Seeking inputs on 300mm F/4

Have a D80 + 70-300mm F4.5 - 5.6 VR and has been looking for option to go longer.

Have tried a cheap 500mm F8, a 600mm Sigma mirror lens and a Tokina 400mm F/5.6. Both the cheapo 500mm and Sigma 600mm are F8 MF and I just could not get any sharp pictures out of them. The enlarged pictures from 70-300mm coudl easily surpass those from 500mm and 600mm in terms of IQ.

The Tokina 400 F5.6 is an AF and there are some very good review about it. However, it does not work with my D80. As a matter of fact, the sales guy at KEH told me many of those old lenses from third party do not work well with the newer DSLR. For example, the tokina will needed to be "rechip" to work with a particular D80. The updated lens will work with one unit of D80 and may not work with a different unit.

I have since located a 300mm Nikkor AF IF F4 in new condition. This is the version before current AF-S version. It is said to be almost as good as the 300mm F2.8 in term of optics. I am thinking about getting it with a 17E II to get me to 510mm and F6 or so.

What do you think? Any one has shot with a 300mm F/4?

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• 只要有300 F2.8的一半水平，不用等了，下手吧！ -(@_@)- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/29/2007 postreply 10:20:04

• 回复：只要有300 F2.8的一半水平，不用等了，下手吧！ -Big_Benz- ♂ (236 bytes) () 08/29/2007 postreply 10:25:41

• I don't know. I don't have any experience on these third -(@_@)- ♂ (249 bytes) () 08/29/2007 postreply 10:37:08

• 300mm is very sharp. I'd suggest to get AF-S, see ... -jzz- ♂ (355 bytes) () 08/29/2007 postreply 10:25:21

• 回复：300mm is very sharp. I'd suggest to get AF-S, see ... -Big_Benz- ♂ (165 bytes) () 08/29/2007 postreply 10:28:39

• Yes, cost is a factor, but ... -jzz- ♂ (485 bytes) () 08/29/2007 postreply 10:50:59

• 很多人推荐这个镜头。 -车头- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/29/2007 postreply 11:03:24

• Since you already have 70-300 VR, the 300 F4 doesn't add -天逸- ♂ (178 bytes) () 08/29/2007 postreply 11:16:14

• 如果不是急等着用的话,就做个预算上300 f/2.8吧 -九月九- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/29/2007 postreply 12:58:07

• or better yet, get the 200-400 F4 VR:) -天逸- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/29/2007 postreply 13:08:58

• or the new 400mm VR? but too heavy... -jzz- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/29/2007 postreply 13:26:38