Lauchlan Toal wrote:
Great set! For some reason I really like the shot of the glove being fastened, definitely adds to the set.
Thanks! These were all shot during a game and moments like that are extremely fleeting and even harder to get close for. It was all right place, right time and I have a vision for detail.
Nice shots. What AF setting are you using? I cannot get consistent in focus shots when shooting with this lens wide open. I'm putting the red focus point right on the eye; really frustrating!!
CATProductions wrote:
Nice shots. What AF setting are you using? I cannot get consistent in focus shots when shooting with this lens wide open. I'm putting the red focus point right on the eye; really frustrating!!
I'm always shooting AFC-3D.
You have to be careful with movement. The DoF is crazy thin
No Regrets wrote:
Very nice! Which camera body did you use for these?
Thanks! I use the D750 for everything.
I tend to shoot wide open in studio because the focus falloff gives much more dimension to the results. Plus I save a bunch of power on the speedlights I use as light sources in giant modifiers.
Quick note- I don't hold the title "expert" but owned both 24mm 1.4's for a month, side by side. I found the bokeh comparable if not in favor of the sigma simply because it was a sharper lens... (currently still own the sigma...until I break down and sell it to fund the new Nikon 28mm 1.4E 😬 ). Sorta off subject but just thought I'd chime in.
jtra wrote:
Do you any comparison shots that show bokeh? Can you post them here or maybe in Sigma 135mm f1.8 test shots thread. I have seen few in test shots thread, but I would like to see more.
I have Sigma 135 on order. One local shop offered it for a brief time with 15% discount (surprisingly) which made almost half of official local price of the Nikon 105/1.4E. But I still wonder about bokeh.
I definitely value bokeh, in fact I wrote a pretty long page about bokeh. But then my Sigma 24/1.4 (my most used lens) which is supposed to have worse bokeh than Nikon 24/1.4 (at least by opinion of people on internet; I agree somewhat, but it depends on distance at close range Sigma has smoother bokeh, at medium and far distance Nikon wins) can still get me very nice pictures with good bokeh and great sharpness (that Nikon 24/1.4 does not have wide open). I found out that it is easy to turn bokeh that is average into good one in LR with just local brush effect with sharpness set to -100 so sometimes when bokeh is busier than I like I do it. So with choice between a lens that is sharp and have average bokeh and lens that has extra smooth bokeh and worse sharpness wide open one can go either way. With smooth bokeh less sharp lens, you need to increase sharpness locally (you don't want to use global sharpness that may make bokeh worse) in processing. With sharp lens that has average bokeh, you just decrease sharpness of bokeh locally. Its a wash, unless you cannot process (video, sooc). ...Show more →
eke2k6 wrote:
Thank you! This lens is really special. It's as groundbreaking to me as the 35mm Art was. I'll have to put it to use more.
I agree. I want to use it all the time but sometimes by feet can't zoom back far enough in tight spaces, even when I'm outdoors, so I have to switch it out to my 35 ART or 50 ART. I get a little sad when I have to do that. Lol.
