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rockycarr
01-16-2009, 06:16 PM
Has any one tested this one out and if so how much different is there between this and the 1.4D other then 300.00 difference in price. I have read the reviews on the nikon site but looking for some real personal testing.

Bill

pyro
01-16-2009, 07:01 PM
The D uses the screw-drive autofocus, driven by the motor on a compatible body, otherwise it's a manual-focus lens with a 7-blade aperture.

The G is a Silent Wave motor (aka "CPU") lens, so the focusing motor and circuitry is on-board the lens. The diaphragm on this model has 9 blades instead of 7. I would expect the autofocus to be a bit faster, as well as being quieter.

I own the 50mm 1.8, it's a decent (and CHEAP) fast lens for portraits and low-light stuff. At 1.8 or 2.2, the depth of focus field is VERY short, almost requiring several manually-focused shots to get the right one by trial and error. It's hard to trust the autofocus when it's so critical with such a fast lens.

-Chad

hsbob
01-16-2009, 07:52 PM
popular photo had an article on 50mm 1.4 lens this month. like pyro i have a 50mm 1.8 snd its a good low lite lens. and sharp.

Shaun K
01-28-2009, 11:00 AM
Its ok, better than the 50D 1.4,, Its sharp wide open (Unlike the 50D) and has nicer bokeh. Here is two test shots at F1.4 on D3


http://shaun.zenfolio.com/img/v5/p253300108-5.jpg

http://shaun.zenfolio.com/img/v4/p206539654-5.jpg

pyro
01-28-2009, 12:05 PM
This is from the 50 1.8
(my nephews at f2.2)
http://i39.tinypic.com/5d0aih.jpg

Shaun K
01-28-2009, 05:07 PM
This is from the 50 1.8
(my nephews at f2.2)


He’s a cutie, I borrowed the 50G for a night from a bud, was nice but not nice enough for me to add one to the bag. For shallow DOF the 85 1.4 is very good portrait lens on D3, good focal length, screw drive focus is fast & accurate on D3, bokeh is beautiful



few 85 1.4 candid’s from times square a few weeks back, all are F1.6 & iso1250<O:p</O:p

http://shaun.zenfolio.com/img/v5/p216166478-5.jpg

http://shaun.zenfolio.com/img/v5/p511473873-5.jpg


http://shaun.zenfolio.com/img/v5/p352113641-5.jpg

http://shaun.zenfolio.com/img/v6/p31943442-5.jpg

rockycarr
02-19-2009, 07:51 PM
I finaly got a chance to use this lens that I bought. I did a little editing and gave it an antique look. I think it came out OK. I will have to keep looking and praticing before this summer gets here. I also took the Nikon school class that came to my hometown and wow what a class.

http://i41.tinypic.com/x4rzp0.jpg

one other one from the same day.
http://i44.tinypic.com/348kmtc.jpg

Feel free to leave any feed back I am almost open to feed back. Not from you Pyro. LOL Just kidding.

Bill

pyro
02-19-2009, 08:08 PM
Hey Bill-

First one looks great. Good aperture selection, for a perfect depth of field for the pose. The antique coloring is a neat effect. ;)

The softened edge is cool, but the second shot is a bit over-exposed, maybe just a touch over-filled. Sometimes in a closer-up situation, setting the ISO higher will make it require less fill flash compensation by instead boosting more of the natural light. The white shirt, or anything white for that matter, always makes things especially tough because it's so easy to blow out the highlights with digital, particularly like the bodies we're typically using. Set your +/-EV to -0.3 or -0.7 to allow a little margin of error in case it comes out hotter than you expected. It's easier to brighten up a slightly dark image, but a slightly hot image with a white shirt is going to produce pure-white highlights with no shading, and you can't get those back once they're blown out.

Cool stuff...

rockycarr
02-20-2009, 10:10 AM
Thanks for the info. I will give that a try. Talk to you later.

Bill