Nikon AFD 80-200mm f2.8 TC Medium Tele

When you need a good quality tele at affordable price, this nice lens is your good choice. If you have a cheap tele before (like me...) you will soon know what is the meaning of "good optics" after buying this lens.

This lens used to be the top notch of nikkor medium tele lens, long before the AFS version and 70-200 vr released. So you don't have to worry about image quality:). The optical formula is more or less the same with the more expensive AFS...the difference is more on the autofocus speed.

There are several type of this popular zoom lens (80-200mm f2.8):

- Manual 1st generation
- Push Pull 2nd generation
- With tripod collar 3rd generation
- AF-S (individual motor) 4th generation

Mine is the 3rd generation (with Tripod Collar). I buy it second hand for only 6.5 mio IDR (compare to 8.5 mio IDR new) and I'm very satisfied with the performance, for me it's really value.

I love the bokeh, color saturation, nice contrasty image result, and cut your eyes sharp hehehe... When I need tele range, this lens is my first option...the result of this lens never let me down.

Really, when i look to the image result it's clear that the sharpness limitation is not on the lens, but on the camera...well my camera resolution is only 6mp nikon D70s.

The autofocus speed is depend on camera you use, since this lens doesn't have individual motor (AFS). And this make the beautiful lens cannot work on D40 and D60 which doesn't have servo motor inside the body. I'm using it on my D70s body, and the speed is excellent, not as fast as my 18-70 AFS, but good enough to focus on moving object.

Now he have a big brother: Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 VR which have AFS and vibration reduction ability; price: ~16 mio IDR, but for budget photographer like me, the additional autofocus speed and VR is just too expensive.

Here's some sample picture I take with this beautiful lens:

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Walahar Dam
...located in East Karawang around 30 minutes from the main road this old architectured dam has lot of nice spot for photography...

Nikon D70s - 80-200 f2.8
f/7.1 - 1/160 sec
exp compensation -1
ISO 400



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Exotic Padaung Lady in Chiang Mai

The famous Pattaya Ladyboy in Alcazar Show - Pattaya, Thailand

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Lotus flower
...I found this flower all around the pond in Mae Sa orchid garden - Thailand...

Nikon D70s - Nikon 80-200mm f2.8
f/5 - 1/1500
exp compensation -0.67
ISO 200

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Fisherman at Walahar Dam

You could find other picture sample on my gallery: http://hyperfocals.blogspot.com/

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