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This puzzles me as well - I really want to see some images with the PC-E 24 mm!:thumbup:I don't see many listing the PC-E lenses....
I'd have thought for landscape orientated work on the D800 the perspective control lenses would be on any list,
Why the lack of interest?
Speaking for me only, I already have a technical camera and great lenses to use with my IQ180 back, so the Nikon PC lenses are superfluous.I don't see many listing the PC-E lenses....
I'd have thought for landscape orientated work on the D800 the perspective control lenses would be on any list,
Why the lack of interest?
Agree with your postings regarding the Nikon's 1.4 and the latest 2x (TC-EIII).No, I've not had a chance to test drive the D800 yet.
It is just my impression using a D700 body and a variety of Nikon lenses, including the 70-200mm VRII, in which the TC14 and TC20 seem to give the best results.
Beware of highlights in the background when using the 2x - they can appear funny. ie the bokeh can appear odd.
Mots reports suggest that the TC20 is best matched with fix fast primes eg 300mm f2.8 etc.
Look forward to seeing more of your results.
Jack,S,
Thank you for the converter info --- I think I will be exchanging my 1.7 for the 2.0 later today. But to clarify, did you test on the D800 and the VRii zoom? I ask because the 1.7x is okay, just hits a wall before the D800 pixels do where the VRii by itself clearly exceeds the D800 pixels (well most of them anyway). I know the 1.4x is excellent, but I wanted a skosh more at the top end than 280mm, so the 2x it is.
.Jack,
I had the 1.4 together with the 70-200VR2 and it just rocked. I tried the 2x and it did not convince me, as so far no 2x ever convinced me. This was on my D700 and D7000. So I think it will be worse on the D800.
Good info. This pretty much sums up my initial concerns regarding incapable optics for this sensor weeks ago before the camera was introduced. I have a demo loaner coming for the weekend and it will be interesting to see how my 3 PC-E lenses perform with this sensor, but am not holding out any great hope by any stretch of the imagination.It is coming down to this generalization for me: The D800 is extremely hard on existing lenses. If you are a pixel-peeper you will likely not find any lenses that suit across all criteria; it seems that right now there is no lens that delivers what this sensor can handle, so all come with a grocery list of compromises. Moreover, it appears NONE of Nikons previous gen D-series primes under 200mm can deliver resolution to the sensor capabilities except possibly the macros.
For future discussion, I'll list the issues I have seen:
1) Sharpness/optical resolution
2) CA
3) Bokeh -- nervous/bad
4) Bokeh fringing (oof CA)
5) Distortions
6) Curvature of field
So my base advice is to consider what characteristics you want from a specific lens/focal range, and then look for the best offerings on those -- and know you will absolutely NOT get everything in any one lens...
For example, I am going to pick at arguably the single best lens available that I have seen at present, the 85/1.4g. It is extremely sharp, has very low distortions and beautiful primary bokeh. However it also shows some slight CA and then pretty obvious bokeh fringing. Doubtful much of this would detract from a print, but the fact remains this damn sensor picks up all the nits.
My frustration mounts...
as an R lens newbie, what do you consider to be the best of the series?None of my Leica R lenses have had the Leitax-Nikon conversion done, but I since I have two Elmarit-R 135mm f2.8 lenses, maybe I'll have one of them converted. I would be curious to know how well they perform also.....but I would expect only the best Leica R lenses (and I don't have any of those) will be worth the trouble.
Gary