First of all, try a 105 mm...it does not flatten the image as much: but you did quite well.
streetmarty wrote:
In my new quest to go from street photographer to grand-daughter photographer I'm about to throw in the towel. I did the research on the Nikon 50mm 1.8 and 1.4 on our site and on Google etc. The main concern was, is the 1.4 worth an extra two hundred bucks. Most said not really but I also read a few articles that said yes. My thought was I wanted to take a lot of natural light shots of a baby so why not get all the light I can? After about a few hundred pictures out of focus to my eye, which means 99% of the viewing world say, oh what a great picture, the 1%, you and I, say, hey that's out of focus! So after re-reading the manual and trying every possible combination humanly possible and getting nowhere I came across "focus shift and spherical aberration". Well there's some information I could have used earlier! OK so I get it now, I think, the lens is weak wide open. Very frustrating process. I just want to be able to take a picture from two feet away and have both eyes in focus without having to go back to college. Now the question becomes when if ever will I shoot wide open, knowing in the back of my mind there will probably be issues? Attached are two pictures, both taken on a tripod with Nikon D610 for your analysis. Photo #1 1.4 ISO 220 #2 5.6 ISO 2800. Thank you for any and all input. Marty
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