Nikkor AF portrait zoom...

[Harvey H King]

I am looking for a AF, FIXED-APATURE, Nikkor zoom lens of range
about 70-200.

80-200/f2.8 is out of my price range. However, I did heard rumor of these
following lens:

1) AF 70-210/f4
I heard it was basically the precursor of the modern 70-210/f4-5.6. Does
this lens exists? what is the price range for this piece?

2) AF 80-200/f4
Though I've seen the manual version of it, I wasn't sure if AF counterpart
exists or not.

3) 70-150 E
this is an "E" series lens. I have no clue if its an AF or not, nor
what is it max. apature.

Any confirmation of these lens' existance would be appreciated. More over,
any comments on their relative quality, etc are welcome as well.

Thanks in advance

HHK
kng...@uclink.berkeley.edu

[Bob Neuman]

In article <4blpgj$a...@agate.berkeley.edu>, kng...@uclink.berkeley.edu
says...

>I am looking for a AF, FIXED-APATURE, Nikkor zoom lens of range
>about 70-200. 80-200/f2.8 is out of my price range. However, I did
>heard rumor of these following lens:
>1) AF 70-210/f4 I heard it was basically the precursor of the modern
>70-210/f4-5.6. Does this lens exists? what is the price range for
>this piece?

---It exists, for about $200-250 used, and has the same optics as the
---excellent 70-210 E series lens, better than the 70-210 f4-5.6 AF.

>2) AF 80-200/f4 Though I've seen the manual version of it, I wasn't
>sure if AF counterpart exists or not.

---No, it doesn't, and its performance is similar to the 70-210 E.

>3) 70-150 E this is an "E" series lens. I have no clue if its an AF
>or not, nor what is it max. apature.

---MF only, f3.5, superb performance.
---You did not mention the MF 50-135mm f3.5, also excellent

>Any confirmation of these lens' existance would be appreciated. More
>over, any comments on their relative quality, etc are welcome as well.

---Iassume from your question that you missed "SUBJECTIVE Lens
---Evaluations (Mostly Nikkors)", which, in version 5, lists ALL
---Nikkors ever made for SLR's (many of which are evaluated).
---It is at the following sites:

Sites where D. Ruether's "SUBJECTIVE Lens Evaluations (Mostly Nikkors)"
can be found:
-Jan-jaap Aue: (ver. 4)
http://www.phys.rug.nl/mk/people/aue/nikon/david.html
-Bo-Ming Tong: (go to end of long article) (ver. 5)
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/people/bmtong/photo/nikon.faq
-Quang-Tuan Luong: (ver. 5)
http://robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu/~qtluong/photography/35mm/nikon-neuman
-Niklas Nikitin: (table format) (ver. 4)
http://www.cs.hks.se/~nicke/private/photo/david.html

---Hope this helps.