I'm trying to decide between a 200-400mm f4 zoom and either the 300mm or 400mm f2.8 lenses. I can afford to buy one of these lenses only. I'm an amateur shooting soccer, basketball and netball from courtside, as well as sailing from a chase boat and alpine ski racing.
Verdict. The AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/4.0E PF ED VR is Nikon’s long awaited successor to the venerable and now 14-year-old AF-S 300/4.0D. The new lens is much smaller and lighter than its predecessor – in fact even compared to any other full-frame 300/4.0 lens currently on the market. And it sports Nikon’s latest version of VR image stabilization.
This Nikon 300mm f/4 AF-S is for the photographer who shoots on a tripod. It's the perfect 300mm lens for the sorts of people who love to shoot raw and demand the absolute highest technical image quality. It certainly will be sharper than a 70-200mm VR II and TC-14E. Personally I prefer to travel light, and shoot the 28-300mm VR instead.
I don' t have the Nikon 300mm f/2.8 AFS II (can't afford it) and just got the Sigma 120-300mm with the 2x TC. Maybe I should consider the 1.4 x. I'm doing bird photography and am well aware of the limitation of a 300mm lens as far as reach is concerned that's why I got the TC. My scant experience is only with the Nikon 300mm f/4 plus TC 1.4E
has a silent focus motor built into the lens. Sony FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS. Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 Di III VXD. Lenses with built-in focus motor focus faster and more quietly than lenses without a focus motor which rely on the camera's body focus motor. minimum focus distance.
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