Thank you Jakov. I think that my processing is just one of these ever changing things. Never really could settle for a single approach that worked for all images since I believe that each photo is a capture of a unique moment and with that it will be quite rare that different photos need the exact same approach when it come sto developing. Still though, I work with presets in Lightroom and recipies in NIK a lot because I do like using quick baselines that apply to certain types of photos. Maybe I should rethink that strategy and do the same Kristina does. Start from scratch for each single photograph.
John, I really do like the sharpness the 80-200 gives me, but I am not yet entirely certain that it is as sharp as the 200 f4 Nikkor-Q.C. I do believe it is sharper then the 200 f4 Ai-S though.
I do not hold much from trying to prove lens quality scientifically through lab measurements, computer simulations and test charts. Maybe because I am not a studio photographer. When out in the field a lens works or it doesn't. I found that for me lenses work while others find them horrible. Other lenses which are praised highly don't work all that well for me.
I can make comparison photos of the 80-200 f4 Ai-S sample I own against a 105 f2,5 Nikkor-P, a 135mm f2,8 Nikkor-Q.C, 135mm f3,5 Nikkor-Q.C and 200mm f4 Nikkor-Q.C. Will post them in a thread of their own. The only 85mm lens I own is the 85mm f1,4 AF-D which is in a league of it's own. It would be interesting to see how that compares to the 80-200, both at f4.
