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Sigma macro's AF inaccuracies call for new optic!
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   The Nikor AF80-200mm F2.8 (non D) arrives!..in surprisingly good condition.....but it's not the fungussy one....but another one found for the same price (€160).

 

   When I said "new optic" in the thread title, I meant new to me, this lens was made between 1988-1992 in this version, making it 25-29 years old!

   The auto focus is well and truly first generation, screw-drive, noisy and very slow and it needed +15 to nail the focus.

 Briefly, it's black, heavy (1.270), all metal, push-pull zoom, sharp enough wide open and generally clunky.  There's also no tripod foot which is huge mistake IMHO.  Kirk Photo actually make a foot with two collars, one that clamps around the front of the lens and one  at the rear.......all "clunky dory" and the same price as the lens........do I feel a DIY project coming on?

 

   Other than for portraiture on a budget, it's uses are limited these days, but they made 170,000 of this model so there are inevitably many perfectly functioning copies still out there.........some for little money!

  


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Sigma macro's AF inaccuracies call for new optic! - by davidmanze - 01-15-2018, 12:32 PM
Sigma macro's AF inaccuracies call for new optic! - by davidmanze - 01-15-2018, 03:33 PM
Sigma macro's AF inaccuracies call for new optic! - by davidmanze - 02-02-2018, 10:15 AM
Sigma macro's AF inaccuracies call for new optic! - by davidmanze - 02-02-2018, 10:54 AM
Sigma macro's AF inaccuracies call for new optic! - by davidmanze - 02-13-2018, 09:04 AM
RE: Sigma macro's AF inaccuracies call for new optic! - by davidmanze - 02-27-2018, 12:40 PM
RE: Sigma macro's AF inaccuracies call for new optic! - by davidmanze - 02-27-2018, 01:18 PM
RE: Sigma macro's AF inaccuracies call for new optic! - by davidmanze - 02-28-2018, 09:39 AM
RE: Sigma macro's AF inaccuracies call for new optic! - by davidmanze - 02-28-2018, 10:32 AM
RE: Sigma macro's AF inaccuracies call for new optic! - by davidmanze - 03-14-2018, 10:17 AM
RE: Sigma macro's AF inaccuracies call for new optic! - by davidmanze - 03-16-2018, 04:24 PM
RE: Sigma macro's AF inaccuracies call for new optic! - by davidmanze - 03-18-2018, 07:22 AM
RE: Sigma macro's AF inaccuracies call for new optic! - by davidmanze - 03-18-2018, 08:38 AM
RE: Sigma macro's AF inaccuracies call for new optic! - by davidmanze - 03-18-2018, 10:17 AM
RE: Sigma macro's AF inaccuracies call for new optic! - by davidmanze - 03-19-2018, 11:32 AM
RE: Sigma macro's AF inaccuracies call for new optic! - by davidmanze - 03-19-2018, 12:11 PM
RE: Sigma macro's AF inaccuracies call for new optic! - by davidmanze - 03-19-2018, 12:43 PM
RE: Sigma macro's AF inaccuracies call for new optic! - by davidmanze - 03-20-2018, 08:23 AM
RE: Sigma macro's AF inaccuracies call for new optic! - by davidmanze - 03-22-2018, 08:34 AM
RE: Sigma macro's AF inaccuracies call for new optic! - by davidmanze - 03-23-2018, 06:06 AM
NIKKOR AF105mm F2.8D micro arrives. - by davidmanze - 03-26-2018, 12:16 PM
RE: Sigma macro's AF inaccuracies call for new optic! - by davidmanze - 06-05-2018, 11:40 AM
RE: Sigma macro's AF inaccuracies call for new optic! - by davidmanze - 06-11-2018, 01:18 AM

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