Has anyone used/own a Nikkor 200mm f2 VR?

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I'm particularly interested to hear your opinions and see some images taken with and without a 1.4 T.C (or any other TC) too if at all possible peeps :D

Muchos gracias in advance :thumbs:
 
I realise it's a different beast, but I have the 200/2 AI-S. It does pretty well with my Kenko300 1.4x TC, but it's reportedly very bad (Thom Hogan IIRC) with a 1.7x or 2x.
 
Mud said:
I realise it's a different beast, but I have the 200/2 AI-S. It does pretty well with my Kenko300 1.4x TC, but it's reportedly very bad (Thom Hogan IIRC) with a 1.7x or 2x.
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Cheers Mud! A different beast it is but still appreciated none the less mate :thumbs:
I'd be highly grateful to see a few images mate, with and without the TC :thumbs:
 
Yes, I have, both with and without the TC.

All I can say is that it's lovely, lovely, lovely. :D

I'll see if I can dig out a link to a shot taken with the TC, but all the shots in this gallery were taken with the 200mm
 
NorthernNikon said:
Yes, I have, both with and without the TC.

All I can say is that it's lovely, lovely, lovely. :D

I'll see if I can dig out a link to a shot taken with the TC, but all the shots in this gallery were taken with the 200mm
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Serious gratitude and appreciation there Barney :thumbs: Lovely set there too mate.
 
Tomas Whitehouse said:
Cheers Mud! A different beast it is but still appreciated none the less mate :thumbs:
I'd be highly grateful to see a few images mate, with and without the TC :thumbs:
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I'm pretty sure I used the 1.4x TC on this and this, stopped down to f/2.8 on the lens (EXIF would be handy, non-CPU lens on D90 I'm afraid...). The first is something like 50% crop and the second is more like 80-90% (I was pretty close to these small birds). Sorry, I've nothing more recent to hand. Naturally NorthernNikon's images should be more useful to you. The 200/2 VR is known as possibly Nikon's best lens for OOF rendering and is very sharp. I don't think you can go far wrong, but I wouldn't try to 'teleconvert' it too far...
 
Mud said:
I'm pretty sure I used the 1.4x TC on this and this, stopped down to f/2.8 on the lens (EXIF would be handy, non-CPU lens on D90 I'm afraid...). The first is something like 50% crop and the second is more like 80-90% (I was pretty close to these small birds). Sorry, I've nothing more recent to hand. Naturally NorthernNikon's images should be more useful to you. The 200/2 VR is known as possibly Nikon's best lens for OOF rendering and is very sharp. I don't think you can go far wrong, but I wouldn't try to 'teleconvert' it too far...
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Cheers very much mate, very appreciated indeed. Lovely shots btw!
 
Tomas, this might not be the best example, but I've posted a shot here taken with the 200mm f:2 and Nikkor 1.4 telecon on a D300. I've onyl cropped the image on the left and right hand sides to minimise file size.

Hope that helps!
 
I had the pleasure of using one for one single shot. It was superb. If it was the range that I need I would have one without any hesitation.
I know Gary (fatphotographer) uses one for motorsport. Might be worth sending him a pm.

Kev.
 
NorthernNikon said:
Tomas, this might not be the best example, but I've posted a shot here taken with the 200mm f:2 and Nikkor 1.4 telecon on a D300. I've onyl cropped the image on the left and right hand sides to minimise file size.

Hope that helps!
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Ding dong! That's superb Barney, thanks a million chief!

I'm pretty close to sold on the f/2.

Basically I'm trying to assess which direction to go in when investing in some heavy artillery lensage.

Right now I have some very kind mates lending me telephoto glass, one of which works for a major paper and has access to a bunch of top Nikon glass.

So far, I've had the pleasure of using a 400mm 2.8 VR, a 200-400 f4 and a 300mm 2.8 AFS.

All great lenses, some are a little too pricey for me to even consider and I could also do with the versatility of a 200 with the possibility of using a 1.4 TC.

It seems to be the biggest bang for the buck considering my developments.

Many thanks again :thumbs:


kevshore said:
I had the pleasure of using one for one single shot. It was superb. If it was the range that I need I would have one without any hesitation.
I know Gary (fatphotographer) uses one for motorsport. Might be worth sending him a pm.

Kev.
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Cheers very much Kev! Plenty appreciated mate :thumbs:
 
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