Author Topic: 80-200mm f/2.8AF!!!  (Read 1090 times)

richardHaw

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80-200mm f/2.8AF!!!
« on: November 08, 2020, 05:16:31 »
https://richardhaw.com/2020/11/08/repair-af-zoom-nikkor-80-200mm-f-2-8-ed/

i will make-do with this while i wait for a junk manual version :o :o :o

one day, the ais version will be mine ::)

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Re: 80-200mm f/2.8AF!!!
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2020, 07:54:52 »
Rchard, from this . The 2 newer versions have a tendency to back-focus when shooting at their long-end at distances below 10m on modern Nikons. One reason is because they have a feature for calculating distance that’s absent on this version. I’ll illustrate it in my AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8D ED repair article. This one does not do it and it focuses perfectly at closer distances. That issue can be corrected properly which I’ll show in the mentioned article.   
I understand that it is possible to fix the tendency to backfocus of the 2 ring version? 

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Re: 80-200mm f/2.8AF!!!
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2020, 09:18:41 »
Yes. It’s an adjustment to the front group :o :o :o

It’s easier to do on the 2 ring

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Re: 80-200mm f/2.8AF!!!
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2020, 09:45:31 »
Thank you. I think I´ll give it a try once you make it public.  ;)

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Re: 80-200mm f/2.8AF!!!
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2020, 10:38:44 »
Thank you. I think I´ll give it a try once you make it public.  ;)

the repair manual on arcticwolfs details it very clearly so its much easier unlike what I had to do :o :o :o

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Re: 80-200mm f/2.8AF!!!
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2020, 13:31:49 »
Sorry to bother you so much. I can´t find your "arcticwolfs" repair manual reference. All I can find is people complaining about the backfocus at close distances issue.