Tamron's new 70-200/2.8 zoom is a very competent lens: It's almost up there with the best Nikon has to offer, even sometimes surpassing the new Nikon 70-200/2.8E VR in image quality. It offers a very effective image stabilization of almost 5 stops even if it could not suppress the mirror-slap of the D810 completely and has a fast and reliable AF.
Buy Nikon NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S Lens with UV Filter Kit featuring Z-Mount Lens/FX Format, Aperture Range: f/2.8 to f/22, ED, SR, and Fluorite Elements, ARNEO and Nano Crystal Coatings, Multi-Focus Stepping Motor AF System, Vibration Reduction Image Stabilization, Programmable Control Ring, Information OLED Panel and L.Fn Button, Weather-Sealed Design, Fluorine Coating, 77mm UV Filter.
The weight of 1,245g is 195g less than the NIKKOR Z 70-200 f2.8 S VR. Even the renowned featherweight Nikon 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR is 215g heavier! If we mount the TC-1.4x Z teleconverter on the 400mm f/4.5, the weight is identical to the 500mm f/5.6 PF (okay, 5 grams / 0.01 pound heaver), and the lens is now a 560mm f/6.3.

News Reviews Articles Buying Guides Sample Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR my 70-200 f2.8 VR1 lens about a year ago, after it sat without any use for

Nikon's first 120-300mm f/2.8. Nikon's first use of an SR glass element (Short-wavelength Refractive, same as Canon's BR Blue Refractive compound) to reduce spherochromatism, also used in the Z 70-200mm f/2.8 introduced the same day. Good. Outstanding optical quality. Programmable front control buttons: AF LOCK, or AF ON, or If money is no object: 70-200mm VR 2 f2.8. If money is object but FX: 70-200mm VR F4. If Dx camera: 70-200mm VR 1 f2.8. I could go in very long technical reasons why, but that might bore you. I thought the older VR1 70-200 could not auto focus on a DX camera like the 5200. . 158 90 289 396 346 63 14 127 390

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