{"id":21459,"date":"2024-09-10T17:31:55","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T15:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.littlebigtravelingcamera.com\/?p=21459"},"modified":"2024-09-10T17:31:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T15:31:55","slug":"new-camera-old-lens-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlebigtravelingcamera.com\/?p=21459","title":{"rendered":"New Camera, Old Lens, Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>NIKON Z 8 (200mm, f\/8, 1\/250 sec, ISO500)
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The title says it all. My new Nikon Z8, a Nikon AF-S 70-200\/4 ED VR that I borrowed from a friend and some flowers. And some thoughts about tele-lens options.<\/p>\n

All images are taken either in our garden or in the garden of very good friends. The one who gave me his 70-200\/4 so I can play with it. This is a very fine lens. I once owned the EF 4\/70-200 IS L from Canon and liked it a lot. This one is beautifully made and compact but much heavier than the Canon counterpart. I guess I got spoiled after I have tried out the 70-200\/2.8 GM II from Sony which is hardly heavier than the f4 lens from Nikon.<\/p>\n

I’m still undecided what to get in the future. The big and heavy Nikon Z 2.8\/70-200 S or rather the Nikon 70-180\/2.8 but of course I want to have something longer than 120mm in the future.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>NIKON Z 8 (150mm, f\/4, 1\/250 sec, ISO64)
<\/span> \"\"<\/a>NIKON Z 8 (120mm, f\/4, 1\/250 sec, ISO200)
<\/span> \"\"<\/a>NIKON Z 8 (200mm, f\/4, 1\/125 sec, ISO80)
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70-200mm is a very useful focal length range and even though it is not a close up lens it is perfect for flowers and butterflies too. I would love to see a Z-version of this lens preferable \u00a0200 grams lighter than the F-version. If priced reasonable that could be an alternative to the 70-180\/2.8.<\/p>\n

As already mentioned that I have not decided which way to go but I clearly would prefer a smaller lens and most of all lighter lens. Of course I would also like to have as much range as possible. Purely for traveling I also think the Nikon Z 28-400\/4-8 VR could a a very nice option. A couple of years ago I would have never considered such a lens but things have changed. Sensors are a lot better now as well as image stabilisation in lenses and cameras. So except for subject isolation I don’t see a real downside of this lens. This is maybe not the lens to produce magic shots but it is a lens that gets you the shot. For landscape photography and occasional wildlife I think it is a great option and it’s only 725 gram, half the weight of the 70-200\/2.8.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>NIKON Z 8 (170mm, f\/4, 1\/125 sec, ISO100)
<\/span> \"\"<\/a>NIKON Z 8 (175mm, f\/4, 1\/125 sec, ISO360)
<\/span>\"\"<\/a>NIKON Z 8 (200mm, f\/4, 1\/125 sec, ISO280)
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The AF-S 70-200\/4 ED VR is tack sharp wide open. To the point that I think it might be too sharp for portraits. Of course f4 will not give you to same subject separation and look its f2.8 counterpart but f4 on a full frame camera at 200mm is still very good. At closer distances like for those flower shots you would stop down a f2.8 lens anyway to get some depth of field. So a Z 70-200\/4 S would be a very nice lens especially if Bokeh would be as nice as on this lens.<\/p>\n

Maybe Nikon can look into that since the thoroughly covered 50mm now from cheap 50\/1.4 to premium 50\/1.8 to expensive 50\/1.2 and excessive 58\/0,95. That or make the 70-200\/2.8 significantly lighter, I would be fine with both.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>NIKON Z 8 (90mm, f\/4, 1\/125 sec, ISO64)
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