尼康 Z 14-24mm/f2.8 S 新一代超廣角鏡頭評測體驗

Speaking of the devil When I was making Nikon 14-30mm lens video a month ago I wondered if Nikon’s 14-24mm lens would come out soon Well, it's here Look, this is the Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 lens arrived a few days ago I am thrilled to get it This lens can be said to attract much professional's attention Not only because it is the last one of the Nikon Z Holy Trinity As far as I know, many Canon and Sony users are also eyeing on it Take a look at Nikon, which takes landscape as its masterpiece What kind the surprise could it delivery to us Australia is under lockdown recently 6 weeks and then extended by 2 weeks Yesterday it announced another three week extension There is no way to go out and show the sea of stars in Australia But these few weeks of introspection at home It also made me calmly finding new pleasures from this lens You're watching Colorbee Photography Life I'm Brian *All the 14-24mm footage in this video are shot on a pre-production model* Whether this lens is good or bad we have to start with the Nikon F mount version of the AF-S 14-24/2.8 to start It can be said to be the best representative of Nikon's landscape lens style - Hardcore Landscape Photography enthusiasts gave it a special name Called the Big Bulb(zooka) Pun intended Pun intended If you split this phrase up They represents three characteristics of this lens It's big enough, looks like a headlight And it's suitable for ex-gangster shooting landscape It weighs close to one kilogram It's a giant in the wide-angle lens Back to 2007, which was the year that the lens was released SLR camera wide-angle lens, especially the old rival Canon Still hovered at the 16-35mm focal length Nikon broke the routine and launched this ultra wide angle lens The 14-24mm lens can be said to have the crowd on its feet Its huge and gangster front lens which become a symbol of the beauty of the party Curved front element became the popular landscape lens design choice 14-24 ultra-wide-angle lens for its strong visual impact And the tank-like body of Nikon's D810 and D850 It is sought after by hardcore landscape and architectural photography gangster There are several photographers around me They like this combination of lens and body Whether it was quick or a very unwilling decision In the end, they sold Canon and replaced them with Nikon Just because of this lens How should I put it? This is a very attractive lens for landscape photographers But this lens is too radical because of its design So it also exposed these inevitable characteristics Firstly, the front group is too protruding and the hood is relatively shallow So there will be glare when shooting against the light In addition, you must and can only use a huge 150mm square filter system This set of frequently used filters makes landscape photographers suffer in terms of physical strength, spirit and money It's the reason why lightly equipped photographers do not choose it When the mirrorless cameras take over Nikon designers seem to have taken advice from previous 14-24mm users They finally took out the last one of the holy trinity Ultra wide-angle 14-24mm lens It can be seen that Nikon is cautious about the design of this lens Let's talk about its first impression. The size is really small When I got the parcel I weighed by my hand and I felt happy and surprise This lens is only 650 grams It has almost the same weight as the Nikon Z7 body The old 14-24 lens is about 1 kg It is installed on the D850 and the totally weighs about 2 kg But the weight of the new 14-24mm lens and body which totally about 1.3 kg This reduces the weight of a standard zoom lens The size of the new 14-24 mm lens is also greatly reduced The front group is only slightly protruding After putting on the special lens cap Which looks very similar to a standard zoom lens 24-70 mm /f2.8 When they are put together they can only be distinguished from the focus ring So that I have to take a closer look before I go out Just in case I took the wrong lens Unfortunately, Melbourne has been in lockdown recently So I can’t let everyone see the landscape of Australia Within the limited range of activities around I have felt the excellent performance of this lens When shooting landscape subjects The front element of the new 14-24 mm lens is no longer protruding On one hand, It benefits from the large diameter and shorter flange distance of the Z mount Which can shorten the lens group On the other hand The front lens uses a special double aspherical technology Reduced the curvature of the front lens It uses 4 piece of Extra-low Dispersion glass to greatly control Edge astigmatism, lateral and longitudinal chromatic aberration which are prone to happen on ultra wide angle lenses Its sharpness is excellent when in f/2.8 Which has enough resolution for the 45MP sensor on Z7 It can get excellent sharpness even in the corner When using the maximum aperture to shoot objects with high contrasting edges It has dispersion control and flaring control I can't say that it eliminates everything But it's the best performing ultra-wide-angle lens that I use Using one word to describe - clean The release price of this lens is AU$4,000 Comparable to Canon's RF 15-35 It is $800 cheaper than Sony's 12-24mm lens In general After a period time on the market, price will have room to fall this is cheaper then I expected It's not cheap, obviously but it's still a reasonable price there is a very interesting pricing phenomenon about the top 3 companies Nikon only have a old rival - Canon in the SLR era Nikon used this old 14-24 performance monster smashed the conservative Canon 16-35 But in the mirrorless era they have different strategies for ultra wide angle lens Old rival Canon used 15-35 trying to surpass offers large f/2.8 aperture with image stabilization also fits flat filter Seems like trying to use one lens to capture landscape photography and photojournalism Sony is like Nikon in the past used a more aggressive focal length which gives a wider lens - the 12-24mm bulbzooka Those two companies tried their hardest Crammed as much as they can in the lens So the weight of their lenses were all around 800 grams But Nikon seems to chosen to keep the performance and shaved weight What happened to Hardcore Landscape?! What game is Nikon playing here After few days of using it makes me believe that Nikon steps in to right direction I always say, the good lens is the one that you can take out Although the landscape is tempting but what exactly is landscape? Milky way or seascape long expo? Not everyone has the time and energy to wait for the light to shoot the natural landscape and it depends on the weather and luck during the COVID-19 pandemic we have to stay at home shooting landscape becomes a extravagant hope But I believe the difference between photographer and ordinary people is turning things around you into landscape Tell everyone with photo that our neighbourhood is so beautiful Young man don't shoot landscape, old man don't shoot girls Me with my awkward age Street photography might be the best subject for me 14-24, a low profile looking ultra wide angle lens Taking it to the street for street photography is an unprecedented experience. I have thought about it before But carrying such an exaggerated lightbulb looking lens to take shots on the street Would scare away our subject The new 14-24mm looks just like an ordinary zoom lens Loosely carry it over our shoulder And simply enjoy the visual impact that an ultra wide angle lens brings us Unfortunately, Melbourne is still under lockdown and social distance rule is enforced Otherwise I would love to bring it out to the street and take a few shots. The ultra quality of the new 14-24mm Brings me the confidence to take a shot of everything around me As long as you have the frame on your eye bring your camera up quickly press the shutter the camera would capture everything in the frame faithfully before this new one, I would always hesitate about the glare whenever I take a backlighting close-up shot I need to decide whether or not to stop down two stops of aperture to express the texture Now there's nothing to worry about Simply take a shot This 14-24mm realized the convenience of a zoom lens and the performance of a prime lens Taking it for street photography is similar to bringing the 24mm 20mm 18mm 16mm 14mm All of these characteristic prime lenses with you Unlock the new ability of street photography with this 14-24mm ultra wide angle lens I am not a huge fan of high pixel count but with this 14-24 The disclosure of abundant detail of the frame right before my eyes I still feel more satisfied with the Z7 45MP sensor What do you think of our car shooting system We came up with this system ourselves We've used it for a while, it's very simple It's a suction cup on the top, plus a magic arm to clamp on to the camera And put a tripod under camera as a support Actually we have used this system last time we used on Sigma FP with Canon 8-15 fisheye lens But the problems are the Sigma FP doesn't have stabilization there are still some micro-jitter so we have to add digital stabilization during post production And other problem is this lens has a fisheye perspective Fisheye lens has emphasis on the center of the image It does have a wide view, but edge perspective is compressed out of shape But the benefit of a wide angle lens It can expand the image So if you look at the windshield Sun roof and back window You will feel that it's quite bright And another point is The 8-15 before only has a maximum aperture of f/4 If you shoot inside of the car during day time You will realize that there's too much difference between the light inside and outside the car so I choose to shoot this type of content at dusk So now the 14-24 f/2.8 aperture will show its advantages Although f/2.8 is only one stop faster compared to f/4 In low light situations Which lets you have an ideal shutter speed for video The ISO doesn't have to raised too high either Most of the time, leaving the camera just on a tripod in the car You can get footage that's both clear and stable Just have a look for yourself What I found out during shooting photos The hand held stabilization on this lens I have very high success rate in shooting at 1/4 second shutter speed - Yes 1/4 second If I go out, first of all I don't need a tripod I can even leave the camera in 100, 200, 400 these low ISOs I can even leave the camera in 100, 200, 400 these low ISOs And get usable shots If you are shooting driving, travel or in car talking Let's talk about disadvantages, Let's talk about disadvantages, It's not really a disadvantage, just its filter systems To cover the large imaging area The lens must use larger filter systems Since the user has chosen ultra wide, large aperture, and even a zoom You would have to make compromises on the filter system Lucky that Nikon has given you three choices The new 14-24 included an extremely large lens hood With this hood you can use a flat screw-on filter It's just that the size of this filter is a pain in the back side It's 112mm Have you heard about this size? It's a very uncommon size Let me show you guys how big it is This is a 95mm filter This is a 77mm filter that we use often The 95mm is already quite huge 112mm is significantly larger that 95mm The price tag for such a huge filter is also huge Nikon's OEM CPL costs $1249 Good news is that when this episode was filmed NiSi has started the pre-production of its own 112mm filter we should be able to purchase them on the market soon If we use this lens for just landscape shooting We need Variable ND to control high contrast scenes Filter holder system is generally unavoidable In the near future, filter manufacturers will introduce new generation of filter holder system You can continue to use the 150mm filter I found something interesting I was just giving it a shot the 100mm filter I realized that it can fit onto the front of 14-24mm and it's perfect without a gap Let's imagine if 14-24mm can work well with 100mm filter system We can reduce the cost significantly We want to ask NiSi to make a 100mm filter holder system for us The 3rd option is in the new 14-24mm we can use rear gels Rear gels can save us a lot of space in the bag All we need to do is inserting them in to the back of the lens However, you need to remove the lens to install them So they aren't ideal for outdoor shooting where users need to change the filter frequently Also the rear gel filters must be stored and cleaned very carefully As even the tiniest particle can ruin your photos Another drawback is Another drawback is you have to bring air-blower and cleaning cloth with you The front element has Fluorine Coating so you can use paper napkin to absorb any water drops But when shooting landscapes, we usually want sunstars so we stop down apertures Wide angle lens with small aperture will have very deep depth of field So if there are dusts in the front element it will become full of sunstars in the entire image when shooting against the light We need to pay special attention when doing street photography. Use the cleaning cloth to clean the finger prints then blow the dusts off with the blower So two more items on the road in the future. Summary compared with stand wide angle and standard focal length lenses Using ultra wide-angle requires highly skilled photographer and great shooting environment We shoot street photography with 14-24 is to have more usage on this lens You can use it more than just for traveling If you already have a standard lens you can consider expanding your style of shooting In mirrorless era, different manufacturers keep making innovations The knowledge we know about ultra wide angle lenses and how to choose a good ultra wide angle lens is often a hard choice for me For example, as a Sony user in order to use compact gimbal I have to choose 12-24 f/4 But the small aperture and vignetting makes me love more about the image quality in the new 14-24 f/2.8 Such a dilemma For Nikon Z-mount users, we are lucky to have two native lens choices: 14-30 is good for landscape shooters who mainly shoot during the day such as architecture photographer who can control the lightning condition Or users who cares more about size and weight 14-24 provides one stop brighter aperture it opens up the door for nigh landscape especially astrophotography Also for topics that heavily rely on natural light: such as street videos and nature videos Due to the light weight of 14-24 f/2.8 it can be mounted on to an Ronin-SC So one single zoom lens can realize all wide-angle lens functions also the minimum focusing distance is only 28cm so it can also be used as a macro lens If you turn on the crop, it becomes a 35mm lens it's very versatile, very convenient Nowadays, the image quality of the new lenses are fantastic As far as which lens to choose depends on your shooting environment and lighting conditions But keep in mind, to get one stop brighter aperture the price doubles, so it's up to you pocket Well this is our review of the new 14-24mm from Nikon If you have any questions Please comment below Thanks for watching, I'm Brian See you in the next video!