{"id":101559,"date":"2025-04-02T21:31:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T01:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/?p=101559"},"modified":"2025-04-02T22:41:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T02:41:05","slug":"nikon-200mm-f-2g-vr-spring-blossoms-and-portraits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/nikon-200mm-f-2g-vr-spring-blossoms-and-portraits\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikon 200mm f\/2G VR – Spring Blossoms and Portraits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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What an outrageous combo the D700 and 200mm f\/2 is! I’ve been having fun with it on my morning walks this spring and the occasional portrait session when I have my STR\/STAMINA points maxed out for the day. From a beauty and technical level this might be the best lens I have, since it draws such a pretty picture with the least amount of chromatic aberration (color fringing) that I’ve ever seen.\u00a0 When I was editing the portraits I noticed that the metal spines of the photography umbrella had zero purple fringe or blooming at f\/2. Meanwhile the Canon 85mm 1.2L is definitely a color distortion party when shooting outside at or near maximum aperture (which is its charm, more on that in another post).<\/p>\n

It’s been an odd spring here in Georgia.\u00a0 The relentless cold didn’t make for a peach blossom explosion like last year, but the white yoshino cherry trees were crazy and full this year in Conyers and here in Suwanee.<\/p>\n

And yes I do have other photos with the aperture stopped down to actually show the cherry blossoms, this specific post is just to show the 200mm f2’s wide open awesomeness! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What an outrageous combo the D700 and 200mm f\/2 is! I’ve been having fun with it on my morning walks this spring and the occasional portrait session when I have my STR\/STAMINA points maxed out for the day. From a beauty and technical level this might be the best lens I have, since it draws […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":101557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[363,123,173,37,170],"class_list":{"0":"post-101559","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-photos","8":"tag-200mm-f-2","9":"tag-bokeh","10":"tag-color","11":"tag-nikon","12":"tag-portraits","14":"post-with-thumbnail","15":"post-with-thumbnail-large"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Nikon-200mm-f2G-VR-Spring-Blossoms-2025-03-001-Boon-Vong.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pelE0-qq3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":102705,"url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/nikon-200mm-f-2-vr-portraits-set-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":101559,"position":0},"title":"Nikon 200mm f\/2 VR Portraits – Set 1","author":"Boon.Vong","date":"May 3, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A collection of my portraits (from late Nov '24 to Apr '25) created with the Nikon 200mm f\/2 VR.\u00a0 This lens was designed for sports photography, but seriously, it's one of the best portrait lenses due to its clarity and rendering of backgrounds.","rel":"","context":"In "Photos"","block_context":{"text":"Photos","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/category\/photos\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Nikon-200mm-f2-Portraits-2025-05-03-001-Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Nikon-200mm-f2-Portraits-2025-05-03-001-Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Nikon-200mm-f2-Portraits-2025-05-03-001-Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Nikon-200mm-f2-Portraits-2025-05-03-001-Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":93876,"url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/nikon-200mm-f-2-vr-finally-20-years-later\/","url_meta":{"origin":101559,"position":1},"title":"Nikon 200mm f\/2G VR Review…Finally 20 Years Later…","author":"Boon.Vong","date":"December 6, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Nikon Nikkor 200mm f\/2 G VR Sample Photos + Review It took about 20 years but I finally got one of the lenses that I\u2019ve wanted for so long, the AF-S Nikon 200mm f\/2G VR. It\u2019s a heavy relic from the early days of DSLR imaging, announced in May of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Gear and Resources"","block_context":{"text":"Gear and Resources","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/category\/gear\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Nikon-200mm-f2-VR-Review-2024-010_b-vong.com_Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Nikon-200mm-f2-VR-Review-2024-010_b-vong.com_Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Nikon-200mm-f2-VR-Review-2024-010_b-vong.com_Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":98519,"url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/canon-r8-nikon-105mm-f-1-4-vs-nikon-d700-200mm-f-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":101559,"position":2},"title":"Canon R8 + Nikon 105mm f\/1.4E vs Nikon D700 + 200mm f\/2G","author":"Boon.Vong","date":"February 14, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"I have enough material from work level stuff to post this quick comparison.\u00a0 Not to show which one is \"better,\" but to just simply show the image rendering and bokeh that one can get with these two setups. 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