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Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8E FL VR Review
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<blockquote data-quote="carguy" data-source="post: 623633" data-attributes="member: 12521"><p><em>"<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: '-apple-system'">I would love to see Mr Silverman shoot an all day wedding with the 70-200mm f/2.8 by holding its tripod foot on his palm! The only way to hand-hold a heavy 70-200mm f/2.8 is by either removing the lens collar completely (those who never put a 70-200mm f/2.8 on a tripod remove it), or by moving it up to the top of the lens, as shown below:</span></span>"</em></p><p></p><p>I disagree completely. I've never taken the collar off of my Tamron VC and I've shot hockey, soccer and all day softball tournaments with the foot facing down without issue.. If it doesn't work for the author that's one thing, but blanket statements like that are a joke.</p><p></p><p>"<em><span style="color: #555555"><span style="font-family: '-apple-system'">Bokeh Quality</span></span></em>" Doesn't Bokeh mean the quality of the blurred circles/balls of light? ;-)</p><p></p><p>I'd love to have a Nikon 70-200. As I don't make money from my photos and the VC was more in my budget it works for me. The Nikon glass is in the budget for some and I don't blame them at all for buying one. It's only $300 more than the original MSRP for the VRII (which is now down around $1,700)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="carguy, post: 623633, member: 12521"] [I]"[COLOR=#000000][FONT=-apple-system]I would love to see Mr Silverman shoot an all day wedding with the 70-200mm f/2.8 by holding its tripod foot on his palm! The only way to hand-hold a heavy 70-200mm f/2.8 is by either removing the lens collar completely (those who never put a 70-200mm f/2.8 on a tripod remove it), or by moving it up to the top of the lens, as shown below:[/FONT][/COLOR]"[/I] I disagree completely. I've never taken the collar off of my Tamron VC and I've shot hockey, soccer and all day softball tournaments with the foot facing down without issue.. If it doesn't work for the author that's one thing, but blanket statements like that are a joke. "[I][COLOR=#555555][FONT=-apple-system]Bokeh Quality[/FONT][/COLOR][/I]" Doesn't Bokeh mean the quality of the blurred circles/balls of light? ;-) I'd love to have a Nikon 70-200. As I don't make money from my photos and the VC was more in my budget it works for me. The Nikon glass is in the budget for some and I don't blame them at all for buying one. It's only $300 more than the original MSRP for the VRII (which is now down around $1,700) [/QUOTE]
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