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<blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 741334" data-attributes="member: 13196"><p>If you are looking at a 300mm prime and want weather sealing, the PF VR version might be the only one that offers it. The 300mm f/4 AF-S (non-VR) not only lacks weather sealing, it doesn't have a rear glass element. So any debris could wind up inside the lens. </p><p></p><p>Now if you had a TC to mount on the back, that would resolve the issue of the lens not having rear glass. BUT I'm not sure if all TC's are weather sealed. </p><p></p><p>And I"m not sure if the Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 VR is weather sealed. I have that lens, and it's great up to about 280mm. Then it gets a little soft above that focal length. </p><p></p><p>The Nikon 70-200mm f/4 VR is sharp and I *think* it is weather sealed. Coupled with a Nikon 1.4x TC would extend the comparable focal length, but again...I don't know if the TC is weather sealed. I use my TC's with no issues, and if there is a chance of rain, I use a Think Tank Emergency Rain Cover. The small size fits both my 70-200mm f/4 VR as well as my 300mm f/4 PF - even when they have the 1.7x TC attached.</p><p></p><p>No matter what...when you change lenses, the suction of removing a lens can pull in dust. So there will always be the possibility of getting something on the sensor. And if you don't screw the rear lens cap of the lens to the body cap of the camera, just throwing those caps into a camera bag can put dust/dirt inside the cavities of those caps. I always screw mine together then put them into a ziplock bag as an extra precaution.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hark, post: 741334, member: 13196"] If you are looking at a 300mm prime and want weather sealing, the PF VR version might be the only one that offers it. The 300mm f/4 AF-S (non-VR) not only lacks weather sealing, it doesn't have a rear glass element. So any debris could wind up inside the lens. Now if you had a TC to mount on the back, that would resolve the issue of the lens not having rear glass. BUT I'm not sure if all TC's are weather sealed. And I"m not sure if the Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 VR is weather sealed. I have that lens, and it's great up to about 280mm. Then it gets a little soft above that focal length. The Nikon 70-200mm f/4 VR is sharp and I *think* it is weather sealed. Coupled with a Nikon 1.4x TC would extend the comparable focal length, but again...I don't know if the TC is weather sealed. I use my TC's with no issues, and if there is a chance of rain, I use a Think Tank Emergency Rain Cover. The small size fits both my 70-200mm f/4 VR as well as my 300mm f/4 PF - even when they have the 1.7x TC attached. No matter what...when you change lenses, the suction of removing a lens can pull in dust. So there will always be the possibility of getting something on the sensor. And if you don't screw the rear lens cap of the lens to the body cap of the camera, just throwing those caps into a camera bag can put dust/dirt inside the cavities of those caps. I always screw mine together then put them into a ziplock bag as an extra precaution. [/QUOTE]
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