The 70-210mm lens is a telephoto zoom lens made by Nikon. The lens has an F-mount to work with all compatible Nikon SLRs and DSLRs.
As opposed to the various f/2.8 versions of the 70-210 Focal length, the f/4 and slower versions of such lenses are marketed to amateurs, accounting for their price.
However, the Nikkor AF 70-210 f/4 variant is a two-touch system (dedicated focus and zoom rings), compared to the rest of the lens range, which utilizes a one-touch (push-pull) system for focusing and zooming.
The lens comes in five different versions.
| Attribute | 4 Series E | 4.5-5.6 | 4 AF | 4-5.6 AF | 4-5.6 AF-D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AF | No | Yes | ||||
| Maximum aperture | 4 | 4.5-5.6 | 4 | 4-5.6 | ||
| Minimum aperture | 32 | |||||
| Weight | 730g | 375g | 760g | 590g | 600g | |
| Maximum diameter | ||||||
| Length | ||||||
| Filter diameter | 62mm | 52mm | 62mm | |||
| Horizontal viewing angle | 28.8 - 9.8° | |||||
| Vertical viewing angle | 19.5 - 6.5° | |||||
| Diagonal viewing angle | 34.3 - 11.8 | |||||
| Groups/elements | 9/13 | 8/11 | 9/13 | 9/12 | ||
| 7 | |||||
| Closest focusing distance | 1.5abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 1.5abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 1.1abbr=onNaNabbr=on | 1.2abbr=onNaNabbr=on | ||
| (macro mode, 70mm) 0.56abbr=onNaNabbr=on | ||||||
| Release date | 1982 | 1995 | 1986 | 1988 | 1993 | |
| Patent(s) | [1] | |||||
| MSRP $ | ||||||