Comments on: Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 AF-S VR II – holy macaroni!

By: Geoff Captain

Geoff Captain — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:36:41 +0000

I used to own the VRI, sold it last fall for the time being, and just recently picked up the VRII.

Yes, the VR is amazing, especially when coupled on my D700 with ISO around 1600-2000, you can achieve quite a bit.

But, it was a quick snap I took of my daughter at f5.6, just walking towards me on the sidewalk, that blew me away. I’ll have to find the photo, but it was sharper than any lens I’ve used, including the 85f1.4, my older 70-200, the 50f1.4d and my 24-70. The clarity of her skin and eyes, while she was moving too, were unbelievable. I was instantly sold that I had made the correct choice.

By: TERRI

TERRI — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:40:42 +0000

I’m hoping to get this lens after this wedding season! Thanks for all the info you give us. Love the blog.

By: Neil vN

Neil vN — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:35:57 +0000

The great vibration reduction abilities of this lens came into play during another recent shoot, where I photographed the model fixing her earrings inbetween shooting. This was shot just with the available light coming through the window.

1/50 @ f2.8 @ 800 ISO .. lens zoomed to 150mm

Neil vN

By: Sune Bertelsen

Sune Bertelsen — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:40:18 +0000

Hi Neil!

Thanks for your great website! After reading about your techniques i went out and bought a SB900, and good lord! did that help me out! i’ve got a D700 and 24-70 f2.8G and 70-200 VRll, and it has made a big difference in how i compose my pictures, this flash can lid up a whole living room, i’m impressed with the Nikon system, i went from a Canon EOS 50D, and i’m absolutely impressed! You made me think in a whole new way of controlling the light, and the way you explain how you do, makes it all verry easy to do!
Thank you!

Bedst regards
Sune from Denmark.

By: Neil vN

Neil vN — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:03:50 +0000

You could of course use a Nikon-to-Canon adapter ring. (B&H) You lose automation and AF though. Pity. Neil vN

By: photomatte

photomatte — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:29:51 +0000

Now that you mention it, I really did have quite a bit of fun as a 2nd shooter: it was like I got to eat a really good meal, then skip out before the bill came due. I’ve seen a thread where someone modified their EF-S lens to fit a full frame Canon; now if only someone could figure out how to make a Nikon lens work on a Canon body, I’d be set!

By: Neil vN

Neil vN — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:24:16 +0000

Photographer friends of mine – we swap 2nd shooting dates. So I do 2nd shoot quite often. I enjoy it … there’s non of the pressure of the post-production work. I actually get to enjoy the taking-photos part of photography.

Re the noise you see there .. that is at the default noise-reduction levels that ACR has. Nothing done to it other than what ACR does.

Neil vN

By: Photomatte

Photomatte — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:55:23 +0000

I can’t believe you were a 2nd shooter! :)
It’s fun to have read your posts over the years as you went from Nikon/Fuji, to Canon, back to Nikon again. I’m a dedicated Canon user but I do have some issues with focusing in very low light…and there’s no WAY Canon can achieve noise reduction like that. I shot with a 135m f/2, at 3200 ISO, and the noise was so bad I almost had to refund the clients. I looked into Nik Dfine2 software to reduce the noise, and it worked, but only at the expense of softening the entire image. Never thought I’d look longingly at a Nikon lens but this one may be the first…

By: Neil vN

Neil vN — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:21:48 +0000

Andrej, nope. My lens looks clean.
Thank you for the link!

Neil vN

By: Andrej

Andrej — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:56:35 +0000

Hello!

Did you notice any of the issues reported on many forums regarding internal production of the lens?

http://nikonrumors.com/2010/01/11/nikon-70-200mm-f2-8-vrii-problem-seems-to-be-wide-spread.aspx

Regards