Some quick sharpness comparison tests with new Nikon 55-200 vr. Photo Gallery by Gene Paull at pbase.com

Some quick sharpness comparison tests with new Nikon 55-200 vr.

I just received the Nikon 55-200vr for use with my D80 - this is to be a travel lens. I was concerned about sharpness and resoluton so I did some quick tests using my neighbor's political sign as a target. I compared the 55-200vr shooting at f 5.6 or 6.3 to the 85 mm f 1.8, 135 mm f 2.8 ais, and 200 mm f4 ais primes. I used comparable focal lengths with the 55-200 mm vr. and the same for aperture with the primes. All images were shot in RAW, ACR was used for conversion, levels in Photoshop, and light smart sharpening at 50% with .5 radius. The images were saved as .jpegs and are posted here at 100% pixels.

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Snowbird	Olympus 14-54@14 mm	Nikon 18-70@18 mm	Olympus14-54@17mm
Nikon 18-70@24mm	Nikon 24 mm f 2.8 AI prime	Olympus 14-54@25 mm	Nikon 28 mm f 2.8 AIS prime
Nikon 18-70@29mm	Olympus 14-54@33mm	Nikon 18-70@35mm	Nikon 35 mm f 2.0 AI prime
Olympus 14-54@38mm	Nikon 18-70@50 mm	Nikon 50 mm 1.8 AFD	Nikon 55-200vr55mm.jpg
Olympus 14-54@49mm	Olympus 14-54@54mm	Olympus 40-150@73 mm	55-200@85 mm
85mm prime	Olymps 40-150@100 mm	55-200@135 mm	135 f 2.8 AIS prime
Olympus 40-150@150 mm	55-200@200mm.jpg	200 mm f4 AIS prime	Tropical Ft. Brown Nikon D80
Tropical Ft. Brown Oly E420	Permanent Resident	Turtle	Snowy Egret

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