How could anyone besides you know if you’ll ever use it?
I own that lens and to me it is a great performer. If you are not going to use it often then I see no reasons to keep it.
greekd214 wrote:
Need some advise from the group. I have a
Nikon AF 70-210mm f/4-5.6 Zoom lens that I used to use when I shot film. Since I shoot digital now, I was wondering if it was worth hanging onto or should I sell it? It's an FX lens and requires a camera with a built in focus motor. I currently have a D7200 with an 18-300mm. The lens is in excellent condition and I'm wondering if I'll ever use it again. Your thoughts?
You don't need the lens but then selling it would get you little money.
greekd214 wrote:
Need some advise from the group. I have a
Nikon AF 70-210mm f/4-5.6 Zoom lens that I used to use when I shot film. Since I shoot digital now, I was wondering if it was worth hanging onto or should I sell it? It's an FX lens and requires a camera with a built in focus motor. I currently have a D7200 with an 18-300mm. The lens is in excellent condition and I'm wondering if I'll ever use it again. Your thoughts?
D7200 has a built in focus motor, lens will work fine.
greekd214 wrote:
Need some advise from the group. I have a
Nikon AF 70-210mm f/4-5.6 Zoom lens that I used to use when I shot film. Since I shoot digital now, I was wondering if it was worth hanging onto or should I sell it? It's an FX lens and requires a camera with a built in focus motor. I currently have a D7200 with an 18-300mm. The lens is in excellent condition and I'm wondering if I'll ever use it again. Your thoughts?
Hi given how much the lens is worth I'd keep it. It'll work fine on your D7200. As someone else said at worst it's a back up for your 18-300. It is so easy to sell, at give-away prices, lenses/camera bodies then have to pay a vast amount of money to replace them - said from my own bitter experience - LOL.
I have 2 of them you can’t get much money on resale and they are a very nice lens
Joe
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greekd214 wrote:
Need some advise from the group. I have a
Nikon AF 70-210mm f/4-5.6 Zoom lens that I used to use when I shot film. Since I shoot digital now, I was wondering if it was worth hanging onto or should I sell it? It's an FX lens and requires a camera with a built in focus motor. I currently have a D7200 with an 18-300mm. The lens is in excellent condition and I'm wondering if I'll ever use it again. Your thoughts?
Unless you need VR and a lighter lens, I'd put that baby on the 7200 and marvel at the sharpness. I have that same lens, and mine is quite sharp. Most of my older Nikon AF lenses are sharper than the newer DX stuff (AF-S & VR), even the AF-P lenses with VR, that I have tried. If it is simply not to your liking anymore, then sell it or give it away.
One of my favorites is the old AF 70-300 F4-5.5, screw drive, no VR, heavy....but it takes a sharper picture than any of my DX zoom lenses, even with no VR and I still reach past the others for it when I'm in need of that reach. Since it is an FX lens, you are using the sharpest part on a DX body, the center.
I'm always on the lookout for those AF lenses, some of them shine on!!
mas24 wrote:
Thanks for the info. When I said, I would sell it, I meant the 70-210mm. I should have mentioned it.
I thought your initial post was clear on that.
I have that lens and use it on a D7100. It works great and is very sharp.
Agreed with the others.
I'd say put the lens on your D7k, find its sweet spot, shoot it against your other lenses in comparable focal lengths and using those other lenses' sweet spots, and see which one wins.
Then you will know for sure if your 70-210 is worth keeping or not.
In this instance, perhaps taking this kind of action beats online theory discussion?
It comes down to the actual physical examples of the lenses mentioned here, and as I've found out, there is more variation between examples than the manufacturers would lead us to believe.
I think you will find that your old 70-210 will easily outshoot your 18-200 in DX. But that's not only based on my testing methods and experience, but on my copies of each of those lenses.
You have a different camera, and different examples of those lenses. So unless you shoot them out against each other, you won't know for real which setup performs better - for you.
A different viewpoint... I’d find a good, cheap body such as a D80, which has a focus motor, and put the lens on it. It would give you an inexpensive setup that you could take out in inclement weather, etc.
Thanks for everyone's responses. Based on what the majority are advising, I think I'll keep it as a back-up and perhaps someday will purchase another camera where I can use this lens.
Thanks again everyone for your imput.
greekd214 wrote:
Need some advise from the group. I have a
Nikon AF 70-210mm f/4-5.6 Zoom lens that I used to use when I shot film. Since I shoot digital now, I was wondering if it was worth hanging onto or should I sell it? It's an FX lens and requires a camera with a built in focus motor. I currently have a D7200 with an 18-300mm. The lens is in excellent condition and I'm wondering if I'll ever use it again. Your thoughts?
Keep the lens, add a used FX body and shoot away.
It really depends on how happy you are with the 18-300. Is the 70-210 noticeably sharper? If so, does it matter to you? Is the $ if you sell it significant to you? How likely is it you may need the lens?
Only you can answer those questions.
For me, I have a Sigma 18-300 on my Canon 80D and it is almost the only lens I use on it. But most of my photo activity is documenting events where getting the moment is more critical than ultra sharpness.
I had an old Nikon 70 to 210 for along time. The price is low and the optics are very good. This lens is built like a tank and about as heavy. The 70 to 210 is very good lens to use if you are close to the car, however, for hiking this lens is too heavy to carry.
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