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 [...]
Fitting the 600/4 in the 200-400 bag.
Whilst waiting for Lowepro to release an updated version of the Lens Trekker 600 (seems the older one isn’t quite big enough for a D3 & 600 VR so they are making the bag larger) I decided to see if I could get my non-VR 600 f4 in to my 200-400 bag as a stop gap [...]
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 [...]
New Nikon 35/1.8 & 85/1.4 AFS on the way?
More talk from Photokina 2008 that new 35 1.8 AFS & 85 1.4 AFS prime lenses could be on the way soon. Nothing official announced as yet but a German visitor to the show has said a Nikon rep there mentioned the new lenses. More information at Nikon Rumours, here.
Nikon announce new 50mm 1.4 AFS
Photokina 2008, Nikon have announced the long awaited AFS version of the tried and trusted 50mm prime lens. More information can be found here. I’m looking forward to reading reviews on how this new lens performs on FF camera’s as I’ve been thinking about picking one of these up for the D3. It would make [...]
