I have to add this one; I'm 12 years older than the 2nd oldest grandchild, so I am never lumped into the category of "the kids".....which is pretty sweet because I was completely spoiled....anywho. Picture time comes for all the grandkids, an extremely rare feat, and I'm behind the camera. A minute later I hear laughing and "Jason what the hell, I forgot, you're one of them too".
The freaking sweater I'm wearing is older than all but 2 of them
1/60th doesn't help, Chris Looks like it's front focusing...
shirt sleeves are the sharpest thing in the frame. Kids are
tough with the fast glass, eh?! I like AF-C single point and
focus on the forehead, my grandkids even move when they
be sleepin'
I guess I need some practice.
I use the AF-C and single focus as well.
I'll need to check the calibration.
trench-monkey wrote:
1/60th doesn't help, Chris Looks like it's front focusing...
shirt sleeves are the sharpest thing in the frame. Kids are
tough with the fast glass, eh?! I like AF-C single point and
focus on the forehead, my grandkids even move when they
be sleepin'
Hey guys- so I'm a sucker for ~50mm FL and got one of these 58mm's for Xmas. I love it but do have a question about calibration...
So I used dottune method, and both times it gave me the same result- +19. The odd thing was that the range was super tight... It was basically +17 to +20 (or more but can't say).
The thing is, sometimes I find it nailing at +19, and other times, I get much sharper images turning of AF fine tune all together. Is this normal?
It's being used on a D750 body, and I'd love to hear suggestions about whether I should be sending it into Nikon (even with the body) or if what I'm experiencing is normal.
Thanks, and Happy New Year! :-)
PS- After more checking, it seems to need the +19 at or near MFD, and then zero adjustments beyond that. Does that make any sense?
Jason_Brook wrote:
Do mfd using live view for a base. This lens is soft at mfd wide open and a whore to focus at mfd.
The problem with your test is using live view. I need a setup that is accurate using AF. The 58 wide open can be difficult to lock on the eye due to subject movement or not having the focus point on the eye. I have fine tuned my lens and it is pretty good, but not the sharpest lens in Nikon's lineup and was not intended to be the sharpest. You either like the rendering of the lens or you don't. BTW, I'm not opposed to stopping down with this lens, where others are shooting wide open all the time.
James R wrote:
The problem with your test is using live view. I need a setup that is accurate using AF. The 58 wide open can be difficult to lock on the eye due to subject movement or not having the focus point on the eye. I have fine tuned my lens and it is pretty good, but not the sharpest lens in Nikon's lineup and was not intended to be the sharpest. You either like the rendering of the lens or you don't. BTW, I'm not opposed to stopping down with this lens, where others are shooting wide open all the time. ...Show more →
James R wrote:
The problem with your test is using live view. I need a setup that is accurate using AF. The 58 wide open can be difficult to lock on the eye due to subject movement or not having the focus point on the eye. I have fine tuned my lens and it is pretty good, but not the sharpest lens in Nikon's lineup and was not intended to be the sharpest. You either like the rendering of the lens or you don't. BTW, I'm not opposed to stopping down with this lens, where others are shooting wide open all the time. ...Show more →
Your post makes no sense.
I'm suggesting to focus using liveview to establish a baseline for sharpness when fine tuning the AF, not for taking pictures.
I'm suggesting to focus using liveview to establish a baseline for sharpness when fine tuning the AF, not for taking pictures.
Well, that won't be the last time one of my posts makes no sense. I read your post in a hurry and obviously misunderstood its meaning. My New Year's resolution is to never post a meaningless post.
Looks like it's front focusing...
