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Focus Shift, Dual Series: Lee Vining Canyon, Fresh Snow on Mountains
This dual aperture series at 14mm shows the severe loss of resolution that occurs due to the focus shift of the Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED.
While the 14-24 is a very sharp lens wide open, its performance declines with stopping down, with an obvious loss of sharpness at f/4. And it never recovers the sharpness of f/2.8, even at f/9, due to its pronounced rearward focus shift. Shot with the Nikon D810, this behavior is even more damaging on a Nikon D850.
And yet with proper focusing technique, all that sharpness can be utilized. Accordingly, this page shows two series:
- One series focused once at f/2.8.
- A 2nd series focused at f/2.8 (same focus, no change as first series), but then refocused once more for f/4 and subsequent apertures.
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