{"slug":"sony-70200-f4-northwest","title":"长焦下的中国西北太绝了！索尼新镜头70-200 F4二代实战拍摄！","author":"Thomas看看世界","date":"2023-07-12","wechat":"https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzI4NDA5MzE5NQ==&mid=2247497662&idx=1&sn=c929b1b48426bb7c1c29ae024c2225d9&chksm=eb8209dadcf580cc15636999310d5387c3da936fa9e53564b8ad6321f46bd060c6de164e5825&scene=21#wechat_redirect","blocks":[{"t":"p","x":"前两周我们从甘肃敦煌，经过青海茫崖，驱车2000公里到达了新疆库车，希望能记录下中国大西北的壮阔风光。","b":false,"xe":"Two weeks ago we drove 2,000 km from Dunhuang in Gansu, via Mangya in Qinghai, to Kuqa in Xinjiang, hoping to document the grandeur of Northwest China."},{"t":"img","f":"img-01","w":1080,"h":720},{"t":"p","x":"而在这次拍摄之旅中，95%的画面都是由长焦镜头完成的，特别是索尼新发布的FE 70-200mm F4 MACRO OSS G II长焦微距镜头，它的便携、画质、对焦、防抖性能都让我非常满意，微距功能更是为我们打开了一扇新世界的大门。","b":false,"xe":"On this trip, 95% of the frames were made with a telephoto — especially Sony's new FE 70-200mm F4 MACRO OSS G II. Its portability, image quality, autofocus and stabilization all impressed me, and the macro capability opened a whole new door for us."},{"t":"img","f":"img-02","w":1080,"h":720},{"t":"h","x":"旅拍视频","xe":"Travel Video"},{"t":"bili","bv":"BV1kj411Z7gB","bpic":"bili-1","bt":"长焦镜头下的大西北太绝了！索尼70-200 F4二代实战拍摄！"},{"t":"p","x":"这一篇是上面视频的图文整理。托马斯刚完成一趟从甘肃敦煌经青海茫崖到新疆库车的 2000 多公里自驾，而这趟西北之行 95% 的画面都出自长焦——本篇就借索尼新发布的 70-200 F4 二代镜头，聊聊为什么大西北是长焦的主场，以及翡翠湖抓火车、俄博梁雅丹、黑独山这些点的实战玩法。","xe":"This is the illustrated companion to the video above. Thomas has just finished a 2,000-kilometre drive from Dunhuang, Gansu, through Mangnai, Qinghai, to Kuqa, Xinjiang — and 95% of the frames from this Northwest China trip came from a telephoto. Using Sony's new 70-200 F4 II as the thread, this piece explains why the Northwest is telephoto country, plus field techniques: catching the train at Emerald Lake, the Eboliang yardangs, Heidu Mountain and more.","b":false},{"t":"p","x":"先看一个直观的数据。下面这张截图是托马斯照片管理软件的统计：这趟行程一共拍了近万张照片，其中用 70mm 以下中广角焦段拍摄的不到 500 张，连无人机拍摄也是长焦占了压倒性的数量（视频 1:11-1:27 处）。","xe":"Start with one striking number. This screenshot from Thomas's photo-management software shows the trip produced nearly ten thousand images, of which fewer than 500 were shot wider than 70mm — and even the drone footage is overwhelmingly telephoto (at 1:11-1:27 in the video).","b":false},{"t":"img","f":"v01","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"h","x":"01 长焦才是大西北的正确打开方式","xe":"01 Why the Northwest Belongs to the Telephoto"},{"t":"p","x":"为什么这次西北行几乎全程长焦？托马斯给了两个原因（视频 1:28-1:44 处）。第一，西北实在太干燥，很少有你熟悉的那种广角画面里植被、鲜花做前景的条件；第二也是更重要的——中国的西北真的非常广大、非常壮阔。","xe":"Why did this trip run almost entirely on telephoto? Thomas offers two reasons (at 1:28-1:44 in the video). First, the Northwest is bone dry — the lush vegetation and flowers that usually anchor a wide-angle foreground simply don't exist here. Second, and more important: Northwest China is genuinely vast and magnificent.","b":false},{"t":"img","f":"v02","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"看那些风车田就明白了：从远处看感觉不出什么，一旦走近，每片叶片其实都非常长（视频 1:53-2:03 处）。在这样的尺度空间下，广角拍什么都会显得特别小；反而长焦可以用它的压缩感，把远处天际线上的群山和景物压到一起，显得更加壮阔（视频 2:03-2:20 处）。","xe":"The wind farms make it obvious: from afar they seem unremarkable, but up close each blade is enormous (at 1:53-2:03 in the video). At such scale a wide angle shrinks everything to insignificance; a telephoto, by contrast, uses compression to stack the distant skyline and mountains into one dense layer — and the scene grows even grander (at 2:03-2:20 in the video).","b":false},{"t":"img","f":"v03","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"h","x":"02 轻量化：新一代 70-200 F4 二代","xe":"02 The Lighter New 70-200 F4 II"},{"t":"p","x":"这趟行程最开始，托马斯用的是老一代索尼 GM 长焦镜头——画质确实非常好，但唯一的缺点就是太重（视频 2:20-2:35 处）。他放了一段爬沙山的画面：爬两步滑一步，还得停下来喘好几口气（视频 2:35-2:50 处）。对风光摄影来说，负重直接决定了你能走多远、爬多高。","xe":"At the start of the trip Thomas carried the previous-generation Sony GM telephoto — superb optics, but fatally heavy (at 2:20-2:35 in the video). He shows a clip of climbing a sand dune: two steps up, one slide back, and several pauses to catch his breath (at 2:35-2:50 in the video). For landscape work, the weight you carry decides how far and how high you can go.","b":false},{"t":"img","f":"v04","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"后半段行程他换上了索尼新出的 70-200 F4 二代（视频 2:54-3:24 处）。首先是重量：794 克，差不多只有老镜头的一半——在动辄需要壮硕肌肉才能端稳的长焦群组里，七百多克真的非常轻。其次是画质：13 组 19 片的复杂镜组，延续了索尼 G 系列的高分辨率；搭配小小的 2 倍增距镜，焦段还能进一步达到 400mm——等于用一支镜头覆盖 70-400mm 的风光长焦常用焦段（视频 3:24-3:55 处）。","xe":"For the second half of the trip he switched to Sony's new 70-200 F4 II (at 2:54-3:24 in the video). Weight first: 794 grams, roughly half of the old lens — remarkably light in a class where hunks of glass usually demand serious muscle. Then optics: a complex 13-group, 19-element formula that maintains the G series' high resolution, and with Sony's compact 2x teleconverter the reach extends to 400mm — one lens covering the 70-400mm range that matters for landscape (at 3:24-3:55 in the video).","b":false},{"t":"img","f":"v05","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"h","x":"03 翡翠湖：一天只有两班的火车","xe":"03 Emerald Lake: Two Trains a Day"},{"t":"p","x":"接下来托马斯带大家去青海茫崖的翡翠湖，看他怎么抓拍那趟一天只有两班、穿越盐湖的火车（视频 3:55-4:22 处）。新款 70-200 配有 4 个 XD 线性马达，视频照片对焦都非常快——在这种很难等到的瞬间场景里，对焦千万不能掉链子（视频 4:05-4:20 处）。","xe":"Next Thomas takes us to Emerald Lake in Mangnai, Qinghai, to catch the train that crosses the salt lake only twice a day (at 3:55-4:22 in the video). The new 70-200's four XD linear motors focus fast for both video and stills — and in a scene you may get one chance at, focus simply cannot fail (at 4:05-4:20 in the video).","b":false},{"t":"img","f":"v06","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"上午十点左右，距离列车从茫崖开往格尔木还有 15 分钟，他提前守株待兔：前景是翡翠湖翠绿的卤水，中间是铁路与火车，远处是山的纹理——长焦的压缩感正好把它们叠成一个层次分明的构图（视频 4:22-4:43 处）。快到火车经过时，早早升起无人机，用长焦观察火车动向，等它驶上桥梁的瞬间按下快门，抓下这张决定性的瞬间。一张精彩的抓拍，需要耐心的等待、精准的对焦以及决定性的快门（视频 4:43-5:02 处）。","xe":"Around ten in the morning, fifteen minutes before the train runs from Mangnai to Golmud, he is already lying in wait: emerald brine in the foreground, the railway and train mid-frame, mountain textures in the distance — telephoto compression stacks them into crisply layered composition (at 4:22-4:43 in the video). As the train approaches he launches the drone early, tracks the train's progress with the long lens, and fires the moment it reaches the bridge — the decisive instant. A great catch demands patient waiting, precise focusing and a decisive shutter (at 4:43-5:02 in the video).","b":false},{"t":"img","f":"v07","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"h","x":"04 雅丹、黑独山与风车晚霞","xe":"04 Yardangs, Heidu Mountain and Burning Skies"},{"t":"p","x":"茫崖除了翡翠湖，还有两个地方非常值得去。一个是被称为「世界上最像火星」的俄博梁雅丹：气候干燥、风非常大，塑造了无数屹立的雅丹石柱，置身其中非常震撼（视频 5:02-5:25 处）。这里除了用长焦抓拍叠在一起的雅丹层次，也是这次西北之行难得可以用到广角的地方——光污染极少，拍星空夜景非常赞（视频 5:25-5:39 处）。","xe":"Beyond Emerald Lake, two more spots in Mangnai deserve your time. One is the Eboliang yardangs, called the most Mars-like place on Earth: a dry, ferociously windy climate has carved countless standing yardang pillars, and standing among them is overwhelming (at 5:02-5:25 in the video). Telephoto stacks the layered yardangs; and this is also one of the rare places on the trip where a wide angle earns its keep — with almost no light pollution, the night sky is spectacular (at 5:25-5:39 in the video).","b":false},{"t":"img","f":"v08","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"另一个是青海的黑独山：离冷湖镇非常近，平坦的高原上分布着大大小小灰黑色的沙石山，因为独特的黑白色调被称为「天然的水墨画卷」（视频 5:39-5:57 处）。黑独山旁边就是一大片风力发电机，这些密集的庞然大物非常壮观；他们还非常幸运地连续遇到了绝美的朝霞和晚霞，拍出来真的是非常非常绝（视频 5:57-6:12 处）。","xe":"The other is Heidu Mountain in Qinghai, very close to Lenghu town: grey-black gravel hills scattered across a flat plateau, dubbed a \"natural ink-wash scroll\" for their unique black-and-white palette (at 5:39-5:57 in the video). Right beside it stands a huge field of wind turbines — a dense gathering of giants, spectacular in itself — and they were lucky enough to catch consecutive mornings and evenings of glorious colored skies (at 5:57-6:12 in the video).","b":false},{"t":"img","f":"v09","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"img","f":"v10","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"h","x":"05 一镜两用：长焦之外还能微距","xe":"05 One Lens, Two Jobs: Telephoto Plus Macro"},{"t":"p","x":"这枚二代 70-200 的名字里还带了一个 Macro——它其实同时是一枚微距镜头，可以达到 1:1 的放大倍率，最近对焦距离近得夸张：长焦镜头的最近对焦距离大多在半米开外，而这枚镜头几乎可以怼到手上对焦（视频 6:12-6:57 处）。相当于一镜两用：旅途中既当长焦拍远处风景，又当微距拍小景细节，不用额外再带一支微距头（视频 6:57-7:39 处）。","xe":"The new 70-200's name carries a bonus: Macro. It doubles as a true macro lens with 1:1 magnification and an astonishingly close minimum focus distance — most telephotos focus no nearer than half a metre, while this one can practically touch your palm and still lock (at 6:12-6:57 in the video). One lens, two jobs: on the road it reaches distant scenery as a telephoto and dips into small details as a macro, with no extra lens to carry (at 6:57-7:39 in the video).","b":false},{"t":"img","f":"v11","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"img","f":"v12","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"这趟西北之行，托马斯也第一次体验了微距的魅力：近距离观察盐结晶的纹理、拍摄树叶的细节，非常有意思——微距镜头给他打开了一个全新的世界，带来更多的拍摄可能性（视频 7:07-7:36 处）。最后的经验之谈：无论甘肃、青海、新疆还是西藏这样的地方，都非常适合带上一支长焦创作——那里的远山实在太远，需要长焦去抓拍层次感；下次出门，不妨买上或租一支相应的镜头（视频 7:45-8:07 处）。","xe":"On this trip Thomas also discovered macro for the first time: studying the texture of salt crystals up close and photographing leaf details was great fun — the macro capability opened a whole new world of possibilities (at 7:07-7:36 in the video). His closing advice: Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Tibet — places like these are made for a telephoto, because the distant mountains are truly distant and need compression to reveal their layers. Next time you head out that way, buy or rent one (at 7:45-8:07 in the video).","b":false},{"t":"quote","x":"1. 大西北又干又广：广角找不到前景、主体显得小，长焦的压缩感反而更显壮阔；2. 长焦镜头优先看重量，794 克的新一代 70-200 F4 配 2 倍增距镜可覆盖 70-400mm；3. 抓决定性瞬间三要素：耐心等待、精准对焦、决定性快门，长焦压缩还能把前景、主体、远山叠成层次；4. 带 Macro 标记的 70-200 支持 1:1 微距，一镜两用减负出行。","xe":"1. The Northwest is dry and vast: wide angles find no foreground and shrink the subject, while telephoto compression makes it grander; 2. In telephotos, weight matters first — the 794-gram 70-200 F4 II with a 2x teleconverter covers 70-400mm; 3. The decisive moment takes patience, precise focus and a decisive shutter, with compression stacking foreground, subject and far mountains into layers; 4. A 70-200 with the Macro badge adds 1:1 close-ups — one lens, two jobs, lighter pack."}],"titleEn":"Northwest China Through a Telephoto: Sony 70-200mm F4 G II Field Test"}