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<blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 828679" data-attributes="member: 53455">Parting ways with an old friend (2020)This is the caption I wrote when I uploaded this photo to Flickr:One last parting portrait of a now departed friend: the trusty 200~400mm ƒ/4 VR Nikkor lens which I had acquired in March 2007 and used, first for birds, wildlife and aviation, then for sports (classic yachts regattas, eventing) while I was shooting those.It was a superb lens but darn bulky and heavy. More recently, I bought a 300mm ƒ/4 Phase Fresnel, much smaller and lighter, which satisfies all my current and foreseeable needs for long lenses, and with the advent of the Z mount and the probable future move to mirrorless, I didn’t see the need to keep a 200~400 in the F mount. Rather than taking up space in the safe, I sold it to someone who could use and enjoy it —in this instance, a guy in Italy who’s delighted with his purchase.Nikon Z7, Nikkor Z 85mm, ƒ/1.8 S lens. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Flash lighting. Single exposure.[ATTACH=full]414934[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue439, post: 828679, member: 53455"] [B]Parting ways with an old friend (2020)[/B] This is the caption I wrote when I uploaded this photo to Flickr: [I]One last parting portrait of a now departed friend: the trusty 200~400mm ƒ/4 VR Nikkor lens which I had acquired in March 2007 and used, first for birds, wildlife and aviation, then for sports (classic yachts regattas, eventing) while I was shooting those. It was a superb lens but darn bulky and heavy. More recently, I bought a 300mm ƒ/4 Phase Fresnel, much smaller and lighter, which satisfies all my current and foreseeable needs for long lenses, and with the advent of the Z mount and the probable future move to mirrorless, I didn’t see the need to keep a 200~400 in the F mount. Rather than taking up space in the safe, I sold it to someone who could use and enjoy it —in this instance, a guy in Italy who’s delighted with his purchase.[/I] Nikon Z7, Nikkor Z 85mm, ƒ/1.8 S lens. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Flash lighting. Single exposure. [ATTACH type="full"]414934[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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