someone just bought the one and only one fm TK Foto moments ago... lucky bugger... ;p
AF-S 35mm f/1.4G Nano
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wonder if it is numnumball...heh :heart:
Numnumball
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Got mine from IPhoto moments earlier aso at a gd price.. Still left one if anyone interested
Numnumball
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To me is tack sharp wide open, contrasty n great color rendition.. Love at 1st sight.. :heart:
that was fast!!!
Numnumball
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Numnumball
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Yah, just got mine as well today. But still waiting for my L-M 35mm f1.4 FLE - a far far away distance from Hecker
Typo - it should be Hacker.... my apology:embrass:
kentwong81
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Have gotten mine as well from a shop in JB. International warranty by Nikon. As told by the salesperson, this lens has arrived in JB since early last month.
Mind to tell how much you guys paid for the lens?
I rented the 24mm f1.4G before. I feel that the focusing accuracy and sharpness is better than 24mm f1.4G. And the focal length 35mm is more usable than 24mm, my personal opinion though.
Mind to tell how much you guys paid for the lens?
I rented the 24mm f1.4G before. I feel that the focusing accuracy and sharpness is better than 24mm f1.4G. And the focal length 35mm is more usable than 24mm, my personal opinion though.
Absolutely no doubt that for practicality in real life 35mm is more usable and gives you more keepers when shooting people, coz its a "normal focal length". 24mm does give you that What the...BAM WOW factor if properly done. Esp in weddings (tight and amidst the confusion with many things happening people do not mind you shooting v close), and if you are not the type who shoots tele all the time and mind even a tiny bit of perspective distortion.
I am on Nikon, but I have played as well as rented various 1.4 lenses plus bodies from both N and C (nowadays quite a number of wedding videographers do video on dSLRs, gosh one had 4 bodies with L lenses + assistant, and I was actually contemplating a camp switch), so far there is no perfect lens/body combi. It could be user error somewhat/me, but we can rule out lens error. What I just found is that renting or playing just 30mins with it is that it is no subsitute for using it in reality over thousands of frames. I was actually disappointed with the 24 at first as I was not getting keepers which are either the same or at most slightly better than the Sigma 30/1.4.
I am only about 1 month 3 weeks into my 24 but after 9 weddings and 1 Taiwan overseas trip (say ~9K frames), I feel I am improving on the hit rate. I feel people are gonna hit me, but every 1.4 lens/body combi has its sweet spot in working.
So far no body/lens from both N and C is capable of shooting somewhat subj moving scenes at 1.4-2 with > 50% success rates, at my skill level, and actually I am not after tack sharp results as I am ok as long as I can see good/sharp details at 1920x1080.
But no matter what, all the guys here do post high-res photos that'd be best, different people different expectations. :bsmilie: I think I'll end up getting 35/1.4 and then selling either one. I am thinking of 24/1.4 + Sigma 50/1.4 tag-team. I am not seeing much in other foreign forums.
Man if its like this I think I need to get the 35/1.4 to try already. :bsmilie: And another body FF next year, new D800 or what....
!@#$ Man, then again this is so close to 50/1.4 siggy. I have been grappling with this "problem" for nearly 12 months.
So what if the 35mm is sharper than the 24mm ? its different focal length and perspective is different... if we buy lens just because its sharper, and not for its intended usage, than sometime is wrong...
as far as i know, the 24mm is definitely sharp enough, and only it can give the kind of perspective 24mm users wants...i have no interest if its the sharpest lens...
as far as i know, the 24mm is definitely sharp enough, and only it can give the kind of perspective 24mm users wants...i have no interest if its the sharpest lens...
jeff7id
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Agree that sharpness is important, but not die die most important in the lens.
I am more interested with characteristic of the lens itself, such as vignetting, distortion, Chromatic Aberration, flare, sharpness in the corner, auto focusing speed.
Yep, actually the cheap 35/1.8 is very sharp at f1.8, bokeh is just average though.
But on DX then you have to abide with 50mm kinda working distance, so the perspective would be just that. Alas the 24 is just so ex, more ex than Canon, so niche and paying so much for that kind of perspective (though it would be sufficiently farther than a Sigma 50/1.4 so its "differentiated", i'm not mentioning the AF-S 50/1.4). You are like wanting to get as much of the environment into the pic, but yet you want it blurred out but not too much, but enough to be focussed on the subj. Much apologies that I am flogging a dead horse, coz this is always discussed in the other forums, but i think barely touched on in CS.
But then again, Nano really works, its not a miracle but it works to a certain extent.
Make use of it, shoot INTO ze light and make interesting pix. BTW is the AF-S 35/1.4 ~ 2k?
kentwong81
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Not sure if you have tried both 24 and 35 before but I did.
The 24 copy I tried unfortunately has focusing issue as reported by some people here and in dpreview.com, whereby sometimes the focus plane is not what the focus point intended to focus. As a result some of the subjects in the pictures appeared slightly out of focus.
I just tried the 35 yesterday and today. I don't have such focusing issue.
Yes 24 does provide very nice wide perspective, but it costs $600-700 more than the 35(last quote from SLR Revo the 24 is selling at SGD2858). Unless you always use it, otherwise I think it is too expensive to be kept at home. Just my personal opinion though.
Oh ya, the lens hood provided for 35, HB-59 is made in japan, whereas the lens hood for 24, HB-51 is made in china.
#35 is selling at RM4900(by cash) and $4998(by credit card) at JB, Malaysia. SLR Revo sold one piece at SGD2163 yesterday but out of stock now. Heard that MS Colour quoted $2228. Hope this helps.
The 24 copy I tried unfortunately has focusing issue as reported by some people here and in dpreview.com, whereby sometimes the focus plane is not what the focus point intended to focus. As a result some of the subjects in the pictures appeared slightly out of focus.
I just tried the 35 yesterday and today. I don't have such focusing issue.
Yes 24 does provide very nice wide perspective, but it costs $600-700 more than the 35(last quote from SLR Revo the 24 is selling at SGD2858). Unless you always use it, otherwise I think it is too expensive to be kept at home. Just my personal opinion though.
Oh ya, the lens hood provided for 35, HB-59 is made in japan, whereas the lens hood for 24, HB-51 is made in china.
#35 is selling at RM4900(by cash) and $4998(by credit card) at JB, Malaysia. SLR Revo sold one piece at SGD2163 yesterday but out of stock now. Heard that MS Colour quoted $2228. Hope this helps.
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I come from Sigma 30 f1.4 background and many weddings on it (think 4 years with it already), am acutely aware of such misfocus issues. :bsmilie: (die die bracket like hell, at least 3-4 shots and then go to corner to chimp like crazy LOL! f2 is cool though, but then why don't buy the AF-S 35/1.8 DX which is even sharper and much cheaper).
I know some on FM and DP mentioned those issues way back when doing my homework before buying in end Oct. It was bad, one out of four or five keeper rate is Sigma 30/1.4 territory, should not be a 3k lens main mode of operation. But then posts made later all indicated that it is slow but extremely accurate. I emailed the wedding photographers as that is my "main genre", it is not 100% coz one needs to factor in user error, but pretty close, and absolutely usable if you bracket. Hence when buying the 24/1.4, I spent like 1hr testing under all sorts of imaginable distances and lighting with a notebook. No serious issue with my 24 (its definitely not 100%), but the experienced wedding PG pals I have spoken to, think to date none will claim an ultra-high keeper rate wide open, from 50/1.2 to 85/1.2, to all the f1.4 lenses, various bodies. I tried the 24L ver 1 and ver 2 and 35L, it simply would not be 100%. So when getting the AF-S 24 I already have that expectation in mind. I have met a couple of occasion, in fact one just last Wed, 4-5m from bride doing makeup in front of mirror and I was shooting from the door, don't know why after repeated shots (chimp and re-shoot, chimo and reshoot with another object for AF), just would not AF 100% accurately. It was a good shot portfolio quality type, perhaps over-pressurised to get it. But more than sharp enough to make out good details on LCD screen (2MP res) at home.
PS. You just got me worried again. I just tried out ~ 100 frames on the 24/1.4, on the TV, on faces, on subjects, various distances....all no issue and 100% hit. Decently dim lighting 1/60-1/200 f1.4 ISO 1600. Apparently only in the demands of weddings and in reality (subjects are always moving, you are talking and trying to control the environment, shooting with just one hand etc) always screws it up, and some ballrooms are so damn dark that you need bounced flash to fill in a bit. It is very different.
But if there is really a chance, think will also rent the 35/1.4 but really need to put it in real use, at least for my usage.
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