Iluxa007 wrote:
Flower girls + ring bearer from today’s wedding!
Wow, now ain't that just somethin'.
(That means it's sweet).
What a perfect use for the lens. No-one's counting eyelashes for that style of photography.
This is one of my favourite forum threads on the internet. Keep them coming.
Bride at Indian wedding with Nikon 58mm f1.4g and D4 at f1.6. Also forgotten I have some images from early on in this thread. Impressed with the work presented by so many talented photographers using this lens. Always in my bag.
I've shot a few weddings using the 58mm 1.4G, and I think I've finally figured it out. Haven't gotten around to editing those images yet, but here's a quick one of my dog in his "cone of shame".
loosetrucks wrote:
I've shot a few weddings using the 58mm 1.4G, and I think I've finally figured it out. Haven't gotten around to editing those images yet, but here's a quick one of my dog in his "cone of shame".
shujert wrote:
Share your thoughts on how best to use the lens in a wedding/event environment?
I'm using a D600 and AF Micro Adjusted the lens using Reikan Focal Pro. With that said, I've found that for static or semi-static compositions (portraits, details, slow paced candids), using the center point on AF-S and focus/re-composing gives the best results for wide open shots. If I have any qualms about sharpness or too shallow DOF, stopping down to f/1.8 uses fixes that problem.
Honestly, I feel like with a better AF system, I could shoot wide open at 1.4 without any hesitation, but I find myself shooting at 1.6 during most of the wedding day -- only opening up to 1.4 when I have time to slow down for details, etc.
Anything past 5ft, I'll shoot wide open without any worries of it being in focus or not because it's guaranteed that it will be. Up close, there is a bit of focus shift going on, but it never seems to be consistent. At MFD, just stopping down to 1.6 usually does it; 1.8 guarantees it at MFD. The DoF near MFD is freakishly tiny.
On my D4, I'll shoot this wide open using any focus point, but I'm usually using 3D tracking. Even with action it's pretty zippy, but I suspect that's mostly the D4.
This lens is still so glued to my camera that I'm honestly debating even taking it off for our waterfall hike tomorrow. Going to Rickett's Glen again (20+ named falls, gorgeous foliage right now). I'm torn between d4 + 58 and just enjoying the hike, or dragging the tripod/backpack/16-35/etc. along.
