400. It has the same rubber rings, and the same front lens. Only missing is the tripod collar.
I hope it is a new high-end DX lens!
AF-S VR Nikkor 70-200mm F4 IF ED N
yea right. that lens will not extend when zoomed, this one clearly does.
Facepalm.jpg
Its either the new 80-400 or the forthcoming 70-300 f/2.8-4. those are the only current options for it. No third party lens looks that much like a Nikon.
Just checked on my 80-400 and it looks exactly the same: under the lens of the as, we can hardly see the white writing “Nikon VR ED 0 77 Made in Japan”. On the barrel where the tripod collar should be, we can see the dot for its positioning. The proportions are exactly the same when I hold my copy like the guy does on the picture.
Thus, I’m 100% sure it’s the old 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6
This dude uses a rope as a camera strap?
The question is, what’s he use for rope?! O_o
He’s a rock climber – that why the rope.
makes perfect sense! (?)
Its actually just a sling. And its probably rated to a lot more than your camera straps if it would be dropped. I do the same thing with the same sling. Have it on a long sling on one side, strap on the other, so if it gets dropped, its attached to the harness by a carabiner and it’s caught. Ta-da!
http://www.revo.com/#/downloads
any insights ?
The link you sent shows the old 80-400 with the red VR symbol. The lens posted on this apge should be the same (80-400 without tripod collar).
This is old 80-400!!
old 80-400. it looks weird because all of the markings have been blacked out.
I dunno.
All I know is I have a sudden urge to buy some sunglasses… o_O
Comparing with my old 80-400mm it looks pretty much the same. It would be quite strange if Nikon was to make a new lens that still used the old style mf/af switch, as does the lens in the picture: of the three rubber rings in the barrel, the middle and narrower one looks a lot like such switch. Any new lens should be afs.
1) We can’t see the tripod collar footing
2) It’s a high zoom range. no 24-70 or anything in that range.
3) 80-400 looks to be more realistic.
4) Are we sure it’s a nikon? i THOUGHT Tokina had something similar, but NR Admin made a good point, it looks like the old 80-400…..
Eitherway…. it’s an older lens. if it were new they wouldnt run the print…..unless its FROM nikon.
Now, if it was a 2.8 or brighter lens, it would make sense for him to use the sunglasses while taking the photos on account of such a bright viewfinder
. With a 5.6 lens, the add is lost on me.
maybe take a few shots from an old 80-400 or 70-200 or whatever and hold them at the same angle as in the picture. Then start comparing rings, specific characteristics..
Yep, looks like an old 80-400 to me. Just had a quick comparisson.
Any truth or hope to it?
That 70-300 2.8-4 idea sounds very interesting…
How many believe we might see 120-300mm f4 to complement 24-120 f4 and 16-35mm f4?
OH.MY.GOD.
Is that the new nikon strap?!
^This.
135mm f/2.0 DC AF-S
And the winner is… old 80-400 http://www.flickr.com/groups/feedbackloop/discuss/72157624402780644/ (3rd photo).
Please notice the white mark for tripod collar on advert photo…
Guys! This is silly! There is no reason to show experimental lens in sunglasses commercial
Indeed.. where did common sense go?
… down the drain.
agree with you … They have simply hide all logo from another campagny. Nikon is invisible and maybe it’s a fake lens.
My guess is an 70-200/4
If this is a new lens, it is a new lens looking EXACTLY like the old 80-400 VR.
See Martin.K’s link above.
The old lens does not have a gold band.
My old 80-400 has a gold band.
And taking off the tripod collar ring and hood and holding it at the same angle it has exactly the same profile.
It is, in fact, the old 80-400. There are other images on the Revo site that show all the markings and switches.
As does mine. My memory is getting… Wait, what were we talking about? Oh, yes the lens. It would have been mighty sloppy for someone to have slipped NDA equipment into an ad for something else. Given the lead time for such things they’ed have had to have had it in hand some time ago as well.
It looks like nikon 80-400mm,his fingers tells the tale,about the same length.
It’s 28-600 f/3.5-8G VR ED Aspherical.
Hopefully 70-200mm f/4 VR. Canon has got one, why should not Nikon offer something similar?
This lens looks a bit too plastic. I am not sure this would be Nikon.
It’s clearly the current Nikon 80-400 without the tripod collar. Just compare photos, what’s the doubt? Can’t be anything else current. Perfectly matches the current 80-400. A new 80-400 wouldn’t have the AF-MF ring as stated in a previous comment…
+1
I happened to have the 80-400 mounted on a D90, and it looks exactly like that.
Like other folks have noted, the new version won’t have the narrow A/M ring.
Of course a new lens wouldn’t show up in a random add, but it IS a fun little discussion.
It’s the old 80-400… I’m 100% on this
He’s holding a 24mp D800 cw 70-200mm f/4
This is what I was afraid of … looking at ghost lenses … halucinating too much due to the zero number of nikon news.
In less 4 weeks (I would say 3 weeks) we supposed to see new cameras and we heard/know not much. I am afraid there will be plenty of angry people.
What’s so special about that lens? It’s just the current 80-400mm. Nothing to see here. Move.
maybe its a new lens. maybe 80-400 f2.8
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Do you know how large a 400 2.8? a zoom with that range and aperture would be enormous.
Old 80-400. 99% sure of that.
Just checked my old Nikkor lens catalogues, definetly looks like the old 80-400mm lens.
That’s clearly the OLD, yet CURRENT 80-400mm. I own one and love it. Not the best lens in the world, but for what it is, it’s great and very sharp stopped down.
It’s an advert for glasses. So in advertising you can’t use signes of brand like nikon in your own advert, you need an agreement of the brand or rights to pay. So the cheaper way is to photoshoped an existing product. You have to hide brand and identity of the camera & the lense. That’s the reason why you can’t guess wich brand/model is use in this ad. In my opinion it’s not a new product.
100% the good old 80-400 VR.
Next!
it looks like the 80-400mm.
It’s either soap on a rope or one of those Nikon coffee mugs.
Looks like a new Sigma lens to me.
I think its new 70-300 VR F4.
no filter, no good