This is the tenth in a series of posts about the Nikon 70-200 mm f/2.8 S lens for Nikon Z cameras. The series starts here. In the previous post, I looked at transitional point spread functions on axis. In this post, I’m going to do the same in the corner. As before, I used a… [Read More]
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Nikon 70-200/2.8 S transition point spread functions
This is the ninth in a series of posts about the Nikon 70-200 mm f/2.8 S lens for Nikon Z cameras. The series starts here. In the previous post, looked at point spread functions across the image field when the lens was well out of focus. This is one piece of bokeh. The other is… [Read More]
Nikon 70-200/2.8 S OOF PSFs
This is the eighth in a series of posts about the Nikon 70-200 mm f/2.8 S lens for Nikon Z cameras. The series starts here. There are two pieces to bokeh. The first is what things look like when they are well out of focus (OOF), and the second is how the transition from OOF… [Read More]
Nikon 70-200/2.8S vs 70-200/2.8E — Siemens star at 70 mm
This is the seventh in a series of posts about the Nikon 70-200 mm f/2.8 S lens for Nikon Z cameras. The series starts here. Yesterday I tested the two lenses at 200 mm with Siemens Star target. The E lens did better. Today I repeated the test with the lenses set at 70 mm…. [Read More]
Nikon 70-200/2.8S vs 70-200/2.8E — Siemens star at 200 mm, PDAF, MF
This is the sixth in a series of posts about the Nikon 70-200 mm f/2.8 S lens for Nikon Z cameras. The series starts here. Earlier, I tested the 70-200 mm f/2.8S lens against the E version using a foliage for a subject. Yesterday, morning I made a series of shots intended to test the… [Read More]