Nikon Nikkor AF-S Micro 60 mm f/2.8G ED review - Vignetting

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Nikon Nikkor AF-S Micro 60 mm f/2.8G ED

26 April 2011

Arkadiusz Olech

8. Vignetting

It’s worth reminding here that the predecessor of the tested lens on a small Nikon’s D200 sensor didn’t have any vignetting at all. The result of 12%, reached at the maximum relative aperture, would be very difficult to notice. One glance at the following thumbnails shows that the new Nikkor AF-S Micro 60 mm f/2.8G ED won’t be able to repeat that exemplary performance.

Nikon Nikkor AF-S Micro 60 mm f/2.8G ED - Vignetting

By f/2.8 you can notice some brightness loss in the frame corners as it reaches the visible level of 36% (−1.30 EV) there. Only on stopping down to f/4.0 we can make the problem disappear because then the vignetting decreases to 12% (-0.39 EV) and becomes imperceptible by f/5.6, where it is just 7%.

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The real difficulties we encounter on full frame. The thumbnails below show it perfectly well.

At the maximum relative aperture, in the frame corners, the light fall-off gets to 55% (-2.32 EV). The vignetting is still easily perceptible by f/4.0, where it amounts to 36% (-1.29 EV). Only by f/5.6 and f/8.0 we can speak about a moderate and low level of this aberration as the brightness loss measured for the frame corners, is 22% and 11% respectively.