Due to the extremely positive reports I ordered the lens for my D700. I ordered it because I am looking for a lens as a telephoto, which brings a nice background blur, but otherwise sharp features. Portraits, landscapes and cities, it should represent, 2.8 I need not necessarily. Better than the 2.8 he and similarly it resounds from the network and also here at the buyers so far. Unfortunately I can not find in the combination with the D700. Positive, I must say that it's a beautiful light lens, the processing is great, everything is clean and soft. A significant difference from the older 70-300G. To me it is a bit long in the design - but ok. The lens has a terrific sharpness at f 5, a very pleasant picture. With luck, it also conjures vivid pictures as I want it. Here is my brief experience, why I am sending back the lens: In the area under shade 5 I have more than 50% Committee on images due to poor focus. I shoot about 80% in the mode with only one or few autofocus measurement points in this measurement method, most images are blurred. I have the impression that it was so, when measured in a dark area should be done as the eye socket or similar. at f 4 me the picture is personally too soft. Since I like having automatic Scan i can aperture 4 and 4.5, unfortunately, do not skip and I wanted to use the. Necessarily for Tiefenunschärfe Next the lens is very sensitive to under-exposure, since the color falls especially among persons Hautonbereich heavily into red. This was not an isolated case, that ran through all images and do not like. Post is again consuming. Now I wanted this lens were happy, so I'm testing in our photo retailers, and there was allowed the lens and unfortunately had to find out exactly the same. In established by me critical area was the same here, a satisfactory picture of moving people. - Pity. I have terrific with my test images pictures here that are a dream of sharpness, sculptural appearance and wonderful background, but unfortunately only if I have static subjects and have the possibility, aperture, zoom range, etc. Autofokusart beautifully composing. Unfortunately, mine is too little. Maybe yes is my Nikon D700 to an old model for this beautiful lens and it makes to other devices a consistently good figure.
I had to test now parallel the possibility of the Nikkor 70-200 2,8GII, my choice is now in this much too unwieldy lens. For me, there still is a significant difference and my more inexpensive.
