The Nikon 80 400mm lens includes the perfect Nikkor optics manufactured from the most accurate and best quality components. This lens is an AF Nikkor lens which means it will work on even the latest Nikon SLRs.
It is a compact, portable 5x telephoto zoom lens and offers the Nikon equivalent of picture stabilization, called vibration reduction (VR).
Vibration reduction enables you to apply a shutter speed as high as three stops (or eight times) faster than you would usually be able to achieve handheld.
Two types of vibration reduction operation known as Image Plane and Viewfinder are automatically activated during panning operation and if you feel like the vibration reduction operation is making use of too much battery power then you could switch off the viewfinder portion of VR to save battery power.
The Nikon 80 400mm has a nine blade diaphragm for a great, natural distortion for bokeh rich elements in your view and is composed of three glass elements that help to achieve excellent optical performance all through the range. An additional added beauty of this lens is that the front part of the lens does not twist when focusing providing easier execution of say a circular polarizer filter for example.
Nikon also employs a multilayer lens coating that minimizes ghosting and lens flare to a very minimum degree. This consequently helps perfect color balance and color replication and each multilayering technique is specific to that lens which means that Nikon certainly has the edge over other makers in the field.
So what does the Nikon 80 400 VR bring? It includes a 77mm snap-on lens cover, a rear lens cap, a bayonet hood along with soft carry pouch.