briantilley

Are you sure?  I have never seen a reference indicating that the AF 80-200mm f/2.8D ED Nikkor has nano-coating - nor do I know of one with a built-in lens hood.

As a fisheye, the 10.5mm Nikkor isn't really comparable with the other lenses being discussed in this thread.

Not you, clearly ;-)

Actually - stalemate.

We can all play that game. This is from Photographylife's original review of the VR II, by Nasim Mansurov (my bolding): "So, how pronounced is this difference, especially on the long end at 200mm? ...

One more time - I bought the FL for faster AF, more effective VR and slightly better image quality.  Coupled with that, the reduced weight and bulk and better balance meant that it could replace ...

OK.  For comparison, "Canon 1D focus issue" returns over 6,000,000 hits on Google.  Six million.  Maybe that was a slightly bigger problem...? I did not say or imply that.  In fact I said the ...

No, I simply think the majority of owners know about focus breathing but don't worry about it.  You, presumably, think the majority found it to be a problem.  Neither of us knows for sure. No, I ...

To be entirely accurate, Nikon have been making cameras without mirrors since 1948.  The first one was known as (coincidentally) the Nikon 1... :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_I,_M_and_S

Mostly; we differ on which set of people forms the majority. No; it's an assumption.  We don't KNOW why Nikon chose to design the VR II in that way, nor do we KNOW why they chose to do things ...

I thought you would have worked it out by now.  It simply means that many people didn't worry about focus breathing.  We know that you did, but please stop boring everyone silly about it. I am ...

Or, could it be that they just chose a different set of design criteria? Whatever the reason, you can't deny that the VR II was a very popular lens even with this apparent flaw. I've already ...

In fact, at least one person doesn't seem to know why he bought a D850, and has recently let it go... ;-) https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4300242

To be fair, I think his original title could have been clearer: " One week away from the rumored new Nikon full-frame mirrorless camera announcement" Many took that to mean "we are one week away ...

I agree that the OP probably doesn't deserve some of the responses in this thread - but he does have "previous" in this Forum and the lens-related Forums. His MO is to solicit advice on a ...

Stacey mentioned the focus breathing once, in passing.  You're the one who repeats the same tired old criticisms at every opportunity. Get over it already!

I'm a Fuji owner, with an X30.  I also owned an X-Pro 1 for a few years, and an X10 before the X30. Having improvements made via firmware updates kept me no happier than I would have been without ...

Most people have (got over it).  Few members here worried about it, and fewer still post complaining about it.  Maybe you could take your own advice... :-)

Here's the full image (cropped slightly - about 28MP in size)... I honestly can't see any problems that I could put down to the VR system rather than motion blur (the aircraft will have moved ...

Or, how about: "lens with a particular set of design crieria that were modified for its replacement, to take advantage of new techniques and materials"...?