Nikon 50mm 1.4 AFS review

Well, it’s here…I’d been thinking about getting one of the variations of the ‘Nifty Fifty’ for almost as long as I’ve been in to photography. The AFS update had been a long time coming but it’s finally here! Mine arrived a while ago so I thought I’d do a quick review with some sample shots [...]

Nikon 200-400 VR + 1.4x TC review

When I posted my original review/faq on the 200-400 VR didn’t have a 1.4x TC. However as I now do I thought I’d follow up the review by talking about my own findings with this combination in real world situations. The shot below was taken at 550mm, max reach for the lens and TC combo [...]

Nikon 200-400 VR faq

After 30 seconds or so the VR starts earning its money…! My answer to the question, is the 200-400 VR handhold-able?
I first saw one of these lenses ‘in the metal’ at my friends house years ago and my initial thought was ‘That is stupidly big, how could you carry that around all day?‘. And I [...]

200-400 + 1.7x TC test

I recently visited a newly discovered local nature reserve. Not the greatest weather so thought it would be a good chance to just scout it out. I had tried this lens with the 1.7tc on my old D2x and never had good results, images were always very soft to the point that they didn’t even [...]