Probably in the minority, but: In the modern world you have to go with your head. Advertisers and others at the firms are _experts_ at exploiting the 'impulse' or 'emotional' buy. Logical thinking is the only defense against this.
Being able to seperate things, 'need' from 'want', expendable income from essential income, capability from preference, form from function, etc. If you buy because of an impulse, you will be exploited, why do you think so many people buy / sell / switch / swap so often? Buyer's remorse is very real... think and do your research before buying anything.
Access wrote:
Probably in the minority, but: In the modern world you have to go with your head. Advertisers and others at the firms are _experts_ at exploiting the 'impulse' or 'emotional' buy. Logical thinking is the only defense against this.
Being able to seperate things, 'need' from 'want', expendable income from essential income, capability from preference, form from function, etc. If you buy because of an impulse, you will be exploited, why do you think so many people buy / sell / switch / swap so often? Buyer's remorse is very real... think and do your research before buying anything.
Congratulations ct8282. You'll absolutely love the lens and the sharpness and bokeh will floor you. Much sharper than can be depicted on these web pages.
A few things.
The lens hood that comes with the lens is not convenient. You need to buy something like the Lens Coat "Hoodie" or the Aquatech lens cap.
The lens foot is usually replaced by a RRS one sooner or later but it's not a major.
The weight will really surprise you and a monopod will be a consideration at some point if you don't already own one.
You must always support the lens and not let the camera take the weight in any near horizontal position as you could damage the camera lens mount. I guess this is obvious.
Don't use the VR unless it's needed and don't believe the Nikon manual about using it on a tripod - turn it off when doing so.
I'd suggest you seriously check out the front or back focus and compensate with AF fine tune if necessary as it can vary by an amount on this lens. The trouble is, you think it's sharp and it is, but until it's focused perfectly you don't realize how sharp it can be.
When taking portraits with chubby be very careful about the DOF as it's razor thin wide open. You can have one eye in focus another out of focus in a near frontal shot.
zesto wrote:
Congratulations ct8282. You'll absolutely love the lens and the sharpness and bokeh will floor you. Much sharper than can be depicted on these web pages.
A couple of things.
The lens hood that comes with the lens is not convenient. You need to buy something like the Lens Coat "Hoodie" or the Aquatech lens cap.
The lens foot is usually replaced by a RRS one sooner or later but it's not a major.
The weight will really surprise you and a monopod will be a consideration at some point if you don't already own one.
You must always support the lens and not let the camera take the weight in any near horizontal position as you could damage the camera lens mount. I guess this is obvious.
I'd suggest you seriously check out the focus for front or back focus and compensate with AF fine tune if necessary as it can vary by an amount on this lens. The trouble is, you think it's sharp and it is, but until it's focused perfectly you don't realize how sharp it can be.
When taking portraits with chubby be very careful about the DOF as it's razor thin wide open. You can have one eye in focus another out of focus in a near frontal shot.
Thanks for the heads up mate. Hopefully the weight shouldn't be too offensive as I body build and can push a fair whack of iron about the gym. I have pretty large arms!
I'm quite used to dealing with one eye in and one oof from working with the 85f1.4 wide open so it'll be interesting to see how this compares. Will definitely look at those lens caps to as the slip over Nikon thing looks like a pain in the ass. I wish Nikon made a giant centre pinch lens cap. Would double as a frisbee.
Can't wait to get hold of her now. Just managed to locate a Nikon 200mm f2 thread on here in the archives and pretty much all pictures posted were awesome.
ct8282 wrote:
Thanks for the heads up mate. Hopefully the weight shouldn't be too offensive as I body build and can push a fair whack of iron about the gym. I have pretty large arms!
Large arms aint gonna do nuthin! You'll need to beef up those delts and traps too.. oh, and quads if you plan to leave home with it
Just managed to locate a Nikon 200mm f2 thread on here in the archives and pretty much all pictures posted were awesome.
ct8282 wrote:
Thank you. Went for 200f2 VR2. Should be Sunday or Monday....
A little late to the party, but congratulations on the purchase. To the original question, I say it's OK to go with the heart if your other needs (photographic and otherwise) are already covered. In this particular instance with the money from another hobby, I think it great you went with your heart!
A couple of Tuis (native birds) having a squabble over something or rather. They're sopping wet after after a heavy downpour. Nothing fancy, but the 200 f/2 can handle the odd wildlife shot although in this case it's cropped a bit too much and you can see some artifacts.
pbraymond wrote:
A little late to the party, but congratulations on the purchase. To the original question, I say it's OK to go with the heart if your other needs (photographic and otherwise) are already covered. In this particular instance with the money from another hobby, I think it great you went with your heart!
Thanks mate. I'm usually a heart rules head kind of guy.
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