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More review of the Nikon AF-S Nikkor 180-400mm f/4E TC1.4 FL ED VR lens (price: $12,396.95, currently in stock at Amazon) – the first one is from Lenstip:
Pros:
- very solid, weather-protected casing,
- sensational image quality in the frame centre and the 180-400 mm range,
- excellent image quality on the edge of the APS-C/DX sensor in the 180–400 mm range,
- very good image quality on the edge of full frame in the 180–400 mm range,
- negligible longitudinal chromatic aberration,
- slight lateral chromatic aberration,
- imperceptible spherical aberration,
- lack of distortion problems,
- very good astigmatism correction,
- negligible vignetting for the APS-C/DX sensor,
- silent and accurate autofocus,
- pleasant blurry areas,
- very efficient image stabilization.
Cons:
- too weak performance after switching the teleconverter on,
- very poor performance against bright light,
- distinct vignetting on full frame detector.
If a 180-400 mm model without the built-in teleconverter was the successor of both Nikkors 200-400 mm we would be delighted with its performance and our summary would be full of oohs and aahs. As it is, the results the tested lens at 550 mm which was created by adding a dedicated, integral teleconverter to the system, leave a lot to be desired. It used to be a norm, such image quality decrease after joining a lens with a teleconverter. After launching 1.4x and 2.0x devices of the newest generation which are complex optical systems of their own, with 5-7 elements inside, that cooperation improved a lot. I admit my expectations were rather high when it came to the tested Nikkor. As you deal here with a teleconverter with as many as eight elements which, additionally, could be optimized to cooperate smoothly with just one optical system (or, in fact, a ‘prime’ because in over 90% of …read more
Source:: Nikon Rumors
