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Photo Zone
Thanks to a silent-wave AF drive and a VR (Vibration Reduction) mechanism the Nikkor AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR is a worthy improvement over the previous high-speed tele zooms made by Nikon. However, these improvements also come at cost of a substantially higher price tag and increased dimensions/weight. Performance-wise the results are excellent and slightly superior to the old AF 80-200mm f/2.8ED. Vignetting, distortions as well as CAs are well controlled and not really field relevant. The mechanical quality of the lens is exceptionally high and it’s a joy to use this lens. … READ FULL REVIEW
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SLR Gear
The Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR is a big, hefty (and expensive) hunk of glass and metal, but it packs a real wallop when it comes to performance and capabilities. One of its more prominent characteristics is that it incorporates Nikon’s “VR” (Vibration Reduction) technology, letting you hand-hold shots up to 3 stops slower than you could otherwise. If you need superior optical quality and lens speed over this focal length range, the Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR is clearly the way to go. “¦ READ FULL REVIEW
Digital Photography Review
The Nikon AF-S VR 70-200mm F2.8G is a lens which would, were it designated ‘DX’, be fully deserving of the highest accolades. On the smaller sensor format, results are nothing short of spectacular – resolution is excellent even wide open, chromatic aberration and geometric distortion are low, and falloff negligible. Combine this with the impeccable build quality, excellent autofocus, and effective image stabilization, and this lens is getting close to flawless; only the occasional, but severe flare problems really count against it. … The problem is that, with the introduction of the D3, DX is no longer the pre-eminent format in Nikon’s DSLR line, and 35mm full-frame has re-arisen from the ashes in the guise of FX. This of course places different demands on lenses … And the D3 is a top-end camera, so it seems reasonable to assume that Nikon’s workhorse professional lenses should give excellent results on it; sadly, the 70-200mm F2.8 VR doesn’t quite manage this, with significant vignetting at wide apertures throughout the zoom range …READ FULL REVIEW
Thom.com
This is a pricey lens that you won’t be buying on impulse. … When you have light sources in the frame, this lens tends to produce ghosts more often than the preceding lenses in this line. You’ll want to always use the supplied hood. This is a lens that absolutely requires that you turn the camera off before removing it or mounting it. If you use internal flash or the AF-On button, you’ll find some more of the little gotchas. Minor quibbles, such as the four switches being indistinguishable by touch and the total lack of depth of field information mar what would otherwise be a world-beater design. One of Nikon’s sharpest lenses ever. Sharp at every aperture. Sharp with tele-converters. And the VR helps you achieve that sharpness. Gorgeous out-of-focus rendering, perhaps as good as any existing Nikkor, VR and AF-S in one package. … VR doesn’t slow the speed of focus of this lens, and AF-S doesn’t keep VR from working. Nicely done. “¦ READ FULL REVIEW
Ken Rockwell
As Nikon’s best professional moderate telephoto zoom, one of these (or one of its earlier siblings) is in almost every professional photographers’ bag. Its optics and mechanics are superlative for everything a full-time career professional news or sports photographer would want to shoot with it, on any Nikon digital or modern film camera. The only reason I don’t have one myself is because I usually use my 80-400mm VR instead, since I shoot things that don’t move and prefer the longer range. “¦ READ FULL REVIEW