06-20-2011, 09:02 AM
[quote name='jenbenn' timestamp='1308517509' post='9347']
how did you find fokssing in the field at f1.4? Were you able to nail fokus through the viewfinder (without liveview)?[/quote]
Not really. The viewfinder screen of the D3x is unprecise for anything faster than f/2. The "green dot" doesn't really help here, either.
However, that's a limitation of the camera (not just the D3x, but any current DSLR with an optical viewfinder). If the subject allows, I usually do some focus bracketing instead of switching to liveview. I'm probably old-fashioned <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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[quote name='jenbenn' timestamp='1308517509' post='9347']
If I wanted to shoot at narrow apterures I wouldnt buy such a fast and comparable big and heav Lens. Would you (or Klaus) mind adding more low light samples at f/1.4?
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Well, personally I think it's a lens to cover both scenarios, at least that's how I use fast glass. On the other hand I often wish I could provide more samples, but I've set a hard limit of 20 images per lens (which is already quite a bit more than the limit Klaus would like to see (his concerns are about bandwith usage)) and I often struggle to get down (!) to that number.
I'm afraid I won't be able to shoot any more samples with the lens. Time's running out (I'm preparing to leave for summer vacation) and it's more or less continously raining here now.
-- Markus
how did you find fokssing in the field at f1.4? Were you able to nail fokus through the viewfinder (without liveview)?[/quote]
Not really. The viewfinder screen of the D3x is unprecise for anything faster than f/2. The "green dot" doesn't really help here, either.
However, that's a limitation of the camera (not just the D3x, but any current DSLR with an optical viewfinder). If the subject allows, I usually do some focus bracketing instead of switching to liveview. I'm probably old-fashioned <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />[quote name='jenbenn' timestamp='1308517509' post='9347']
If I wanted to shoot at narrow apterures I wouldnt buy such a fast and comparable big and heav Lens. Would you (or Klaus) mind adding more low light samples at f/1.4?
[/quote]
Well, personally I think it's a lens to cover both scenarios, at least that's how I use fast glass. On the other hand I often wish I could provide more samples, but I've set a hard limit of 20 images per lens (which is already quite a bit more than the limit Klaus would like to see (his concerns are about bandwith usage)) and I often struggle to get down (!) to that number.
I'm afraid I won't be able to shoot any more samples with the lens. Time's running out (I'm preparing to leave for summer vacation) and it's more or less continously raining here now.
-- Markus
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