{"id":1221,"date":"2015-08-11T23:52:50","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T15:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ywo.id.au\/blog\/?p=1221"},"modified":"2025-02-23T21:46:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T13:46:41","slug":"new-nikkor-supertelephoto-zoom-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/2015\/08\/11\/new-nikkor-supertelephoto-zoom-lens\/","title":{"rendered":"New Nikkor supertelephoto zoom lens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nikon has just announced a few new lenses, including the new Nikkor AF-S 200\u2013500 mm f\/5.6 VR supertelephoto zoom lens. While this isn’t actually\u00a0the kind of lens I’d be using for low light action photography, it is, nonetheless, an interesting lens (as Thom Hogan has\u00a0commented<\/a>\u00a0recently). The combination of the 200\u2013500 mm focal length range and the small f\/5.6 aperture suggests that this will be a relatively light and portable lens for this class of equipment.\u00a0It also looks like it’ll be a relatively affordable lens\u2014I’m aware that it’s probably going to be\u00a0around the $2,000 mark in Perth.\u00a0While this\u00a0might not sound particularly affordable, bear in mind that lenses of this kind typically cost much more than that.<\/p>\n

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Nikkor AF-S 200\u2013500 mm f\/5.6 VR image \u00a9 Nikon 2015. Used under Copyright Act 1968, Section 41.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Consider\u00a0this new lens against\u00a0the Nikkor AF-S 200\u2013400 mm f\/4 VR II, which is a professional supertelephoto lens. Yes, the professional lens\u00a0lets in one more stop of light (f\/4 compared to f\/5.6), but it costs five times as much ($10,000 rather than $2,000), and is considerably\u00a0longer (36.5 cm rather than\u00a026.8 cm) and heavier\u00a0(3.4 kg rather than 2.3 kg). For anyone shooting in daylight and without the need for the shallowest depth of field, the new lens will represent exceptionally\u00a0good value for money if it performs well. Although I haven’t yet shot long-range landscape, sports (e.g., surfing, skiing), or\u00a0vehicle action (e.g., aircraft, boats, cars), I’d expect this new lens to\u00a0be well suited for those subjects.<\/p>\n

The Nikkor AF-S 24\u201370 mm f\/2.8 VR standard zoom lens is one of the other new lenses announced recently. This lens and its predecessors form a key part of many professional photographers’ kits; the standard focal lengths and relatively fast f\/2.8 aperture combine to form a\u00a0flexible tool for many types of event photography. Somewhat unusually, though, this lens takes\u00a082 mm filters\u2014larger than the standard 77 mm filter size on most professional lenses.<\/p>\n

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Nikkor AF-S 24\u201370 mm f\/2.8 VR image \u00a9 Nikon 2015. Used under Copyright Act 1968, Section 41.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Canon’s current equivalent lens, the Canon EF 24\u201370 mm f\/2.8 II, does not have IS (or VR in Nikon terms). Given the long standing rivalry between Canon and Nikon, an IS version is probably just around the corner …<\/p>\n

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Canon EF 24\u201370 mm f\/2.8 II image \u00a9 Canon 2015. Used under Copyright Act 1968, Section 41.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Depending on photographic needs and philosophy, though, these fast standard zoom lenses might be far from essential. For low light action photography, one or two fast prime lenses (e.g., f\/1.4 or f\/1.8) would probably serve much better. In the standard zoom range,\u00a0moving forward or backward a few steps can be enough to give the desired framing, and the faster f\/1.4 or f\/1.8 apertures make a noticeable difference in shooting parameters\u00a0(and ultimately, image quality) compared to f\/2.8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nikon has just announced a few new lenses, including the new Nikkor AF-S 200\u2013500 mm f\/5.6 VR supertelephoto zoom lens. While this isn’t actually\u00a0the kind of lens I’d be using for low light action photography, it is, nonetheless, an interesting lens (as Thom Hogan has\u00a0commented\u00a0recently). The combination of the 200\u2013500 mm focal length range and… Continue reading New Nikkor supertelephoto zoom lens<\/span> →<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[46,41,270,272,268,269,42,30,87],"class_list":["post-1221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-equipment","tag-camera-lenses","tag-canon","tag-canon-ef-24-70-2-8-ii","tag-nikkor-afs-200-400-4-vr-ii","tag-nikkor-afs-200-500-5-6-vr","tag-nikkor-afs-24-70-2-8-vr","tag-nikon","tag-photographic-equipment","tag-thom-hogan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1221"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4169,"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1221\/revisions\/4169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ywo.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}