I'm still amazed how wide this lens is. I have never had a 24 and it's crazy wide and sharp across. It's going to take some use to get accustomed to her.
This lens is certainly fun. The dog is getting a little tired of me though, because the front lens element is almost touching his nose half the time! Sorry, but the weather is too cold to get out lately so the dog gets a lot of attention...
rsolti13 wrote:
this shot provides the most 3D I have seen in this lens so far. very nice
Actually this is quiet different from Zeiss 3D, in this one subject looks like totally isolated from the background while in Zeiss transition is more smooth, however as a Nikon shooter, this lens really excites me among the newly released lenses.
nice shots Francis! Really like that 1st one! Also, i think i took a pic of that same alley in #3! Only spent like 6 hours in NOLA but would like to go back someday!
3. This is the front of Willie Mae's Scotch House. World famous for their fried chicken. It, too, was beat up by Katrina, but the patrons and community all pitched in to get it back up and running. THAT'S how good the chicken is http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5252/5390491513_c41f34bc0f_b.jpg
That's a nice little glimpse of NOLA, phillip. 24mm fixed seems like it gives you a lot of flexibility for PJ work. Did you ever wish you were zooming?
corposant wrote:
That's a nice little glimpse of NOLA, phillip. 24mm fixed seems like it gives you a lot of flexibility for PJ work. Did you ever wish you were zooming?
NOLA is like NYC, there are endless photographic opportunities. I've gotten accustomed to shooting with primes only, with the exception of the 70-200, but that's only during wedding ceremonies, so I rarely wish I could zoom.
phillip ino wrote:
JR - 6 hours only? Why? That is nowhere near enough time to spend there!
Family trip to Destin FL, and we made the road trip to NOLA (about 5 hours), go there around noon, went to the Children's Museum, walked around, ate, and walked around more... by 6:30 the night crowd filled Bourbon Street, so we decided it was time to get going (4 small kiddies)
I know what you mean though, there was just so much I wanted to see/eat/photograph!
Yep, you really need a full frame camera to take advantage of this lens. Actually, you really need a full frame camera to take advantage of most lenses, barring the super telephotos.
I will admit, I am envious of the bokeh and sharpness you can get from a full frame camera. You just can't get that same pop in a DX format. I think when I eventually go full frame (many years down the road) I will move to prime lenses. Zooms are nice, but sometimes I like having a fixed lens on the camera. It forces me to look at things differently and I think I get better shots with primes. Not sharpness or bokeh related, but better compositional shots. Better thought out shots, ya know.
Heck, if Nikon came out with a 50/1.2 AFS (that actually performed as well as this lens at f/1.4), I may just ditch all my other lenses and go with a D700 and 50/1.2 for a while.
