Trust me, i owned one and was happy to see it move on. Buy nikon 80 200 f4 and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay. In fact it was the first zoom lens that featured the then new sonic wave driven autofocus. Optically, it is incredibly good, bettering many performances of good single focal length lenses. It provides a long zoom range and is ideally suited for wildlife, sports, and landscape photography. Hello guys, im really hoping someone can help me with this. This little lens is a lot of fun to use, but it has drawbacks, like very course aperture settings, there are only 5, it has low contrast, it is pretty heavy since it is all metal, but it sure. The first version was essentially basing on the previous nonai version and given a new aicoupling at the rear section as simple as that. It even provides matrix metering with manual focus ai and ais lenses. Nikon manual focus camera lenses 80200mm focal for sale ebay. Yes, you can purchase another lens if you have the budget for the vr1 or vr2. Can be found in all the mounts of the era including pk. The annoying thing about these pumper zooms is the focusingzoom ring will. The lens works properly and shows average signs of use and wear on the barrel.
Home products used used lenses manual focus used lenses manual focus nikon nikon 80 200mm f4. A shining example of superior nikkor optical design, the af zoomnikkor 80 200mm f2. Somehow nikon managed to use the popular 52mm filter size with it. This 80200 mm f4 ais to which this page is devoted and for which the. Get the best deals on nikon f manual focus camera lenses 80200mm focal when you shop the largest online selection at. This is also the last manual focus telephoto zoom ever made by nikon. I said many because the older lens still has some advantage over the new one and ill discuss those in the later paragraphs. I took these pictures with a nikon f4 and fujifilm industrial 100. The lense still features a single focusingzooming ring, allowing you to focus and zoom simultaneously. So that old manual focus lens is sharp as tag on a 35 mm slr with film, how about putting it on a latest mega pixel digital camera. May 21, 2012 if you can handle manual focus, have no issues with trombone zooms and like the focal length range, this lens is an outstanding bargain. The f6 is a lighterduty f5, but at least one can get matrix metering with manual focus lenses on the f6, which the f5 cant.
The f5s meter is worse than the f4s when used with manual focus lenses. User manuals, nikon camera lens operating guides and service manuals. Nikon ais manual focus camera lenses 80200mm focal for. In its test report on the 80 200 nikkor zoom, modern photography magazine described it as the best zoom lens we have ever tested. Page pronea s nikon af cameras except for f3af other nikon cameras except for f3af autofocus with manual override set the focus mode switch fig. Covering portraitlength to medium telephoto focal lengths, the af zoomnikkor 80 200mm f2. Nikon manual focus camera lenses 80200mm focal ebay. Its the best manual focus, general purpose telephoto zoom ever made by nikon. Ive been so captivated by these lenses, in fact, that i initiated a couple of discussions on a great photography website, fred miranda. Find great deals on ebay for nikon 80200 and nikon 80200 2. It was discontinued and replaced by the nikon afs 70200mm vr less than 5 years after its announcement. Registering your nikon product allows us to send you with your permission important updates, service information and helpful hints, and it makes it easier should you ever need to call in for help. Of course if you can find one of the huge 95 mm filter manual focus 80 200mm f2. Great savings free delivery collection on many items.
Manual focus lenses for nikon camera 80200mm focal for sale. Sep 11, 2018 the question is whether or not the f4 is a camera suited to 2018. The lens only shows some very minor wearand the glass optics are also clean with no scratches, marks or fungus and may only have a few specs of dust which has no effect on picture quality. It was produced as a professional constant aperture telephoto zoom for 17 years, and more than 145,000 were built by nikon before production ceased in 1998.
Bazhan the lens is very light and compact remember to make allowance for uniqueness of these pioneers. The f4 can shoot every lens manual focus and autofocus made by nikon since 1959. Dec 28, 2016 diy solution to jammed autofocus on a nikon 80 200mm f2. Zoomnikkor 80200mm f4 ais 19811998 test and sample. The only way i can tell which file was taken with which lens is from the fall off. If its a manual focus lens, the camera may limit you to shooting in only manual or aperture priority modes but it will still meter with the lens in those modes. This lens is the successor of the zoomnikkor 80200mm f4.
You have to program menus to get matrix metering with manual lenses on the f6. Please pardon me for not nailing the focus on some of the pictures as i was using the wrong focusing screen and this lens has a rather long focus throw so its hard to track a subject upclose if youre using the longerend of the lens. It was replaced by the 80 200 f4, which was never as. Today only the normal and widetotele manual focus zooms are still actually made by nikon. Get the best deals on nikon manual focus camera lenses 80200mm focal when you shop the largest online selection at. The lens was produced in the age when dslr wasnt as sophisticated as today. This zoom was introduced around 1970, not nikons first zoom lens but the first to be considered as good as the prime lenses in the range that it covered. Get the best deals on nikon ais manual focus camera lenses 80200mm focal when you shop the largest online selection at. It works perfectly every professional film camera f, f2, f3, f4, f5, f6, and adds matrix. Its so good that it took nikon many years to design a worthy successor but its worth the long wait because the zoomnikkor 80200mm f4 ais surpassed its predecessor in many ways. Free shipping on all merchandise orders until may 31. Strange though it may seem, zooming does not cause defocusing. Gary b 2 different lenses for 2 different uses 70 200 lighter, slower, vr, afs, af with teleconverter 80 200 screw drive af, heavy, faster, better build i would argue that it is better to compare the 80 200 2.
If i get another in this range id like it to be a 2. Autofocus is provided, but you can manually override the focus by operating the separate manual focus ring while lightly depressing the shutter release button or the af start af. This mf nikkor ais zoom has remained in production until 1990 despite some of the users attention have diverted to another faster speed mf zoomnikkor 80 200 f2. The 80 200 afs has more fall off than the 70 200 vr2. Nikon camera lens user manuals download manualslib. Its a great choice for any manualfocus nikon, and also works great with all of nikons fullframe digital cameras. So that old manual focus lens is sharp as tag on a 35 mm slr with film. The zoomnikkor 80 200mm f4 ais pushpull telephoto lens has a reputation bordering on the mythical, in some respects deserved, in some less so. Nikon nikkor 80200mm f4 ais manual focus lens 62 at keh. It offers a larger maximum aperture and a closer minimum focusing distance of 4ft compared to the older lens model. This is the best manual focus telephoto zoom for nikon. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands affordable prices.
Diy solution to jammed autofocus on a nikon 80200mm f2. Mar 16, 2019 this little lens is a lot of fun to use, but it has drawbacks, like very course aperture settings, there are only 5, it has low contrast, it is pretty heavy since it is all metal, but it sure. Get the best deals on nikon manual focus camera lenses 80 200mm focal when you shop the largest online selection at. Ive been pondering adding another 80200 zoom to my toolbox. Here is a link to a conversation about nikon s manual focus lenses, with contributions from folks who have collected such lenses over the decades and still enjoy shooting with them. Whether you should send it back or not i wont comment on.
Mar 10, 2007 both lenses are extremely sharp at all aperture and focal length settings. It works perfectly on every professional 35mm camera f, f2, f3, f4, f5, f6. Nikon f manual focus camera lenses 80200mm focal ebay. As long as you dont mind manual focus and dont require a fast aperture, the nikkor 200mm f4 may be the unlikely answer. Thirty years after its release, the nikon f4 is more valuable than ever.
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