Nikon 16-85mm Test

Michael J.

Michael J.

Senior Member
I tested myNikon 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED AF-S VR DX.

First the bokeh

70mm - f 5.6 - ISO 100 - 1/500

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85mm - f 5.6 - ISO 100 - 1/400

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16 mm performance

16mm - f 5.6 - ISO 100 - 1/125

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Night-performance out of a moving car at Bangkok

85mm - f 5.6 - ISO 6400 - 1/8

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85mm - f 5.6 - ISO 6400 - 1/25

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All pictures are ooc just re-sized using LR 3.6
 
Michael J.

Michael J.

Senior Member
Two more to go ooc

I took the pictures on my roof terrace freehand at late evening

85mm - ISO 5600 - 1/30 - f/5.6

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16mm - ISO 1000 - 1/30 - f/3.5 - EV -0.33

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I like the 16-95 a lot
 
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mauckcg

Senior Member
The 16-85 is one of the lenses I am considering as a replacement for my kit 18-55mm at some point in the future. What do you think about the lens so far?
 
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Rick M

Senior Member
I think it's one of the best Dx lenses made. It's extremely sharp and 16mm on the wide end is great to have. It's only drawback to me was bokeh, I think the trade-off is more DoF which is great for landscape.
 
Michael J.

Michael J.

Senior Member
Rick M said:
I think it's one of the best Dx lenses made. It's extremely sharp and 16mm on the wide end is great to have. It's only drawback to me was bokeh, I think the trade-off is more DoF which is great for landscape.
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I totally agree with Rick M. I am happy that I replaced the 18-55 ( is a great Kit Lens too )
 
Michael J.

Michael J.

Senior Member
Last Saturday I did some test shooting more. All pictures out of camera. Didn't use any correction programs or camera in correction. I like the 16-85 and its performance.


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crashton

Senior Member
I sold my 18-200 & replaced it with a 16-85 VR. I love this lens, stays on my D7000 most of the time.

Thanks for sharing your photos siamthai1.
 
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G. Cardellini

Senior Member
mauckcg said:
The 16-85 is one of the lenses I am considering as a replacement for my kit 18-55mm at some point in the future. What do you think about the lens so far?
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you should change your 18-55 it is not a very good glass... but the 16-85 is a great lens, it is spectacular, almost a wide angle (good for landscapes), you can shoot good macros, very sharp!
 
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crycocyon

Senior Member
So is there a real noticeable sharpness difference with the 16-85 over the 18-55? I thought the 18-55 was a reasonably sharp lens on its own. It would be interesting to see a side-by-side comparison of the same views with the two different lenses. Now I'm curious to try one on my D7000.

By the way some very nice test shots! Cute kids!
 
Michael J.

Michael J.

Senior Member
I think that the 18-55 is a great lens. I mounted it on the D80 now. These photos taken with 18-55 on my D5100 and jpg - ooc. Just used LR to resize them.

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I bought the 16-85 cos of its zoom range and I wanted the 2 mm more and it makes a huge difference. Is it worth to pay much more for this lens? To me yes cos a am a crazy man
 
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G. Cardellini

Senior Member
siamthai1 said:
I think that the 18-55 is a great lens. I mounted it on the D80 now. These photos taken with 18-55 on my D5100 and jpg - ooc. Just used LR to resize them.

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I bought the 16-85 cos of its zoom range and I wanted the 2 mm more and it makes a huge difference. Is it worth to pay much more for this lens? To me yes cos a am a crazy man
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it is worth to chande an 18-55 to 16-85 it is much woth it, it has a big difference, the 2mm less and the 35 more and the sharpness
 
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