I too have wondered about this lens at its 300 end. I was
able to play with one on an F5 and an F100 at Nikon School
last month. When zoomed out to 300, in the view finder I saw
ghosting (doubling) of the image. I pointed this out to the
Nikon guy. He couldn't see it. I thought maybe it had
something to do with my aging eyes and bi-focals, but with
the 300 2.8D mounted on the same bodies I didn't see this. I
had high hopes of possibly replacing my 70-210 f4-5.6d with
this lens. I'd use this lens with my FM2 on long scout
treks.
Roger Smith
>From: "George Bowen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: 70-300 ED question [v04.n311/14]
>I recently purchased the 70-300 ED Nikkor zoom lens. I noticed in David
Ruether's subjective lens review an entry concerning this
lens. In it David said of the 2 lenses tested both were
moderately defective. This turns out to be a problem with
film-lens parallelism. When panning across a distant subject
it produces a slight focus shift. I noticed that when the
lens is zoomed out to 300mm you can grasp the lens barrel
and the zoom ring and try to wiggle it. The barrel moves
side to side in relation to the zoom ring. Has anyone else
noticed this on their lens? I haven't used the lens very
much so I don't know how it affects images. I recently
converted from Minolta to Nikon because I owned older lenses
and couldn't use them on Maxxums, so I said goodbye to
Minolta. Nikon is smart to keep the F mount. I've only owned
one other zoom lens, a Soligor 35-105 macro. It turned out
to be a piece of junk. I hope the Nikkor isn't. Thanks for
information in advance.
George Bowen
