{"id":1061,"date":"2010-05-07T09:53:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T21:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentyuphotography.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/shooting-with-nikon-70-200mm-f2-8-vrii.html"},"modified":"2012-02-25T11:41:41","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T22:41:41","slug":"shooting-with-nikon-70-200mm-f28-vrii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentyuphotography.com\/blog\/shooting-with-nikon-70-200mm-f28-vrii\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooting with Nikon 70-200mm f\/2.8 VRII"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"justify\">If you are shooting in an open space, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/644741-GREY\/Nikon_2185_AF_S_Nikkor_70_200mm_f_2_8G.html\/BI\/6936\/KBID\/7480\" target=\"_blank\">Nikon 70-200mm f\/2.8 VRII<\/a> is the most suited portrait lenses, amongst the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/108421-USA\/Nikon_1933_Telephoto_AF_Nikkor_85mm.html\/BI\/6936\/KBID\/7480\" target=\"_blank\">85mm f\/1.5<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/36858-USA\/Nikon_1932_Telephoto_AF_DC_Nikkor.html\/BI\/6936\/KBID\/7480\" target=\"_blank\">105mm f\/2 DC<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/113487-USA\/Nikon_1935_Telephoto_AF_DC_Nikkor.html\/BI\/6936\/KBID\/7480\" target=\"_blank\">135mm f\/2 DC<\/a>. The zoom range from 70-200mm covers from headshot to full body shoot and you can completely isolate your subject when you open up your aperture. The VRII version has an improved VR system and edge to edge sharpness over its successor VRI. <\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">Here are some images taken with the amazing Nikon 70-200mm f\/2.8 VRII.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_hBHN-xn5gSU\/S91eykDuHSI\/AAAAAAAAYjQ\/tIOGXf-XU_Y\/s800\/_ND18112.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_hBHN-xn5gSU\/S91eXnbylaI\/AAAAAAAAYh4\/lwx59a203Bo\/s800\/_ND18078.jpg\" \/> <\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_hBHN-xn5gSU\/S91ecoYnVqI\/AAAAAAAAYiY\/Qiahqo1xCFE\/s800\/_ND18089.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">The was actually taken with the 24-70mm f\/2.8. Equally impressive.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_hBHN-xn5gSU\/S91iFxLGGxI\/AAAAAAAAYkI\/LyC3cdf_MGE\/s800\/_ND18079.jpg\" \/> <\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">Leading your eyes to the details through shallow DOF<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_hBHN-xn5gSU\/S91eaiGozzI\/AAAAAAAAYiI\/ouYptXDhc4w\/s800\/_ND18084.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_hBHN-xn5gSU\/S-PD6O49I7I\/AAAAAAAAYqg\/X6-FJCo6Jjg\/s800\/_ND18144.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">The machine behind these images \u2013 Nikon D700 and Nikon 70-200mm f\/2.8 VRII<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_hBHN-xn5gSU\/S-O-BjzgvBI\/AAAAAAAAYqE\/rbDpeSCxf_w\/s800\/_DSC0909.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_hBHN-xn5gSU\/S91XUTuuy-I\/AAAAAAAAYgQ\/Ifgs2r3O1zA\/s800\/_DSC0917.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">and this is how they were done.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_hBHN-xn5gSU\/S90hLrsbXkI\/AAAAAAAAYgI\/5dau-PxhFlA\/s800\/_DSC0929.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong>Where can I find the equipment seen on this site?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you find this site useful and planning to purchase any of the equipment seen on this site, please show your support by purchasing your photo equipment at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/?BI=6936&amp;KBID=7480\" target=\"_blank\">B&amp;H Photo Video<\/a> or through any of the affiliate links seen on this site.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/732047-REG\/Canon_4460B003_EOS_60D_DSLR_Digital.html\/BI\/6936\/KBID\/7480\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/644741-GREY\/Nikon_2185_AF_S_Nikkor_70_200mm_f_2_8G.html\/BI\/6936\/KBID\/7480\" target=\"_blank\">Nikon 70-200mm f\/2.8 VRII<\/a> <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/108421-USA\/Nikon_1933_Telephoto_AF_Nikkor_85mm.html\/BI\/6936\/KBID\/7480\" target=\"_blank\">Nikon 85mm f\/1.5<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/36858-USA\/Nikon_1932_Telephoto_AF_DC_Nikkor.html\/BI\/6936\/KBID\/7480\" target=\"_blank\">Nikon 105mm f\/2 DC<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/113487-USA\/Nikon_1935_Telephoto_AF_DC_Nikkor.html\/BI\/6936\/KBID\/7480\" target=\"_blank\">Nikon 135mm f\/2 DC<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are shooting in an open space, the Nikon 70-200mm f\/2.8 VRII is the most suited portrait lenses, amongst the 85mm f\/1.5, 105mm f\/2 DC and 135mm f\/2 DC. The zoom range from 70-200mm covers from headshot to full body shoot and you can completely isolate your subject when &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,17],"tags":[228,3,450],"class_list":["post-1061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gear-talk","category-portraits","tag-70-200mm-f2-8","tag-nikon","tag-portraits"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentyuphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061","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=1061"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentyuphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3356,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentyuphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061\/revisions\/3356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentyuphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentyuphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentyuphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentyuphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}