Test Shots
D700 All-Lenses Test
These shots were taken from my kitchen window looking east into my neighborhood. For most shots, the tripod and camera remain fixed; only the lens and its focal length were changed. (Some tripod adjustments were made in between lenses to ensure focus was on the post.) The two shots from the 300mm lens were taken with the lens mounted to the tripod. All shots were taken at f/8.
First, the zooms. Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 lens at 10mm.
Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 lens at 20mm.
Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 18mm.
Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 55mm. This is the most FX-friendly DX lens; the image circle rapidly expands to fill the frame as you increase the focal length.
Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens at 18mm.
Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens at 135mm.
Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6 kit lens at 70mm. This lens was sold as a kit with the D80, but it is obviously not a DX lens!
Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6 kit lens at 300mm.
Nikkor 70-210mm f/4-5.6 lens at 70mm. I own the version of the lens that was produced just before the "D" version came out.
Nikkor 70-210mm f/4-5.6 lens at 210mm.
Nikkor 18-200mm VR f/3.5-5.6 lens at 18mm.
Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 VR lens at 18mm, using the DX crop mode of the D700. It bumps the focal length to 27mm, but it also reduces the image to 6MP (2784 x 1848).
Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 VR lens at 200mm (FX mode on the D700).
Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 VR lens at 200mm, using the DX crop mode of the D700. Here the effective focal length is 300mm.
Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 lens at 24mm.
Next, the primes. Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8 fisheye lens. You can see the ridges of the lens hood.
Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 lens.
Tamron 90mm f/2.8 macro lens.
Nikkor 300mm f/2.8 lens. The lens itself is mounted on a tripod, which sets the camera back slightly from the other shots.
Nikkor 300mm f/2.8 lens and Kenko 1.4 teleconverter to produce an effective 420mm focal length.