I have the VR version, I am no expert but I am very pleased with it, it is very fast to focus and in my opinion gives very sharp results.
It is very light and only has a plastic mount but is great value for money, it uses the new stepping motor, I also have the newer 18-55 kit lens which is the same and they have also released the 10-20mm in the same format.
Just make sure your body is compatible, there is a list on the Nikon web site, on some bodies you cannot turn the VR off.
Correct me if im wrong but i believe you are referring to the DX version,as you mentioned the 18-55 which is not available in FX ,also the 10-20 either .
Apologies if i have this wrong.
Tried it and sent it back. Was not impressed with its performance on the D750 at all.
I think it’s overpriced for what it is. It felt quite cheap and was already suffering from lens creep.
Indoor focussing was slow and painful.
Outdoors it was better but really couldn’t say it’s any better than the old 70-300 VR FX.
Overall I found it disappointing.
No need for the aggression or sarcasm. You’ve posted the same question before, as the poster before me suggested. I thought you’d forgotten, so I was trying to be helpful. You could have just bumped it as is the norm.
Carry on.
Tried it and sent it back. Was not impressed with its performance on the D750 at all.
I think it’s overpriced for what it is. It felt quite cheap and was already suffering from lens creep.
Indoor focussing was slow and painful.
Outdoors it was better but really couldn’t say it’s any better than the old 70-300 VR FX.
Overall I found it disappointing.
Yes i was replying to sean wilson,just in case you didnt realise he was talking about the dx version but i guess you realised.no its the FX version I'm interested in
I do feel Thom Hogan reviews are critical when needed and he gives good balanced reviews genrealyInteresting (and disappointing in this case) to get some real world feedback. All the reviews I've seen suggest it's a great piece of kit compared to the old model. Same old same old when it comes to reviews then it seems (latest is greatest of course)! Would you say focus speed was worse than with the old FX version then?
Interesting (and disappointing in this case) to get some real world feedback. All the reviews I've seen suggest it's a great piece of kit compared to the old model. Same old same old when it comes to reviews then it seems (latest is greatest of course)! Would you say focus speed was worse than with the old FX version then?
Maybe it was a bad copy and maybe I have been spoilt with the quality of the 70-200 F4.