Some images from last night's Fury vs Schwarz fight card. All shot with a z6 and 24-70 2.8S.
Its my first combat sports event since receiving the 24-70 2.8S, and i must say its miles ahead of my F mount G. I normally use Dynamic AF in AFC for fighting since it mimics what i normally use with my d5 (i use d25); However with the new lens, im able to trust the camera/lens enough to use Wide-L and it worked perfectly. I literally placed the giant box on what i wanted to track and it nailed it every time. It was actually pretty eye opening. with the 24-70 F mount on FTZ, the accuracy wasnt there for that mode, it would tend to rack a little bit in Wide L, but with Dynamic AF it worked fine.
This opens a ton of new options for me when shooting action. Makes me eager to get the new 70-200 2.8S in my hands as fast as humanly possible, the native lenses seem to have open up the Z cameras more than I originally thought.
images were shot at iso5000, 1/1600, 3.2. d8 ON, viewfinder priority, Continuous H+, 1/2 focus points.
turbodude wrote:
Some images from last night's Fury vs Schwarz fight card. All shot with a z6 and 24-70 2.8S.
Its my first combat sports event since receiving the 24-70 2.8S, and i must say its miles ahead of my F mount G. I normally use Dynamic AF in AFC for fighting since it mimics what i normally use with my d5 (i use d25); However with the new lens, im able to trust the camera/lens enough to use Wide-L and it worked perfectly. I literally placed the giant box on what i wanted to track and it nailed it every time. It was actually pretty eye opening. with the 24-70 F mount on FTZ, the accuracy wasnt there for that mode, it would tend to rack a little bit in Wide L, but with Dynamic AF it worked fine.
This opens a ton of new options for me when shooting action. Makes me eager to get the new 70-200 2.8S in my hands as fast as humanly possible, the native lenses seem to have open up the Z cameras more than I originally thought.
images were shot at iso5000, 1/1600, 3.2. d8 ON, viewfinder priority, Continuous H+, 1/2 focus points. ...Show more →
Just love your photos
And thank you for sharing the insight for the settings for the lens in sports
turbodude wrote:
Some images from last night's Fury vs Schwarz fight card. All shot with a z6 and 24-70 2.8S.
Its my first combat sports event since receiving the 24-70 2.8S, and i must say its miles ahead of my F mount G. I normally use Dynamic AF in AFC for fighting since it mimics what i normally use with my d5 (i use d25); However with the new lens, im able to trust the camera/lens enough to use Wide-L and it worked perfectly. I literally placed the giant box on what i wanted to track and it nailed it every time. It was actually pretty eye opening. with the 24-70 F mount on FTZ, the accuracy wasnt there for that mode, it would tend to rack a little bit in Wide L, but with Dynamic AF it worked fine.
This opens a ton of new options for me when shooting action. Makes me eager to get the new 70-200 2.8S in my hands as fast as humanly possible, the native lenses seem to have open up the Z cameras more than I originally thought.
images were shot at iso5000, 1/1600, 3.2. d8 ON, viewfinder priority, Continuous H+, 1/2 focus points. ...Show more →
Finally managed to fit some more serious hike into my schedule. 700m (2100ft) elevation gain to a lake in the fog. Good workout but the visibility at the lake was super low, so no photos of the destination. I love the temperate rainforests in BC.
Nothing amazing here, but thought I'd contribute to the thread instead of creeping on it. I haven't had the 2.8 long but I absolutely love it and rarely find myself taking it off my Z7.
Just finished up a multi-day commercial fashion shoot and used the 24-70 f2.8 quite a bit, and I am kind of stunned how well it performed.
It was for a jewelry company, so we were doing lots of loupe checks of the diamonds for sharpness, and it was holding its own at f2.8 compared to the 70-200 f2.8E (on the D850) at f8! I've never used a 24-70 this sharp, and I've owned almost all of them for Canon, Nikon, Sony, and equivalents for Fuji.
#1 & #2!
