Quantcast

A 80-200mm f/2.8 is fvcking heavy

H8R

Cranky Pants
Nov 10, 2004
13,959
35
I have no idea how those of you who are pro shooters lug around one of these kind of lenses all day. I just picked up a used Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8 AF ED and it's way heavier than the body it attaches to.

Bonus feature though: can be used to club a bear to death if I am ever lost in the woods.
 

H8R

Cranky Pants
Nov 10, 2004
13,959
35
And it works on my old FG film body. It's ri-goddamn-diculous, but it works.

 

norbar

KESSLER PROBLEM. Just cause
Jun 7, 2007
11,346
1,587
Warsaw :/
You get used to it pretty fast.

Some of the stuff Transcend uses...that's heavy.
My memory may be failing me and it might not have been him but I think I saw him at schladming WC with a gear mule person ;)

tbh. I was a lens mule once myself when my camera failed at one comp but im no pro.
 

Transcend

My Nuts Are Flat
Apr 18, 2002
18,040
3
Towing the party line.
400 2.8 is hand holdable, definitely not for very long though. Monopod is pretty key for any extended shooting, luckily I don't need to use mine much anymore.

I handhold my 300 2.8 every day, monopods annoy me. It's not really that heavy once you get used to it.
 

RUFUS

e-douche of the year
Dec 1, 2006
3,480
1
Denver, CO
After a few shoots you won't even notice it.

Just wondering, why the 80-200 and not the 70-200 VR? Cost?