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Nikon 200-400mm f/4G AF-S IF-ED VR II

Nikon 200-400mm f/4G AF-S IF-ED VR II

Specifications

  • Focal Length: 200-400mm
  • Maximum Aperture: f/4
  • Minimum Focusing Distance: 6.6'
  • Angle of View: 12-6°
  • Filter Size: 52mm Drop-In
  • Length: 14.4"
  • Weight: 7.4 lbs

Lens rental package includes: Front cap, rear cap, lens hood, tripod collar/mount, soft case.

BorrowLenses.com (Sohail's) Write-Up
The second edition of Nikon’s 200-400 f/4G is one of those lenses that every sports and wildlife shooter will want in their bag. This is one lens rental that you’ll find yourself coming back to over and over again, even if the only sports you shoot are your kids’ soccer games. This is a fast, fast lens, both by virtue of its aperture and its autofocus system. The AF-S motor focuses fast and silently and is perfect for catching everything from birds in flight to your 12-year-old pulling a backflip-bicycle kick as he scores the winning goal of his league championship. The wide f/4 aperture - unheard of in any other zoom of this range on any manufacturer’s lineup - will let you capture those images at a fast shutter speed and in lower light than any other zoom in this range. A monopod or tripod would be handy for this lens as it’s extremely solid, built to withstand the rigors of pros in the field. Or eager dads running up and down the field with their shutters firing away. Either way, it’d be pretty hard to be disappointed with this lens.

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Anna Sullivan: I rented this gorgeous lens last Sept. while in Jackson Hole, Grand Teton & Yellowstone National Parks. I had fun with this lens and it took very good care of me. Even though I had no idea what I was doing, I captured amazing wildlife shots. I was very impressed not only with the lens but, how it arrived to me from borrowlenses. It had a padded backpack and a hood. Ready to go. This year, I'm upgrading to the 500mm lens since I know a wee bit more than I did last year.

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SilverandBlueSports.com: This glass is amazing!!!! Add it to my D3S and your lugging an engine block around. I shot this lens hand-held during the Oregon Duck/Nevada Wolf Pack game last weekend. No monopod needed! The VR system on this lens more than compensated (the weight also helped to steady). The focus is ultra fast and always,always ultra sharp

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Craig: I've rented this lens twice now from BorrowLenses, once for a 3 week African safari and once for a trip into Kermode Bear territory in British Columbia, Canada. The lens performed spectacularly for me in both situations, but there are a few things to be aware of. This is a heavy lens. This should come as no surprise given the maximum focal length and aperture, but it does bear repeating. For both of the trips I have used it on I had limited ability to mount it on a tripod and did a lot of hand-hold/bean bag shooting. I definitely, strongly recommend having a good bean bag for window/roof line use with this lens. The lens acquires focus rapidly, and can track moving animals in dim light well. One very important aspect of it's performance, though, is a tendency to lose sharpness at 50 ft+ to infinity, wide open. This is particularly apparent at 400mm. It is not BAD at infinity, but it is definitely not as sharp at this distance as it is at, say, 25-40 feet. Used in a situation where you are close to your subject (as tends to be the case a lot of the time on safaris, or when shooting bears from a zodiac or hide), this lens is simply stellar, while being a little easier to handle than the 500 and 600 mm lenses arrayed around you.