Nikon Rumors Forum » Topic: Nikon 70 -200 Old vs. new (Not Focus Breathing Thread) http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=1097 where there’s smoke there’s forum fire en-US Thu, 23 May 2013 09:10:18 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://nikonrumors.com/forum/search.php bernard on "Nikon 70 -200 Old vs. new (Not Focus Breathing Thread)" http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=1097#post-18194 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:48:11 +0000 bernard 18194@http://nikonrumors.com/forum/

Nice shot adamz ! Very sharp !

I hope the AF speed is up to the job, especially with airplanes. That needs to be very fast. Let's wait for some tests.

Demisthene Akatsuki on "Nikon 70 -200 Old vs. new (Not Focus Breathing Thread)" http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=1097#post-18193 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:45:36 +0000 Demisthene Akatsuki 18193@http://nikonrumors.com/forum/

Me likes that pic adamz, aye aye.

adamz on "Nikon 70 -200 Old vs. new (Not Focus Breathing Thread)" http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=1097#post-18192 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:35:01 +0000 adamz 18192@http://nikonrumors.com/forum/

I have the old one and have the TC20, below is a shot taken with this combination - handheld (it was already in the PAD thread):

Chilean Flamingo

as for me the IQ is great, the only drawback I see is the AF speed, so if the new one behaves better, I'm so eager to have it in my bag.

ShadeofBlue on "Nikon 70 -200 Old vs. new (Not Focus Breathing Thread)" http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=1097#post-18191 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:24:03 +0000 ShadeofBlue 18191@http://nikonrumors.com/forum/

It's 140-400 f/5.6. No need to look things up, 2 stops is obtained by multiplying the old f/stop by 2! :)

I'd wait until reviews for the new TC come out, but if it's better than the current version it might be worth it. 2x TCs in general seem to be rather risky though. At that magnification the lens has to be pretty perfect for it to be worth it, but then again the old 70-200 is supposed to be amazing on DX, so who knows.

Willis on "Nikon 70 -200 Old vs. new (Not Focus Breathing Thread)" http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=1097#post-18190 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:04:08 +0000 Willis 18190@http://nikonrumors.com/forum/

Wow! while we were all arguing the merits of focus breathing, Nikon dropped a new lens on us! I don't have the cash for the 300mm 2.8, but that new TC lens would turn a 70-200 into a 140-400 f4 (or whatever 2 stops above 2.8 is... no time to look it up today).

So now that I was almost sold on the new VR2 version, I could have the older version (also very good) AND the new teleconverter for the same price. That's pretty compelling given that I would probably be using this lens on DX for the forseeable future.

DARN YOU NIKON! .... Now what am I going to do.