Had another outing today with new Nikon D7000 and the 18-200 VR lens. You may recall my post of Sept. 4, 2011 where I sang the virtues of this great lens-how sharp it is even extended all the way to the long end of its telephoto range. That post included a photo that was taken in cloudy (read low contrast) lighting, so I was already a step ahead of the game with no need to worry about blown highlights. Today’s shoot, however, was a white heron, in bright sunny conditions-and blown highlights were a very real possibility with complete loss of detail in the zoom. I’m pleased to note that I was pleasantly surprised! The first image a full crop zoomed to the heron, with no blown highlights and plenty of detail in the face, beak, and eyes. And, this crop was taken from an image with the zoom racked all the way to 200mm. See the second image for the original untouched photo to compare. So, I’ll say it again–it’s the glass that makes the difference
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