{"id":10483,"date":"2012-10-30T07:58:46","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T16:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/?p=10483"},"modified":"2012-10-30T12:04:44","modified_gmt":"2012-10-30T21:04:44","slug":"new-nikon-70-200mm-f4g-ed-if-vr-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/new-nikon-70-200mm-f4g-ed-if-vr-lens\/","title":{"rendered":"New: Nikon 70-200mm f\/4G ED IF VR Lens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/forms.aweber.com\/form\/23\/73008123.js\"><\/script><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/897230-REG\/Nikon_2202_NIKKOR_AF_S_70_200mm_f_4_0G.html\/BI\/5871\/KBID\/6746\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10484\" title=\"nikon 70-200 f4\" src=\"http:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nikon-70-200-f4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nikon-70-200-f4.jpg 500w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nikon-70-200-f4-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I saw lots of cool new items at last week&#8217;s PDN PhotoPlus Expo, but the one that jumped right out at me and made me say &#8220;<em>I&#8217;m buying this!<\/em>&#8221; was the brand new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/897230-REG\/Nikon_2202_NIKKOR_AF_S_70_200mm_f_4_0G.html\/BI\/5871\/KBID\/6746\/\">Nikon AF-S 70-200 f\/4G ED IF VR Lens<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring Nikon&#8217;s 3rd Generation VR, which gives you up to 5 stops of VR in the right shooting conditions, this is a full on pro quality lens. It has 3 ED glass elements, Nikon&#8217;s Nano Crystal Coating, AF-S Silent Wave Motor internal focusing, and it can be used on both FX and DX cameras.<\/p>\n<p>Why am I so excited about this lens? Because it&#8217;s smaller, lighter and it&#8217;s about half the weight of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/644741-USA\/Nikon_2185_AF_S_Nikkor_70_200mm_f_2_8G.html\/BI\/5871\/KBID\/6746\/\">Nikon 70-200 f\/2.8G VRII<\/a>. Ok, so it&#8217;s not faster, but since it&#8217;s considerably lighter, it will make <em>me<\/em>\u00a0go faster in the outdoors, and often times, that matters more than one stop. Especially when I&#8217;m shooting in bright sunlight.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the thing about f\/2.8 lenses. They rock. They&#8217;re also heavy, but back in the days of shooting ISO 50 slide film like Fuji Velvia, that extra stop was <em>mandatory <\/em>for shooting sports and action\u00a0with long lenses.\u00a0These days, most digital cameras start at ISO 200. That&#8217;s a whole two stops faster than ISO 50, so even if you&#8217;re shooting an f\/4 lens, you&#8217;re already one stop ahead.<\/p>\n<p>I often carry my heavier 80-200 into the backcountry to shoot things like skiing, trail running, mountain biking and climbing, but I&#8217;d by lying if I said it didn&#8217;t slow me down sometimes. A lens that offers the same focal length with less weight and bulk makes this an ideal telephoto zoom option for adventure and outdoor photographers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/lens-review-canon-ef-70-200mm-f4l-is-usm\/\">Canon&#8217;s had a 70-200mm f\/4 lens<\/a> in their lineup for years now, and it&#8217;s been hugely successful, so it only makes sense that Nikon would also bring out a lens like this.<\/p>\n<p>The new\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/897230-REG\/Nikon_2202_NIKKOR_AF_S_70_200mm_f_4_0G.html\/BI\/5871\/KBID\/6746\/\">Nikon AF-S 70-200 f\/4G ED IF VR Lens<\/a>\u00a0is set to hit stores on November 29, and it will cost $1399. Yea, that&#8217;s another plus. Been thinking of moving to a better, pro quality zoom, but don&#8217;t want to fly over the $2K mark? Then you might be as excited about this lens as I am. 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