Used Nikon AFS 2870mm f/2.8 D

Nikon 28 70mm F 2 8. Nikon ZoomNIKKOR 2870mm f/2.8 AFS D IF M/A ED Lens These featured coupled with the built in aspherical element and internal focusing make for a premium and optically superior experience It's just as sharp as the newest 24-70mm f/2.8 AF-S, and this 28-70 costs much less used today

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Unsurprisingly they introduced the then new technology into their high-end products first There was a prototype of an early attempt to bridge-the-gap but it wasn't sold for some.

Tokina 2870mm f/2.8 ATX AF Nikon Fit Lens Lenses and Cameras

It's just as sharp as the newest 24-70mm f/2.8 AF-S, and this 28-70 costs much less used today These featured coupled with the built in aspherical element and internal focusing make for a premium and optically superior experience Released back in 1999 it is a full frame lens but in the scope of this review we'll have a look how it performs on a Nikon D200 where its field-of-view is equivalent to 42-105mm.

AFS ZoomNIKKOR 2870mm f/2.8D IFED from Nikon. Many manufacturers have lenses that offer similar specs at that time, even off-brand makers have them, too Nikon had to respond to this but it took them a few years to get it right

The Nikon Digital Field Guide Online The Sigma 2870mm f/2.84 DG. This 28-70/2.8 offers spectacular performance, and the price you pay is huge size and weight I bought the whole Trinity of f2.8 constant lenses as it was at the time - 17-35, 28-70 and 80-200.