Got a good deal on this lens used from ebay. Just came in the mail today so I headed out to the park, its pretty heavy, but 200mm @ f2.8 is pretty handy.
If I could have afforded the 70-200 VR I would have got it for sure. I picked this up for $550, the cheapest used 70-200 VR I saw still didnt get much below $2,000 if it did at all.
This will hold me over for a while. Some day Ill get the VR.
One more I took today. I need to get a uni-pod for it, holding the thing up in the air trying to take pictures of things can get pretty tiring.
Maybe I'm just not used to it yet, but it doesnt auto focus as well as some of my past lenses. Seem like its not sure what to focus on. I'm getting better at manual focusing.
You don't need a monopod for a 70-200 2.8, particularly on a consumer DSLR. It's pretty light weight! Just work on proper technique to keep it steady. Lock down your elbows, keep shutter speeds above 1/200 and you will be good to go!
Enjoy the land of 2.8.
Just be glad it isn't this...Handholding that is tiring!
Silver - I'm comparing it to my kit lenses (18-55 VR, 55-200 VR) and my also pretty new Sigma 18-50 f2.8. It just doesnt seem to lock onto one thing and focus on it. I was shooting through some tree branches and it wanted to focus on every branch, not just one. Although I did turn the focus onto just the center, that helped.
Rufus - I knew what you were saying. I still drool at having a 70-200 VR one day. Right after I find the $2,500 for a D700.
Transcend - I just have to get used to the weight, its a jump from the kit 55-200 VR I had before this. Whats that lens weigh in the picture? Its huge.
Silver - I'm comparing it to my kit lenses (18-55 VR, 55-200 VR) and my also pretty new Sigma 18-50 f2.8. It just doesnt seem to lock onto one thing and focus on it. I was shooting through some tree branches and it wanted to focus on every branch, not just one. Although I did turn the focus onto just the center, that helped.
Well I'm shopping for my next lens already. Has anyone shot the Sigma 24-70 f2.8? At a third of the price of the Nikon its pretty tempting. I know the build quality isnt as great as Nikons. Just looking for opinions from anyone that has shot either lens.
Photozone.de just put up a review of the Sigma 24-70mm HSM (w/ the D3x). It didn't look like they were too impressed. I'd just pick up a couple of primes in that range or save up and buy the Nikon version on down the road.
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