A reader asked me to test the new Nikon 20 mm f/1.8 against the 14-30 mm f/4 Nikkor S zoom when it’s set to 20 mm. Here’s my distant foliage test on the two. Here’s the scene, with both lenses wide open on a Nikon Z7: Corner falloff is similar. Here’s the test protocol:… [Read More]
Sony 20/1.8 G, 20/1.8 Nikkor S sun stars
This is one of a series of posts comparing the Sony 20 mm f/1.8 G lens to the 20 mm f/1.8 Nikkor S. One of the things that photographer like to do with short lenses is make sun stars. It’s not hard. You stop your lens down as far as it will go, aim it… [Read More]
Sony 20/1.8 G, 20/1.8 Nikkor S on Nikon Z7 — foliage
In the previous post, I did a head-to-head test of Sony 20 mm f/1.8 G lens to the Z7 and the 20 mm f/1.8 Nikkor S native lens with a Siemens Star target. Now I’ll do a similar test with a real-world subject. Here it is, with both lenses wide open on a Nikon Z7:… [Read More]
Sony 20/1.8 G, 20/1.8 Nikkor S on Nikon Z7
I’ve received a handful of requests to adapt the Sony 20 mm f/1.8 G lens to the Z7 and test the combination against the new 20 mm f/1.8 Nikkor S native lens in a head-to-head situation. Once I was reminded that I could use the TechArt E-to-Z adapter on the Sony, I warmed up to… [Read More]
Through-focus corner performance of the 20 mm f/1.8 Nikkor S
In the previous post, I put the 20 mm f/1.8 Nikkor S on a Z7, aimed it at an artificial star, and used the focus shift shooting (FSS) feature of the camera with a step size of 1 to move from front-focused to approximately in focus to back focused, and I composited them. In this… [Read More]
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