Nikon bodies give you the green dot whether or not you get the chip. But really, for anything between 6 feet and infinity, you can just set the focus and forget it. The DOF is massive.
NickHenderson wrote:
These images are incredible, this is now on my "want" list.
As a manual focus newb, can you confirm that the focus is correct? Is that what "focus confirm chip" means?
The little green dot in the viewfinder is the focus indicator. With a 14 MM on full frame, you can just use the hyperfocal distance. Hyperfocal is somewhat different from DOF.
I posted this in the Landscape Forum, but I thought I would add a little 14mm Samyang love to Dustin's thread here. This was from a few weeks ago up in Glacier NP. Shot at twilight. The first just as the sun went down with some after glow, and the 2nd with the sun completely gone and the stars starting to pop into the scene as it got darker out.
I like to check up on this thread every few days or so and I'm not sure how I missed this one.
The Samyang 14mm was one of my all time favorite lenses. I had it when I shot Canon though, so when I switched to Nikon, I sold it. Even though I currently have the 14-24....I still might pick another one up just because I liked it so much.
tzic wrote:
When you say a 2 shot blend you mean that using a tripod, one shot is focused to infinity and the other much closer at f>8 or so?
Yes. Both shots are f/16 - one is just focused for infinity and then one focused on the flowers. Some people do 30 stacks photo stacks, but is kinda hard with full manual to remember where it is focused at, because the camera doesn't store that info - whereas if it was say a 14-24, Aperture would show the focal points.
Dustin Gent wrote:
Yes. Both shots are f/16 - one is just focused for infinity and then one focused on the flowers. Some people do 30 stacks photo stacks, but is kinda hard with full manual to remember where it is focused at, because the camera doesn't store that info - whereas if it was say a 14-24, Aperture would show the focal points.
30 photo stacks? Sounds interesting, I have to look into it. And with your method you just manual blend them in Photoshop I guess? Thank you for the reply!
Much earlier in this thread, Mr. Park showed us his DIY filter holder. I've looked at his other thread and the flicker page to try to figure the filter size he used with no luck. Does anyone know or know the smallest size that will work without vignetting?
JimKied wrote:
Much earlier in this thread, Mr. Park showed us his DIY filter holder. I've looked at his other thread and the flicker page to try to figure the filter size he used with no luck. Does anyone know or know the smallest size that will work without vignetting?
tzic wrote:
30 photo stacks? Sounds interesting, I have to look into it. And with your method you just manual blend them in Photoshop I guess? Thank you for the reply!
