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I have been dissatisfied with the rendition of my 24-70 VR, For a week or so have I been trying all sorts of tests ,so yesterday ,D3s with the 24-70 VR perched on a tripod ,during a gruelling test, with VR set to Off...Normal...Active..with different apertures..shutterspeeds..distances...the Inevitable happened,..
As the rig was mounted by means of a cheaply bought copy of an ARCA -SWISS coupling , I managed to trip the tripod , yet , hastly prevented it from toppling over when the cheap knock-off lost its make-belief grip ,and the rig bounced on the wooden kitchen floor....
The world had come to a standstill...and in a flash , Eric`s " tale of woe " of his 24-70 on a D3 that were sailing down some stairs came to mind....as in a nightmare I carefully inspected my precious, and all seemed to be fine...after a coffee sipped with trembling hands, I resumed the testing, and the photo`s are good !!...what seemed to be a problem was no more.
Later on, I remembered having read somewhere that VR can get Stuck, and when that happens , quality is Impaired, the remedy is then to tap the lens gently, yes, I had suspected that being possible as I had bought the 24-70 second hand, and have been tapping the 24-70 , but without any difference to see.
But a Severe Tumble on a wooden kitchen floor has done the trick it seems ,yet I sincerely hope that not ever to happen again.
It is something that I do not wish on even the worst of an enemy.
Thanks for that. Glad it didn’t fly into 6 or 7 pieces like my 24-70…although it was easily reassembled and it too worked better after the fresh air got into it. (I suspect the technician at ACS did a more precise calibration/ lubrication job)
I am now off to whack the living daylights out of one of my Sony lenses which is underperforming…..
…..although I may need to punch myself in the face if it makes no difference and I need to look elsewhere for the reduced quality.
I have been going back through my archives thinning them out! Whilst training on a Mac and defamiliarising myself with Photoshop after a 5-6year break using Affinity Photo. One thing that strikes me is how good some of the images look on a variety of cameras over the years. Sure if you zoom in and pixel peep you can see that the definition/resolution isn’t quite as sharp as the latest camera BUT the image as a whole still looks good.
It reconfirms my belief that if the original composition, subject interest, lighting and technique are solid….the camera / lens used is of lesser importance.
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