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My name is Marcin Lewandowski and I’m a professional photographer.
In this video I will show you Nikon’s
ultra vide angle zoom: AF-S NIKKOR
16-35mm f/4G
ED VR. From the first glance at this lens we can see that it was geared
towards
professional photographers as much as amateur users.
The lens barrel is made of magnesium alloy.
The zoom and focus rings, as well as bottom of the lens itself,
are sealed against dust and moisture adding to its pro credential.
Rings are grooved and their rubbery surface
makes it reassuring to work with. It’s worth mentioning that both of them are nicely
dampened
which will also be appreciated by video shooters. There
are two switches on the barrel: one for
autofocus and one for turning on and off the VR.
This Nikkor Lens, has all the systems that needed for uninterrupted workflow.
VR II technology allows you to shoot up to 4
stops slower, than it would be normally possible
and I was able to constantly get sharp results at speeds of
half a second, which is amazing stuff. This second incarnation of VR also
detects
panning automatically so no need to turn it off when you shoot moving
action.
Another feature is the Silent Wave Motor
focusing mechanism allowing for quiet and
unobtrusive work. Photographers can switch to manual focus
mode at any by simply turning the focus ring.
Even though the inner tube of the lens retracts around a
centimeter while zooming, the length of the lens itself
remains constant. Glass on this ultra wide angle zoom
zoom is from the highest shelf and its description includes abbreviations
covering
three of the most desired types of glass:
N, ED and AS. Nano Crystal Coating
reduces ghost and flare caused by light entering the lens and you can
always use the remaining small amount of it to your creative
advantage. Two Extra-Low Dispersion glass elements towards the mount of this lens
are responsible for correction of chromatic aberrations
and they do a great job. Last but not least
is AS which stands for aspherical lens
elements. They have non spherical surfaces to eliminate certain types of lens
aberration,
in this case barreling which occurs towards the wider end. All of the 17 glass elements
of this lens
create one of the sharpest outputs you will
ever see. Many photographers as well as industry specialists mention that
this is
THE sharpest ultra vide angle zoom in existence and I definitely agree with
them this time.
Even though this is not a macro lens and maximum reproduction ratio is 1
to 4 you can easily focus from as close as 10 centimetres
which can come in really handy during a number of situations when you don’t want to shuffle lenses
On the wide end of 16 millimetres its incredible how
much
you can take in and place in the frame. There is a bit of distortion on the edges but
nothing thats too visible if you don't have a lot of lines
in the scene, besides this can be easily fixed in post production.
On the longer, 35 millimetres end,
this lens provides length favourite and most used by many world class photographers with different backgrounds like
Alex Webb or Annie Leibowitz. Whether you want to use it for street work or take
some portraits it will be there to help you with its incredible sharpness.
I have worked with this lens for a number of years at this stage and I have to
admit that it has
never failed me. It is one of the workhorses
that always stays in my bag on assignment whether I cover a music concert,
interior shoot, sports event, portrait session or a wedding.
It’s incredible sharpness and versatile zoom range
are always at hand. When you pair these advantages with built quality,
weather sealing and vibrance reduction technology
as well as price significantly lower than its direct competitors
there are no disadvantages to it whatsoever. Thank you for joining me
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This was Marcin Lewandowski for Adorama TV,
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