peter_nelson1 Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 I'm in the market for a new lens for my D100. Lenses in the focal length and speed range I want range in price from $320 to $1450, and vary over a 2:1 weight ratio. I just read a very strong review of the cheapest and lightest of them by our own Bob Atkins. (<B>N.B.</B> I already have another thread on that topic so <B>THIS</B> is a different question . . . )<P> Bob only appears to only review Canon, and Canon-mount lenses. And PhotoDo is no longer publishing new work. My question is: is there <B>ANYPLACE</B> that does good, objective lens testing of a variety of lenses, so when you're in the market for a lens and you want to know if a lens that costs 4X as much and weighs 2X as much as another lens is worth it, you can find out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aravind raman Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 NIkon's Japan site has MTF Charts of some of the lens.. But Photo.net is a good place to search for lens performance.. and other reviews. Aravind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben conover Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 Try this link, seems fairly comprehensive to me. http://wpxx02.toxi.uni-wuerzburg.de/~winstel/walter/nikon.html Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icuneko Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 Ken Rockwell's sites have lots of info on Nikon lenses for what it's worth. http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/nikkor.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r_wagner Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 Two sites that are fairly good are: http://www.photozone.de/active/news/index.jsp and http://www.photographyreview.com/reviewscrx.aspx Hope they're useful for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpherion Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 this is a good site http://www.photodo.com/. not sure about ken rockwell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorgen_udvang Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 Lots of good reviews on http://www.fredmiranda.com/reviews/. Canon, Nikon, Sigma, Tamron and Tokina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank granovski Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 http://www.naturfotograf.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lajolla_photofan Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 I would also second Bjorn Rorslett's site. <a href="http://http://www.naturfotograf.com/lens_surv.html/">Lens Survey and Subjective Evaluation</a> I have found his review in most cases spot on and very informative compared to Ken Rockwell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lajolla_photofan Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 My apologies, I don't have any idea why it points to Microsoft's website. The current link is <a href="http://www.naturfotograf.com/lens_surv.html">Bjorn Rorslett</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_franklin Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 A third thumbs up for Bjorn's site. There's also a couple of reviews at Thom Hogan's site - http://bythom.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miha_steinb_cher Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Nothing comes close to Bj�rn's site. Thom's reviews are great, but there are only few of them. Ken Rockwell's reviews could be more informative and less bombastic IMVHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivek iyer Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 If you want something within your price range, I would suggest you to buy an used 50-135 f/3.5 and a 75-150mm f/3.5 zoom, get them fitted with matrix chips to meter with your D100. They will do far better than any of the current plastic zoom you can buy new. Lens test/evaluation sites are everywhere. I do not think any of these will satisfy you. If you persuade any of the lens manufacturers into lending their gear to Bob Atkins, I am think he will test them and post them in his website or here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaius1 Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Ignore Ken Rockwell, he's an idiot. His site is full of 1- or 2-paragraph reviews of lenses he's never even used, based on what he reads off the spec sheets. Bjorn and Thom, now, those are real gurus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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