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<blockquote data-quote="Fortkentdad" data-source="post: 373096" data-attributes="member: 24285">Looking at reviews I think you are right about that.&nbsp; The F4-5.6D is actually a 'newer' lens and the constant F4 much rarer.&nbsp; According to Ken Rockwell the F4 was only produced for 18 months.&nbsp; While the next rendition the F4-5.6AF was described as &quot;the smaller, slower and cheaper 70-210mm f/4-5.6 AF&quot; he does give a rave review of the F4-5.6&quot;D&quot; version.&nbsp; He did warn of some issues with some of the F4's so hopefully your lens does not suffer from the issues he describes.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/70210f4.htm" target="_blank">Nikon 70-210mm f/4 Review</a>&nbsp; I know that Rockwell has his distractors but as a novice in this field I kinda like his straight forward approach but have learned not to believe everything I read on line.&nbsp; I hear what he says and move on to see what others say and form my own thoughts based on the general consensus if one exists.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fortkentdad, post: 373096, member: 24285"] Looking at reviews I think you are right about that. The F4-5.6D is actually a 'newer' lens and the constant F4 much rarer. According to Ken Rockwell the F4 was only produced for 18 months. While the next rendition the F4-5.6AF was described as "the smaller, slower and cheaper 70-210mm f/4-5.6 AF" he does give a rave review of the F4-5.6"D" version. He did warn of some issues with some of the F4's so hopefully your lens does not suffer from the issues he describes. [url=http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/70210f4.htm]Nikon 70-210mm f/4 Review[/url] I know that Rockwell has his distractors but as a novice in this field I kinda like his straight forward approach but have learned not to believe everything I read on line. I hear what he says and move on to see what others say and form my own thoughts based on the general consensus if one exists. [/QUOTE]

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