JadedWriter wrote:
I don't know what it is then. Thing seems to be pretty consistent on the D5, Z9...it's kind of all over the place granted I never tried AF fine tuning it on that body. D850 is probably the worst one, though I probably have to figure a better correction value on that camera. Like I get the feeling this lens has a different correction value per camera and I kind of don't have the time to AF fine tune this lens across like 6 different bodies. gear-nut wrote:
Both posed and street, even kids at parties. I normally use auto or wide people AF. I do occasionally get a miss on kids running around, but I get that with the 70-200/2.8S too. My 58 pretty much works as well as the 70-200 for me all the time.
Re AF fine tuning on my Z7ii and previous Z's with both the 58 and 105 1.4's -- mine hit spot on at zero. However, I sometimes will dial in a minus 1 on the 105 when doing portraits as this pulls the focus just slightly in front of the eyeball -- in this the eyeball is still inside the DoF but toward the rear (obviously) and now the eyelashes are in better focus for a sharper looking eye overall. I experimented with this tactic on the 58 and found for street distance subjects, a minus 2 generated a sort of similar result but would occasionally be too much, so I abandoned the practice for that lens. Offered FWIW...
JadedWriter wrote:
I don't know what it is then. Thing seems to be pretty consistent on the D5, Z9...it's kind of all over the place granted I never tried AF fine tuning it on that body. D850 is probably the worst one, though I probably have to figure a better correction value on that camera. Like I get the feeling this lens has a different correction value per camera and I kind of don't have the time to AF fine tune this lens across like 6 different bodies. gear-nut wrote:
Both posed and street, even kids at parties. I normally use auto or wide people AF. I do occasionally get a miss on kids running around, but I get that with the 70-200/2.8S too. My 58 pretty much works as well as the 70-200 for me all the time.
Re AF fine tuning on my Z7ii with both the 58 and 105 1.4's -- mine hit spot on at zero. However, I sometimes will dial in a minus 1 on the 105 when doing portraits as this pulls the focus just slightly in front of the eyeball -- in this the eyeball is still inside the DoF but toward the rear (obviously) and now the eyelashes are in better focus for a sharper looking eye overall. I experimented with this tactic on the 58 and found for street distance subjects, a minus 2 generated a sort of similar result but would occasionally be too much, so I abandoned the practice for that lens. Offered FWIW...
Aug 03, 2022 at 12:51 PM
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