Nikon has announced two new full frame lenses including high-powered telephoto zoom lens and a rare tilt-shift lens.
Nikon is calling its new PC 19mm f4E ED tilt-shift lens, the widest-perspective control lens to date – though Canon is still technically ahead with its TS-E 17mm f4L. Unlike most traditional lenses this tilt-shift allows you to slide the front element in four directions, which comes in handy for correcting the fishbowl-shaped distortion wide angle lenses often create. The tilt function comes into play if you want to change which elements are in focus and you’ll see this effect most often with photos shot to mimic the look of a miniature.
Nikon claims the 19mm lens can capture 97-degrees of coverage that should make it ideal for shooting horizontal or vertical panoramas as well as shooting video. Internally, the lens is made up of three ED and two aspherical elements designed to combat distortion and glare, while virtually eliminating chromatic aberration and coma, even at the widest aperture settings. As ever there is a Nano Crystal Coat on the front element to reduce ghosting and flare.
The Nikon PC 19mm f4 ED also features an electromagnetic diaphragm for fast auto-exposure control.
While there are plenty of telephoto, portrait, wide-angle and normal lenses in the world. Tilt-shift lenses are less common speciality lenses but they’re extremely versatile for everything from architecture, interiors, fine art, product photography and landscapes.
That said, all this flexibility requires a significant amount of practice and the $3,399 (about £2,770, AU$4,430) price is nothing to sneeze at either. The Nikon PC 19mm f4E ED will release later this November.
Enhance!
Nikon also introduced a new AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8E FL ED VR lens and it should appeal to photographers who want reach and flexibility. The 70-200mm gives you a wide range of focal lengths from a normal lens to extreme telephoto. Meanwhile, the constant f2.8 should allow you to capture images with plenty of bokeh and make it better for low-light shooting.
The lens also claims to offer up to four stops of image stabilization while a Silent Wave Motor system offers ultra-fast and quiet autofocus operation while still allowing users to override it with the manual ring. Nikon has built its latest telephoto lens with six ED elements, one Fluorite element and a high refractive element. All the glass elements are wrapped inside a magnesium alloy barrel fitted with weatherproof seals that should block out dust and water.
The Nikon 70-200mm f2.8E FL ED VR will begin shipping in November as well for $2,799 (about £2,280, AU$3,650).
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