Some very nice samples in this thread. It's my favorite lens I'll never own
A suggestion though - some folks need to really increase their capture sharpening amount, especially for shots at f/1.4. Otherwise the images look as though I'm seeing them without my glasses.
I still really dig the stopped down photo but wow, even the wide open shot has some really cool elements to it. That second shot just feels like you're there leaning on the car.
Two more from the wedding...
The 58mm was probably being used more than 50% during the entire day. It’s quickly becoming my favorite.
The 85mm is now sold and I haven’t missed it. 28G + 58G and 70-200VRII is my bread and butter for weddings.
This thread should also be named the "who cares about DXO thread." Ya know? It's so nice to see people creating art with this lens. Blog reviews and gear stats be darned. I think this lens has helped a lot of us to realize "real world usage" is way more important than conventional wisdom. I think it's going to be the trend going forward. If these reviewers want "web hits" they're going to have to be more realistic in their approach.
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This thread should also be named the "who cares about DXO thread." Ya know? It's so nice to see people creating art with this lens. Blog reviews and gear stats be darned. I think this lens has helped a lot of us to realize "real world usage" is way more important than conventional wisdom. I think it's going to be the trend going forward. If these reviewers want "web hits" they're going to have to be more realistic in their approach.
I kind of agree that we should spin-off this thread into a lens with character thread, but then suddenly the most clinical of lenses will have "character" and it'll be filled with seagulls on a white sky.
I'm a huge proponent of how lenses render. I don't care about sharpness. It shows with the lenses I own too; 58/1.4, 28/1.8, 135/2 DC, 50/1.4 pre-ai converted to ai in a drill press My 85/1.8G and 16-35/4 are the most boring lenses I own because they're so sterile.
Yeah, we could be called bokeh junkies, but I think many of us are trying to make 35mm look like 4x5.
Just picked my copy up today, I need to track down some of my friends for an impromptu shoot haha!
I definitely need to AF-fine tune my copy, but I'd say its pretty darn sharp as is. It's fairly soft at MFD, but that's not where I'm thinking of using it.
These are my first shots with this lens just for a test. I fine-tuned it to +5 on the Nikon D810. It definitely needs that at close range, but probably a bit less at longer distances - maybe +2. It is a difficult lens to get just right as many here have talked about. In fact I would have been a bit confused with the AF fine tune process for this lens if I hadn't been prepared.
In any event I'm loving the rendering straight away. Could be on my camera most of the time, instead of the 24-70. I showed the picture of the red flower to a friend, and he said: "That's art mate"!
At MFD the DOF is paper thin and there is definitely focus shift at MFD; you'd be foolish to try tuning to correct it. At MFD, stop down to 1.8; surefire simple solution.
