Nice Photos.

Lontano,

Stonking photos. I especially like the first one, but they're all quite remarkable.

Congratulations.

Winky

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Originally posted by winkyincanada:
Lontano,

Stonking photos. I especially like the first one, but they're all quite remarkable.

Congratulations.

Winky

Thanks Winky - just browsing through one of my flickr sites looking at some of my Sydney photos so thought I would post a few.

Cheers

This was taken with my new lens this morning.

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Originally posted by winkyincanada:


This was taken with my new lens this morning.

What did you get?

and this...

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Originally posted by Lontano:

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Originally posted by winkyincanada:


This was taken with my new lens this morning.

What did you get?

AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f2.8G

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Originally posted by winkyincanada:

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Originally posted by Lontano:

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Originally posted by winkyincanada:


This was taken with my new lens this morning.

What did you get?

AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f2.8G

That's a nice lens. I like the look of the Nikon gear at the moment. They have a nice range of DSLR's. I've gone the Canon route myself.

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Originally posted by Lontano:

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Originally posted by winkyincanada:

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Originally posted by Lontano:

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Originally posted by winkyincanada:


This was taken with my new lens this morning.

What did you get?

AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f2.8G

That's a nice lens. I like the look of the Nikon gear at the moment. They have a nice range of DSLR's. I've gone the Canon route myself.

It's expensive to change once you've gone down one path. This is not by accident, eh?

I am very happy with the Nikon gear (My first Nikon was my F5 which I bought with two nice lenses in 2000). Although I now almost exclusively shoot DX-format digital, all my lenses are full frame. This makes it easy to move back to full frame when the time is right (release of the D4?).

I know the Canon gear produces outstanding results, and the lenses are a bit less expensive , which would be nice.

Lontano,

Nice shots of Sydney. Were these HDR processed?

Winky,

What are your impressions of the 14-24? I've tried it on my D3 and while its clearly a great lens I'm not sure I'm up to the challenge of framing ultra wide-angle shots on my D3 or controlling the distortion. Maybe its easier on DX.

My last purchase was the 200F2 which is really quite remarkable, and fun.

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Originally posted by Colin Lorenson:
Lontano,

Nice shots of Sydney. Were these HDR processed?

Thanks - no, I did not use HDR. On the beach shots, a small amount of colour enhancement was done in post processing - turning up the volume as such. The beach shots were done at sunrise so the colours were already impressive that day and were 90 second exposures for the first two.

Harbour views again were straight shots, no post processing, 25 second exposures

A couple more - sunset on the Gold Coast.

It's brand new, so my impressions are very preliminary. Seems very sharp, but a perhaps just a hint of CA at the edges in some shots. I don't notice too much distortion in DX format other than when I am moving the camera to frame shots.

Yes, you really need to work to get the best from the ultra-wide lens. If you don't constantly check the corners of your frame, they fill with rubbish, which you then have to crop out, defeating the purpose of the wide angle in the first place. The discipline that is needed to use this lens possibly is a good thing for me, though. It will hopefully encourage me to consider foreground and framing more than I otherwise would.

I will give it a try on my F5 shortly, where it will be even more challenging.

Mechanically, it is another top-quality piece of Nikon gear. The pro Nikkors are bombproof. The autofocus is great as usual. You do need to be careful with that exposed (and expensive) front element!

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Originally posted by Colin Lorenson:
Winky,

What are your impressions of the 14-24? I've tried it on my D3 and while its clearly a great lens I'm not sure I'm up to the challenge of framing ultra wide-angle shots on my D3 or controlling the distortion. Maybe its easier on DX.

My last purchase was the 200F2 which is really quite remarkable, and fun.

Hey Colin,

Can you point me to some samples from your 200 f2.0? I can't possibly justify more money on glass at this stage, but I'd keen to see what that bad-boy can do w.r.t. low light shooting and DOF control. Combined with a D3, it potentially changes all we thought we knew about low-light photography IMHO (OK, getting a bit carried away there - but you know what I mean).

Winky

Fantastic photos Adrian. I know that spot at the southern end of Turimetta beach, never seen it looking that good.

Winky, I bought that f1.8 prime lens you suggested for my D40. It's so much sharper than the standard zoom I use it all the time. Hope this isn't the start of another addiction!

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Hope this isn't the start of another addiction!

Don't worry...it is.

Does anyone want a nephew? We have one going spare:



.... in one of his better moments yesterday.

Tony

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Fantastic photos Adrian. I know that spot at the southern end of Turimetta beach, never seen it looking that good.

Winky, I bought that f1.8 prime lens you suggested for my D40. It's so much sharper than the standard zoom I use it all the time. Hope this isn't the start of another addiction!

I'm with Sandy on this. You're in trouble now.

I'm glad the lens is working well for you.

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Winky, I bought that f1.8 prime lens you suggested for my D40. It's so much sharper than the standard zoom I use it all the time. Hope this isn't the start of another addiction!

Sounds like the same lens I have just bought for my D70s. 50mm prime f1.8.

I bought it to take some pictures at my niece's Christening. I didn't want to take flash photography in the Church. I must admit, I was very surprised how good the pictures were, considering the relative cheap outlay.

I was going to buy the f1.4, but at double the price for the sake of 1 stop, I'm glad I went for the f1.8.

I can see myself using this lens a lot.

Happy picture taking.

Lontano,

Love your pictures, very impressive.

The ships passing through the scene in Sidney harbour, great touch.

Keep them coming,

Marti

Given that you like wide pictures



and if you want to see the 9mgb version take a look at
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Originally posted by winkyincanada:

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Originally posted by Colin Lorenson:
Winky,

What are your impressions of the 14-24? I've tried it on my D3 and while its clearly a great lens I'm not sure I'm up to the challenge of framing ultra wide-angle shots on my D3 or controlling the distortion. Maybe its easier on DX.

My last purchase was the 200F2 which is really quite remarkable, and fun.

Hey Colin,

Can you point me to some samples from your 200 f2.0? I can't possibly justify more money on glass at this stage, but I'd keen to see what that bad-boy can do w.r.t. low light shooting and DOF control. Combined with a D3, it potentially changes all we thought we knew about low-light photography IMHO (OK, getting a bit carried away there - but you know what I mean).

Winky

Winky, had the lens for only a month or so and not been out much yet. This ones a keeper so I can be patient.

A quick snap of my wife, indoors with window light at F2. You lose a lot of detail with the small jpeg but you get an idea of the very narrow DOF

Best on black

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Originally posted by Colin Lorenson:

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Originally posted by winkyincanada:

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Originally posted by Colin Lorenson:
Winky,

What are your impressions of the 14-24? I've tried it on my D3 and while its clearly a great lens I'm not sure I'm up to the challenge of framing ultra wide-angle shots on my D3 or controlling the distortion. Maybe its easier on DX.

My last purchase was the 200F2 which is really quite remarkable, and fun.

Hey Colin,

Can you point me to some samples from your 200 f2.0? I can't possibly justify more money on glass at this stage, but I'd keen to see what that bad-boy can do w.r.t. low light shooting and DOF control. Combined with a D3, it potentially changes all we thought we knew about low-light photography IMHO (OK, getting a bit carried away there - but you know what I mean).

Winky

Winky, had the lens for only a month or so and not been out much yet. This ones a keeper so I can be patient.

A quick snap of my wife, indoors with window light at F2. You lose a lot of detail with the small jpeg but you get an idea of the very narrow DOF

Wow. That is a narrow DOF. There is perhaps 3cm in focus? Maybe less. It opens up a lot of creative opportunities, I think. I'm looking forward to seeing some more.