4) Useful for dog and cat and even human portrait photography outdoors. 5) In summary, the 400/2.8 can easily be turned into a 560/4 which is a wash for a bare 600/4 lens, but with much better MFD. The 400/2.8 is a very flexible and useful lens. The 600/4 is less flexible and less useful. Nikon's exotic telephoto with stunning optical performance. This is an in-depth review of the Nikon 300mm f/2.8G ED VR II lens that was released in December of 2009, along with the TC-20E III teleconverter. When it comes to telephoto lenses, the Nikon 300mm f/2.8 line of lenses has always been a metric of sharpness, contrast and acuity. According to Peter Braczko's guilde: Complete Nikon System. There are two different AI-S versions of the 300mm/f2.8. The first AI-S version differs from the older AI because AI-S version 1 has an additional clear, protection filter in front. AI-S version 2 can focus closer down to 9.8 feet/3 meters. More info on Roland Vink's web site: Nikon Nikon 300mm f/4 AF Focus Window. AF Speed . AF speed is on the slow side on my F100. It is a mechanically focused lens. It will probably be slower on more primitive cameras. One full turn of the AF screw focuses the lens from infinity to 95 feet. Nikon 300mm f/4 Focus Limiter. The focus limiter is continuously variable. I'm trying to decide between a 200-400mm f4 zoom and either the 300mm or 400mm f2.8 lenses. I can afford to buy one of these lenses only. I'm an amateur shooting soccer, basketball and netball from courtside, as well as sailing from a chase boat and alpine ski racing. has a silent focus motor built into the lens. Sony FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS. Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 Di III VXD. Lenses with built-in focus motor focus faster and more quietly than lenses without a focus motor which rely on the camera's body focus motor. minimum focus distance. Nikon 300mm f/2.8 + TC-17E II vs Nikon 200-400mm f/4.0 + TC-14E II. Now here is an interesting comparison – if we take the Nikon 300mm f/2.8 and add the TC-17E II, we end up at 510mm. If we take the 200-400mm and add the TC-14E II, we get to 560mm. This time, I tried to match the field of view, because 50mm was too big of a difference. 目前使用300mm f4E PF拍小孩室內運動，體積跟重量很適合手持，機動性高. 但對焦速度有點慢，光圈又不夠大，ISO常飆6400，因此想入手300mm f2.8. 在網路看了幾天，發現N家328有好幾款，小弟以手持為主故先刷掉無VR的D鏡. G鏡有VR而且分1代跟2代，網路上看到的資料 .

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