Nikon Rumors Forum » Topic: 70-200mm VRII night testing.

alphanikonrex on "70-200mm VRII night testing."

alphanikonrex — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:13:58 +0000

LSE said:
that's just for grip or looks. It doesn't do anything. or it may be to keep the canon guys guessing.

That's what I expected, thanks for the explanation.

LSE on "70-200mm VRII night testing."

LSE — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:06:51 +0000

bmxdad said:
Nice shots, just like my older 70-200 they can sure give you a great bokeh. Have you used the older lens like I have to maybe compare.

Anyway, I still love my lens, but one thing is for sure the new lens looks better, the body shape is just more balanced

Pete

thanks. I have used the VRI lens but not enough to do a comprehensive comparison. both are superb optics anyways.

LSE on "70-200mm VRII night testing."

LSE — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:00:45 +0000

alphanikonrex said:
Oh BTW can you tell us about the third ring at the front of the lens? What exactly is that?

that's just for grip or looks. It doesn't do anything. or it may be to keep the canon guys guessing.

alphanikonrex on "70-200mm VRII night testing."

alphanikonrex — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:52:58 +0000

bmxdad said:
Anyway, I still love my lens

NO YOU DO NOT! YOU HATE YOUR OLD VR LENS! YOU MUST GET THE NEW ONE! (That way I can have your old one ;^) Actually my 80-200 ƒ/2.8 is on the way :^) )

bmxdad on "70-200mm VRII night testing."

bmxdad — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:50:45 +0000

Nice shots, just like my older 70-200 they can sure give you a great bokeh. Have you used the older lens like I have to maybe compare.

Anyway, I still love my lens, but one thing is for sure the new lens looks better, the body shape is just more balanced

Pete

warprints on "70-200mm VRII night testing."

warprints — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:50:35 +0000

Nice - you make me want to run out and buy one. But alas, I'll have to wait until I recover from Christmas shopping.

alphanikonrex on "70-200mm VRII night testing."

alphanikonrex — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:47:16 +0000

Oh BTW can you tell us about the third ring at the front of the lens? What exactly is that?

alphanikonrex on "70-200mm VRII night testing."

alphanikonrex — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:45:55 +0000

Ah, you got it.

WOW. Those are beautiful! Thank you so much :^)

LSE on "70-200mm VRII night testing."

LSE — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:45:54 +0000

alphanikonrex said:
You post images like this:

thanks. that caught me by surprise. hey admin you need to get vbulletin!

alphanikonrex on "70-200mm VRII night testing."

alphanikonrex — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:41:04 +0000

You post images like this:

LSE on "70-200mm VRII night testing."

LSE — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:39:32 +0000

I'm not a technical tester so this is just my impressions under a cold night.

VRII is good but I only pushed it to around 1/30s in a few shots. everything below was shot handheld. AF is fast and precise. the lens is solid and focus and zoom rings are very smooth. bokeh is nice IMO.

I will go back there and try to get some 1/20 and 1/10 shots. all shots below are above 1/30 and all of them are done wide open. so far so good. and yeah, no vignetting!

pic links
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31692912@N07/