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I got my 80-400VR

Postby BBJ on Fri Jan 21, 2005 11:44 am

Hi All well looks like i become a member of the VR club and now it arrived this morning so have had just a lil play with it. First impressions wow this is a chunk of glass by the size of the box.LOL
I am not the best to hand hold very stable but did a couple of test pics just to try the vr out, very rough but you will get the idea.

No Vr at 400mm at 1/40sec hand held

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Vr On at 400mm at 1/40sec hand held
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Lens on camera at 400mm taken with my lil sony p&s
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Ok now i need to go test on something that moves or other than sighns,uhhmm maybe down the lakes and see what the DUCKS are doing.LOL
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Postby nodabs on Fri Jan 21, 2005 12:10 pm

mmm thats purdy gotta get me one of those :)
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Postby ajo43 on Fri Jan 21, 2005 12:18 pm

That is one hell of a weapon you have there to go duck shooting.

I reckon you should get yourself some tickets to the cricket you'd get some great shots there. You might even get in the press gallery with a beast like that!
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Postby Raydar on Fri Jan 21, 2005 1:03 pm

I will own me one of them come July......
thanks for the fix mate :roll:

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Postby sirhc55 on Fri Jan 21, 2005 1:30 pm

Enjoy BBJ - an impressive looking piece of art on your D70 and you have proven the point with your pics on the useability of this lens.

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Postby petal666 on Fri Jan 21, 2005 4:19 pm

Ahhh, a push pull dust vacuum like the Canon 100-400IS. I prefer the internal Zoom lenses myself because then you don't get air passing in and out of the lens during zoom. Still you should get some nice pics from it.
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Postby birddog114 on Fri Jan 21, 2005 4:26 pm

petal666 wrote:Ahhh, a push pull dust vacuum like the Canon 100-400IS. I prefer the internal Zoom lenses myself because then you don't get air passing in and out of the lens during zoom. Still you should get some nice pics from it.


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It's not the push pull zoom!
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Postby petal666 on Fri Jan 21, 2005 6:17 pm

Yeah, now that I look at it a bit closer it has a zoom ring. My apologies for likening it to the 100-400IS :)
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Postby MattC on Fri Jan 21, 2005 6:44 pm

John,

Glad you finally got what you wanted. Now 'tis time to get that monster tripod to carry that lens.

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Postby MattC on Fri Jan 21, 2005 6:46 pm

 PS Looking forward to seeing some shots of the bikes.
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Postby gstark on Fri Jan 21, 2005 6:47 pm

petal666 wrote:Yeah, now that I look at it a bit closer it has a zoom ring. My apologies for likening it to the 100-400IS :)


It's much better than that. It's a Nikon!

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Postby mudder on Fri Jan 21, 2005 8:33 pm

Woo Hoo!!! Welcome to the club John,

I've played with the 80-400 for a while now and I'm still amazed as to just how much my keep rate has improved. I was initially anxious to see just how much difference VR really made, but after playing with one for a while, VR's now my best friend :-)

It still impresses me how it "locks" onto an image...

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