• Gear discussion thread v. "I own more nifty fifties than cameras they fit"
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40mm STM or nifty fifty? Anyone know of any cheap wide angles too, 7D fit.
[QUOTE=Elfy;39056663]40mm STM or nifty fifty? Anyone know of any cheap wide angles too, 7D fit.[/QUOTE] I would go for the 40mm STM, just because I really like the signature of this lens. It's really sharp wide open already and gives a more punchy contrast than I've ever seen from the 50mm f/1.8. Although the nifty fifty is 1 light stop faster, the 40mm STM feels more like a real lens to me instead of the all plastic exterior of the fifty. Also the STM focus is faster and way more silent than the 50mm's toycar af motor. Don't get me wrong, the nifty fifty is a good lens, but as someone who has owned both these lenses (i sold my 50 1.8 II because I got a 50mm 1.4 USM), I preferred the 40mm STM. As for cheap wideangle primes: Samyang 14mm f/2.8. Cheap, and optically a very decent performer. Manual focus and stopping down aperture though. (not that it being MF really matters with such a wide lens).
[QUOTE=bopie;39000967][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8358/8316349245_766186677c_c.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] You only bought the 1D? Don't you know the 1100D's been released for a while?
[img]http://www.jensenvideo.com/video/-1mm.jpg[/img] Totally buying this.
[i]negative one millimeters[/i] I'll take thirty [editline]e[/editline] reminded me of the 220 degree nikon lens [img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/24/article-2134426-12BE51CD000005DC-651_634x870.jpg[/img] 6mm f/2.8
Oh yes that lens! Back in the film days it was used for scientific stuff. What it might have been used for is beyond me though. In that era Nikon had the widest and longest lenses made, and to this day I don't believe a wider lens has been made
I remember one purpose being something related to the underside of cars, something to do with alignment of wheels [editline]2nd January 2013[/editline] ooh, in related news [url]http://www.popphoto.com/gear/2013/01/super-rare-nikkor-10mm-f56-fisheye-auction-49000?src=facebook[/url] "Super-Rare Nikkor 10mm f/5.6 Fisheye Up For Auction — For $49,000" [t]http://www.popphoto.com/files/imagecache/article_main_photo/_images/201301/nikon10mm.jpg[/t] apparently the first ever aspherical lens
I have a quite old lens and I use it with an adapter on my 500D but I have a problem: It sort of "steals" contrast. Compared to other lenses, the blacks look quite shallow, it's a very nice "retro" effect sometimes but it still bothers me. Any ideas why this is happening?
[QUOTE=daijitsu;39068014][i]negative one millimeters[/i] I'll take thirty [editline]e[/editline] reminded me of the 220 degree nikon lens [img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/24/article-2134426-12BE51CD000005DC-651_634x870.jpg[/img] 6mm f/2.8[/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIDbw4gjunY[/media] [editline]2nd January 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Trogdon;39068116]Oh yes that lens! Back in the film days it was used for scientific stuff. What it might have been used for is beyond me though. In that era Nikon had the widest and longest lenses made, and to this day I don't believe a wider lens has been made[/QUOTE] Seeing into the future.
[img]http://www.zazdas.com/department/pc/catalog/Fig_G_10027-0008-143203.jpg[/img] what does the 16 11 8 4 2 4 8 11 16 mean?
[QUOTE=Eltro102;39069625][img]http://www.zazdas.com/department/pc/catalog/Fig_G_10027-0008-143203.jpg[/img] what does the 16 11 8 4 2 4 8 11 16 mean?[/QUOTE] tl'dr it represents the area you can have in-focus, related to the focal distance markings above. I'm sure you're familiar with the principal of how aperture affects focus- [t]http://jasonlow08.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/aperture-comparison.png[/t] for example, if you're shooting F/16, you could move the infinity marker all the way to the right-side 16 marker, and everything from infinity to the left-side 16 marker (~8 feet away from you) would appear to be in focus, things getting blurrier as they get closer than that. If you focused directly at infinity (like if you were pointing at clouds), you'd only have up til 15 feet, and trees or a dog playing in front of you would likely look more out of focus. journalists and street photographers back in the day would often set an aperture of f/8 or 'sunny 16' and wrap a rubberband around the focus so it just stays fixed to a nice range (7ft - 30 was common I think), allowing them to treat shooting like a super fast point-and-click.
[QUOTE=Killuah;39068689]I have a quite old lens and I use it with an adapter on my 500D but I have a problem: It sort of "steals" contrast. Compared to other lenses, the blacks look quite shallow, it's a very nice "retro" effect sometimes but it still bothers me. Any ideas why this is happening?[/QUOTE] Some old lenses just don't have a lot of contrast, especially wide open. They have to be stopped down in order to achieve better contrast, coatings have a huge impact on this. Single coated lenses will have less contrast than multi coated lenses. Then if your adapter has glass this would cause loss of contrast due to coatings. I have a lot of old lenses that I use on my nex, and usually the canon lenses have good contrast wide open, but zoom lenses do not and third party lenses usually don't either
[QUOTE=daijitsu;39068014][i]negative one millimeters[/i] I'll take thirty [editline]e[/editline] reminded me of the 220 degree nikon lens [img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/24/article-2134426-12BE51CD000005DC-651_634x870.jpg[/img] 6mm f/2.8[/QUOTE] Thank you for that... I've never seen a picture with that lens attached to a camera, only just the lens. That's just ridiculously huge.
It doesn't take UV filters or a hood WOW
[QUOTE=Trogdon;39072523]It doesn't take UV filters or a hood WOW[/QUOTE] guy with camera detected
Oh god I've got handprints on my lens again
so if you mounted it backwards it would work a super ultra mega macro lens
I need tips on how to focus in almost darkness for long exposures. One method I sometimes use is the AF of the cam+pre-flash but that often ruins the moment like recently when I tried to make an unnoticed new-years-eve group photo. For far distances lamps/the moon/the stars are ok but for close distances? Help!
whatever happened to ultrasonic based autofocusing? that could focus in practically all conditions (like instead of having however many autofocusing points you just have one or two ultrasonic distance sensors which would can point at different elements in the composition)
[QUOTE=Eltro102;39077099]whatever happened to ultrasonic based autofocusing? that could focus in practically all conditions (like instead of having however many autofocusing points you just have one or two ultrasonic distance sensors which would can point at different elements in the composition)[/QUOTE] It doesn't work too far away
but then you could just foucs at the hyperfocal distance (unless ultrasonic cant get objects at ~6 meters)
Wouldn't every dog in the area go crazy every time you focus?
[QUOTE=Jaanus;39078595]Wouldn't every dog in the area go crazy every time you focus?[/QUOTE] who wouldn't pay to make dogs look at you all concerned every time you take a picture, people think that's adorable. Everybody would think you were a miracle worker
Beginners question: EOS500D + Remote Trigger for the flash. How do I avoid asynchronous flashing for shutter speeds faster than 1/200 ?
[QUOTE=daijitsu;39079183]who wouldn't pay to make dogs look at you all concerned every time you take a picture, people think that's adorable. Everybody would think you were a miracle worker[/QUOTE] Would be great for dog photography
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/kwZJf.png[/IMG] wew
[QUOTE=Killuah;39079508]How do I avoid asynchronous flashing for shutter speeds faster than 1/200 ?[/QUOTE] Move to something with a leaf shutter. Shutter speed doesn't matter much when you're using a strobe though. Say 1/200 was too slow for you, letting in too much ambient light - turn down ISO/stop down and increase flash power.
[QUOTE=BlazeFresh;39082818][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/kwZJf.png[/IMG] wew[/QUOTE] You know the new Sigma 35mm f/1.4 actually is a better lens than this Canon lens for a fraction of the money? [URL]http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2012/11/sigma-35mm-f1-4-arrives-announces-new-world-order[/URL] The Canon EF 35mm f/1.4 is a lens from 1998. It was the optical benchmark for every 35mm lens on the market since then. That the Sigma beats it just now isn't that big of a suprise as lens technologies have improved the last 14 years, even at Sigma. Still, it's rumoured Canon is going to bring out a new 35mm f/1.4 this year.
The Sigma isn't weather sealed and has shitty bokeh.
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