New!!! 50mm f1.8 G lens
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Nostalgraphy
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Appreciate the advice. I will try again with the subject further away next weekend. And yes, I did try to copy the URL with the .jpg and it kept prompting me with the Invalid URL.
ZerocoolAstra
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why cannot?
You may quote my post to see the URL.
All I did was open up the file in medium, right-click on the image and select 'copy image location'.
after that just paste the URL between the 'img' tags.
btw it's BOKEH, not BROKEH...
lest ppl start getting some brokeback ideas... ;p
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kriegsketten
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why cannot?
You may quote my post to see the URL.
All I did was open up the file in medium, right-click on the image and select 'copy image location'.
after that just paste the URL between the 'img' tags.
btw it's BOKEH, not BROKEH...
lest ppl start getting some brokeback ideas... ;p
Isn't that Mar....? Oh, nevermind...
Anyway, Nostalgraphy... In your testing, your subject should actually be closer to you than further away for blurrier bokeh... I think tltan meant the subject should move closer to you and further away from the background...
In the same setting, if you move further away from the subject and background, the background is going to be sharper I believe, not blurrier...
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kriegsketten
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Urm... no more stock at that price ($279)... Hahaha :bsmilie:
Nostalgraphy
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ROFL really sorry.... I dunno why I keep typing the word "brokeh" instead of bokeh and you are darn right, sounds like some brokeback mountain photo... LOL!!!
THANKS for all the advices here... took me a while to understand how to upload a pic.
Anyway, I didn't post the pic below cos of handshake but the BOKEH is working better, the subject is much closer
THANKS for all the advices here... took me a while to understand how to upload a pic.
Anyway, I didn't post the pic below cos of handshake but the BOKEH is working better, the subject is much closer
Actururss
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Got mine at $299 at Funan but that is one week right after it launch.
Hmmm...could have saved $20 if wait a bit longer. But Hey....who can wait for a good stuff like this?
DM101
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ROFL really sorry.... I dunno why I keep typing the word "brokeh" instead of bokeh and you are darn right, sounds like some brokeback mountain photo... LOL!!!
THANKS for all the advices here... took me a while to understand how to upload a pic.
Anyway, I didn't post the pic below cos of handshake but the BOKEH is working better, the subject is much closer
Looks like the LENS is floating or a paste job in PP
ZerocoolAstra
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Nostalgraphy
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yup, tat is why I didnt want to post it initially b'cos I think it is my fault - handshaking. note that tis pic was not pp. I merely shrank the size.
windynites
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Sharing some test shots all taken @f1.8 with D90.
Camera sharpness set at normal and no further editing to enhance sharpness.
The extra aspherical element is indeed making it more usable at wide open.
I think the bokeh looks ok to me.
The AFS focusing speed seems relatively fast & silent.
Good option for non-motor bodies such as D5100 & D3100.
The price sounds reasonable at < $300.
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Camera sharpness set at normal and no further editing to enhance sharpness.
The extra aspherical element is indeed making it more usable at wide open.
I think the bokeh looks ok to me.
The AFS focusing speed seems relatively fast & silent.
Good option for non-motor bodies such as D5100 & D3100.
The price sounds reasonable at < $300.
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ZerocoolAstra said:
Go 1.4d bro. Couple that with your LX3, You will not regret it.
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Try spend some time to read this forum.. A lot of topics covered your question, instead of register a new account and asking same question without go through this forum & extra info. Price? walk around funan & SLS and non-stop asking...
If there are kind people who don't mind to answer your question, they still will ask you a lot of info you missed out.
- what you wanna shoot? Portrait, lanscape, macro ?????
- how's the bokeh effect you looking for?
- tight work space?
- what lenses you have for now? so they know if 35 or 50mm will cover all your need....
etc... etc... etc.... Please spend some times if wanna gain new knowledge..! Thanks.
Free lunch for you!!!!!! Just the second pages you also lazy to search.. I'm sure you just register and ask then expect people to feed you... "arr... lai lai open your month mum mum neh...."
http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/threads/919763-35mm-vs-50mm
ZerocoolAstra
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M sorry fellow snapper.. Just new here.. Been reading alot oredi.. Just bump to this thread and so i ask few questions... nevertheless will continue reading a lot.. Its nice to part of CS..Thanks for your warm welcome..
hahaha welcome.
If you've been reading around and using your camera sufficiently, you'll know that choosing between lenses is a personal choice. If indeed one lens was clearly superior to the other, then people would be fools for buying the 'inferior' lens, wouldn't they?
M sorry fellow snapper.. Just new here.. Been reading alot oredi.. Just bump to this thread and so i ask few questions... nevertheless will continue reading a lot.. Its nice to part of CS..Thanks for your warm welcome..
Welcome..
hotchoco1ate
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@bro windynites, the bokeh is #3 is prettay messy IMO. But the rest look okay. For this price, the absence of "pop" is acceptable.
Well just to voice my opinion. A lot have been obsessed with sharpness issues with the 1.8G and the 1.4G/D, and most reviews i've read on dpreview forum and the like have perpetually yielded results that the 1.8G is sharper than its more expensive 1.4 cousins. However sharpness aint everything once you start to really do photography. I personally feel that lens rendering is more impt, which is why people fork out thousands on fast primes like the 24/35 1.4G lenses. The microcontrast really brings the subject out wideopen
As what bro ZerocoolAstra has said, there is no lens inferior to another in every aspect. Similarly there is no "Perfect" lens. Its all about compromise.
On a side note, are G lenses generally more accurate in focusing that D lenses? I've tried the 85mm 1.4D and my keeper rate is less than 50% because of focus accuracy. Could be an isolated case but i've heard complains on the 85mm 1.4D for its focus accuracy, and its one of the reasons why some migrate to the more costly G variant.
Well just to voice my opinion. A lot have been obsessed with sharpness issues with the 1.8G and the 1.4G/D, and most reviews i've read on dpreview forum and the like have perpetually yielded results that the 1.8G is sharper than its more expensive 1.4 cousins. However sharpness aint everything once you start to really do photography. I personally feel that lens rendering is more impt, which is why people fork out thousands on fast primes like the 24/35 1.4G lenses. The microcontrast really brings the subject out wideopen
As what bro ZerocoolAstra has said, there is no lens inferior to another in every aspect. Similarly there is no "Perfect" lens. Its all about compromise.
On a side note, are G lenses generally more accurate in focusing that D lenses? I've tried the 85mm 1.4D and my keeper rate is less than 50% because of focus accuracy. Could be an isolated case but i've heard complains on the 85mm 1.4D for its focus accuracy, and its one of the reasons why some migrate to the more costly G variant.
@bro windynites, the bokeh is #3 is prettay messy IMO. But the rest look okay. For this price, the absence of "pop" is acceptable.
Well just to voice my opinion. A lot have been obsessed with sharpness issues with the 1.8G and the 1.4G/D, and most reviews i've read on dpreview forum and the like have perpetually yielded results that the 1.8G is sharper than its more expensive 1.4 cousins. However sharpness aint everything once you start to really do photography. I personally feel that lens rendering is more impt, which is why people fork out thousands on fast primes like the 24/35 1.4G lenses. The microcontrast really brings the subject out wideopen
As what bro ZerocoolAstra has said, there is no lens inferior to another in every aspect. Similarly there is no "Perfect" lens. Its all about compromise.
On a side note, are G lenses generally more accurate in focusing that D lenses? I've tried the 85mm 1.4D and my keeper rate is less than 50% because of focus accuracy. Could be an isolated case but i've heard complains on the 85mm 1.4D for its focus accuracy, and its one of the reasons why some migrate to the more costly G variant.
I think for the 85 f1.4D, the DOF is so thin that if you do focus and recompose, you are likely going to miss the focus resulting in slightly off focused look. If you put the focal point on, it locks and gives you fantastic sharpness even at f1.4. Think the G wins the D only in terms of flare and lateral aberrations.
The 50 f1.8G looks really good. However, I am still very impressed with my f1.8D.
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