{"id":1034,"date":"2009-12-07T23:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T10:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentyuphotography.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/nikon-70-200mm-f2-8-vrii-arrived.html"},"modified":"2012-02-23T19:47:20","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T06:47:20","slug":"finally-got-nikon-70-200mm-f28-vrii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentyuphotography.com\/blog\/finally-got-nikon-70-200mm-f28-vrii\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikon 70-200mm f\/2.8 VRII Arrived"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Finally after a long search, I have found the new Nikon 70-200mm f\/.8 VRII. It first came out on the 27th Nov,2009. It is a bit shorter but fatter when compared with the original 70-200mm.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kentkc\/4167715996\/\" title=\"Nikon 70-200mm f\/2.8 VR vs VR II by Kent Photography, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Nikon 70-200mm f\/2.8 VR vs VR II\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2556\/4167715996_bca9d6c330_o.jpg\" width=\"532\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I did a photoshoot with&nbsp;the 70-200mm VRII&nbsp;yesterday (more on this in a few days) and my impression so far:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">I didnt notice much of the weight difference, in fact the shorter length makes it easier to maneuver and provides a better balance with the body.<\/div>\n<p><\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">AF seems fast and accurate. <\/div>\n<p><\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">the lens is sharp. More on this in a few days with some test shots<\/div>\n<p><\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">big difference with VRII,&nbsp; it stablises faster,&nbsp; less wearing on my arms. Also noticed less camera shake images.<\/div>\n<p><\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">the zoom ring is a bit wider, providing a better grip<\/div>\n<p><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally after a long search, I have found the new Nikon 70-200mm f\/.8 VRII. It first came out on the 27th Nov,2009. It is a bit shorter but fatter when compared with the original 70-200mm. I did a photoshoot with&nbsp;the 70-200mm VRII&nbsp;yesterday (more on this in a few days) and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[228,3],"class_list":["post-1034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gear-talk","tag-70-200mm-f2-8","tag-nikon"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentyuphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentyuphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentyuphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentyuphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentyuphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1034"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentyuphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3135,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentyuphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034\/revisions\/3135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentyuphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentyuphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentyuphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentyuphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}