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D800 with a Forty-Dollar 35-80mm Nikon Lens..... Anyone have experience?
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<blockquote data-quote="gqtuazon" data-source="post: 107789" data-attributes="member: 6573"><p>I had both Nikon 20-35mm f2.8D and Nikon 16-35mm f4 VRII at one point but after a while the newer lens just performs much better and sharper wide open. Is it worth paying for the extra premium? I would say so depending on what you already mentioned.</p><p></p><p>To answer Ted's inquiry, if you stop down to f8 and in daylight, I think they will be similar in optical performance but they don't render similar bokeh as the f2.8. For web posting they are ok but once you start pixel peeping, the detail and sharpness is just not there wide open. I've owned and sold a lot of lenses before because I use to follow most of the advices of one particular website talking about cheap but sharp lenses. Same person who suggest on just shooting jpg with super saturated colors. Of course, I don't do that anymore and got rid of all my D lenses. One must try out the other more expensive offerings in order to appreciate what they can offer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gqtuazon, post: 107789, member: 6573"] I had both Nikon 20-35mm f2.8D and Nikon 16-35mm f4 VRII at one point but after a while the newer lens just performs much better and sharper wide open. Is it worth paying for the extra premium? I would say so depending on what you already mentioned. To answer Ted's inquiry, if you stop down to f8 and in daylight, I think they will be similar in optical performance but they don't render similar bokeh as the f2.8. For web posting they are ok but once you start pixel peeping, the detail and sharpness is just not there wide open. I've owned and sold a lot of lenses before because I use to follow most of the advices of one particular website talking about cheap but sharp lenses. Same person who suggest on just shooting jpg with super saturated colors. Of course, I don't do that anymore and got rid of all my D lenses. One must try out the other more expensive offerings in order to appreciate what they can offer. [/QUOTE]
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