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[rickztahone]

Pat,
The 200-400mm is a whole different beast. Not hand holdable (for long). Because it is an F4 lens throughout it's range it has to be made with bigger glass so it is heavy and best on a sturdy tripod. Autofocus is much faster than the 80-400 and it is somewhat sharper. Also has nicer bokeh.
With a Dx camera you have a true birding lens.

St Augustine in the spring is a blast. I try to go each year for 4-5 days.
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Stan, I am assuming Dx stands for cropped sensor? I do not know that terminology and I am assuming it is Nikon specific

[Second Hand Pat]

Stan, I am assuming Dx stands for cropped sensor? I do not know that terminology and I am assuming it is Nikon specific

Stan, please correct me if I am wrong. DX is a crop camera and FX is full frame I think Ricardo.

Stan, sending you a PM on the lens.
Pat

[rickztahone]

Stan, please correct me if I am wrong. DX is a crop camera and FX is full frame I think Ricardo.

Stan, sending you a PM on the lens.
Pat

That is what I assume. Cropped camera sensors benefit a lot more from telephoto lenses. Full frame sensors have better rendering in portraiture.

This is why I had a cropped sensor camera and have a full frame now. However, I gave the cropped to my brother and have been regretting that for a while now. To boot, I gave him what I arguably believe to be one of the best lenses Sony makes, the 16-50 2.8 lens.

[SMB2]

That is correct Pat.
Dx is a cropped sensor. And, you will see Nikon lenses marked as Dx or Fx specific (they do fit on all bodies). In general you can put an Fx lens on either Fx or Dx cameras. (On Dx you get a 1.4 mag.) Dx lenses don't fair as well on Fx bodies. I think with Canon you can't mount one on the other so they are not interchangeable.
https://photographylife.com/using-ni...-on-fx-cameras

[Discus-n00b]

You can mount Canon EF (Full frame) lenses on any Canon body EF or EF-S mount, but the EF-S lenses (crop) will only fit the crop bodies.