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<blockquote data-quote="LanternHill" data-source="post: 539994" data-attributes="member: 40393">Hello, I recently purchased a Nikon 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3G ED IF AF-S DX VR Lens. It seems to work well for general scenic photos. However, when I try to use it for more closeup photos, the contrast is very drastic. Attached are a series of photos I took this morning. They have all been&nbsp; resized since I am on a slower rural connection, but they have not been&nbsp; edited in any way. I have renamed them to include the lenses and other&nbsp; variables. &nbsp;The first two I took with my 35mm 1.8f lens, one&nbsp; using a light diffuser and one without. I then changed to the 18-300&nbsp; zoom lens with the ND2 filter attached. Again, I took one photo using&nbsp; the diffuser and one without. I removed the ND2 filter and repeated the&nbsp; process. As you can see, the contrast varies greatly between the 35mm&nbsp; lens and the 18-300 lens. Any insight on how to prevent this is greatly&nbsp; appreciated. Yesterday, I tried adjusting the contrast settings on my&nbsp; camera, but it didn’t seem to make a difference. &nbsp;[ATTACH]202129[/ATTACH][ATTACH]202130[/ATTACH] 35mm lens (diffuser, no diffuser)[ATTACH]202131[/ATTACH][ATTACH]202132[/ATTACH] 18-300mm lens ND2 filter (no diffuser, diffuser)[ATTACH]202133[/ATTACH][ATTACH]202134[/ATTACH] 18-300mm lens, no filter (diffuser, no diffuser)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LanternHill, post: 539994, member: 40393"] Hello, I recently purchased a Nikon 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3G ED IF AF-S DX VR Lens. It seems to work well for general scenic photos. However, when I try to use it for more closeup photos, the contrast is very drastic. Attached are a series of photos I took this morning. They have all been resized since I am on a slower rural connection, but they have not been edited in any way. I have renamed them to include the lenses and other variables. The first two I took with my 35mm 1.8f lens, one using a light diffuser and one without. I then changed to the 18-300 zoom lens with the ND2 filter attached. Again, I took one photo using the diffuser and one without. I removed the ND2 filter and repeated the process. As you can see, the contrast varies greatly between the 35mm lens and the 18-300 lens. Any insight on how to prevent this is greatly appreciated. Yesterday, I tried adjusting the contrast settings on my camera, but it didn’t seem to make a difference. [ATTACH=CONFIG]202129._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]202130._xfImport[/ATTACH] 35mm lens (diffuser, no diffuser) [ATTACH=CONFIG]202131._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]202132._xfImport[/ATTACH] 18-300mm lens ND2 filter (no diffuser, diffuser) [ATTACH=CONFIG]202133._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]202134._xfImport[/ATTACH] 18-300mm lens, no filter (diffuser, no diffuser) [/QUOTE]

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