After many months of weighing up the pro's and con's of two telephoto lenses (one a prime, the other a zoom) I finally took the plunge and plumped for the former, in the shape of a Nikkor 300mm f/2.8. It arrived shortly after 9:00am today, and after a quick browse of the user manual, I headed into the New Forest, Hampshire, to try it out.
My targets were the fallow deer that reside there, just to get something interesting to assess the lens with. Some people shoot brick walls to check sharpness or distortion, but what's the point? (unless that is why you bought the lens in the first place). The image was shot wide open and with a x1.4 teleconverter attached. The size and weight of the optic makes the whole camera more stable in the field. I can see this piece of glass getting a lot of use...sorry, this post wasn't meant to turn into a lens review.
© 2007
1 comment:
You? Lens review? Never.
Yes, similar sort of effect, isn't it?
Well, I'll keep plodding on. Plod plod.
(Woo-hoo!)
:-) N
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