Nikon AF VR ED 80-400 f/4.5-5.6 D
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Got the lens. Love it... It is sharp... with a 1.4X converter, it is still sharp.. but will be horribly slow. heheheee... However, depends on what you shoot. if you into nature, this is a good budget lens, however if you into events or portraiture shootings and seldom into nature, then 70-200VR is a good choice for you.
ExplorerZ said:
2X converter is out for the 80-400, it is so horribly slowww and the pic sucks big time. 1.4X works well.
glay78 said:
Sigma probably didnt list that lens to use with a TC because its AF usability will drop tremendously. In any case if ure looking for a suitable TC for this particular lens, you can also consider Kenko and Tamron. One thing to note also, for the use of a TC, the loss of optical quality is not only sharpness but also occurance of CA, loss of contrast etc.
The 70-200 will have superior handling over to an 80-400 even with a TC attached. However do note the price - 70-200 with a nikon TC is almost double the price of 80-400. Optics wise, both lenses may be very close - unfortunately i havent really tested the image of both lenses to verify this. Hope this helped
ExplorerZ said:
Miles said:Sigma probably didnt list that lens to use with a TC because its AF usability will drop tremendously. In any case if ure looking for a suitable TC for this particular lens, you can also consider Kenko and Tamron. One thing to note also, for the use of a TC, the loss of optical quality is not only sharpness but also occurance of CA, loss of contrast etc.
The 70-200 will have superior handling over to an 80-400 even with a TC attached. However do note the price - 70-200 with a nikon TC is almost double the price of 80-400. Optics wise, both lenses may be very close - unfortunately i havent really tested the image of both lenses to verify this. Hope this helped
Cool thanks...how much does the kenko 300DG cost? Or are there 1.4x rather than 2x?
the Nikon AF VR ED 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6 D is slow because it doesn't come with silent wave motor technology. which explains why it's slow. it is almost the equivalant of the 80-200 AF-D version.
when attached to a teleconverter, you need to bring down the aperture value to maybe 7-9 so that it performs the AF at it's best. naturally, most 3rd party TCs does not support the VR function.
the big question is, why do you need a 400mm lens? it's not the lens to have unless you do birding. for sports, you could get the 300mm f/4 or the 300mm f/2.8 (if you have loads to spend)
when attached to a teleconverter, you need to bring down the aperture value to maybe 7-9 so that it performs the AF at it's best. naturally, most 3rd party TCs does not support the VR function.
the big question is, why do you need a 400mm lens? it's not the lens to have unless you do birding. for sports, you could get the 300mm f/4 or the 300mm f/2.8 (if you have loads to spend)
IIRC, 80-400 cannot attach teleconverter.Liew said:
And bringing down the aperture to f/7~9 doesn't speed up AF. The aperture is still remain wide open when mounted, w/ a 1.4TC it still remains f/6.3~7.8, stepping down to any smaller aperture values will not speed up AF.
It will affect the photo quality. 2x worse than 1.7x. 1.7x worse than 1.4x. How much worse :dunno: .sfthong said:
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