I took my nearly new 80-200/2.8 Nikkor lens out for the weekend. Probably not designed as a walkabout lens but I had it round my neck for 9 miles yesterday and 10 today walking with no problems. I used this lens for every photo I took to see what it could do so plenty of samples to come.

Very little PP, lens did well

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I took my nearly new 80-200/2.8 Nikkor lens out for the weekend. Probably not designed as a walkabout lens but I had it round my neck for 9 miles yesterday and 10 day walking with no problems. I used this lens for every photo I took to see what it could do so plenty of samples to come.

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Taken with old 80-200mm/2.8 PP Nikkor I returned + SB600 on hotshoe + extension tube

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Another shot from when lying on bin bags on the lawn with the camera wrapped camera in various plastic bags in the heavy drizzle. I was shooting blue tits mainly but then this confident partridge and his friend stopped less than a meter in front of me.

Shot with the old 80-200 PP Nikkor I returned

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Taken with the 80-200/2.8 PP Nikkor I bought and then returned as faulty. I didn't have the usual 300mm reach so lay on the lawn for almost 2hrs on bin bags in the snow to get a little closer!

This is cropped to improve the composition.

As great as a new 80-200 sounded I ordered it and then later cancelled as too short for wildlife and long for portraits and too heavy to travel/ walk with so opted for an off the wall lens instead...
the lesser known Nikkor 105/2.8 dc! :)

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