Nikon 20mm f/1.8 G, D810
Sep 29, 2014 01:27:33 #
OK, I've been trying to take a series of shots with my new prime, recieved on Friday, to show what it can do, mirror up, good tripod and head (RRS), front curtain shutter and remote release, at various apertures.
The weather, however, and the light have not been cooperating, and we've been having out of town visitors, so it just hasn't panned out as I'd hoped.
But I do want to say, I really like this lens, and thought I'd go ahead and post one shot, with which I've obviously taken great liberties in LR, just for the fun of it. The sad remnants of my glorious weed garden, which came up after a gangbusters monsoon here in the New Mexico mountains.
1/40 sec, f/4, ISO 800. (Dimming light and too much wind.)
The weather, however, and the light have not been cooperating, and we've been having out of town visitors, so it just hasn't panned out as I'd hoped.
But I do want to say, I really like this lens, and thought I'd go ahead and post one shot, with which I've obviously taken great liberties in LR, just for the fun of it. The sad remnants of my glorious weed garden, which came up after a gangbusters monsoon here in the New Mexico mountains.
1/40 sec, f/4, ISO 800. (Dimming light and too much wind.)
Sep 29, 2014 01:35:55 #
lighthouse
Loc: No Fixed Abode
Dave, show us what it can really do.
F/1.8 at closest focus distance with a receding background.
F/1.8 at closest focus distance with a receding background.
Sep 29, 2014 01:43:24 #
lighthouse wrote:
Dave, show us what it can really do.
F/1.8 at closest focus distance with a receding background.
F/1.8 at closest focus distance with a receding background.
Will do, but you'll have to wait till tomorrow---Kinda dark out there now.
Sep 29, 2014 03:43:23 #
moonhawk wrote:
OK, I've been trying to take a series of shots wit... (show quote)
How far away were you? I would have thought the angle of view would have been wider with a 20mm on a full frame...
Sep 29, 2014 05:00:37 #
Love the square crop... Are you one of those maniacs (like me) that use only the center of the lens? (I have a D800e)
(I wish I had a weed garden but in FL they are ugly.)
(I wish I had a weed garden but in FL they are ugly.)
Sep 29, 2014 07:25:08 #
Rongnongno wrote:
(I wish I had a weed garden but in FL they are ugly.)
(I wish I had a weed garden but in FL they are ugly.)
So true! And add in the fire ants and ooooohhhhh, not good!
Sep 29, 2014 09:07:25 #
It will be interesting to see how much rectilinearity this lens has compared to other 20mm Nikkors. I think Nikon is aiming this lens at videographers.
Some full frame samples please.
Some full frame samples please.
Sep 29, 2014 10:10:48 #
tradergeorge wrote:
How far away were you? I would have thought the angle of view would have been wider with a 20mm on a full frame...
Pretty close... maybe 4-5 ft from the big mullein. It was getting dark, and I just wanted a quick shot.
Sep 29, 2014 10:13:24 #
Rongnongno wrote:
Love the square crop... Are you one of those maniacs (like me) that use only the center of the lens? (I have a D800e)
(I wish I had a weed garden but in FL they are ugly.)
(I wish I had a weed garden but in FL they are ugly.)
Thanks--I crop whichever way works. One of the beauties of having so many pixels to work with. There's a bunch of woodpile type stuff in the background I didn't want to include, and it was a vertical shot.
Sep 29, 2014 10:16:36 #
mtparker wrote:
It will be interesting to see how much rectilinearity this lens has compared to other 20mm Nikkors. I think Nikon is aiming this lens at videographers.
Some full frame samples please.
Some full frame samples please.
Will do--I have one of my house I may post when I get on my desktop tonight. It looks pretty straight, and I turned off lens correction. (In camera and in LR. I don't know if the in camera works on Raw images?)
Sep 29, 2014 10:19:04 #
juicesqueezer wrote:
So true! And add in the fire ants and ooooohhhhh, not good!
I remember fire ants..my folks lived in FL briefly after they retired. Ouch!
We have some large red ants here that are no slouches when it comes to biting, though. Got one right on the top of my food last month...
Sep 29, 2014 19:27:12 #
lighthouse wrote:
Dave, show us what it can really do.
F/1.8 at closest focus distance with a receding background.
F/1.8 at closest focus distance with a receding background.
Here you go--having trouble uploading this as RAW, so I'm trying a jpeg.
f/1.8. camera level,ISO 64, 1/800.
Sep 29, 2014 19:33:22 #
Another wide open close focus for lighthouse. The wind was blowing and I was trying to finish before the rain and lightning hit, so getting perfect focus was a challenge--especially since the closest focus was about 6" from the front of the lens.
Not how I'd shoot this lens, but here you go nevertheless.
Stay posted, and I'll add more shots as fast as my pitiful ISP can keep up....
Not how I'd shoot this lens, but here you go nevertheless.
Stay posted, and I'll add more shots as fast as my pitiful ISP can keep up....
Sep 29, 2014 19:40:20 #
lighthouse
Loc: No Fixed Abode
Thank you moonhawk,
not how you'd shoot this lens???
Why the heck not?
For my way of thinking, this is one of the things they were created to do!!!!!!
Expand your repetoire moonhawk, you have the tool, use it!!!
Your first test shot was boring, this has much more life, vitality.
not how you'd shoot this lens???
Why the heck not?
For my way of thinking, this is one of the things they were created to do!!!!!!
Expand your repetoire moonhawk, you have the tool, use it!!!
Your first test shot was boring, this has much more life, vitality.
Sep 29, 2014 19:45:48 #
mtparker wrote:
It will be interesting to see how much rectilinearity this lens has compared to other 20mm Nikkors. I think Nikon is aiming this lens at videographers.
Some full frame samples please.
Some full frame samples please.
Here you go, full frame, no distortion correction applied.
I don't even know if this lens has that, but I turned it off in camera.
It looks pretty darn rectilinear to me. I took care to level the camera front to back as well as left to right, using the built in level in the viewfinder--a really convenient feature, to me.
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