answers: 110

  1. Maximen
    08.06.2016

    I have had this lens for four years now and have been shooting it with a Nikon D-800. I found that for the stabilizer to work correctly, it is necessary not to hold it too tightly (evenly), that is, when the shaking is minimal, it almost does not stabilize, but try to add a small shake of the hands specially, as good stabilization is right there))). Although, probably, the concept of even holding / shaking is different for everyone. Maybe this is a feature of my copy ... I will add that I am a professional cameraman and used this glass often and in large quantities, including filming a video ... I like the picture ... I bought a used one for 35 thousand ... It's a bit dark ... But for a range of 80-400 mm and such a price on the secondary market, this is a good budget option! I will be glad if my observation will help someone more comfortable to shoot with this glass!

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    • TaMaRa
      16.03.2019

      Good afternoon, tell me, please, is this lens suitable for the D70?

      I am an amateur, I want to take more interesting photos. Or is this lens too complicated for the layman?

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      • Valery A.
        16.03.2019

        Good evening. Yes, it does. The lens is not that complex, but large and heavy (and not cheap). Have you considered 55-300 or 70-300VR (Nikon or Tamron)?

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  2. Maximen
    08.06.2016

    And it also perfectly implements manual focus - this is extremely important for shooting video! Not any "rings of infinite twist" as on G - lenses! ))) Everything is classically reliable!

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  3. oGo
    23.09.2016

    Fap Fap)
    Yes, the focus is slow, but even with this you can shoot the same football without any problems)
    In general, D glasses can be taken only for the sake of design, all new Nikon glasses have been sucked in this regard)

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  4. Maximen
    06.10.2016

    Keep in mind that the speed of “screwdriver” AF is highly dependent on the carcass. There are no problems with this in professional carcasses!

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  5. lech
    16.09.2017

    Yesterday I bought this "Monster". The choice was: either 70-200 f4, or this one (80-400D ED). The choice fell on the monster, the foot was included. I tested it, at 300 mm - ideal sharpness, at 400 mm - it washes, but no less much sharper than the DX 55-300 at 300 mm. The camera is perfectly balanced on the foot.

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  6. lech
    25.09.2017

    The other day I tested. I tried to find out what kind of blur this glass gives out. He built a target of stones, about 20 centimeters high, and moved about 25 meters away. The photo is right from the camera, only compressed.

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  7. lech
    31.10.2017

    Wandered, tested. Deer without processing, directly from the camera, is compressed.

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  8. lech
    31.10.2017

    Focus on the monument.

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  9. lech
    31.10.2017

    Now on the moon.

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  10. lech
    31.10.2017

    Glue in PS, process to taste and get this.

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  11. lech
    31.10.2017

    At dusk, autofocus creeps back and forth. The glass is light and easy to focus manually, you just need to adjust to using the switch. For good sharpness, it is better to take a picture between f8 and f11. At f6.5, it is already starting to soap all over the frame. When you aim at infinity manually on a scale, it should be strictly in the center of the icon, like this -8, if you scroll a little further, everything goes to soap. In general, glass is very heavy, not for roaming walkers, but for a clearly defined task.

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    • Valery A.
      31.10.2017

      And what is now your favorite 55-300, abandon it? Deers are good, half a kilometer removed?

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  12. Ivan
    06.01.2018

    Yesterday I worked with this lens for the first time. I’m not satisfied. I expected more.https://ibb.co/eJRFNG

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    • Peter Sh.
      06.01.2018

      And what does not suit you? The picture shows the landscape in haze due to high humidity. There is no need for a lens.

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  13. Den
    04.06.2018

    Hello! Briefly, what do you think of the newer model of this lens - Nikon 80-400 mm 4.5-5.6 G AF-S VR?

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    • lech
      25.06.2018

      Autofocus is faster, sharper, harder and for complete happiness is twice as expensive.

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      • Koba
        20.03.2019

        I tested the second version myself, the bastard costs 1400 dollars in China, the first version is twice as expensive, in addition, it also has a more powerful stabilizer, an excellent lens ...

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  14. lech
    24.08.2018

    Recently took 80-400 at sea. Definitely better than 55-300. At 300mm, an absolutely sharp picture at f9.5. If you start to open the diaphragm, it is already soaping. 55-300 in this regard is better, even with f5.6 sharp, but as already noted, the 200-300mm segment is not quite working. In general, 80-400 is good for static objects (portraits, ships) and with a tripod. If you need speed and VR, 55-300 is more suitable (although certainly not ideal). All this is my personal field experience.

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  15. Sergey Khodykin
    28.01.2019

    Guys, I have a question about the focal length in the table for this lens; - “80-400 mm, EGF for Nikon DX cameras is 120-600 mm”. Is it spelled correctly?
    I kind of read and as I understood it should be for the DX-53-266mm.

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    • Valery A.
      28.01.2019

      Yes, it is correctly written. Here the topic is this: focal lengths are the same for all lenses, regardless of whether they belong to any format - full, narrow (FF), 1,5 or 2 or 5,75 crop. This is the distance from the opt. the center of the lens to the matrix. It is accepted to “dance” from a 35mm frame, on it the zoom 24 (28) -70 (80) mm is the most versatile, as on the 18-55 crop (zoom 15-100 is weak to do). Further, I saw an 18-55 lens on the crop and ask you - What focal points does it give (for FF), i.e. what is EGF? You multiply by a crop of 1,5 and confidently answer: 27-82mm, - I see, but for my 24-70 try it on your crop. You try and say: like nothing, but the focal points are wrong - the wide angle is gone. What angles can be seen there? - Yes, as in FF 36-105, i.e. this is the EGF of the lens 24-70 at a 1,5 crop. Similarly with 80-400, on the crop the viewing angle is 1,5 times narrower and the picture becomes like 120-600 on the FF (this is the EGF 80-400 on the 1,5 crop). And by attaching this device to a soap dish, we will see a picture, as in a telescope: 400 * 5,75 = 2300mm EGF.

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    • Gennady
      03.12.2020

      Equivalent focal length is not the best thing that came up with. Imagine a person who has the first camera in his life (crop, of course), and they begin to tell him that his half a barrel is not half a barrel already, but generally seventy-five. And they explain what this object will look like from this angle if you shoot on a full frame. And the newcomer has never held any such full-frames in his hands, he absolutely does not care what kind of view there may be on some other cameras, he is interested in the result on his dear camera, but all sorts of clever people come and start to hover his brain, measuring the angle by distance, as if comparing with hell knows what, what our newbie did not see, does not know, and it is not a fact that he wants to know.
      Thus, ether is an absolutely superfluous term, invented by not the most smart guys.

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      • Victor
        03.12.2020

        I totally agree.

        It is from here that the misconceptions come from that they say, “a full-frame fifty-kopeck piece gives 3100mm on my d75, it’s too narrow for me”, or “it’s not possible to shoot a portrait for half a row even on a crop because there are distortions” :)

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      • Seladir
        03.12.2020

        > ether is absolutely unnecessary term
        > he is interested in the result on his dear camera

        I see a contradiction between these two phrases. Without understanding the EGF concept, a beginner can gather information, where, for example, fifty dollars is quite rightly described as a standard lens, and then discover that the lens on his cropped camera is inconvenient for every day.

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      • Michael
        03.12.2020

        It is superfluous only now and for a beginner. And when everyone switched from film to crop, the question was relevant

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  16. TaMaRa
    16.03.2019

    Good day to all.
    Tell me, please, is this lens suitable for the D70?

    I am an amateur, I want to take more interesting photos. Or is this lens too complicated for an amateur?

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  17. Taras
    04.12.2020

    Hello Nikon D7100 cannot see this lens. Although 18-105 works without problems. The 80-400 also works great on the D90. What could be the problem?

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    • Ivan
      05.12.2020

      What do you mean "does not see"? Don't have auto focus? Is the lever on the camera on AF?

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      • Taras
        05.12.2020

        The error is reported by fEE. Everything you need is included. The D90 works with this lens without any problems, and with the D7100 other lenses also work without problems ... by the way, when I press the shutter button, the stabilizer starts working, but it's still a mistake ...

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      • Arkady Shapoval
        05.12.2020

        see if the lens aperture ring is pressing (such a ledge) aperture limit lever (This one). D90 and d7100 have different methods of determination. If not, press it down with your hand / toothpick and see what happens.

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      • Taras
        05.12.2020

        Doesn't react in any way. When the lens is removed, then if I pull this foot to the end, it shows f64, when I release it back, then f11

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      • Andrei
        05.12.2020

        And what do they say in the service?

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      • Taras
        05.12.2020

        I'll take it on Monday. So while the good old "90-stick" helps out) I think maybe something with a ceramic diaphragm resistor ... although the previous owner worked with the old 80-200, fifty rubles ... the riddle is shorter (

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      • Alexey
        05.12.2020

        Maybe something with a diaphragm rheostat on the D7100. New lenses (18-105) do not interact with this unit, and for old lenses, it seems that information about the extreme position of the diaphragm obtained from the rheostat is important.
        Check if the rheostat is working properly. Set in the Non-CPU lens data item a lens with any focal and maximum aperture 2.8. Without a lens in mode M or A, the aperture value should change from 2.8 to 45 for the extreme positions of the rheostat.

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      • Taras
        05.12.2020

        I will try, thanks for the advice)

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      • Taras
        05.12.2020

        Checked, extreme 45 and in the opposite direction 8

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      • Taras
        05.12.2020

        and in mode A shows at least 5.6

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      • Alexey
        05.12.2020

        8, if not touch and just without a lens? Is 2.8 set in the menu?
        Perhaps then the malfunction is associated with the diaphragm rheostat.

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      • Taras
        05.12.2020

        Yes, I just don't touch it, without a lens, 2.8 is exposed, when M is 8, when A is 5.6.

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      • Taras
        05.12.2020

        Then I think you are right, and the service will confirm this) I hope the replacement will not cost a large amount.

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      • Alexey
        05.12.2020

        It shouldn't be that way. Probably the problem is connected with such work of the rheostat.

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      • Alexey
        05.12.2020

        If working with such lenses is important, then yes, you need to go to the service.

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      • Taras
        05.12.2020

        Tell me, should the 7100, in theory, produce a sharper picture on this lens than the D90?

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      • Alexey
        05.12.2020

        If the question is for me, then I had nothing to do with this lens. But in theory, yes :) All the same, 24 megapixels versus 12. If you don't start talking about the resolution of the lens and all kinds of micro-smears.
        If you need a telephoto lens of this type, then on the D7100 I would recommend the modern AF-P 70-300 DX.

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      • Alexey
        05.12.2020

        Does the diaphragm control ring press the diaphragm rheostat exactly to the end? Is there a little more movement to the right of the rheostat protrusion after installing the lens?

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      • Taras
        05.12.2020

        Well, it doesn’t push it to the end, it’s not point-blank, there is still room for a move, but just physically, the lens will not reach the end. But all the same, I neatly pulled it all the way with a toothpick, but there were no changes.

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      • Alexey
        05.12.2020

        Clear. So the compression did not help.

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      • Taras
        08.12.2020

        Here is actually the "hero of the occasion")
        Thanks to the master (0635432641), I did everything in an hour, since I was in stock.

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  18. Gennady
    09.02.2021

    Tell me, has anyone really successfully used this lens on a crop?

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    • Andrei
      20.03.2021

      Good day, Gennady, the above photo on D 90 is just a crop.

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      • Gennady
        25.03.2021

        I reviewed everything three times. I didn’t find it, alas. This glass is coming to me. I would like to drive it to the D7200.

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    • Ksenia
      20.07.2021

      I have been using d7200 for two years now, the dynamics are not his strong point, static - the pictures are bright, sharp

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  19. Gennady
    26.03.2021

    Literally an hour ago I bought such a lens. Absolutely new. I made a couple of dozen test shots and am very pleased with the result. No not like this. VERY VERY satisfied. I literally gurgle boiling water with happiness. A similar 80-200d (mklll) and not lying around in quality, and therefore selling it nafig.

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  20. Alexey
    10.01.2022

    Good evening!
    I like to take pictures of airplanes, but because to the airport 150 km, then mainly on the echelon - 9-11 thousand meters. I use nikon d5000 + glass 55-200 for these purposes, I understand that this is probably not the best set. What can be used from the Nicorr family for such spotting?

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    • Jury
      10.01.2022

      try Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 800mm f / 5.6E FL ED VR, you might like it :)

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    • Specialist
      11.01.2022

      Uncle Yura is joking. Better (than 55-200) inexpensive telephoto lenses: AF-S Nikkor 70-300mm 1: 4.5-5.6G VR, Nikon DX AF-S Nikkor 55-300mm 1: 4.5-5.6G ED VR. AF-P lenses, alas, will not have autofocus.

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  21. Sylvio
    20.11.2022

    comment fontctione t'il avec des nikon f4 et f5 argentique?

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  22. john
    05.04.2023

    Does BBF work without any problems?

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