'Everyday Lens' to use with Nikon D200

Joan wrote:
I have one and I do take it off. Rita, you claimed a while back that
the 18-200 at 200 was wider than it should be. I did a comparison
with the 70-300VR (I don't have a 70-200) and found that the the
70-300 at 185 showed the same FOV as the 18-200 at 200.

The comparison shots are on my flickr site if you wish to view them,
just skip down past the mosaics I've just added.

You need to focus on something close. Focused at infinity, the fov at
200 will be about what it should be at 200. At close distance it will
be wider. IF lenses are usually like that. The 70-200 and the 70-300 VR
probably behave the same way. You'd need to measure actual FOV angles
to see.

Thanks, I'll have another play with it when I can.

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Joan
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"frederick" wrote in message
news:1180311744.369084@ftpsrv1...
: You need to focus on something close. Focused at infinity, the fov
at
: 200 will be about what it should be at 200. At close distance it
will
: be wider. IF lenses are usually like that. The 70-200 and the
70-300 VR
: probably behave the same way. You'd need to measure actual FOV
angles
: to see.

Thanks Rita. I'll try again when I have the time.

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Joan
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"Rita Ä Berkowitz" ritaberk2O04 @aol.com wrote in message
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: Joan wrote:
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: I have one and I do take it off. Rita, you claimed a while back
that
: the 18-200 at 200 was wider than it should be. I did a comparison
: with the 70-300VR (I don't have a 70-200) and found that the the
: 70-300 at 185 showed the same FOV as the 18-200 at 200.
:
: Try shooting at closer focus as setting the lens at infinity will
show a FoV
: closer to 200mm. The closer you get the wider the FoV gets.
:
: The comparison shots are on my flickr site if you wish to view
them,
: just skip down past the mosaics I've just added.
:
: I like a lot of your shots. Nice work.
:
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: Rita
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Rita Ä Berkowitz wrote:
Adrian Boliston wrote:

I'm not keen on having to cart about heavy lenses so use the Nikkor
35mm f/2 which only weighs 205g. I started off with the 18-70 kit
zoom and upgraded to the 17-55 2.8 DX which certainly was top
quality, but was very heavy at 755g, but if I *had* to have a zoom it
would be this one.

Some people claim that the 18-200mm VR is really the only lens to have.
They say they never take it off their camera.




Rita

it's heavier than the kit lens and the 55-200 VR put
together - or so it seemed when I tried them in the store.

Louise

On 2007-05-28 06:30:38 -0700, Rita Ä Berkowitz ritaberk2O04 @aol.com said:

C J Campbell wrote:

Would I
get a 17-35 to replace this lens when the D3x comes out? Probably not
right away -- it would be a low priority.

You'd quickly find that you couldn't live without the old 17-35/2.8.

So I am told. Except, as I said, I don't take all that many wide angle
shots. 'Tain't my style.


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Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

by 20g

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Joan
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"louise" wrote in message
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:
: it's heavier than the kit lens and the 55-200 VR put
: together - or so it seemed when I tried them in the store.
:
: Louise

On 2007-05-28 06:30:04 -0700, Rita Ä Berkowitz ritaberk2O04 @aol.com said:

BDW wrote:

That would be about $1500 or so I'd guess for the Sigma, then around
$800 or so for the 18-200mm. Between the two I don't know what else
I'd need other than a specialty type lens for Macro work or something
that I do almost none of anyway.

I keep trying to narrow this down...I don't want to wish I'd bought
something else 6 months down the road.

Your first *real* lens should be the 70-700mm VR and work from there.

Dang! I knew I was doing it wrong! Where do I get the 70-700 mm VR? Is
it f/2.8? AF-S?


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Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

Rita will have one on the geocities web site shortly. :-)

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Joan
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"C J Campbell" wrote in message
news:2007052919360375249-christophercampbell@hotmailcom...
: On 2007-05-28 06:30:04 -0700, Rita Ä Berkowitz ritaberk2O04
@aol.com said:
:
: Dang! I knew I was doing it wrong! Where do I get the 70-700 mm VR?
Is
: it f/2.8? AF-S?
:
:
: --
: Waddling Eagle
: World Famous Flight Instructor
:

On 2007-05-29 21:10:55 -0700, "Joan" said:

Rita will have one on the geocities web site shortly. :-)

Well, I should hope so. I hope it doesn't look like some Sigma lens.
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Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

C J Campbell wrote:
On 2007-05-29 21:10:55 -0700, "Joan" said:

Rita will have one on the geocities web site shortly. :-)

Well, I should hope so. I hope it doesn't look like some Sigma lens.
Even worse - you can get one that looks like a Canon L lens.