Photowalk: Manhattan Bridge to Chinatown, across Lower Manhattan to the Hudson, around Battery Park to South St. Seaport, then back over the Manhattan Bridge. 8 miles, 15,000 steps.
I went out today to shoot with the Contax 180/2.8, but I threw the 18mm f/4 in the bag just in case. I ended up using the 18mm for 90% of my photos! So perfect for Manhattan photos.
All A7ii + Contax 18mm f/4.
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Jane's Carousel and the Brooklyn Bridge from the Manhattan Bridge.
Manhattan Bridge tower.
Chinatown from the Manhattan Bridge.
The scariest place on Earth! Manhattan men's detention center entrance.
Pier 26, Hudson River Park.
World Trade Center 1 / Freedom Tower, from Battery Park. (Contax 180mm f/.28)
Governor's Island Ferry Waiting Room.
Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges with Circle Line boat.
Clash of the Titans , well, sort of... Two male sandhill cranes showed some aggression towards each other probably either over females or territory... What else is new? Too bad these two didn't cooperate fully by facing off sideways relative to my position.... Oh, well, that's wildlife photography. Oh, this is from Bosque as you have guessed it correctly.
Really really like the pseudo-macro abilities of the Tamron 35mm.
Your pictures proof these qualities.
I am pondering about getting this lens, thoughI do have the Zeiss ZF 35mm f2, which is having this fantastic rendering, and it is difficult to justify two different lenses with the same focal length.
I am also fascinated by the rendering of the Voigtlander VM 40mm 1.2 M-mount, which could be adapted to a Nikon Z easily.
And there are these 28mm 1.4 options, which do have there very own qualities ( the great Nikon 28mm 1.4, the Sigma 28mm Art, and the 7 Artisan 28mm 1.4, which only can be used on Nikon Z in M-mount , but has this very attractive rendering for a very effordable price).
Decisions, decisions
nikonos6 wrote:
Really really like the pseudo-macro abilities of the Tamron 35mm.
Your pictures proof these qualities.
I am pondering about getting this lens, thoughI do have the Zeiss ZF 35mm f2, which is having this fantastic rendering, and it is difficult to justify two different lenses with the same focal length.
I am also fascinated by the rendering of the Voigtlander VM 40mm 1.2 M-mount, which could be adapted to a Nikon Z easily.
And there are these 28mm 1.4 options, which do have there very own qualities ( the great Nikon 28mm 1.4, the Sigma 28mm Art, and the 7 Artisan 28mm 1.4, which only can be used on Nikon Z in M-mount , but has this very attractive rendering for a very effordable price).
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The Tamron 35mm is a nice lens for a decent price, and I do really love the near-macro 1:2.5 capabilities they really add to the versatility of the lens. I don't use it as much as I should, considering when I look at the photos coming form the lens I am consistently impressed. Just generally prefer the 55mm and 21mm focal lengths, still I'm happy to have it in my kit! It really does need the II/III series bodies to AF well, though the MF is very nice smooth and linear. I do feel it's a rather underrated lens.
aeonsim wrote:
The Tamron 35mm is a nice lens for a decent price, and I do really love the near-macro 1:2.5 capabilities they really add to the versatility of the lens. I don't use it as much as I should, considering when I look at the photos coming form the lens I am consistently impressed. Just generally prefer the 55mm and 21mm focal lengths, still I'm happy to have it in my kit! It really does need the II/III series bodies to AF well, though the MF is very nice smooth and linear. I do feel it's a rather underrated lens.
Thanks a lot for the added photos.
Really showing some qualities besides the semi-macro ones.
The vibration rediction is also a plus for me still using Nikon DSLR‘s.
And the price is really decent too !
Only the magical rendering of the Zeiss is probably better , you know, this microcontrast thing...
Just got this Zeiss ZE 18/3.5. I'm not sure if it might not need repair, as sides/corners appear OOF from decentering, never sharpening across frame and making accurate focus difficult. Perhaps it will simply be a "specialty" lens for certain subjects. Still, it is very sharp in central area, has great Zeiss colors and contrast, and responds to PP in LR.
Did I mention that we are socked-in with overcast in Southern California near the coast?
So far, it appears some advice from Boris is turning out to be correct.
