My elusive and super-heavy 200-400 has its appeal for landscapes. The design is 40+ years old yet still delivers amazing quality. Plus it is robust enough to withstand the strong wind gusts and heavy rains I encountered today.
One of my annual recurrent themes is the spring leaf-out of the riparian forest of the delta of Nordre Øyeren, the largest inland delta in the Nordic countries. My selected vantage point allows me to make a visual cross section covering >5 km distance of the delta plains. The mosaic of leafing trees of various species and stages of development always fascinates me.
Today, with the inclement weather, I was surprised to get anything worthwhile at all, as the visual sight was severely limited by the driving rain and winds. The Zoom-Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 ED non-IF AiS came to the rescue. I didn't see much in the viewfinder, but the lens still captured the landscape. As old the lens is CPU-enabled, it even gave me green light for pin-point focus... I just pushed the shutter release and hoped for the best.
