Other than the slight softness and rather high CA from 200-300mm though, the performance of the 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 ED-IF AF-S VR Zoom Nikkor (yeesh, that's a mouthful) was really excellent. And
Tamron's new 70-200/2.8 zoom is a very competent lens: It's almost up there with the best Nikon has to offer, even sometimes surpassing the new Nikon 70-200/2.8E VR in image quality. It offers a very effective image stabilization of almost 5 stops even if it could not suppress the mirror-slap of the D810 completely and has a fast and reliable AF.
In fact, if you look at Photozone's testing of the 80-400 VR compared to the 70-200 f2.8 VRI (not VRII) + 2x TCII (not TCIII), and you will see that the 70-200 + TC combo stands up very well to the 80-400. However, the 70-200 f2.8 VRII + 2x TCIII is a better combo and the results would be better again than the 80-400.
Nikon Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S Review. By Nasim Mansurov 60 Comments ISO 64, 1/15, f/5.6 NIKON Z 7 II + NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S @ 70mm, ISO 64, 1/5,
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- two lens set: 70-200 mm f/2.8 + 200 -500 mm f/5.6 1.4kg + 2.3kg lenses. Both can be shot wide open also at the long end with no regret. - tamron or sigma 150-200 f/6.3 at the long end 2 kg or more depending on model. To cover the short tele range probably again the 70-200 f/2.8 on the FX camera.
But reviews like this one of the Z 70-200 f/2.8 VR S are making it difficult to resist getting into the Z equipment. " The Nikon Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S is theIucAEm7.