Lens Testing - Nikon 80-200F2.8 push-pull - page 1

Non-scientific, seat-of-the-pants shots with a Nikon 80-200F2.8 AF-D push-pull lens. When I got my D700 I took out several lenses one at a time to see how they performed on FX. I used the 80-200F2.8 many times with film, but less with my DX cameras. I feel the focal length is not wide enough on DX, but it works well on FX.

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NIKON D700, 1/4000, F2.8 First attempts at using old push-pull 80-200F2.8 with new D700. Overall, I like the 80-200 F2.8 much more on film and FX digital than on DX digital.	NIKON D700, 1/2000, F2.8 Wide open. Could be a bit sharper. (Note: sharpening has not been applied to these images).	NIKON D700, 1/4000, F2.8
NIKON D700, 1/6400, F2.8	NIKON D700, 1/6400, F2.8 Vignetting wide open	NIKON D700, 1/320, F11 Vignetting gone at F11.
NIKON D700, 1/320, F11	NIKON D700, 1/2500, F2.8 Series of shots to get idea of background blur and vignetting.	NIKON D700, 1/1600, F4
NIKON D700, 1/800, F5.6	NIKON D700, 1/400, F8	NIKON D700, 1/400, F8
NIKON D700, 1/500, F8	NIKON D700, 1/3200, F2.8	NIKON D700, 1/1600, F2.8 Looking for subject isolation at F2.8
NIKON D700, 1/2500, F2.8 Getting idea of amount of depth of field with D700. Note vignetting of sky at F2.8 - but background is nicely blurred.	NIKON D700, 1/1600, F4	NIKON D700, 1/400, F8
NIKON D700, 1/800, F8	NIKON D700, 1/640, F8	NIKON D700, 1/4000, F2.8
NIKON D700, 1/5000, F2.8 Center sharpness wide open at infinity.	NIKON D700, 1/30, F22 Depth of field test at F22. Shutter speed to low at base ISO.	NIKON D700, 1/160, F22 Boosting ISO to 640 allows much higher shutter speed at F22. D700 handles this ISO extremely well.
NIKON D700, 1/400, F8	NIKON D700, 1/2500, F2.8	NIKON D700, 1/4000, F2.8 Shallow depth of field.
NIKON D700, 1/250, F11 F11 gives decent depth of field, but I think less than F8 on a DX camera.	NIKON D700, 1/200, F11	NIKON D700, 1/250, F14
NIKON D700, 1/2000, F4	NIKON D700, 1/400, F8	NIKON D700, 1/400, F8
NIKON D700, 1/6400, F2.8 Series of shots looking at sky vignetting at different apertures.	NIKON D700, 1/5000, F3.2	NIKON D700, 1/4000, F3.5
NIKON D700, 1/3200, F4	NIKON D700, 1/2500, F4.5	NIKON D700, 1/1600, F5.6
NIKON D700, 1/800, F8	NIKON D700, 1/5000, F2.8 Closest focus distance test zoomed at 200mm.	NIKON D700, 1/4000, F2.8 Closest focus distance test zoomed at 80mm.
NIKON D700, 1/1000, F5	NIKON D700, 1/1600, F4.5	NIKON D700, 1/160, F16
NIKON D700, 1/1600, F4	NIKON D700, 1/160, F11	NIKON D700, 1/160, F11
NIKON D700, 1/250, F11	NIKON D700, 1/160, F8	NIKON D700, 1/160, F8
NIKON D700, 1/100, F8	NIKON D700, 1/800, F4	NIKON D700, 1/1250, F4
NIKON D700, 1/500, F4 Backlit subject with large loss of contrast due to light hitting lens elements. When shooting into the sun, you need to be very careful to shade the lens with a hat or your hand if the lens hood isn't adequate.	NIKON D700, 1/1600, F2.8	NIKON D700, 1/3200, F2.8
NIKON D700, 1/125, F6.3	NIKON D700, 1/125, F14	NIKON D700, 1/2500, F3.5
NIKON D700, 1/400, F6.3	NIKON D700, 1/250, F6.3 A couple of attempts at birding shots. Lens loses contrast from sun hitting lens elements, and the lens simply isn't long enough to do birds.	NIKON D700, 1/250, F6.3
NIKON D700, 1/500, F6.3	NIKON D700, 1/500, F6.3	NIKON D700, 1/400, F6.3
NIKON D700, 1/500, F6.3	NIKON D700, 1/640, F6.3	NIKON D700, 1/1000, F4
NIKON D700, 1/1000, F4	NIKON D700, 1/640, F3.2	NIKON D700, 1/500, F3.2
NIKON D700, 1/3200, F2.8 Series of block wall shots, handheld, 80mm, F2.8 to F22	NIKON D700, 1/2500, F3.2	NIKON D700, 1/2500, F3.5
NIKON D700, 1/2000, F4	NIKON D700, 1/1600, F4.5	NIKON D700, 1/1000, F5.6
NIKON D700, 1/500, F8	NIKON D700, 1/250, F11	NIKON D700, 1/125, F16
NIKON D700, 1/60, F22	NIKON D700, 1/800, F5.6

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