Nikon 70-200 VR on Full Frame D700

jonh68

I did a quick test with the 70-200 Vr on the D700. There is noticeable vignetting when used on FF sensors. A batch process through DXO fixes it pretty good. These were not cropped and shot in JPG.

Before shot at 2.8 and 200mm


After with DXO



Before at 2.8 and 200mm



After with DXO

cabinetbuff

Thanks for doing this test!

I came to Nikon from Canon precisely because I got tired of doing hours of PP work. I've been shooting JPG ever since I got D3. I would not buy a lens now knowing it requires PP. These test shots remind me of the results I was getting with 24-105 on 5D. 24-105 is an awesome lens just not on a FF 5D -- it worked great on 20D when I had it. Nikon needs to step up to the plate -- this is one one of the most important focal lengths and they fall short with it on FF.

jonh68

cabinetbuff wrote:

Thanks for doing this test!

I came to Nikon from Canon precisely because I got tired of doing hours of PP work. I've been shooting JPG ever since I got D3. I would not buy a lens now knowing it requires PP. These test shots remind me of the results I was getting with 24-105 on 5D. 24-105 is an awesome lens just not on a FF 5D -- it worked great on 20D when I had it. Nikon needs to step up to the plate -- this is one one of the most important focal lengths and they fall short with it on FF.

DXO is done in batch, it's an automatic correction, and takes like 1 minute to set up. This will not be noticed on 99% of the shots you take. This PP is not time consuming.

catspaw

jonh68 wrote:

DXO is done in batch, it's an automatic correction, and takes like 1 minute to set up. This will not be noticed on 99% of the shots you take. This PP is not time consuming.

Care to elaborate (aka. educate the clueless) about 'DXO' and how you have it set up in the PP? thanks!

jonh68

Well, DXO has a trial version you can use and try yourself. http://www.dxo.com/us/photo/trial_version

The setup is selecting the images and selecting an output for the edited images. The corrections for vignetting are done automatically.

Curves, WB, USM, Cropping, saturation etc can be done too if more editing is reguired.

ban25

An alternative to shooting this lens wide open in broad daylight would be to stop it down a bit. Then you won't have to waste time in front of a computer trying to fix some barely noticeable falloff.

HarveyMushman

ban25 wrote:

An alternative to shooting this lens wide open in broad daylight would be to stop it down a bit. Then you won't have to waste time in front of a computer trying to fix some barely noticeable falloff.

This is shocking information!

jonh68

ban25 wrote:

An alternative to shooting this lens wide open in broad daylight would be to stop it down a bit. Then you won't have to waste time in front of a computer trying to fix some barely noticeable falloff.

I use DXO as my photo editor because I don't like to spend too much time in front of the computer.

I agree this isn't a real issue with this lens and camera. There are myths out there about how bad this lens is on FF and it really isn't an issue and if it is to some, it's very easy to correct.