Thursday, October 11, 2018

Nikon D750 & AF-s 80-400mmVR-ED II


With the latest market influx of fullframe Mirrorless from Nikon, Panasonic , Canon and Leica, I also went back to Fullframe. However, I still chose the DSLR Fullframe due to affordability. I recently got a D750 Nikon, upgraded from  my old 8-9 year old D7000. My last DSLR was the D600 bought in 2013.

D500 is one of my choice but I find it too expensive for a DX camera and I do not really need the pro layout body of D500 and fast FPS. 

D750 body layout is very similar to the D7000/72000/75000  but with a FX sensor. 

With D750 24MP sensor and choices of 1x, 1.2X or 1,5X crop mode, it is like a 3 in 1 camera system. I am still able to use my sharp nice 35mmf1.8DX lens at 1.2x (40mm) or at 1.5x (53mm). I tried to use the Tokina DX 11-16mm at 16mm on this FX DSLR with no vignetting. 

The next lens i plan to get for this FX DSLR is the 24-120mmf4 VR to cover a range of needs.

I also replaced my sharp 300mmf4 AF-S D lens with a more versitile AF-s 80-400mm VR2. Although i prefer the 300mm in term of photograpy output, there is no VR in the lens. The 300mm cannot be use for video without a tripod or monopod due to the extreme shake during video (Handheld). The 80-400mm VR is one of the best I have tried. I can handheld at 400mm with no shake visible during video filming.

The 80-400mm is a modern zoom lens and need to stop down to f8-f11 (at 400mm) to get a super sharp image. The above is shot at f11 and is very sharp for my eyes.




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