Rodney Campbell's Blog

I was down near Sydney Harbour today so I took my Nikon Z7 and the new Nikon Z 24-200mm all-in-one lens

It was a nice bright day (tho it was still a touch hazy on the harbour) so I decided to take some test shots for those who might be interested. I’ve taken shots across a range of focal lengths (24, 35, 50, 70, 105, 135 and 200mm). All were taken (handheld) of approximately the same scene @ f/8. Focus was at the far distance (e.g. bridge, city, opera house)

Note: all images are essentially untouched (other than syncing the white balance within each set) – just exported from Lightroom as JPEGs

Rather than showing you 100% crops of various areas of each image. Or talking in detail about the relative sharpness of various focal lengths (for me it appears to be pretty sharp across the board at any focal length – perhaps slightly weak on the extreme left and right edges @ 24mm). Or the level of vignetting compared to other similar lenses (like the F-Mount Nikon 24-120 (which has IMHO terrible vignetting – esp at 24 and 120mm) and the Nikon 28-300)

Instead – if you click on any of the images below you’ll get the full resolution (jpeg @ quality 80%) image so you can take a look for yourselves and pixel peep to your hearts content

Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.

Mystic

Time for the 6 stop Lee LittleStopper to drag out the shutter with the waves still crashing over the rocky shoreline

These slick rounded boulders providing some interesting foreground interest to peek out of the “mist”

Stranded

Getting the feet wet for this vertical composition with the waves rushing around

Morning Rush

Some great wave wash over the nice black rocks along the shoreline… Now to just time things right…

This is looking north along the coastline towards Tweed Heads way over in the distance on the right

Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.

Peaked

A single attempt at a long exposure from the rocky shoreline looking towards the Fingal Head causeway and Cook Island in the distance

Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.