Incredible vintage zoom lens!! (Plus Lens Giveaway winner announced!!!🎁)
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- This time we are taking a closer look at the AI-s Nikkor 80-200mm F4 lens. This is an amazing zoom that is super affordable and creates excellent results! Also we have a winner of the Lens Giveaway from last time!!
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Picked one up for 49 bucks in very decent condition. I used it so far on my D850 with the challenging 46mp sensor but it is crazy sharp. The D850 destroys mediocre lenses but this combo works great.
Glad you are happy with it! It’s an incredible lens that is still highly underrated.
I have this lens, got it repaired, the guy actually managed to get rid of the zoom creep by putting new felts in the zoom ring. It's great!
Excellent!! That’s awesome you don’t have the zoom-creep issue anymore! Enjoy! It’s an amazing lens!
@@VintageOptiks If you put black electrical tape on the barrel opposite the color depth of field markers the creep goes away. I saw this on another post and it works!
Sounds great! Thank you.
A neighbor gave me this same lens with an FE last year, now i use it to shoot sports. Works pretty well
Jonathan Daisey Awesome!
Bro your channel is amazing! Great content. You are really good photographer and you know your equipment! Looking for more of this!
Hey, thank you so much! I’m glad you are enjoying the videos. I appreciate the feedback.
I have one its the older 4,5, but is as good. IT was my 1st buy in 1980 other than the 50 mm F1,8, next to the 35-70 f3:5. I still have all of my lenses.
Wonderful! There are so many amazing lenses from the good old days! Even the zooms are fantastic!
i wonder what the difference between the f4 and f4.5 is...hmm
Thank you for this tip. I have just ordered on for EUR 50.
You are welcome! Sounds like you got a great deal! Enjoy this amazing lens!
Congratulations to the winner 👏🏻😁
Denis Tonti Yes!!
The years between 1970 and 1985 turned out a lot of remarkable zoom lenses, especially in the tele range 70 up to 200mm.
I use Canon FD and third party gear out of this time and there are are lot of classics
Canon FD 4,0 80 -200mm, where 3 variants exist, the breech lock, the new FD with the same optical formula and the L-version, which was a push/pull zoom.
There were although a lot of third party lenses:
Tamron SP 19AH 3,5 70-210
Tamron SP 51A 3,5-4 70-210
VIVITAR 4,5 90-180 flat field
Vivitar 2,8-4,0 70-210 (Type3 by Komine)
TOKINA AT-x 2,8 80-200 SD
Tamron SP 2,8 80-200
and many, many others.
It seems, the analogue days were a good biotope for lenses and lens designers...
Ingo Walkerling I completely agree with you!! There seems to be this funny notion amongst quite a lot of people that vintage zoom lenses aren’t good enough. But I have found quite the opposite to be true. So far I’ve reviewed 2 zooms here on the channel and I’m working on a 3rd one and they all performed great!! Thank you for mentioning all the zoom lenses that you like. I’ve heard a lot of good thinks about the Canon FD 80-200 f4. Will definitely test it in the near future. Ant the Tokina is also a lens that I want to review. So many great vintage lenses!! We are so lucky to live in a time when we can try all these wonderful lenses from the past.
I have a copy of this lens, it's freaking amazing for the price !
Versatility and sharpness for money
I wholeheartedly agree!
I picked up a flawless version of this on your recommendation, only to find it had a fair amount of internal dust. It is currently being CLA’d and I hope to get it back soon - the cost of the service is more than I paid for the lens!
Great to hear that you picked up one of these lenses! I hope you’ll be happy with it once you get it back from cleaning.
1:08 WOW.... My hero.
Same!
Another sound review; me like! And again, your sample images are all great, I really dig the one at 2:56. Lovely simple composition, graphic with all the vertical lines and the punchy contrast between the nuanced dark brown of the trees and the lively greens makes it 'refreshing' in way. And the background blurs away so seamless and gentle, yet not giving up all the details. Nice!
Just an idea, with NIKKORs, you could quickly mention the name of the hood that goes with it in the tech part. Would be handy, but not blow up the compact format of the video. I'm not much of a hood guy, cause I consider myself a ghosting / flare / sunstar connoisseur (unless flare eats up the whole image), haha. But I sponsored my copy a hood, cause I have to agree with you, this thing is incredible (and it's a zoom !!?) and an absolute keeper!
I usually underexpose my vintages NIKKORs a little bit by default (as to what my TTL camera meter tells me), but with the 80-200mm I compensate at least -1,0EV most of the time to get a normal looking exposure, which helps to keep the shutter speeds fast fast and fast and I hardly have to bump up the ISO even at f/8. Just great, makes it super handholdable..
Cheers
Thank you so much for your kind message! I was blown away by this zoom! Sharpness, contrast, colors, build quality - all fantastic!! Phenomenal lens that can be found for such ridiculously cheap prices for the kind of quality that it delivers. This was the lens that made me realize how good vintage zooms can be! And as you mentioned - super easy to use without a tripod. Love it!!
I picked one up a few days ago and have been loving all the pictures taken with it. My only concern is that the zoom ring is a little hard to turn. It might’ve been dropped at one point Or it just needs grease?
Glad to hear that you’re enjoying the results you are getting from this lens! It’s definitely a great optic! Regarding the focusing helicoid feeling stiff - yeah, it needs to be re-greased. A lot of vintage lenses suffer from dried up grease which translates to stiff focusing.
@@VintageOptiks that’s what I figured. I’ll get right to it. Thanks!
@DrErickLopez Cheers!
Great review cheers mate
Thank you!!
what's the David Holmes esque intro music please?
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Amazing🤗👏😘
Thank you!
Like, subbed and notifications on 🙌🏾 I love your videos man
Ryan Chippy Thank you so much! I really appreciate it.
hi sorry to bother you im loving all the amazing lenses you review and ur knowledge.. how is it on a crop aps camera not full frame
Hi, no worries. I am happy to answer your question. Glad you are enjoying the videos. Regarding APSC vs FF - I’ve only used this lens on a full frame camera, so I can’t say if it will be any different when used on a cropped sensor. But I don’t see a reason why it will perform any differently. It’s a great lens!
@@VintageOptiks thank you so much this is the first lens it really got me interested to use a vintage lens
@@sippinhappiness793 You are welcome! I hope you'll enjoy it if you end up getting it.
Hi
Which one would you recommend to buy
Nikon 70-210 mm f/4 AF or this 80-200mm f/4?
Please let me know asap
Hi, I’ve only used the 80-200 f4 lens. The 70-210mm f4 is an autofocus lens and I am not a fan of autofocus lenses. So if I had to choose I’ll go with the 80-200 f4, because it’s a manual focus lens and I only use manual focus lenses. But that’s just my preference.
Thanks for the review!
You are welcome! I hope you enjoyed it.
Nice review.what camera did you use in this video?
Thank you! I used the Sony a7III
@@VintageOptiksthanks for your answer.... i want buy this lens and use it on fuji xt4..what do you think?can i get same sharpness?or its only for full frame
@@tinikashvili I am not sure how it will perform on Fuji, because I've only used it on Sony full frame, but I don't see a reason why it won't perform the same just because the sensor is smaller. It's a great lens!
@@VintageOptiks i need this lens,thank you
was this not till 88 (not 98) ?
From all the research I've made, I found that it was made till 1998. It has been confirmed by several reputable sources.
If I could suggest a lens to try next, look into the Minolta MD 35-70mm F3.5 Macro. An amazingly sharp lens at all focal lengths.
Shawn Brynelson Yes that is a great lens!
do you prefer this one or the Nikkor 200mm f/4 AI?
Kakashi Ax I like them both for different reasons but if I had to pick only one I’ll go with this zoom simply because of its versatility. It’s great having such a large range of focal lengths to choose from in one lens and the minimum focusing distance of 1.2 meters is super handy especially at 200mm.
Last year I bought a mint copy of the Minolta 70-210mm f4 "Beercan" for $69.95 with free shipping. I suspect there might not be much if any discernible difference in image quality between the two. The Minolta, however, has two big advantages. It's AF and has an internal zoom. It works natively on my full-frame a850 and crop sensor a65 but requires an adapter for use on the e-mount cameras. The cheaper adapters don't allow autofocus, but anyone who's accustomed to shooting vintage lenses won't have a problem manual focusing.
Yeah I've heard so many good things about the Minolta 'beercan". It will be fun to ry it someday even though I am not a fan of AF, but as you mentioned it can be used as a manual focus lens as well. So many lenses, so little time :)
For second I thought I was watching “Kill Bill”
Nice! I love that movie.
If you're looking at awesome vintage zooms, I can't praise the Tamron Adaptall2 SP 80-200 f2.8 enough! It's a tank, its still pricey, but the results are bonkers.
Thank you for letting me know and thank you for subscribing to the channel! I've heard many good things about it and its definitely on my list. I am super excited to try it out. So many great vintage lenses out there!
Although quite rare, i'd bet the Tamron adaptall SP 80-200mm f2.8 is easily superior to this lens.
Well the Tamron zoom might excel in certain regards, but I don’t think that this is a fair comparison. The Tamron lens has an extra low dispersion element, which already puts it in a different category, and it’s a full stop faster. But on the other hand the Tamron zoom is larger and heavier and costs a lot more.
If you don’t want a big and heavy zoom lens because you’ll be on foot for a long time, just like Steve McCurry was in India, then the Nikkor will be the better choice, but if you are shooting birds on a tripod and need that fast speed, then the Tamron will make more sense. They are both great lenses. It simply depends on what is the right lens for the job.
I like the Dark side (A.K.A. Nikon) too (I actually was in a total dark side state during Nikon F3 era!) but in the almost 70-200 FL range, absolutely and I repeat, ABSOLUTELY no lens comes even close to Canon's original, older 70-200 L F4 (The non IS, non super duper or the fat pooper!), yes the cheapest of the serios that can easily be obtained around $400, day in and day out, today. The IQ of this fair baby is second to none. Period. Get one and you'll never go back to anyone else!
Sounds great! Would love to try it!!
It's an excellent lens, indeed. But I prefer the classic icon: Zoom-Nikkor 4.5/80-200 and use it on both analogue & digital Nikons; it weighs about 750 g, offers Nikon's 52mm standard filter diameter (I only accept 52 and 72mm), and last not least the 4.5/80-200 is as good as the 4/80-200. Zoom ring slipping is made wilfully by Nikon because of the need of quick and smooth pulling through the zoom/focus ring. Besides the last version of the 4.5/80-200, I own the first one, and here isn't any trouble with ring slipping. Nevertheless the 4/80-200 Zoom-Nikkor is a phantastic lens, too. @philosimot
The 80-200 f4.5 is also a great zoom! You simply can't go wrong with either one. And they are both still very affordable.
I'm not sure why you prefer it.
@@montazownianr1 Why change a running optimum? Read my former arguments, most Nikonians agree that this 4.5/80-200 Ai Nikkor-Zoom is the summit of MF Zoom Nikkors within that range.