• Nikon’s new nifty fifty, the AF-S 50 f/1.4G

    31Dec
    Categories: Equipment reviews, Reviews Comments: 0

    I just got my Nikkor 50 f/1.4G and I love it. It is fast focusing – but not as much as I had hoped – it may be  slightly slower than the original f/1.4D, and definitely not as fast as my 24-70 f/2.8 which is strange as it is longer/larger lens. The best part of it is the creaminess and beautiful contrast. It reminds me of Canon’s 85 f/1.2L II lens – which I loved! The Nikkor version is way faster focusing though.  In summary, the focus is fast, not blazingly fast, the bokeh is rounded and the out of focus areas are creamy.

     

    Creaminess at 1.4 and sharp where it needs to be:

    Honest

     

    Rounded bubbly bokeh:
    Happy New Year!

    As a comparison, here is the 1.4D at f/3.5 notice the more edgy bokeh:
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  • Nikon’s Live View

    24Dec
    Categories: Equipment reviews, Photo processing Comments: 2

    After over a week of fun with a rented 5DII (review upcoming), I played with my almost one year ‘old’ D300.

    Today, I played with the “Live View” mode and setting the white balance. Live view is a great resource to get direct visual feedback on different white balance settings as you can see the scenery change on the LCD in real time.

    Live view is really easy to  use – just turn on live view then while viewing the scenery on the LCD you change the camera settings and get direct feedback of the effect of changing camera on the camera LCD screen/monitor.

    (1) Turn on live view (use the camera dial under the ISO/QUAL/WB buttons – same dial where you set shooting mode – single/remote timers and set it to Live View (Lv).

    (2) Push the shutter release button down once – now live view is activated.

    (3) Look at the LCD screen and compose the image or change setting such as WB and

    (4) push the shutter again and hold the shutter to take the shot.

     

    Turn on Live View by moving this dial to Lv

    Turn on Live View by moving this dial to "Lv"

     

     

    Try it!

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