08-11-2016, 08:42 PM
Yeah new lens prices!!!
I have taken a somewhat suspicious view to the current trend of adding to a lens one extra stop of light and an additional 2,200 dollars to one that otherwise would have cost $350, just to gain a tad more bokeh at 20mm..
The new Nikon AFS20 F1.4 seems to be of that genre, whilst you are testing the lens shooting flowers close up at full aperture in your front garden and chimping at 100% you can admire the beautiful rendering of the two bailiffs coming up your driveway who are about to take possession of your house and just about everything you own.
The only real recompense is if you are a pro- photographer they have no right to take the gear which drove you to bankruptcy in the first place!
I have taken a somewhat suspicious view to the current trend of adding to a lens one extra stop of light and an additional 2,200 dollars to one that otherwise would have cost $350, just to gain a tad more bokeh at 20mm..
The new Nikon AFS20 F1.4 seems to be of that genre, whilst you are testing the lens shooting flowers close up at full aperture in your front garden and chimping at 100% you can admire the beautiful rendering of the two bailiffs coming up your driveway who are about to take possession of your house and just about everything you own.
The only real recompense is if you are a pro- photographer they have no right to take the gear which drove you to bankruptcy in the first place!