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Nikkor AF-S 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G ED VR (FX) - Review / Test Report - Sample Images & Verdict |
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Sample Shots
The following sample shots were taken with a D3x and RAW-converted via CaptureOne.
Click on a thumbnail to view the original file (opens in a separate window).
| Make |
NIKON CORPORATION |
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| Model |
NIKON D3X |
| ISO Speed |
125 |
| Focal Length |
24.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/8.0 |
| Exposure |
1/250s |
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| Make |
NIKON CORPORATION |
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| Model |
NIKON D3X |
| ISO Speed |
125 |
| Focal Length |
80.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/5.6 |
| Exposure |
1/800s |
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| Make |
NIKON CORPORATION |
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| Model |
NIKON D3X |
| ISO Speed |
125 |
| Focal Length |
85.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/8.0 |
| Exposure |
1/400s |
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| Make |
NIKON CORPORATION |
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| Model |
NIKON D3X |
| ISO Speed |
125 |
| Focal Length |
48.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/4.2 |
| Exposure |
1/1250s |
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| Make |
NIKON CORPORATION |
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| Model |
NIKON D3X |
| ISO Speed |
125 |
| Focal Length |
85.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/7.1 |
| Exposure |
1/400s |
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| Make |
NIKON CORPORATION |
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| Model |
NIKON D3X |
| ISO Speed |
125 |
| Focal Length |
85.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/8.0 |
| Exposure |
1/160s |
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| Make |
NIKON CORPORATION |
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| Model |
NIKON D3X |
| ISO Speed |
125 |
| Focal Length |
48.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/8.0 |
| Exposure |
1/250s |
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| Make |
NIKON CORPORATION |
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| Model |
NIKON D3X |
| ISO Speed |
125 |
| Focal Length |
24.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/8.0 |
| Exposure |
1/250s |
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| Make |
NIKON CORPORATION |
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| Model |
NIKON D3X |
| ISO Speed |
125 |
| Focal Length |
38.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/5.6 |
| Exposure |
1/640s |
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| Make |
NIKON CORPORATION |
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| Model |
NIKON D3X |
| ISO Speed |
125 |
| Focal Length |
24.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/8.0 |
| Exposure |
1/500s |
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| Make |
NIKON CORPORATION |
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| Model |
NIKON D3X |
| ISO Speed |
125 |
| Focal Length |
48.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/8.0 |
| Exposure |
1/400s |
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| Make |
NIKON CORPORATION |
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| Model |
NIKON D3X |
| ISO Speed |
125 |
| Focal Length |
24.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/8.0 |
| Exposure |
1/400s |
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| Make |
NIKON CORPORATION |
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| Model |
NIKON D3X |
| ISO Speed |
125 |
| Focal Length |
68.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/4.5 |
| Exposure |
1/1250s |
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| Make |
NIKON CORPORATION |
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| Model |
NIKON D3X |
| ISO Speed |
125 |
| Focal Length |
38.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/5.6 |
| Exposure |
1/500s |
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| Make |
NIKON CORPORATION |
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| Model |
NIKON D3X |
| ISO Speed |
125 |
| Focal Length |
85.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/8.0 |
| Exposure |
1/640s |
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| Make |
NIKON CORPORATION |
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| Model |
NIKON D3X |
| ISO Speed |
125 |
| Focal Length |
72.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/5.6 |
| Exposure |
1/640s |
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| Make |
NIKON CORPORATION |
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| Model |
NIKON D3X |
| ISO Speed |
160 |
| Focal Length |
46.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/4.5 |
| Exposure |
1/400s |
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| Make |
NIKON CORPORATION |
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| Model |
NIKON D3X |
| ISO Speed |
125 |
| Focal Length |
85.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/8.0 |
| Exposure |
1/500s |
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| Make |
NIKON CORPORATION |
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| Model |
NIKON D3X |
| ISO Speed |
125 |
| Focal Length |
70.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/5.6 |
| Exposure |
1/640s |
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| Make |
NIKON CORPORATION |
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| Model |
NIKON D3X |
| ISO Speed |
125 |
| Focal Length |
45.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/8.0 |
| Exposure |
1/320s |
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| Make |
NIKON CORPORATION |
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| Model |
NIKON D3X |
| ISO Speed |
125 |
| Focal Length |
85.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/4.5 |
| Exposure |
1/800s |
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| Make |
NIKON CORPORATION |
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| Model |
NIKON D3X |
| ISO Speed |
125 |
| Focal Length |
42.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/5.6 |
| Exposure |
1/640s |
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VerdictThe Nikon AF-S 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G ED VR leaves us with mixed impressions. Mechanically, there's not much to complain about. The built quality is good and in line with other current consumer-grade Nikkor lenses. The optical stabilization works very well, even at short focal lengths, and thanks to a silent-wave drive the AF is silent and quite fast.
The resolution figures in the image center are very high, however the lens needs to be stopped down to achieve good to very good sharpness across the frame. At large apertures the extreme corners show significantly lower resolution than the image center, especially at wide-angle zoom settings.
CAs and vignetting are a bit on the high side. This is also true for image distortion, which is worse than what we are used to see from super-zooms with considerably larger zoom ranges. It almost seems, that with software correction available for all three issues in-camera nowadays, these properties are no longer high on the priority list during lens design.
So, in summary, the lens delivers solid performance regarding sharpness, at least when stopped down, but fails to impress regarding other image parameters. Most of the issues mentioned here can be resolved with in-camera correction (or in post processing), however from a consumer zoom carrying a price tag close to 500 EUR we expected a little more.
Mechanical Quality:
★★★★★
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