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<blockquote data-quote="salukfan111" data-source="post: 512723" data-attributes="member: 39212"><p>No joke. There is a pound of glass that moves inside the 300 f/4.5 EDIF and it should focus with the tip of your pinky nail. Probably half the people here owned or have owned this lens and can confirm this for you. The ai'd version without IF is a whole nother story so avoid that lens unless you need a beater that can serve as a hammer if you're in a bind. I by these ai'd one and give them (along with a tc 1.6a or 200) to biologists I work with as an observation lens (200-300 dollars total and you're ready for 1000-1200mm FF equivalent shooting if you're shooting a screw drive crop sensor camera - hard to beat).</p><p></p><p>If you consider the mass of glass that is moving inside the camera it is one of the smoothest focusing rings ever. My 300 f/2.8 and 400 f/3.5 (probably 2 pounds of moving glass) are about the same.</p><p></p><p>I don't joke (I think I'm missing that gene).</p><p></p><p>Find yourself a camera buddy in your area and he'd/she'd probably loan you some of this stuff. I got a lot of stuff I didn't need at first but was careful and most of what I bought is stuff I'll resell or give away. I wasn't kidding about getting the D7xxx refurbed. A free D5200 is much more expensive in the long run than a D7100. You may save the cost of the refurb'd D7xxx on your first lens purchase. I wish more people here would try to guide new folks into cheaper (life cycle costs) more appropriate equipment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="salukfan111, post: 512723, member: 39212"] No joke. There is a pound of glass that moves inside the 300 f/4.5 EDIF and it should focus with the tip of your pinky nail. Probably half the people here owned or have owned this lens and can confirm this for you. The ai'd version without IF is a whole nother story so avoid that lens unless you need a beater that can serve as a hammer if you're in a bind. I by these ai'd one and give them (along with a tc 1.6a or 200) to biologists I work with as an observation lens (200-300 dollars total and you're ready for 1000-1200mm FF equivalent shooting if you're shooting a screw drive crop sensor camera - hard to beat). If you consider the mass of glass that is moving inside the camera it is one of the smoothest focusing rings ever. My 300 f/2.8 and 400 f/3.5 (probably 2 pounds of moving glass) are about the same. I don't joke (I think I'm missing that gene). Find yourself a camera buddy in your area and he'd/she'd probably loan you some of this stuff. I got a lot of stuff I didn't need at first but was careful and most of what I bought is stuff I'll resell or give away. I wasn't kidding about getting the D7xxx refurbed. A free D5200 is much more expensive in the long run than a D7100. You may save the cost of the refurb'd D7xxx on your first lens purchase. I wish more people here would try to guide new folks into cheaper (life cycle costs) more appropriate equipment. [/QUOTE]
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