07-05-2015, 02:20 PM
Hi all,
New here, but been a avid Photozone enthusiast a long time!
Anyway, I had the 80-400 VR II, and found it excellent in the short end, up to 250mm, maybe.
Then my wife got the 70-300CX (which nobody seem to have tested), and, eventually, to our amazement, the 70-300CX proved to be just as good as the far more expensive 80-400 VR II, when both were used on a Nikon V2 camera, a sobering experience.
I had had the AF-S 70-300 VR (a very good copy!) to begin with, for my Nikon 1 cameras, but the 70-300CX outshone that with ease, so I sold that, and eventually got a good copy of the Tamron 70-300 VC, which with the light coming from your back could compete with the 70-300CX (don't know what it is called, but a bit like sailing down-wind, but with the sun hitting your back instead, down-sun?!).
But even the slightest hint of back-lighting, and it was an almost total loss, while the 70-300CX just shrugged it off. That way the 80-400 was its equal, both using the latest lens coatings, which evidently helps a lot!
So now I have sold the famed 80-400 VR II, and gotten myself a 70-300CX of my own. And a 70-200/4.0 for my FX camera!
When are you going to test the 70-300CX?!
All the best, Hals- und Beinbroch!
New here, but been a avid Photozone enthusiast a long time!
Anyway, I had the 80-400 VR II, and found it excellent in the short end, up to 250mm, maybe.
Then my wife got the 70-300CX (which nobody seem to have tested), and, eventually, to our amazement, the 70-300CX proved to be just as good as the far more expensive 80-400 VR II, when both were used on a Nikon V2 camera, a sobering experience.
I had had the AF-S 70-300 VR (a very good copy!) to begin with, for my Nikon 1 cameras, but the 70-300CX outshone that with ease, so I sold that, and eventually got a good copy of the Tamron 70-300 VC, which with the light coming from your back could compete with the 70-300CX (don't know what it is called, but a bit like sailing down-wind, but with the sun hitting your back instead, down-sun?!).
But even the slightest hint of back-lighting, and it was an almost total loss, while the 70-300CX just shrugged it off. That way the 80-400 was its equal, both using the latest lens coatings, which evidently helps a lot!
So now I have sold the famed 80-400 VR II, and gotten myself a 70-300CX of my own. And a 70-200/4.0 for my FX camera!
When are you going to test the 70-300CX?!
All the best, Hals- und Beinbroch!