The running joke in the studio last week was, “well, it has crystal nano coating.” I love to make fun of lens manufacturer naming. It seems like they spend all day trying to come up with new letters and words to tack onto the end of lens names. Some of my favorite names are from Tamron. They really have the naming stuff down. “AF18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical (IF)” . Now that is a name.
Well, the new Nikon 70-200 2.8 has a pretty dang cool name, so it must be good. (AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II). And the bonus? I has crystal nano coating! It must be good. Many of the new lenses from Nikon have their new nano coating. What is it? Well it just adds extra color contrast. Is it good? Yep, this lens produces some pretty dang cool contrast.
This is a recent photo from a senior shoot. As you can see it has awesome contrast and great pop. I’m not going to get into semantics here. Is it better than the old one? Yes. And it should be it is about 10 years newer. It it sharper?
Yes, I think it is?
So, should you get it? Well, will it bring more profit to your business? Only you can decide that. Remember, spending money on display albums and prints should be first in a business, then gear.
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