Nothing wrong with using old lenses on the D800 by itself, but I feel that its kind of a waste to be stuck with using old lenses after splurging on the D800. A better balance between investing in lenses and camera will likely give better results overall.
Well, if you have deep pockets and don't mind enriching Nikon's stocks...
Are the old lenses limiting what you can deliver? Limiting your creativity? Or simply just nt sharp enough when pixel peep at 100% or beyond? I think we should give the old lenses a good run of test for practicality before condemning them to the 2nd hand bin.
:thumbsup: I agree with this approach. The old lenses I have are fine performers, and not having done a run with the D800 and then consigning them to the used bin is really bad. Besides, there are some possibilities, e.g. use at f/4-f/8 to achieve optimum results. Granted it may not perform as well as a 24-70mm f/2.8, but I don't need that lens on 2 counts, in order or priority, size and price.
Can la. I'm stil using D lenses on D800e.
18-35, 35f2, 28-105, 85f1.4 and 70-180.
In fact i wana get another old 28-70 f3.5-4.5D lens.
But ur mileage might differ. These work for me n i'm a happy user. I mite be bowled over if i use the latest AFS lenses but since the current set is fine by my own standards, i dun see a nid to change.
What i dun understand is ur TC thing. Why the fisheye lens can get wider?
Is it some new invention?
:thumbsup: I have the good old AF 28-70mm f/3.5-4.5D and I intend to take it for a run. Like I said, if it delivers at f/5.6-f/8, I can use it during events type shooting, save a bundle on new lenses.
OK, it is not that I will never buy new lenses. I have a bunch: AFS60 Micro, AFS105Micro, AFS85/1.8, to name a few, but I believe in slowly updating when need arises. Not splurge because I am not doing D800 justice.
For my major applications, underwater and landscape, the wide angle department is critical now. My macro range is well justified.
The TC thingy has something to do with DX lenses. TC works by magnifying the central part of the image circle. So theoritically if you have a 1.5x TC and a DX lens, the resulting image will cover FX. Not really anything new, but a trend much favoured in UW (that's underwater) photography. Perhaps we are less concern about the blues in the corner getting less sharp. It is blue anyway.
So 1.4x TC will make the 10-17mm DX fisheye an FX lens from about 11mm onwards, I believe. But the point may be moot, as the DX lens covers FX on 16mm, which is 180 degress, and the same as 11mm DX with TC. Again there is probably horrible edge sharpness, and CA. But haven't seen them yet in my UW shots.
So if you have a Kenko 1.4x TC and a 10.5mm FE, use them together and you will need to crop only a little on FX, and you get nearly 180 degrees FE. Remember you need 1.5x to get DX to FX.
Will love to try your 70-180. Looked for it for a while but settled on AF 200mm f/4D Micro Nikkor. But can't use on UW application, only 60 and 105. 200 too big a lens to house.
