Nikkor 180mm F2.8 and Novoflex

[Mark Galer]

The 180mm Nikkor f/2.8 is a very sharp lens, and not that big, if you see one come up cheaply on eBay.

This Wedge-Tailed Eagle was captured at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia with an NEX-6 and was used as a fold-out poster for the Melbourne Zoo magazine.

 

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[Jan Anne]

Which Nikkor 180mm are we talking about?

 

There are 7 variations out there:

http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/lenses.html#180

 

I've done animal portraits for a while with the new IF-ED model on a D200 (1.5 crop), but found it too short and switched to a Sigma 120-300/2.8 which was very quickly traded up for Nikkor 70-200/2.8 VR with 1.7TC (the Sigma had serious back focus issues).

 

Here's my favourite from 2007 with the D200:

 

Here it is compared to other lenses, I preferred the Leica R 180/3.4 APO Telyt to the 180/2.8 (sharper, more vibrant colors, no CA issues) but the 200/2VR trumped them all, in size and in IQ 

Lenses: Nikon E 75-150/3.5, Nikkor 70-200/4VR, Nikkor 70-300 AFS VR, Leica R 180/3.4 APO Telyt, Nikkor 180/2.8 IF-ED New and the Nikkor 200/2VR.

[drasko2015]

great shots

 

how much did you pay mark?