Обзор nikon af 80-200 mm f 2.8 d ed mk3. тест 80-200 2.8 nikkor

Distortion

The lens exhibits a slight and acceptable for most purposes barrel distortion at 80mm and is free from distortion at about 93mm (i.e. in the middle of the 80mm – 105mm range). After that it starts showing pincushion distortion that gradually gets worse as you move towards 200mm. It is acceptable for most applications in the 105mm – 120mm range; however, between 135mm and 200mm the aberration is very visible and obvious and I would not recommend photographing anything with long straight lines in this range. Very unusually, distortion is less pronounced at closer distances. The good news, however, is that the aberration has a simple signature at all focal length settings and thus can be easily corrected in post processing.

Маркировка объективов Nikon

Рассмотрим самые популярные обозначения на объективах для зеркальных фотоаппаратов Nikon:

AF

Autofocus — значит, что объектив будет работать с автоматической фокусировкой на камерах, которые оснащены механическим мотором автофокусировки, например Nikon D90, Nikon D300s, Nikon D7000, D700 и т.п. Внимание! На младших моделях, таких, как:Nikon D3000, Nikon D3100, Nikon D5000, Nikon D5100 автофокус работать не будет, поэтому фокусировку вам придется наводить руками

AF-S

Autofocus-silent — означает, что объектив оснащен тихим приводом фокусировки, другими словами, в него уже встроен механический мотор фокусировки, что позволяет использовать его на младших моделях, таких, как: Nikon D3000, Nikon D3100, Nikon D5000, Nikon D5100. Объектив с таким же успехом будет работать и на старших моделях, например Nikon D90, Nikon D300s, Nikon D7000. У объективов с такой маркировкой АВТОФОКУС будет на ВСЕХ современных камерах!

Ai/Ai-s/Ai-D

Это семейство объективов с полностью ручной фокусировкой. Если вы новичок и только разбираетесь в основах фотосъёмки, не рекомендую вам приобретать подобные объективы, пока вы не наберётесь достаточного опыта.

D

Объективы с такой маркировкой умеют передавать камере информацию о дистанции фокусировки. Это необходимо для правильной работы современных вспышек с алгоритмом i-TTL

G

Такую букву можно заметить на многих современных объективах. Она означает электронное управление диафрагмой. Т.е. вам не придётся, как в старых объективах, крутить кольцо диафрагмы для выставления её значения.

VR

Vibration Reduction — подавление (компенсация) вибраций, т.е. в объективе присутствует стабилизатор изображения. Это незаменимая вещь, если вы снимаете статичные сцены на больших выдержках, т.к. оно подавляет «дрожание рук» при съёмке.

IF

Internal Focusing — внутренняя фокусировка. То есть, при фокусировки, из объектива не будет ничего выдвигаться/выезжать, соответственно, весь процесс происходит внутри объектива

Это важно при использовании светофильтров, таких как градиентные,поляризационные и т.п. Прочитать подробнее о фильтрах для фотоаппарата можно в нашей статье Фильтры для объективов

PC

Perspective Control — семейство специальных объективов, которые помогают регулировать перспективу за счёт сдвига оптического угла (так же известны, как tilt-shift)

ED

Extra-Low Dispersion — означает наличие в объективе элементов из ED-стекла, которые обеспечивают качественную, резкую, чистую картинку без хроматических аббераций на максимально открытой диафрагме

N (или NCC)

Nano Crystal Coating — означает нанокристалическое покрытие, что устраняет внутренние переотражения в объективе. Другими словами, избавляет вас от бликов света, например от солнца, которые попадают в кадр. Такое покрытие имеют объективы золотой серии Nikon, цены на которые начинаются примерно от 1000$.

AS

Aspherical — такая маркировка говорит об асферических линзах, которые корректируют различные абберации и улучшают качество картинки. Так же, они имеют уменьшенный вес и размер, засчёт малого количества компонентов оптической схемы (линз).

SWM

Silent Wave Motor — наличие ультразвукового мотора автофокусировки, обеспечивающий быструю, точно и бесшумную фокусировку. Используется в объективах серии AF-S.

FX

Полностью совместимы с полнокадровыми камерами (35мм сенсор, либо плёнка), например d700, D3x, D3S, D4 и т.п. Такие объективы так же можно ставить и накропнутые камеры (D3000, D7000, D300s и т.п.), но у вас будет изменён угол обзора.

DX

Данные объективы совместимы только с кропнутыми камерами (D90, D7000, D5100 и т.п.). При установке на полнокадровую камеру, у вас будет сильное виньетирование (затемнение) по углам кадра.

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Handling and autofocus

The lens is pretty heavy and certainly not the best choice to take on a casual promenade. Nevertheless, it balances quite nicely on the Nikon D700 or any camera of similar calibre. Built quality is truly superb—I wish many newer Nikkors were built as solidly as this zoom. A couple of times I had it absolutely unprotected under heavy wet snow with no consequences of any kind. Operation of the zoom and focus ring is very silky. Aperture ring and filter threads are made of plastic but this is highly unlikely to cause any problems. Tripod collar is not the best possible design in this day and age but, nonetheless, it is adequate for tripod use and can be locked at the two o’clock position for hand–held shooting.

Autofocus speed and accuracy will to a certain degree depend on the camera that you use the lens with. On the Nikon D700, autofocus is fairly snappy and accurate for a screw–driven lens, albeit quite audible. It is fast enough for most usual applications but shooting sports or tracking fast moving subjects with it will most likely be problematic; you are likely to witness quite a bit of autofocus hunting, too, especially in low light. Indeed, even the D700 seems to use all the muscle power that it has to move all that glass around while focusing; autofocus on lesser cameras is likely to be even more strenuous. Also note that since the lens uses camera body’s AF motor for focusing, on Nikon’s lesser DX format cameras that do not have a lens drive (D40, D40x, D60, D3000 and D5000) it can be used in manual focus only.

Sharpness

80mm: in the centre the lens is slightly soft at f/2.8; sharpness, however, improves at f/4 and to all intents and purposes the lens is equally sharp from f/5.6 through to f/11. Diffraction becomes visible at f/16 and, because of it, sharpness further deteriorates at f/22. Furthest corners are quite soft at f/2.8 and become critically sharp only by f/8.

105mm: the lens is a touch soft at f/2.8 (a tiny bit more so than at the same aperture at 80mm) and sharpness gradually improves as the lens is being stopped down. In the centre, the lens becomes critically sharp by f/5.6; in the corners, however, that occurs only by f/8. As expected, diffraction kicks in at f/16 and sharpness starts degrading again from hereon.

135mm: at f/2.8 the lens is already quite sharp in the centre but visibly soft in the furthest corners; it becomes critically sharp by f/4 in the centre and by f/5.6 in the furthest corners. Again, diffraction takes its toll at f/16. Quite interestingly, its effect is more obvious at this focal length than at shorter settings.

200mm: the lens is noticeably soft at f/2.8 in the centre and becomes critically sharp by f/5.6, where sharpness peaks. Diffraction shows up at f/11 and does what it is expected to do from hereon. As far as corners are concerned, sharpness improves gradually as the lens is being stopped down until it peaks at f/8.

To put things into perspective, I compared the AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D lens with the subject of this review set at approximately 85mm as well as the Hasselblad / Carl Zeiss CFi 4/150 lens mounted on the Nikon D700 via an adaptor with the zoom set at about 150mm. Compared with the 85mm lens, the zoom is noticeably softer at f/2.8, which is not unexpected as the prime lens is a faster optic and already stopped down at this aperture; at f/8, however, their performance is quite comparable in both the centre and the corners—the prime lens is still a little bit sharper at 100% magnification but we are splitting hairs here, really. At 150mm and f/4, the zoom and the CFi 4/150 lens are equally sharp; at f/8, the CFi 4/150 is a tiny bit sharper but, again, the differences are really negligible. Very impressive, if you ask me.

All things considered, the lens is a very, very decent performer in terms of sharpness. It is not the sharpest lens that I have ever used but, given how it is normally used, it does not show any unacceptable deficiencies across the entire range of focal length and aperture settings either.

Conclusions

The AF Zoom–Nikkor ED 80–200mm f/2.8D is a great general purpose telephoto zoom lens if you do not intend to take it to the extremes in terms of autofocus performance and can live without Vibration Reduction. The fact that it does not boast all the latest technologies, from a certain perspective, might actually be a good thing—it is the lack of these features that makes very, very descent optical performance that is packed in a superb lens barrel available at a very reasonable price. Indeed, the lens represents a great value for the money and I highly recommend it to demanding photo enthusiasts who are on a budget.

Reasons to Buy Nikon AF Nikkor 80-200mm f2.8D ED Lens

Here we’ve included a summary of the advantages and disadvantages of the Nikon AF Nikkor 80-200mm f2.8D ED lens in a list form to help you determine whether it offers the features you need.

PROs

Autofocus

Aperture Ring

Distance Scale

Tripod Collar

Internal Focusing

Fast Aperture at Wide end

Fast Aperture at Tele end

Constant f2.8 aperture throughout the range

Covers Full-Frame Sensor

9 Diaphragm Blades for Smooth Bokeh

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CONs

No Weather Sealing

Hood is not supplied

Heavy

Pricey

Lens Mount

Nikon AF 80-200mm f2.8D ED is compatible with cameras that have a Nikon F (FX) lens mount. Some of the latest released cameras that are compatible with the Nikon F (FX) lenses are Nikon D6, Nikon D780 and Nikon D3500.

Size, Weight and Filter Thread

Size and weight is a very important decision factor when searching for your next lens. Nikon AF 80-200mm f2.8D ED has a maximum diameter of 87mm and total length of 187mm. It weighs 1300g / 45.9 oz.

Nikon AF 80-200mm f2.8D ED has a filter thread of 77mm. Below are links to the filters that we recommend you to consider for your Nikon AF 80-200mm f2.8D ED:

Optical Image Stabilization

Nikon AF 80-200mm f2.8D ED doesn’t have an optical image stabilization system so the only option to stabilize the image taken with this lens is to mount on a camera body with IBIS (sensor based In-body image stabilization).

Alternatively, you can check the Nikon AF-S 70-200mm F2.8E FL ED VR in Nikon F (FX) mount that have similar focal range but features Optical Image Stabilization.

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Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm F2.8E FL ED VR Compare	35mm FF	1430gr	AF
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Zoom Method

Nikon AF 80-200mm f2.8D ED features Rotary (internal) zoom method where the length of the lens doesn’t change while you are zooming in or out. Even though this design has a size disadvantage in general compared to extending designs, it has the benefits of better sealing against dust and moisture, no zoom creep and no weight balance shift while zooming.

Maximum Magnification Ratio

Nikon AF 80-200mm f2.8D ED has a Max Magnification Ratio of 0.17x and has a minimum focusing distance of 1.5m. 0.17x means that the max magnification ratio is very low and not suitable even for modest close-up shots.

Below are the 3 Telephoto Zoom type Nikon F mount lens alternatives with highest max magnification ratios:

Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 DG: 0.5x — (Compare)
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Tamron 70-210mm F4 Di VC USD: 0.32x — (Compare)

Aperture

Nikon AF 80-200mm f2.8D ED is a fixed aperture lens with a constant max aperture of f2.8 from 80mm all the way to the 200mm .

Focal Length	Max Aperture	Min Aperture
80mm	F2.8	F22
200mm	F2.8	F22

Optical Formula

Nikon AF 80-200mm f2.8D ED’s optical formula consists of 16 elements in 11 groups . Special elements used in this design is 3 ED glass elements.

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Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8G ED VR II Compare	35mm FF	1,540 g / 3.39 lb	AF
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Tamron SP 70-200mm F2.8 Di VC USD Compare	35mm FF	1,470 g / 3.23 lb	AF
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Vignetting

As can be seen in the test shots below, vignetting gets worse as you go from 80mm to 200mm, and does so quite rapidly (note that all test shots were taken at the same exposure value). As always, vignetting can be easily dealt with in post processing if you shoot RAW format.

80mm
	f/2.8	f/4	f/5.6
105mm
	f/2.8	f/4	f/5.6
135mm
	f/2.8	f/4	f/5.6
200mm
	f/2.8	f/4	f/5.6

At 80mm, vignetting is visible at f/2.8 but largely insignificant for real–life applications (compared with the other focal length settings, it is relatively gradual, too). The aberration is virtually gone by f/4.

At 105mm, vignetting gets worse—it is visible at f/2.8, f/4 and, to a lesser degree, f/5.6. At the last aperture it is visible only in the furthest corners, though, so one can consider it gone at this aperture. If you need vignetting free images at this focal length, use the lens from f/6.7 on.

At 135mm, vignetting gets further worse. It is very obvious at f/2.8 and f/4, clearly visible but maybe acceptable for some applications at f/5.6; it is still existent in the furthest corners at f/8. If you need vignetting free images at this focal length, use the lens from f/9.5 on.

At 200mm, vignetting is plainly bad. At f/2.8 it looks like an overall underexposure rather than vignetting; it is pretty bad and will be visible in most images at f/4 and f/5.6, too. At f/8 it is still visible but maybe acceptable for some applications. If you need vignetting free images at this focal length, use the lens from f/11 on.