Nikon AFS lens vs New G series Lens.
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- In this short video I compare the Nikon 50mm and 85mm f1.8 AFD with the new Nikon G series lenses. Do you really need the new G series lenses or are the older and less expensive AFD lenses just as good?
Mark Hopkins is a professional photographer based in San Diego, CA. He has been working in the industry since 1990. He shoots everything from weddings and headshots to editorial and commercial. You can find his work at
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@ :59 I see a big difference in them two photos. The new 85 has way more detail in his face. The old one don't.
I love the older one can't wait to see you
I think the newer lens might have been a tad sharper, but I like the older lens better. I don’t shoot people except at events for a charity I’m heavily involved with. I still shoot, develop and wet print (which I'm lousy at) film images. And I think for my generation, 58 and older, sharpness isn’t anywhere near as important as the overall image. I think your older lens was much smoother and brought you into the image better, where I often feel sharper images create a false wall of not being how we see things. Of course this is all totally subjective and the different in sharpness is very very slight. However I think the bokeh is far superior on the older lens.
I have an Olympus OM10 with the shutter speed adapter that I originally bought for the 6 lenses that came with it, I was planning to get an OM1 at some later date. However, I’ve found I like this camera so much I’m keeping it as my "colour film" camera and I'm going to get an OM10-D II to use the older Zuiko glass on...that is if I decide not to buy a M6...or a RZ 67.
Great video, really enjoyed it. I’m going to google the difference in costs later.
I would take shots of something that is not going to move, camera on a tripod and use a timer then the comparison is accurate. The old "D" lenses used on the last film cameras will work on the newer cameras but the focusing on the old lens is noisy. If you aren't doing video it's just fine. I would check out the stats on "Opticallimits.com" web site to see just which one is better. Sometimes you'll find that the older lens is better especially at the corners of the picture. It's a great site to see how much CA the lens produces and it shows the sharpest F stops for that lens. You can see the lenses distortion too. I've gone over all my lenses here to note what f stop is sharpest and what zoom focal length is sharpest. You'll notice that some lenses really excel in sharpness in center (top the charts). One thing to realize is that if your lens has poor boarder sharpness, if you crop in on your sensor, you can avoid that area all together. Though some will say to just post crop the shot but then you have to remember to shoot wide using the camera while in camera crop you shoot for what you want. I have both FX and DX cameras so if I put say a 24mm on my DX body it equals a 36mm lens with little to no CA or boarder focus issues. You will loose 1.5x off your f stop though. Check out your lenses and see the sweet spots in focal length and f stop. Your 80-200mm f2.8 is listed and it's sweet spots are: 80mm f8 @ 5.6, least distortion at 200mm and half way into the zoom the board sharpness drops off (though most shots with this lens will have out of focus back grounds). One of my surprise lenses is the 17-35mm f2.8 with @ 28mm has 0.0251 distortion (unreal) and for sharpness: 21mm @ f5.6 it's sharpness is astonishing, pegging the charts, the CA is lowest at 28 and 35mm. I have a small cheat note book with all this data there if I need a quick reference. Enjoy!
Ooops, that's 80mm at f5.6 and f8 where 5.6 is a tad better. Do look at both the Nikon D and G lenses to see if one is better than the other. Some tests show major differences. This could save you from spending a lot of money on a so so lens while the better lens might have been similar in cost or a few bucks more. If you have a lot of lenses you can not track what lens to use to get the best results for what you are doing.