Jason_Brook wrote:
Most frustrating shoot of my life.... didn't help that it was for an in-law He just was not into it at all. This is probably the only picture of the session that I'm okay with... It's a shame too, because the 58 and 135 were s-i-n-g-i-n-g.
Edit - not sure why it's not showing exif?? 58 @ f/1.8
This is why I hate family/friend photo shoots. Either they think they are wasting your time or they are not into it because they are not forking out money. I much prefer shooting for clients who actually want photos enough they are willing to pay for them. Nice shot though! I know how frustrating those kind of shoots can be.
Amazing shot!! How'd you use a flash at 1/4000? HSS? Or is that a reflector?
webisweb wrote:
Just a bit. Why?
From my experience, the DOF is much thinner at that distance. Also, bokeh is larger when framing the same way without cropping. I'm pretty familiar with the 58mm cuz I use it 90% of the time :-)
Elijah, have you ever used the 135 DC? I think you'd really enjoy how well it compliments the 58. I'm going to pop a few pics in the 135 thread in a few minutes.
Jason_Brook wrote:
Elijah, have you ever used the 135 DC? I think you'd really enjoy how well it compliments the 58. I'm going to pop a few pics in the 135 thread in a few minutes.
I haven’t. I know it’s an awesome lens and I love the focal length (I’ve owned a 135L before) but I think 70-200VRII is far more versatile for my applications. That might change tho... Like I said, I’m patiently waiting on 135G...
Here’s an interesting comparison of the 58mm I just photographed.
Iluxa007 wrote:
I haven’t. I know it’s an awesome lens and I love the focal length (I’ve owned a 135L before) but I think 70-200VRII is far more versatile for my applications. That might change tho... Like I said, I’m patiently waiting on 135G...
Here’s an interesting comparison of the 58mm I just photographed.
I was deadset on waiting for a 135G as well, but I have zero patience. If it was going to happen, it would have been the day after I bought mine... Kind of how I sold the DF, bought a D4, then boom D750 released.
70-200 doesn't hold a candle to the 135. I just think it'd fit you very well, it's low contrast and subdued colors which seems to be what you like.
Jason_Brook wrote:
70-200 doesn't hold a candle to the 135.
I'm sure the 135mm is great, but the 70-200mm is pretty damn fine @ 200mm F2.8. For photoshoots, I have yet to find a lens I enjoy shooting with more than the 70-200mm.
Hey Everyone,
Just wanted to say thanks to all for sharing their images from this lens, Ive really enjoyed following this thread and I always look forward to seeing the new images, so thank you to all of you who have been posting images.
Right from its release I knew it was a lens that I was interested in and having seen what it can produce I'm even more convinced.
Just out of curiosity has any camera body in particular shown itself to be a good partner for this lens or does it just rock it with whichever body you use?
I still use D700's and whilst I think its a great camera I can't help eyeing up some of the other recent releases and its that thought that had me wondering about a 58 pairing, would any of you multi body owners care to comment?
Rob UK wrote:
Hey Everyone,
Just wanted to say thanks to all for sharing their images from this lens, Ive really enjoyed following this thread and I always look forward to seeing the new images, so thank you to all of you who have been posting images.
Right from its release I knew it was a lens that I was interested in and having seen what it can produce I'm even more convinced.
Just out of curiosity has any camera body in particular shown itself to be a good partner for this lens or does it just rock it with whichever body you use?
I still use D700's and whilst I think its a great camera I can't help eyeing up some of the other recent releases and its that thought that had me wondering about a 58 pairing, would any of you multi body owners care to comment?
I shoot with the D800, but this lens does have a resolution limit when shooting wide open. I'd say the resolution wide open is conservatively about 12-16 megapixels, so shooting with a d800 like myself you throw away a lot of pixels when you use this lens wide open.
The D700 would work great with this lens imo, but if your looking to upgrade I think the D750 would be tops in my list for current cameras. I just held one at my local camera store and fell in love and I didn't even turn it on to test the autofocus/high iso because I knew I would have walked out of the store with it.
I'm actually considering buying a D750 and selling my D800.
Rob UK wrote:
Hey Everyone,
Just wanted to say thanks to all for sharing their images from this lens, Ive really enjoyed following this thread and I always look forward to seeing the new images, so thank you to all of you who have been posting images.
Right from its release I knew it was a lens that I was interested in and having seen what it can produce I'm even more convinced.
Just out of curiosity has any camera body in particular shown itself to be a good partner for this lens or does it just rock it with whichever body you use?
I still use D700's and whilst I think its a great camera I can't help eyeing up some of the other recent releases and its that thought that had me wondering about a 58 pairing, would any of you multi body owners care to comment?
He just was not into it at all. This is probably the only picture of the session that I'm okay with... It's a shame too, because the 58 and 135 were s-i-n-g-i-n-g.
