Fredrik Glöckner wrote in message ...

>I'm curious as to whether the manual 200mm f:4 IF Micro Nikkor is
>optimized as a micro lens, and hence bad as an allround 200mm. Does
>it perform just as well as other 200mm's at larger distances even
>though it is a micro lens?


I tried two MF 200mm f4 Nikkor macro lenses, with differing results:
one was fine for macro, less so for distance shooting (not up to
non-macro Nikkors near infinity-focus), the other, the reverse...
BTW, I recently tried a new AF 200mm f4 Nikkor, and was
disappointed in its infinity performance (excellent at f8, good at
f5.6, fair at f4 - but the 180 wipes it out at stops wider than f8...).
Hope This Helps
David Ruether - http://www.fcinet.com/ruether