Nikon NIKKOR Z 17-28mm f/2.8 Aperture Series @ 17mm: Destroyed Beaver Pond (Z8)

2023-07-27 • SEND FEEDBACK |
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Nikon NIKKOR Z 17-28mm f/2.8S

The series from f/2.8 to f/11 evaluates the imaging performance of the Nikon NIKKOR Z 17-28mm f/2.8 on a near-far and far-distance scene that affords excellent insight into the performance limits of the lens.

It is definitive in showing the performance potential of the 17-28mm—this is one series that will make your decision for you.

Nikon NIKKOR Z 17-28mm f/2.8 Aperture Series @ 17mm: Destroyed Beaver Pond

Includes images up to full camera resolution, plus crops.

Nikon Z system... Voigtlander for Nikon Z...

Below, the creek runs freely now through what was formerly a 3-foot-high beaver dam. The avalanche shore-off large trees, now reduced to jagged stumps. The large and deep debris pile is about 100 meters distant.

f8 @ 1/160 sec electronic shutter, ISO 64; 2023-06-22 14:05:15
Nikon Z8 + Nikon NIKKOR Z 17-28mm f/2.8 @ 17mm + polarizer Breakthrough Photography X4
ENV: Lundy Canyon, altitude 8300 ft / 2530 m, 70°F / 21°C
RAW: Camera ST, Enhance Details, LACA corrected, distortion corrected, vignetting corrected, WB 5200°K tint 22, push 1.1 stops, +40 Shadows, -100 Highlights, +30 Whites, +10 Clarity, diffraction mitigating sharpening
dhz, curve to lighten non-bright areas

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