B&W Fine Art Photography
B&W Fine Art Photography
Aside for the average vignetting (stronger on film or FX, obviously) you may see at the long end @ f/2,8 this lens is a very capable performer. It is sharp, it doesn’t flare so easily like its inheritor, the 70-200 VR, and it is shorter and somewhat smaller too. The firs D version (without tripod …
If you don’t need the extra speed of the 17-35/2,8 this is a good purchase. It is quite sharp and don’t flare easily, even shooting into the sun. Obviously you have to keep the front lens religiously clean to avoid the ghosts. In short a very good lens, without the stellar sharpness of his “rich …
Picture from Nikon.com A splendid performer for low light photography. It is compact, sharp in the center closed one stop, and sharp in the extreme corners by f/5,6. For low-light, however, even f/2 is safely usable, perhaps with a little help from a light contrast mask in Photoshop. At least my sample was much better …
Picture from Nikon.com Another very compact design, that performs marvellous. It produce biting sharp pics, with a tendential high contrast and saturation. It will fit into a pocket, and is it even cheap! (You may have noted that this review is the same as the 20/2,8; it’s not a mistake, it’s that these two lenses …
Picture from Nikon.com Tested on film only. Another very compact design, that performs marvellous. It produces biting sharp pics, with a tendential high contrast and saturation. It will fit into a pocket, and it is even cheap! Rating: on film
Picture from Nikon.com Tested on film only. A very compact design, that performs in a charming way. My sample, at least, had a very particular way of rendering the highlights, whit a smooth pleasing graduation of luminance values. It is quite sharp, too. Even the borders, but well stopped down, to f/5,6 or f/8, are …