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Photography as with any art is subjective. Everyone has their opinion of what is a great tool or junk. This lens is one of the best built optics in a zoom lenses. All metal construction, real glass optics and precision mechanics. But can it take pictures? The answer there is yes!!! It produces uniform images over the entire zoom range from fully open to fully closed aperture. Best results are in the mid-aperture range. It works with both film and digital Nikon cameras. I use it with both old F2's and D100's. Now newer digitals may only allow use as a manual lens, it can still produce wonderful images. If you are using a normal 18-55mm zoom or 35mm to 50mm fixed lens, this will cover just about any situation requiring a long lens. Close focus is in the less than 5' range, great for filling a frame close up. It can be hand-held in normal daylight but with a max F4-5.6 a tripod or mono-pod is suggested. As far as can it take great photo's, sure it can, but can the person holding it see the picture that is waiting? That is the difference between art and just a lot of pictures. This lens gives you the opportunity to capture those images and the flexibility to be creative at the same time. For the price you will be hard pressed to find a better product! I have been using Nikon cameras and lenses since the 1960's and still have every Nikon lens purchased over that time. This has become one of my most used lenses, for close detail work to portraits and wildlife. The AF Nikkor 70-210mm is a great lens to have in the bag along with a good fixed wide-angle, you don't need more than that. Most likley you won't find a new one, they were discontinued around the end of 1999. Saying that, I expect it will be still working like the others after 40 years. Think of something else you can say that about. If you can find one, buy it.Vollständige Rezension lesen
This lens gives great overall performance, is built solidly, has a metal mount (very important for the abuse my cameras go through), and focuses fast, even for a non-D model. Images are sharp and contrasty throughout the focal range on my D700, and image acuity does not lag too far behind much more expensive models like the 70-200 f/2.8. It would take a pixel peeper to tell the difference. If you are on a budget and need a great full frame zoom at a fraction of the price of the big boys, give this lens a look.
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Like many others, I bought this lens after reading Ken Rockwell's review. I can completely confirm everything he wrote - in a situation with ample light, where one does not need f2.8, this lens delivers almost indistinguishable performance in terms of autofocus and sharpness with less weight hanging around your neck. Its aperture is generous as Ken mentions - remains f/4.5 out to ~135mm and then increases to f/5.6. I have noticed a bit of a cool color cast to photos taken with this lens, but it is consistent and easily correctable with a program such as Lightroom. If you don't have Lightroom, don't worry about it (just tweak your white balance a bit warmer as you shoot). Look closely at eBay listings without the 'D' specified - sometimes people fail to note that, and the 'D' version autofocuses twice as fast. Those listings can be blazingly good deals. Considering that the used going rate on this lens has come down from Ken's boost a few years ago, in the $100-$200 range I will go out on a limb and say there is no better telephoto to put on a Nikon body. Don't even consider the 70-210 constant f/4 as an alternative; its autofocus is so slow in comparison that you would miss the shots that needed f/4 at 210mm. If you need a faster lens than this one, jump straight to the 80-200mm f/2.8.Vollständige Rezension lesen
I bought this lens for just under $150 specifically to take to the 2007 Rolex 3 day event in Kentucky. It turned out, as suggested in several on-line sites - to be perfect for capturing sports such as horses going fast across country and over fences. It is light enough to hold easily (and all day) and I had no problems with camera shake, admittedly on a bright day. It also focuses VERY fast, which is important when you are trying to capture something unpredicatable like a jumping horse. It does make some significant noise during the focusing process but I can't say that bothered me. I was extremely happy with the results, my pictures were clear and crisp, and I was able to stand back from the crush of the crowds around most jumps and still fill the frame. Overall I got excellent value for money relative to the new lenses on the market. I suspect I will be using this lens for a long time to come.Vollständige Rezension lesen
I like the fact that this lens is the older slide type with a metal body. Feels much more substantial and bullet proof than the later plastic bodied ones. It works fine for nature, which is the primary purpose of it in my bag. I also have a 300mm fixed tele, which is even longer, but has some issues with weight, length, long minimum focus range(20 ft minimum). I would recommend this lens to anyone who wants a medium-long tele in a reasonable package. Yes it's old, but it's a Nikon. Need I say more?
This Nikon 70-210 f/4-5.6 "D" lens gives great results even when wide open. The auto-focus is incredibly fast to lock-on in all but the dimmest lighting. The only thing that I could wish for to improve this lens would make it into my Nikon 80-200 2.8 lens. NOTE: This is the "D" version. The non-"D" version is not as fast at focusing as this one is, so be SURE that you are looking at the "D" version if you want the same pro-level focusing performance. Great for outdoor sports if there is plenty of light. The 4-5.6 limitation puts a damper on using high shutter speeds to freeze action, so if this is your goal and lighting will be less than "sunny" conditions or in-doors/night games, then you need to look at the f/2.8 lenses for better low-light performance. (And typically costing 2-3 times as much as this lens!) If you find one of these for $240 or less, I recommend you grab it ASAP as you won't likely be disappointed. And as an FYI, I have used this lens with a Tamron 1.4x Teleconverter with no problems on a Nikon D90. This is affording me the equivalent of a 147-441mm range on this lens! And things are plenty sharp so long as you have plenty of light to avoid high ISOs or shutter speeds less than 1/160 sec. for action shots.Vollständige Rezension lesen
This lens is certainly a good quality lens, though perhaps not quite up to the internet hype sometimes associated with it. In most situations it is very crisp however in bright light where highlights approach being blown out, there is quite a bit of color aberration (fringing,) especially at longer focal lengths. With my body, this lens does not auto focus, so if you are in the market and not comfortable with manual focus, be sure your camera body has a focus motor built in. In summary, not a Holy Grail, but an outstanding value for $200.00 or less. I wouldn't pay more however.
I bought this lens for my father, as he needed a good telephoto lens that wasn't unusually blurry like his older lenses were on his new digital camera. Since then the pictures have all been sharp and clear. The lens is very quick to focus and is surprisingly good for being an older lens. My dad used to have an earlier variant of this lens back when he had a film camera.. but had gotten rid of it (and regretted the decision) when he moved on to full digital. Now he has this version and is in love with it all over again.
I would have to agree with what the respected Ken Rockwell writes on his website. "This is an exceptionally great lens at what used to be a very, very low price before it became a collectible. It was discontinued in the US around 2000. I love it because it focuses much faster than any other telephoto lens priced under $800 today, it's super sharp, has very little distortion, focuses very close and is super compact and well built. Because it focuses so much more quickly than any other telephoto zoom this side of the f/2.8 professional models its used price has skyrocketed to around $500. One guy was even getting $750 on eBay! None of the new models under $800 focuses anywhere near as fast. This is no big deal for portraits or landscapes, but is very important for sports, kids, pets or anything that moves fast. " I bought my lens based on Mr. Rockwell's review and was completely blown away by the build and results that Nikon delivered with this lens. I would buy one again if I lost it.Vollständige Rezension lesen
Smooth manual focussing ,solid construction and optically excellent at all focal lengths, even wide open. AF is quite good except for near to far as the model i received was the AF rather than AF-D as advertised. I've kept it as the AF has better manual focus. Really good results with my D300.
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