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Kodak DCS Pro 14n
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Review Date: Aug 7, 2008
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Talking for the Slr/n: still love it, amazingly sharp raw files, great dynamic range, still a valuable tool with the right glasses for landscape and portrait photography, FF.
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Cons:
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Slow, bad battery autonomy, bulky camera...usable up to 400iso over is better to set 6mp raw and use Noise Ninja...if you really need it.
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For many years the only way to use fine Nikkor and third party fast primes on a FF DSLR sensor, with plenty of resolution.
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Nikon D2Hs
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Review Date: Aug 7, 2008
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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One of the best sensor ever released, weak AA filter for razor sharp files (nice jpg - amazing raw files). Super fast autofocus, great colours, light NEF files for fast post production work but still great (with good primes) to print stunning A3+ even with just 4mp...believe it or not!
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Nikon 85mm f/1.8D AF Nikkor
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Review Date: Aug 7, 2008
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Compact, sharp even on FF, if you don't need f1.4 better than the much more expensive nikkor f.4, less CA.
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Cons:
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could have ultrasonic motor and better construction.
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for those still loving primes ...
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Nikon 20mm f/2.8D AF Nikkor
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Review Date: Aug 7, 2008
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Sharper (at least my copy) than majority of zooms at 20mm f2.8, better at f4 (on FF), light, cheap on used market.
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Cons:
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Construction could be better, not all copies are fine at borders wide open.
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For those still loving primes (light weight, compact size, sharpness)
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Nikon 180mm f/2.8D ED-IF AF Nikkor
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Review Date: Aug 7, 2008
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Sharp from center to corners wide open even on FF. Solid built while still a compact tele, great even with pro 1,4x converters.
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Cons:
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None!
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For those still loving primes...
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Canon EF 24mm f/2.8
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Review Date: Jan 9, 2006
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Very sharp, 2.8 aperture usable, small and lightweight, excellent resolution even at borders. Nice mid wide angle prime on Canon 1.3 crop series.
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Cons:
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Flare (you must have to use the lens shade), vignetting, noisy focusing.
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Forget the fast USM autofocus, but who cares on a wideangle prime? The problem is much more on the noisy motor.
Use the lense hood and try to control flare, vignetting is gone at f4. I'd like to see a wider manual focus ring on it.
All the people with a Canon 1.3 crop camera should give this lens a try. I'm very happy with it, this is a very sharp lens and with better resolution at corners at all aperture respect to the much more expensive 24 1.4L (I tried 2 copies).
For the price is a bargain!
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