Gary Irwin wrote: groob wrote:
Lance, I don't know how you could stand to even look at those photos with corners like that!
I think you left off a smiley face!
Maybe I have missed something.
Indeed, I did leave off a smiley face. I was being sarcastic. The handwringing over the distortion and vignetting is so overwrought I had to laugh and leave a smart aleck comment.
Ah, ok no problems. I do agree that the criticism is a bit over the top. The end result is all that matters and I think the results are quite amazing from this diminutive little lens.
Every lens is a compromise in R&D, zooms especially. One core theme is evident in the history of Nikkor R&D, across Nikon's 1001 Nights essays. The optics maestros made great advances in legendary optics in the AI and AIS era, and this continued and it gets better and better. we can see the incremental progress, notably with zooms since the 1980s- ultrawides especially. But also consider the progress with the current 70-200 Nikkors, inaugurated by the 80-200 f4.5AI
Certainly, new materials have helped. Improvements in making elements (asphericals especially) has been critical. So is quality control with CAD/CAM and automated testing etc with unprecedented precision and reliability. But the real key is these technologies have been - are - integrated by Japanese geniuses with the mental stamina and dogged tenacity to break new ground in optical design.
We are the beneficiaries. Today the only excuse for an inferior zoom is cost cutting. Nikon of all the optics companies have the corporate memory to keep putting out very quality lenses. This is very evident everyone of the Z-Nikkors we have seen Of course, There are new opportunities being opened up and opened out by the Z mount's geometry. The remarkable specs of 14-30 f4S is the first taste of a new era of Nikon optics.
Aug 25, 2019 at 05:42 AM
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Gary Irwin wrote: groob wrote:
Lance, I don't know how you could stand to even look at those photos with corners like that!
I think you left off a smiley face!
Maybe I have missed something.
Indeed, I did leave off a smiley face. I was being sarcastic. The handwringing over the distortion and vignetting is so overwrought I had to laugh and leave a smart aleck comment.
Ah, ok no problems. I do agree that the criticism is a bit over the top. The end result is all that matters and I think the results are quite amazing from this diminutive little lens.
Every lens is a compromise in R&D, zooms especially. One core theme is evident in the history of Nikkor R&D, across Nikon's 1001 Nights essays. The optics maestros made great advances in legendary optics in the AI and AIS era, and this continued and it gets better and better. we can see the incremental progress, notably with zooms since the 1980s- ultrawides especially. But also consider the progress with the current 70-200 Nikkors, inaugurated by the 80-200 f4.5AI
Certainly, new materials have helped. Improvements in making elements (aspericals especially) has been critical. So is quality control with CAD/CAM and automated testing etc with unprecedented precision and reliability. But the real key is these technologies have been - are - integrated by Japanese geniuses with the mental stamina and dogged tenacity to break new ground in optical design.
We are the beneficiaries. Today the only excuse for an inferior zoom is cost cutting. Nikon of all the optics companies have the corporate memory to keep putting out very quality lenses. This is very evident everyone of the Z-Nikkors we have seen Of course, There are new opportunities being opened up and opened out by the Z mount's geometry. The remarkable specs of 14-30 f4S is the first taste of a new era of Nikon optics.
May 03, 2019 at 02:58 AM
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