Round 2, help me decide my next lens.

12 years 8 months ago #138405 by Scotty
I'm in the market for a super tele.

I'm going to be going nikon, that's what I use.

Here's the choices i'm looking at.

Nikkor 200-400 f/4 VR II
Nikkor 400 f/2.8 VR.
Nikkor 500 f/4 VR II


It's going to be used for sports, wildlife, and landscape.

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12 years 8 months ago #138406 by Scotty
200-400 weight=7.4 lb (3.36 kg)
500=Weight 8.54 lb (3.87 kg)
400=Weight 10.16 lb (4.61 kg)

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12 years 8 months ago - 12 years 8 months ago #138407 by MLKstudios
I'd probably get the 200-400mm first, then a 400mm with a 1.4x and last the 500mm and a 2x. :)

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12 years 8 months ago #138408 by Scotty
200-400=Minimum Focus 6.6' (AF) / 6.4' (MF)
500=12.6' (4m) Minimum Focus Distance
400=Minimum focus distance 9.51' (2.9 m)

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12 years 8 months ago #138410 by Scotty

MLKstudios wrote: I'd probably get the 200-400mm first, then a 400mm with a 1.4x and last the 500mm and a 2x. :)


Only buying one. :)

When the last candle has been blown out
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12 years 8 months ago #138413 by MLKstudios
The key is to use the 200-400mm to buy the 400mm and use it to buy the 500mm.

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12 years 8 months ago #138414 by Scotty

MLKstudios wrote: The key is to use the 200-400mm to buy the 400mm and use it to buy the 500mm.


I like where this is going.

When the last candle has been blown out
and the last glass of champagne has been drunk
All that you are left with are the memories and the images-David Cooke.

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12 years 8 months ago - 12 years 8 months ago #138415 by MLKstudios
Most of my students start with the nifty-fifty. Then an 85mm, then a 35mm, then a 24-70mm, then a flash and a new body...

.. use what you have to buy what you need.

:)

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12 years 8 months ago #138417 by chasrich
I'd go with the 200-400 lens if I were you. If I were me (which I am :woohoo: ) I would trade my nifty fifty for the Hubble telescope then trade that for all three. I'm thinking I'll need a Nikon body as well... :rofl:

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12 years 8 months ago #138424 by Dori

chasrich wrote: I'd go with the 200-400 lens if I were you. If I were me (which I am :woohoo: ) I would trade my nifty fifty for the Hubble telescope then trade that for all three. I'm thinking I'll need a Nikon body as well... :rofl:


Well, you should have started with Nikon...Just sayin'

Don't pi$$ me off, I am running out of room to store the bodies...

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12 years 8 months ago #138426 by MLKstudios
I heard the Hubble uses a Nikon F mount.

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12 years 8 months ago #138434 by Dori

MLKstudios wrote: I heard the Hubble uses a Nikon F mount.

:woohoo:

Don't pi$$ me off, I am running out of room to store the bodies...

Resident Texasotan...

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12 years 8 months ago #138451 by Scotty

MLKstudios wrote: Most of my students start with the nifty-fifty. Then an 85mm, then a 35mm, then a 24-70mm, then a flash and a new body...

.. use what you have to buy what you need.

:)


I've already got the money from other lenses. I just want input on which one. :)

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All that you are left with are the memories and the images-David Cooke.

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12 years 8 months ago #138464 by Baydream
My 2 cents.
The f/2 is tempting but the versatility of the 200-400 is very valuable for wildlife and sports. I was shooting an eagle the other day and I got so close that I had to use my 70-300 at about 135 to get his takeoff without cutting off body parts.

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12 years 8 months ago #138472 by Scotty

Baydream wrote: My 2 cents.
The f/2 is tempting but the versatility of the 200-400 is very valuable for wildlife and sports. I was shooting an eagle the other day and I got so close that I had to use my 70-300 at about 135 to get his takeoff without cutting off body parts.


You're also shooting on a 1.6 crop.

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