I have been shooting for nearly twenty years. I also have been a technical editor for a Greek photography magazine for over 7 years. I have shot with both Nikon and Canon equipment and have acquired a lot of experience with a lot of gear.
For my personal needs, when I acquire new equipment, I usually check their performance by running some quick tests. I usually want to find out how a new lens performs at different apertures looking at things like sharpness, vignetting, diffraction and contrast. I don’t measure these; I just look at the printed results to get a feeling of the lens. Nothing scientific, just some quick shots of various subjects’ under different lighting conditions so I can get a feel of the performance of the lens. This way I know if I need to avoid certain apertures or framing and lighting situations.
I need to point out that since shooting digital and raw files some lens aberrations have nearly almost disappeared and have never really bothered me like they did when I was still shooting with Fuji Provia & Velvia film. The DX format and Capture NX have a way of eliminating color fringes, vignetting and moiré problems to a great degree. So some of my comments may not match with what others are reporting.
I’m not into pixel peeping and I don’t shoot charts. I can honestly recommend any Nikkor lens to anyone using a Nikon camera. They all produce good results, and with a bit of experience, can produce stunning results. Sure, some are less appealing than others, but they all have the capability to produce great results. I don’t dig deep into the technical details of their performance like respected reviewers such as Bjorn (http://www.naturfotograf.com) or the informative www.photozone.de. But I try to pass on as much of my experiences with using these lenses as I can.
So I hope you find them interesting and informative. Also feel free to contact me with any grammar corrections or other comments.
0 comments:
Post a Comment