Nikkor 24-85mm

24mm wide field of Lagoon Nebula in our Milky Way

Posted on June 17, 2015June 20, 2015 by chrisvdberge

Wide angle photo of Lagoon Nebula and friends in center of our Milky Way. Taken with Nikon D7000 and Nikkor 24-85mm F2.8-F4 at 24mm F4.

Aurora photography from the Netherlands

Posted on March 18, 2015May 27, 2015 by chrisvdberge

Yesterday we actually got the chance to witness the aurora from my ‘regular dark spot’ near my hometown, which is located at 52 degrees north. Pretty rare to be able to see and capture the northern lights from this location! The light pollution from the towns and cities did make it harder to witness the aurora, but I think it actually made a pretty colourful picture with the bright orange glow 😉 It was also…

Nikkor 24-85mm F2.8-F4 AF-D Lens test

Posted on July 20, 2014June 14, 2015 by chrisvdberge

This lens first appealed to me most because of it’s speed and allround abilities; having F2.8 available at 24mm and being able to go to 85mm with F4 makes this a very usefull lens within this range. I’ve always been satisfied with this lens for day-time photography, but cleary preferred my 80-200mm F2.8 when shooting at the 80mm range. The 24-85mm AF-D is just not that sharp. In order to see whether this lens is…