Obviously, one would not be interested in zooming in to a person’s face more just to get better subject isolation, especially if the subject already filled the frame. You'll have Program and Shutter-priority modes, but lose Manual and Aperture-priority since you have no way to set the aperture on the camera or on the lens. it's not a heavy lens and should balance very well in a setup where the camera is attached to the tripod, not the lens.

Seems Nikon has lost its mind with regards to its add-ons and accessories… the Motor grip for the D800, the Wireless transmitter for its high end cameras. Macro also looks good, but my sample had a serious issue when stopping down to f/4 – the aperture was actually smaller, closer to f/5. The TC-20E III turned out to be a much better teleconverter than the old TC-20E II, which only seemed to work well with a couple of high-end super telephoto lenses. Part of it may be that I like using pinpoint AF, which forces a CDAF pass, and I don't think the 70-200 likes doing that much. Shooting f/13 on 40+ Mpix bodies means your images are diffraction limited, independently of the lens.Nikon claims that the new AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/4G ED VR III will give you an extra 5 stops shutter speed.

It suffers from both barrel and pincushion distortion at short and long focal lengths and pincushion distortion is most pronounced at 200mm. It's very sharp, compact, fast to focus, and at the time it had some of the best VR Nikon had in any lens. ED VR II vs AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/4G ED VR compared review how both lenses perform at 200mm, starting with the usual uninspiring image shown below with both lenses. I'd leave either a 67mm Nikon Clear (NC - UV) filter, or a 67mm Hoya Super HMC UV on the lens at all times. We weren't able to save any images, but from a very quick test Nikon's claims of a 5-stop vibration reduction don't seem entirely unreasonable.I checked them again to confirm, and there is only a tiny bit of correction applied, because this lens needs so little. Coated optical glass elements certainly help with handling ghosting and flare on the 70-200mm f/4G VR.