Nikon 50mm lens
Jun 12, 2019 21:55:37 #
Dale Evans - Amaetur
Loc: Baton Rouge, La
Every lens has it's own "sweet spot" (f Number) regardless of manufacture, and it isn't wide open.
I have been into photography since the 1950's and the only reason to shoot wide open is that the light demands it and you want the image regardless of sharpness.
This is not really as important today because that a slightly underexposed image can be corrected in post, something that was next to impossible shooting film.
How many of you have tested your lenses to determine their sweet spot?
I have been into photography since the 1950's and the only reason to shoot wide open is that the light demands it and you want the image regardless of sharpness.
This is not really as important today because that a slightly underexposed image can be corrected in post, something that was next to impossible shooting film.
How many of you have tested your lenses to determine their sweet spot?
Jun 12, 2019 22:05:47 #
Jim Bianco wrote:
What do you guys think what is the better 50mm lens a 50 1.8 afs lens or a 50 1.4 ais lens? Thanks Jim Bianco, I do not know what lens to get.
I have the 50mm 1.8 AF-S G lens. Very nice IQ and a bargain at under $200. BTW this is a full frame and is great on my APS-C cameras.
Jun 12, 2019 22:31:42 #
I have the AF 50mm F1.8 and an AF F1.4. I also own an AI 50mm F2 and an Ai 50mm F1.4 plus a 50mm AiS F1.8.... I rarely use any of them....
Jun 12, 2019 22:46:14 #
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Nobody has more 50s hanging around than I do
.... altho surely there's a few hogsters who have
equally many. We are all equal in that we cannot
actually accurately count them all !
Tis true that many of these are not stellar optics.
But thaz not really a real-world problem. If it was,
we'd all reclaim the space they occupy by tossing
them in the dumpster :-)
In a not-so-very-real-world fantasy, you can just
buy a huge, heavy, expensive Zeiss, Sigma, etc,
etc and invent situations where it can really strut
its stuff, and be privately awestruck by its optical
wondrousness. Peepers rejoice !
In thread after thread this life and death choice
of big, pricey miracle 50 vs routine 50 plays out
as if there is no middle ground. This tragic scene
is the failing of Tamron, for being stingy with the
payola. But if you look under the right rocks you
will find the users and reviewers of the Tamron
45/1.8 VC. "VC" is vibration canceling. Does any
other fast normal have VC ? Optically, the 45/1.8
is terrific. Are the mega-sooper-dooper 50s from
Sigma, et al, better than merely terrific ? Maybe.
Should you care about that difference ? Will it be
visible in your pix ? I dunno ... But I CAN assure
you that VC will be quite often visible in your pix,
especially if your need of a fast lens is related to
low light shooting at the usually marginal hand
held shutter speeds involved.
But, you hafta look under the right rocks. Don't
bother with the quite useless UHH search engine.
You will hafta enter your search terms plus "Ugly
Hedge Hog" into a Google search, and let Google
search the UHH posts. The UHH search engine
does not read the content of posts. It only reads
thread titles. Worse than useless :-(
.
Nobody has more 50s hanging around than I do
.... altho surely there's a few hogsters who have
equally many. We are all equal in that we cannot
actually accurately count them all !
Tis true that many of these are not stellar optics.
But thaz not really a real-world problem. If it was,
we'd all reclaim the space they occupy by tossing
them in the dumpster :-)
In a not-so-very-real-world fantasy, you can just
buy a huge, heavy, expensive Zeiss, Sigma, etc,
etc and invent situations where it can really strut
its stuff, and be privately awestruck by its optical
wondrousness. Peepers rejoice !
In thread after thread this life and death choice
of big, pricey miracle 50 vs routine 50 plays out
as if there is no middle ground. This tragic scene
is the failing of Tamron, for being stingy with the
payola. But if you look under the right rocks you
will find the users and reviewers of the Tamron
45/1.8 VC. "VC" is vibration canceling. Does any
other fast normal have VC ? Optically, the 45/1.8
is terrific. Are the mega-sooper-dooper 50s from
Sigma, et al, better than merely terrific ? Maybe.
Should you care about that difference ? Will it be
visible in your pix ? I dunno ... But I CAN assure
you that VC will be quite often visible in your pix,
especially if your need of a fast lens is related to
low light shooting at the usually marginal hand
held shutter speeds involved.
But, you hafta look under the right rocks. Don't
bother with the quite useless UHH search engine.
You will hafta enter your search terms plus "Ugly
Hedge Hog" into a Google search, and let Google
search the UHH posts. The UHH search engine
does not read the content of posts. It only reads
thread titles. Worse than useless :-(
.
Jun 13, 2019 02:11:31 #
Jim Bianco wrote:
What do you guys think what is the better 50mm lens a 50 1.8 afs lens or a 50 1.4 ais lens? Thanks Jim Bianco, I do not know what lens to get.
I have a 50/1.4 it's my fave 50mm lens. I use it on my Fujis and now and then on my D300. I love Nikon Pre Ai and ai lenses.
As for the 1.8 AFD here's the link to Ken Rockwell's review https://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/5018daf.htm.
Good luck.
Jun 13, 2019 12:06:11 #
RWR
Loc: La Mesa, CA
Dale Evans - Amaetur wrote:
Every lens has it's own "sweet spot" (f Number) regardless of manufacture, and it isn't wide open.
The 400 and 560 f/6.8 Leitz Telyt lenses, to name but two, produce their best image quality wide open, and stopping down does not improve it. I consider the best aperture of any lens to be that which produces the desired depth of field. Whether viewing a print, slide show, or digital image on television at normal distances I really don’t notice much softening caused by diffraction, but I sure see when something is out of focus.
Jun 14, 2019 18:36:25 #
RWR wrote:
The 400 and 560 f/6.8 Leitz Telyt lenses, to name but
two, produce their best image quality wide open, and
stopping down does not improve it. ...... .
The 400 and 560 f/6.8 Leitz Telyt lenses, to name but
two, produce their best image quality wide open, and
stopping down does not improve it. ...... .
Thaz cuz f/6.8 Telyts are already stopped
down even when they're "wide open" [sic].
Jun 17, 2019 15:13:21 #
ELNikkor wrote:
The 50 1.8 is lightweight, inexpensive, only half a stop slower, and just as sharp if not more-so than the 50mm 1.4. How often will that half stop, and slightly better bokeh make any difference in your photos? Just get/keep the 50 1.8 and work on technique.
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