I got the Zoom-Nikkor 80-200mm f/4.5 over a year ago for something like less than $15?  Cheaper than some movie tickets or even a bowl of pho in Asheville.  I’ve been browsing the internet reading up about this lens, and I found it listed new in some old camera catalogs from 1977-1980 for $530+.  In today’s money that is an astounding $3000+!  This old, unwanted, yet classic lens is the predecessor of all the 70-200mm lenses that most working professionals have in their bag today.  I actually like the look that this old glass renders.  Combined with the Z5’s in body image stabilization it works pretty good.  You have to manually set the focal length each time to get the correct IBIS though if you plan on zooming this trumpet style lens a lot.

Here it is mounted to a Nikon FA film camera, which would have been current at the time of this lens’ production run.

 

The coatings on the glass have a pretty blue and magenta tint.  I think this bargain classic lens is great for portraits if you have time to manually focus.  The look, colors and contrast is pretty amazing still for a lens that is close to 50 years old.

Random Photo Samples of the Zoom-Nikkor 80-200mm f/4.5: