Why am I seeing vignetting with a Nikon D780 and AF-S 24-120mm f/4 VR?
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I’m using a Nikon D780 with the AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR and often notice darkening in the corners of my images. I’ve tried shooting with and without the lens hood, but it doesn’t seem to make a difference. Is this normal for this lens, and are there settings or focal length/aperture combinations that help reduce it?
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This lens seems to suffer from vignetting. The linked review gives you combinations of focal length/aperture that mitigate this.
On the other hand vignetting is quite easy to compensate in any photo editor/demosaïcing application worth its salt, and that lens is probably very widely supported.
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Yes—some vignetting is normal with the AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR, especially at certain focal lengths and apertures. If removing the hood doesn’t change anything, the hood likely isn’t the cause.
The amount of corner darkening can vary depending on zoom setting and aperture, so trying different focal length/aperture combinations may reduce it. Stopping down often helps.
The good news is that this kind of vignetting is usually easy to correct in most photo editors or RAW converters, and this lens is commonly supported for automatic lens corrections.
So in short: this is likely a characteristic of the lens rather than a fault with your D780. Try experimenting with zoom/aperture combinations and enable lens-profile or vignette correction in your editing software.
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