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Focus Shift with the Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G (Early Tests)
In central areas, the Nikon 14-24 declines in sharpness when stopped down from f/2.8 to f/5.6.
While shooting some field comparisons in summer 2010, I observed that the Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G declined substantially in contrast from f/2.8 to f/5.6 (see the bristlecone comparison and the road comparison in DAP). I had previously observed this effect, but it hadn’t occurred to me that this could be focus shift, because that’s rare with an f/2.8 lens.
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