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This lens is built very solidly, AF is quick and accurate, great color rendering. Lens is tack sharp and is thus excellent for taking candid portrait photos from longer distances. Excellent quality bokeh, and controllable depth of field at f/2.8 makes it good for taking wide open near-macro quality shots (see photo).
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Product Quality: Rating : A+ Comment: Lens very clean and as described. Lens is immaculate and came well packaged! You can tell that product was handled with care. I did some test shots and very sharp. I look forward to bringing it on my next trip to take portraits of the family this summer. This lens looks and feels very new! Very happy with this lens I purchased.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
The 180ED is an amazingly compact lens for it's focal length, about the size of a 28-70/2.8 zoom. I shot it on Ektachrome slide film and on a D7000 DX body. In both cases the image is amazing with beautiful rendering of the subjects and out of focus area with nice colors and pristine sharpness. It does improve stopped down but it is one of the sharpest lenses I have owned fully open if not THE sharpest. Cost-wise it was in the $420 range which was reasonable. Quality of the item recieved was very good but I think that is a statement on the quality of the lens itself. If it's had a lens filter on it, I think it takes abuse to render anything less than "New" quality for this metal barrel lens. Only issue I find is in dark lit areas it hunts as you would expect. With AF assist light this should not be a problem and I would say that the AF speed is okay(not fast, but not super slow). What I like about this lens is popping a TC in a pocket and being able to cover on DX digital the equivalent of 270mm to 540mm range on film with really light weight.Read full review
I've gone through many lenses in my time; brand, off-brand, imitators and high line. This lens is a spectacular accessory. Shot a few images through it out of the box and it does not disappoint. Sharp, clear, and reliable. It may very well end up being my "on-the-camera" piece. Agree with others that focusing in the closer ranges challenges the system but it helps with being accurate in my work. Just a great telephoto prime and should be in all Nikonians' bags.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Con: Lens is not light Pros: great bargin used. Fantastic image given it's age. Great lens for astrophotography Since it's manual focus anyway, all you need is a $12-$15 dollar adapter to make this work on most Canon bodies. I generally find the Nikon mount Nikkor lenses cheaper and in better shape than the canon mount Nikkor lenses.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
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