My new favorite toy!

[the_f22]

Today I bought the lens I've been looking at for 3 years, the Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR lens! I have to say that I love it, the only thing I can even say something bad about is that the VR drains your batteries quick but hey I can live with that! Only had it or a few hours so tomorrow I'll have to go out and try it for real! Heard so much good stuff about it and the once I have tried has been some of the sharpest lenses I've ever used. Some photos of the unboxing and a small review can be found at:
http://rasmusjohansson.wordpress.com
I'll post here again as soon as I have tried it more!

 

[J Lynn]

Can't wait to see your pictures with this lens. I have a Tamron 70-200 2.8 w/o VR...thinking about selling it for one like yours.

 

[Kqw1208]

Congratulations on the lens...

You'll love it...

 

[AtlPikMan]

Congrats! I am a new owner of a 70-200vr. I purchased mine yesterday. None of my other lenses compare to it. Looking foward to your pics.

 

[Taco]

Congrats and welcome to the cafe...good things aren't cheap and cheap things usually aren't good. These lenses hold their value extremelly well and will outlast a few different bodies. Enjoy your new investment...

Cheers

Ted:smile:

 

[DavidBickle]

Welcome. Enjoy the lens. It is a great piece of glass.

 

[the_f22]

Thank you everybody, I have been out trying the lens in -2°C today and with really overcast weather. So with an ISO of 800 and a f/2.8-4 I could get a shutter speed of 1/60-1/120s wich isn't ideal but without the VR I would have been totally lost. I will post here as soon as my new logpost is up with images! It truly is an amazing lens but damn that magnesium-alloy body get cold!

//Rasmus

 

[the_f22]

New post with a pic is up on my blog!
http://rasmusjohansson.wordpress.com

 

[joeholmes]

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I love mine -- took this shot earlier this week. Creamy bokeh.

The only thing I don't care for is that I have to stay about 5 feet away from the subject in order to focus. That's a shame. Not that it matter in this snow photo.

 

[mematsu]

Nice shot Joe!

 

[the_f22]

Gorgeous winter shot!

 

[Kennewick Man]

Rasmus & Kent - Congratulations on picking up this lens. I'm waiting for delivery of mine from B&H, due 12/30/08 (weather permitting). Can't wait to receive it.

Joe - love your picture, especially the bokeh.

 

[the_f22]

Here is one pic i posted on my blog, more is coming in a nearby future!

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[StinkyD]

Very cool shot Joe. Love those green shoes.

 

[mudfoot]

nice photos on your site joe

 

[SP77]

Congrats! I've been enjoying the HECK out of mine, when I can actually get outside to use it. Weather has been super nice here in the DC area (60's F) so I managed to get out over the holidays and get a bunch of great photos. If you think the battery drain is bad on your D300 (?), it's a lot worse on my D40! lmao Clearly Nikon did not believe that any 40/x/60 owner would be nutty enough to get this lens and shoot it on these cameras. Every session I shoot with the lens, my battery is down a full bar (out of three) or possibly two, heh heh. Batteries are cheap though. :smile:

 

[SP77]

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I love mine -- took this shot earlier this week. Creamy bokeh.

The only thing I don't care for is that I have to stay about 5 feet away from the subject in order to focus. That's a shame. Not that it matter in this snow photo.

Lovely shot!

Yeah, the 5 foot minimum focus distance is the reason I don't really bother to use this lens indoors. If I'm shooting my daughter she's either just outside of 5 feet and not a whole lot more, or she's soon to be charging me and coming within 5 feet and I'm hosed. Would have been nice to try this lens out with the Canon 500D close-up filter, but that's one of the things I sold to help fund the lens, LOL. :tongue:

 

[the_f22]

New image up, sorry for the watermark..

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[robert photo]

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I love mine -- took this shot earlier this week. Creamy bokeh.

The only thing I don't care for is that I have to stay about 5 feet away from the subject in order to focus. That's a shame. Not that it matter in this snow photo.

nice capture!!

 

[mbg914]

I really love mine and it worked really well for the last wedding we did. Got to take it out and try some casual photos.

Michael