Nikon 200mm lens challenge!

John Nicholson · Aug 14, 2004

Between my wife and I, we own four zoom Nikon lenses that include the 200mm focal length. (I won't admit to who of us owns which lenses, but you can probably work it out). The lenses are:

28 - 200 f3.5/5.6 AF-D
70 - 300 f4/5.6 AF-G
70 -200 f2.8 VR AF-S
200 - 400 f4 VR AF-S

The following three photographs were undertaken under conditions that were as similar as possible:

Camera - D100
Focal length - 200mm
Distance from subject - about 6 metres
Aperture - 5.6
Shutter speed - 1/160 sec
Lighting - Daylight, Shade
Sharpening - Nil

All photos were taken using a good quality tripod and both the VR lenses had their VR turned off, although this is not necessary for the 200-400VR.

The photos have been saved as JPGs and cropped to show only the top left hand corner at 100%. The photos are straight out of the camera without any adjustments whatsoever.

The challenge, if anyone is interested, is to identify which lens took which photograph? I have not included the photo taken with the 28 -200 mm lens as it was VERY noticeably inferior to the others.

http://www.printroom.com/EditAlbum.asp?album_id=183791&curpage=1 .

Personally, I have to admit to being a little surprised by the results.

John

John Nicholson · Aug 14, 2004

Sorry, I've just realised the photos can't be accessed through the address I provided. I'll repost as soon as I work out how to include the photos with the message.

John

John Nicholson said:
Between my wife and I, we own four zoom Nikon lenses that include
the 200mm focal length. (I won't admit to who of us owns which
lenses, but you can probably work it out). The lenses are:

28 - 200 f3.5/5.6 AF-D
70 - 300 f4/5.6 AF-G
70 -200 f2.8 VR AF-S
200 - 400 f4 VR AF-S

The following three photographs were undertaken under conditions
that were as similar as possible:

Camera - D100
Focal length - 200mm
Distance from subject - about 6 metres
Aperture - 5.6
Shutter speed - 1/160 sec
Lighting - Daylight, Shade
Sharpening - Nil

All photos were taken using a good quality tripod and both the VR
lenses had their VR turned off, although this is not necessary for
the 200-400VR.

The photos have been saved as JPGs and cropped to show only the top
left hand corner at 100%. The photos are straight out of the
camera without any adjustments whatsoever.

The challenge, if anyone is interested, is to identify which lens
took which photograph? I have not included the photo taken with
the 28 -200 mm lens as it was VERY noticeably inferior to the
others.

http://www.printroom.com/EditAlbum.asp?album_id=183791&curpage=1 .

Personally, I have to admit to being a little surprised by the
results.

John

John Nicholson · Aug 14, 2004

Try again

John

John Nicholson said:
Between my wife and I, we own four zoom Nikon lenses that include
the 200mm focal length. (I won't admit to who of us owns which
lenses, but you can probably work it out). The lenses are:

28 - 200 f3.5/5.6 AF-D
70 - 300 f4/5.6 AF-G
70 -200 f2.8 VR AF-S
200 - 400 f4 VR AF-S

The following three photographs were undertaken under conditions
that were as similar as possible:

Camera - D100
Focal length - 200mm
Distance from subject - about 6 metres
Aperture - 5.6
Shutter speed - 1/160 sec
Lighting - Daylight, Shade
Sharpening - Nil

All photos were taken using a good quality tripod and both the VR
lenses had their VR turned off, although this is not necessary for
the 200-400VR.

The photos have been saved as JPGs and cropped to show only the top
left hand corner at 100%. The photos are straight out of the
camera without any adjustments whatsoever.

The challenge, if anyone is interested, is to identify which lens
took which photograph? I have not included the photo taken with
the 28 -200 mm lens as it was VERY noticeably inferior to the
others.

http://www.printroom.com/EditAlbum.asp?album_id=183791&curpage=1 .

Personally, I have to admit to being a little surprised by the
results.

John

Joe_Anduins · Aug 14, 2004

Hey John,

If you want, send me the pics at: [email protected] and I'll send you the links to use.

I'm interested in your results.

oe

John Nicholson said:
http://photobucket.com/albums/v163/[email protected]/?action=view ¤t=DSC_2912.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/v163/[email protected]/?action=view ¤t=DSC_2910.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/v163/[email protected]/?action=view ¤t=DSC_2909.jpg

John

John Nicholson said:

Between my wife and I, we own four zoom Nikon lenses that include
the 200mm focal length. (I won't admit to who of us owns which
lenses, but you can probably work it out). The lenses are:

28 - 200 f3.5/5.6 AF-D
70 - 300 f4/5.6 AF-G
70 -200 f2.8 VR AF-S
200 - 400 f4 VR AF-S

The following three photographs were undertaken under conditions
that were as similar as possible:

Camera - D100
Focal length - 200mm
Distance from subject - about 6 metres
Aperture - 5.6
Shutter speed - 1/160 sec
Lighting - Daylight, Shade
Sharpening - Nil

All photos were taken using a good quality tripod and both the VR
lenses had their VR turned off, although this is not necessary for
the 200-400VR.

The photos have been saved as JPGs and cropped to show only the top
left hand corner at 100%. The photos are straight out of the
camera without any adjustments whatsoever.

The challenge, if anyone is interested, is to identify which lens
took which photograph? I have not included the photo taken with
the 28 -200 mm lens as it was VERY noticeably inferior to the
others.

http://www.printroom.com/EditAlbum.asp?album_id=183791&curpage=1 .

Personally, I have to admit to being a little surprised by the
results.

John

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John Nicholson · Aug 15, 2004

Thanks Jo, you've got mail. John

Joe_Anduins said:
If you want, send me the pics at: [email protected] and I'll send you
the links to use.

I'm interested in your results.

oe

John Nicholson said:

http://photobucket.com/albums/v163/[email protected]/?action=view ¤t=DSC_2912.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/v163/[email protected]/?action=view ¤t=DSC_2910.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/v163/[email protected]/?action=view ¤t=DSC_2909.jpg

John

John Nicholson said:

Between my wife and I, we own four zoom Nikon lenses that include
the 200mm focal length. (I won't admit to who of us owns which
lenses, but you can probably work it out). The lenses are:

28 - 200 f3.5/5.6 AF-D
70 - 300 f4/5.6 AF-G
70 -200 f2.8 VR AF-S
200 - 400 f4 VR AF-S

The following three photographs were undertaken under conditions
that were as similar as possible:

Camera - D100
Focal length - 200mm
Distance from subject - about 6 metres
Aperture - 5.6
Shutter speed - 1/160 sec
Lighting - Daylight, Shade
Sharpening - Nil

All photos were taken using a good quality tripod and both the VR
lenses had their VR turned off, although this is not necessary for
the 200-400VR.

The photos have been saved as JPGs and cropped to show only the top
left hand corner at 100%. The photos are straight out of the
camera without any adjustments whatsoever.

The challenge, if anyone is interested, is to identify which lens
took which photograph? I have not included the photo taken with
the 28 -200 mm lens as it was VERY noticeably inferior to the
others.

http://www.printroom.com/EditAlbum.asp?album_id=183791&curpage=1 .

Personally, I have to admit to being a little surprised by the
results.

John

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John Nicholson · Aug 15, 2004

OK, let's try this one more time (thanks Joe for your help).

John

John Nicholson said:
Joe_Anduins said:

If you want, send me the pics at: [email protected] and I'll send you
the links to use.

I'm interested in your results.

oe

John Nicholson said:

http://photobucket.com/albums/v163/[email protected]/?action=view ¤t=DSC_2912.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/v163/[email protected]/?action=view ¤t=DSC_2910.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/v163/[email protected]/?action=view ¤t=DSC_2909.jpg

John

John Nicholson said:

Between my wife and I, we own four zoom Nikon lenses that include
the 200mm focal length. (I won't admit to who of us owns which
lenses, but you can probably work it out). The lenses are:

28 - 200 f3.5/5.6 AF-D
70 - 300 f4/5.6 AF-G
70 -200 f2.8 VR AF-S
200 - 400 f4 VR AF-S

The following three photographs were undertaken under conditions
that were as similar as possible:

Camera - D100
Focal length - 200mm
Distance from subject - about 6 metres
Aperture - 5.6
Shutter speed - 1/160 sec
Lighting - Daylight, Shade
Sharpening - Nil

All photos were taken using a good quality tripod and both the VR
lenses had their VR turned off, although this is not necessary for
the 200-400VR.

The photos have been saved as JPGs and cropped to show only the top
left hand corner at 100%. The photos are straight out of the
camera without any adjustments whatsoever.

The challenge, if anyone is interested, is to identify which lens
took which photograph? I have not included the photo taken with
the 28 -200 mm lens as it was VERY noticeably inferior to the
others.

http://www.printroom.com/EditAlbum.asp?album_id=183791&curpage=1 .

Personally, I have to admit to being a little surprised by the
results.

John

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NikKi Ono · Aug 15, 2004

John Nicholson said:
John

John Nicholson said:

Joe_Anduins said:

If you want, send me the pics at: [email protected] and I'll send you
the links to use.

I'm interested in your results.

oe

John Nicholson said:

http://photobucket.com/albums/v163/[email protected]/?action=view ¤t=DSC_2912.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/v163/[email protected]/?action=view ¤t=DSC_2910.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/v163/[email protected]/?action=view ¤t=DSC_2909.jpg

John

John Nicholson said:

Between my wife and I, we own four zoom Nikon lenses that include
the 200mm focal length. (I won't admit to who of us owns which
lenses, but you can probably work it out). The lenses are:

28 - 200 f3.5/5.6 AF-D
70 - 300 f4/5.6 AF-G
70 -200 f2.8 VR AF-S
200 - 400 f4 VR AF-S

The following three photographs were undertaken under conditions
that were as similar as possible:

Camera - D100
Focal length - 200mm
Distance from subject - about 6 metres
Aperture - 5.6
Shutter speed - 1/160 sec
Lighting - Daylight, Shade
Sharpening - Nil

All photos were taken using a good quality tripod and both the VR
lenses had their VR turned off, although this is not necessary for
the 200-400VR.

The photos have been saved as JPGs and cropped to show only the top
left hand corner at 100%. The photos are straight out of the
camera without any adjustments whatsoever.

The challenge, if anyone is interested, is to identify which lens
took which photograph? I have not included the photo taken with
the 28 -200 mm lens as it was VERY noticeably inferior to the
others.

http://www.printroom.com/EditAlbum.asp?album_id=183791&curpage=1 .

Personally, I have to admit to being a little surprised by the
results.

John

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OK, I take a pick - from top to bottom:

1. 200-400
2. 70-200
3. 70-300
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Regards
JoeM

mark240668 · Aug 15, 2004

John Nicholson said:
Between my wife and I, we own four zoom Nikon lenses that include
the 200mm focal length. (I won't admit to who of us owns which
lenses, but you can probably work it out). The lenses are:

28 - 200 f3.5/5.6 AF-D
70 - 300 f4/5.6 AF-G
70 -200 f2.8 VR AF-S
200 - 400 f4 VR AF-S

The following three photographs were undertaken under conditions
that were as similar as possible:

Camera - D100
Focal length - 200mm
Distance from subject - about 6 metres
Aperture - 5.6
Shutter speed - 1/160 sec
Lighting - Daylight, Shade
Sharpening - Nil

All photos were taken using a good quality tripod and both the VR
lenses had their VR turned off, although this is not necessary for
the 200-400VR.

The photos have been saved as JPGs and cropped to show only the top
left hand corner at 100%. The photos are straight out of the
camera without any adjustments whatsoever.

The challenge, if anyone is interested, is to identify which lens
took which photograph? I have not included the photo taken with
the 28 -200 mm lens as it was VERY noticeably inferior to the
others.

http://www.printroom.com/EditAlbum.asp?album_id=183791&curpage=1 .

Personally, I have to admit to being a little surprised by the
results.

John

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John Nicholson · Aug 15, 2004

M-A-R-K

I did not include the 28 -200 because, to be honest, the lens compared very poorly. If you would like me to include a photo taken with that lens for comparison, I'd be happy to do so but it really is an unfair comparison and doesn't show the 28-200 in very good light.

I know it's a bit silly comparing lenses of such significantly different price ranges but it was fun nevertheless (and quite interesting).

Cheers

John

M-A-R-K said:
John Nicholson said:

Between my wife and I, we own four zoom Nikon lenses that include
the 200mm focal length. (I won't admit to who of us owns which
lenses, but you can probably work it out). The lenses are:

28 - 200 f3.5/5.6 AF-D
70 - 300 f4/5.6 AF-G
70 -200 f2.8 VR AF-S
200 - 400 f4 VR AF-S

The following three photographs were undertaken under conditions
that were as similar as possible:

Camera - D100
Focal length - 200mm
Distance from subject - about 6 metres
Aperture - 5.6
Shutter speed - 1/160 sec
Lighting - Daylight, Shade
Sharpening - Nil

All photos were taken using a good quality tripod and both the VR
lenses had their VR turned off, although this is not necessary for
the 200-400VR.

The photos have been saved as JPGs and cropped to show only the top
left hand corner at 100%. The photos are straight out of the
camera without any adjustments whatsoever.

The challenge, if anyone is interested, is to identify which lens
took which photograph? I have not included the photo taken with
the 28 -200 mm lens as it was VERY noticeably inferior to the
others.

http://www.printroom.com/EditAlbum.asp?album_id=183791&curpage=1 .

Personally, I have to admit to being a little surprised by the
results.

John

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Mike in Fla. · Aug 15, 2004

John Nicholson said:
John

John Nicholson said:

Joe_Anduins said:

If you want, send me the pics at: [email protected] and I'll send you
the links to use.

I'm interested in your results.

oe

John Nicholson said:

http://photobucket.com/albums/v163/[email protected]/?action=view ¤t=DSC_2912.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/v163/[email protected]/?action=view ¤t=DSC_2910.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/v163/[email protected]/?action=view ¤t=DSC_2909.jpg

John

John Nicholson said:

Between my wife and I, we own four zoom Nikon lenses that include
the 200mm focal length. (I won't admit to who of us owns which
lenses, but you can probably work it out). The lenses are:

28 - 200 f3.5/5.6 AF-D
70 - 300 f4/5.6 AF-G
70 -200 f2.8 VR AF-S
200 - 400 f4 VR AF-S

The following three photographs were undertaken under conditions
that were as similar as possible:

Camera - D100
Focal length - 200mm
Distance from subject - about 6 metres
Aperture - 5.6
Shutter speed - 1/160 sec
Lighting - Daylight, Shade
Sharpening - Nil

All photos were taken using a good quality tripod and both the VR
lenses had their VR turned off, although this is not necessary for
the 200-400VR.

The photos have been saved as JPGs and cropped to show only the top
left hand corner at 100%. The photos are straight out of the
camera without any adjustments whatsoever.

The challenge, if anyone is interested, is to identify which lens
took which photograph? I have not included the photo taken with
the 28 -200 mm lens as it was VERY noticeably inferior to the
others.

http://www.printroom.com/EditAlbum.asp?album_id=183791&curpage=1 .

Personally, I have to admit to being a little surprised by the
results.

John

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edwardneal · Aug 15, 2004

Are you talking about the newer 28-200 G or the older 28-200 D when you say that the quality was very poor?

John Nicholson said:
I did not include the 28 -200 because, to be honest, the lens
compared very poorly. If you would like me to include a photo
taken with that lens for comparison, I'd be happy to do so but it
really is an unfair comparison and doesn't show the 28-200 in very
good light.

creative edge · Aug 15, 2004

John Nicholson said:
Between my wife and I, we own four zoom Nikon lenses that include
the 200mm focal length. (I won't admit to who of us owns which
lenses, but you can probably work it out). The lenses are:

28 - 200 f3.5/5.6 AF-D
70 - 300 f4/5.6 AF-G
70 -200 f2.8 VR AF-S
200 - 400 f4 VR AF-S

The following three photographs were undertaken under conditions
that were as similar as possible:

Camera - D100
Focal length - 200mm
Distance from subject - about 6 metres
Aperture - 5.6
Shutter speed - 1/160 sec
Lighting - Daylight, Shade
Sharpening - Nil

All photos were taken using a good quality tripod and both the VR
lenses had their VR turned off, although this is not necessary for
the 200-400VR.

The photos have been saved as JPGs and cropped to show only the top
left hand corner at 100%. The photos are straight out of the
camera without any adjustments whatsoever.

The challenge, if anyone is interested, is to identify which lens
took which photograph? I have not included the photo taken with
the 28 -200 mm lens as it was VERY noticeably inferior to the
others.

http://www.printroom.com/EditAlbum.asp?album_id=183791&curpage=1 .

Personally, I have to admit to being a little surprised by the
results.

John

--
http://www.creativeedgephoto.com

John Nicholson · Aug 15, 2004

It's the newer G lens that I was using to compare.

edwardneal said:
edwardneal said:

I did not include the 28 -200 because, to be honest, the lens
compared very poorly. If you would like me to include a photo
taken with that lens for comparison, I'd be happy to do so but it
really is an unfair comparison and doesn't show the 28-200 in very
good light.

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Paul Johnson236837 · Aug 15, 2004

John Nicholson said:
Between my wife and I, we own four zoom Nikon lenses that include
the 200mm focal length. (I won't admit to who of us owns which
lenses, but you can probably work it out). The lenses are:

28 - 200 f3.5/5.6 AF-D
70 - 300 f4/5.6 AF-G
70 -200 f2.8 VR AF-S
200 - 400 f4 VR AF-S

The following three photographs were undertaken under conditions
that were as similar as possible:

Camera - D100
Focal length - 200mm
Distance from subject - about 6 metres
Aperture - 5.6
Shutter speed - 1/160 sec
Lighting - Daylight, Shade
Sharpening - Nil

All photos were taken using a good quality tripod and both the VR
lenses had their VR turned off, although this is not necessary for
the 200-400VR.

The photos have been saved as JPGs and cropped to show only the top
left hand corner at 100%. The photos are straight out of the
camera without any adjustments whatsoever.

The challenge, if anyone is interested, is to identify which lens
took which photograph? I have not included the photo taken with
the 28 -200 mm lens as it was VERY noticeably inferior to the
others.

http://www.printroom.com/EditAlbum.asp?album_id=183791&curpage=1 .

Personally, I have to admit to being a little surprised by the
results.

John

Paul Johnson236837 · Aug 15, 2004

John Nicholson said:
Between my wife and I, we own four zoom Nikon lenses that include
the 200mm focal length. (I won't admit to who of us owns which
lenses, but you can probably work it out). The lenses are:

28 - 200 f3.5/5.6 AF-D
70 - 300 f4/5.6 AF-G
70 -200 f2.8 VR AF-S
200 - 400 f4 VR AF-S

The following three photographs were undertaken under conditions
that were as similar as possible:

Camera - D100
Focal length - 200mm
Distance from subject - about 6 metres
Aperture - 5.6
Shutter speed - 1/160 sec
Lighting - Daylight, Shade
Sharpening - Nil

All photos were taken using a good quality tripod and both the VR
lenses had their VR turned off, although this is not necessary for
the 200-400VR.

The photos have been saved as JPGs and cropped to show only the top
left hand corner at 100%. The photos are straight out of the
camera without any adjustments whatsoever.

The challenge, if anyone is interested, is to identify which lens
took which photograph? I have not included the photo taken with
the 28 -200 mm lens as it was VERY noticeably inferior to the
others.

http://www.printroom.com/EditAlbum.asp?album_id=183791&curpage=1 .

Personally, I have to admit to being a little surprised by the
results.

John

edwardneal · Aug 16, 2004

John Nicholson said:
Personally, I have to admit to being a little surprised by the
results.

Well ???

creative edge · Aug 16, 2004

John Nicholson said:
Between my wife and I, we own four zoom Nikon lenses that include
the 200mm focal length. (I won't admit to who of us owns which
lenses, but you can probably work it out). The lenses are:

28 - 200 f3.5/5.6 AF-D
70 - 300 f4/5.6 AF-G
70 -200 f2.8 VR AF-S
200 - 400 f4 VR AF-S

The following three photographs were undertaken under conditions
that were as similar as possible:

Camera - D100
Focal length - 200mm
Distance from subject - about 6 metres
Aperture - 5.6
Shutter speed - 1/160 sec
Lighting - Daylight, Shade
Sharpening - Nil

All photos were taken using a good quality tripod and both the VR
lenses had their VR turned off, although this is not necessary for
the 200-400VR.

The photos have been saved as JPGs and cropped to show only the top
left hand corner at 100%. The photos are straight out of the
camera without any adjustments whatsoever.

The challenge, if anyone is interested, is to identify which lens
took which photograph? I have not included the photo taken with
the 28 -200 mm lens as it was VERY noticeably inferior to the
others.

http://www.printroom.com/EditAlbum.asp?album_id=183791&curpage=1 .

Personally, I have to admit to being a little surprised by the
results.

John

--
http://www.creativeedgephoto.com

Klaus Bergstedt · Aug 16, 2004

Klaus Bergstedt

creative edge · Aug 16, 2004

Having used both the 200-400 vr and the 70-200 vr..
my experience has been that the 200-400 vr is much
sharper than the 70-200 at 200...
Michael

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John Nicholson · Aug 16, 2004

As most people have suggested the photos were taken by the 200-400VR, the 70-200VR and the 70-300 in that order. I think a lot would argue that that was obvious.

I guess what surprised me a little was the relative difference between the 200-400 and the 70-200 and the relative closeness between the 70-200 and the 70-300.

Perhaps others wouldn't agree with either my conclusion or my degree of surprise but it did seem to me that the 70-300 showed up pretty well.

John

creative edge said:
John Nicholson said:

Between my wife and I, we own four zoom Nikon lenses that include
the 200mm focal length. (I won't admit to who of us owns which
lenses, but you can probably work it out). The lenses are:

28 - 200 f3.5/5.6 AF-D
70 - 300 f4/5.6 AF-G
70 -200 f2.8 VR AF-S
200 - 400 f4 VR AF-S

The following three photographs were undertaken under conditions
that were as similar as possible:

Camera - D100
Focal length - 200mm
Distance from subject - about 6 metres
Aperture - 5.6
Shutter speed - 1/160 sec
Lighting - Daylight, Shade
Sharpening - Nil

All photos were taken using a good quality tripod and both the VR
lenses had their VR turned off, although this is not necessary for
the 200-400VR.

The photos have been saved as JPGs and cropped to show only the top
left hand corner at 100%. The photos are straight out of the
camera without any adjustments whatsoever.

The challenge, if anyone is interested, is to identify which lens
took which photograph? I have not included the photo taken with
the 28 -200 mm lens as it was VERY noticeably inferior to the
others.

http://www.printroom.com/EditAlbum.asp?album_id=183791&curpage=1 .

Personally, I have to admit to being a little surprised by the
results.

John

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