The Nikon 80 400mm lens features the very best Nikkor optics made from the most perfect and topmost quality materials. This lens is an AF Nikkor lens which implies it will work with even the brand new Nikon SLRs.

It is a small, lightweight 5x telephoto zoom lens and offers the Nikon matching picture stabilization, called vibration reduction (VR).

Vibration reduction helps you to have a shutter speed of up to three stops (or eight times) faster than you would normally be able to achieve handheld.

Two modes of vibration reduction function referred to as Image Plane and Viewfinder are instantly enabled during panning operation and if you feel the vibration reduction facility is utilizing too much battery power then you could disable the viewfinder part of VR to save battery power.

The Nikon 80 400mm features a nine blade diaphragm for a wonderful, natural blur for out-of-focus objects in your view and consists of three glass components that ensure superior optical effectiveness throughout the focus. One more added beauty of this lens is that the front of the lens does not twist when focusing allowing quick achievement of say a circular polarizer filter for instance.

Nikon also employs a multilayer lens coating that reduces ghosting and lens flare to a much lower point. This consequently helps perfect color balance and color reproduction and each multilayering technique is unique to that lens which means that Nikon possibly has the edge over other companies in the field.

So what does the Nikon 80 400 VR come with? It comes with a 77mm snap-on lens cover, a rear lens cap, a bayonet hood plus soft carry case.