My 14~24 in landscapes and cityscapes is usually part of my kit. The size and weight is less of an issue to me then it's inability to use GND's without going very expensive and bulky systems. I had been on the edge of purchasing one of those systems but now this lens will provide me much, being lighter and excepting filters. This is as long as it is a fair amount better than the 20D which I could have bought at a very attractive used price but the IQ results from my test were disappointing.
Yes, for me having the Fuji 14 works well along their kit 18~55. Now with this new 20mm I will have a very nice combination which will be my newer Nikon trinity.
I'm jealous...
We want 'Proof of Life". :-D
I got a shipping notice from B&H this morning. Based on that, I do believe it actually exists and is in a box in NYC at this moment. And I'll have it tomorrow barring shipping problems - I'm within the overnight zone from New York and I've only had a package from B&W take longer than that once, when it got hung up at a transfer point.
Tell us all about it when you have it delivered.
I got mine this afternoon. I took one shot in the camera store, looked at it at 100% and everything looked excellent at an f stop of 3.3. I brought it home and took another couple shots in the house with great results, noticed no corner shading at an f 3.3 and sharp as a tack of course with no fine tuning. I registered it on the Nikon site and am ready to go shooting. I have ordered from my local camera store especially for new releases and have had better luck than if I used the internet.
Looks sharp. Not seeing much 'loca' in that either.
I can't believe the depth of field you get with a 20mm lens at f/1.8. You say you are focused on the foreground sunflowers, yet the background is only unsharp, not really blurry. I guess the f/1.8 is for light gathering, not for bokeh freaks.I got the lens a couple of hours ago. It's raining buckets so I didn't take it out today, but I did a few shots around the house and tried to match a shot I'd done with the Zeiss 21mm a few weeks back. Lightroom doesn't have a lens profile for this lens yet, needless to say, so I used the one for the old 20mm f2.8 D and it's close enough for the moment.
So here's a shot of our kitchen, dining room, and living room, first with the Nikon at f1.8, and then with the Nikon and Zeiss at f2.8. The Nikon is a bit wider, but the difference between 20 and 21 is a bit more obvious than I'd expected. You can see that these shots line up pretty well on the right side, but the Nikon gives a good bit extra FOV to the left. I focussed around the faucet and flowers with the Nikon - I obviously was focussed farther back, maybe the dining table, with the Zeiss. Because the foreground is less in focus and the background much more in focus with the Zeiss. Sorry about that - I guess I didn't remember where I'd focussed a few weeks back and didn't check closely enough before I tried to replicate that shot today.
In any case, the Nikon isn't the Zeiss, but I think I'll be really happy with it. I like the size, weight, feel of the lens a lot - it's a lot better suited to the way I shoot than the Zeiss was. And it's quite sharp, even wide open, pretty good out to the corners. Probably not a good idea to compare it to a nearly perfect lens, but this is the only shot that will probably happen on...
Nikon f1.8
