Tale # 67: 80-200mm 2.8 AFS

[richardHaw]

https://imaging.nikon.com/history/story/0067/index.htm

 

[Frank Fremerey]

This is a very nice lens. Very heavy too. I once shots sports with it on the D70. Possible but next to impossible. Not the lenses fault, the camera was not capable, but I took some great shots anyway!

[richardHaw]

Sorry for the short title. I woke up to relieve myself and saw Sato-san’s Facebook update so i had to share it here asap despite being sleepy. 

[chambeshi]

Thank You :-)
A most interesting history, including the long overdue tribute to Susumu Sato - aka the Other Sato. This essay tells us much more valuable background, beyond the fast 80-200.

He designed several of the exotic super tele primes [300, 400, 500, 600] and he succeeded in refining the IQ of the 300 f2.8 with TCs - "Sato's promise was to ensure that when teleconverters were used with lenses utilizing new designs, the levels of performance and chromatic aberration exhibited by the teleconverter/lens combination was superior to that of other lenses of the time with the equivalent final focal length (combined lens/teleconverter focal length)."