Nikon Nikkor Z 70-200 mm f/2.8 VR S review - Summary

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Nikon Nikkor Z 70-200 mm f/2.8 VR S

30 September 2021

Maciej Latałło

11. Summary

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Pros:

solid, weather-sealed casing,
sensational image quality in the frame centre,
very good image quality on the edge of the APS-C/DX sensor,
good image quality on the edge of full frame,
negligible longitudinal chromatic aberration,
very good correction of lateral chromatic aberration,
lack of problems with spherical aberration,
slight vignetting on the APS-C/DX sensor,
very good coma correction,
out-of-focus areas pleasing to the eye for a zoom lens,
good performance against bright light,
silent, quick, and accurate autofocus,
efficient image stabilization.

Cons:

noticeable vignetting on full frame,
too high astigmatism.

In this place I have to repeat the majority of my remarks from the test of the Nikkor Z 24-70 mm f/2.8 S. You get an impressive list of advantages and a rather short list of flaws – that's what we expect from a flagship journalistic lens. The Nikkor Z 70-200 mm f/2.8 S VR didn't let us down, performing exceedingly well in almost all of our testing categories, end of the story.