ya, quite soft...so worth to go?

Just had a small chat with my friend and he's saying he failed to get colors out from his photo. He tried VIVID mode, but he finds that AUTO will able to produce the colors even better than VIVID.

What could be the case for his scenario? He's using D7K + 18-105 kit with Kenko UV filter. He did commented that my photos colors are better than his. Well, the only different thing we have is the filter, I'm using Pro1D.

]Erm, f/2.8..
how bout this?




comment please.

This post has been edited by KIEN18: Apr 25 2011, 10:39 AM

You can find many nice shot from this guy, all his shots are jpeg, if not wrong, straight out from camera, and I think he set the sharpness to 7.
I notice most of his shots are not wide open, he should be using mostly the sweet spot of those lenses.

I did ask him for samples of wife open shots with his sigma 50-150, but he never replied.

OOF?

boleh pakai ar his reviews?

Image looks soft to me. Or you focused on wrong location?

This is at f/1.4 and it looks sharper than yours at f/2.8?

You see and comment before, I post some colourful noob shot of toy car model, I think you comment colourful, hahaha.

Here got so many nice shots from D7K owners, no need worry: NixxerJixxerWixxer from PM spam many nice shots in PM, his latest one 2 small girls playing with water is Amazing!

kenrockwell... I also having doubt while reading thought I did read it lah. Anything else besides that ?

I think his shot the distance is too close? resulted in more shallow DOF?

I don't think its that issue. Its either OOF or the lens is just no good at f/2.8 sharpness (I doubt lah.. at f/2.8 most primes are acceptable).

I'm using 85mm on FF and also f/1.4, I think my DOF even more shallow?

Yes. Great image and sharp for the girls playing with water

Any link to share please?

it seems like focus on the cheek. It could be focus and recompose.

His focus distance seems very close compared to yours, when focus so close, the DOF can be really shallow...

what is the street price for the sb700?

Camera Nikon D700
Exposure 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture f/2.8
Focal Length 85 mm
ISO Speed 1250
Subject Distance 1.12 m

I don't think he's that close in... 50mm on crop sensor is roughly the same as 85mm on FF.

nope no warranty

1/250 sec
F6.3
Flash Fired
66mm
iso 400

the last i got quoted was RM950 ...

consider nice price already? how the performance compared to nissin di866?

It looks like focus is off somehow to me. Did you do any PP? On the skin?

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Added on April 25, 2011, 11:15 amIts like comparing Inspira versus a Vios/City o_O

Nissin Di866 is in SB900/SB800's league, where else the SB700 is in a lower league...

This post has been edited by celciuz: Apr 25 2011, 11:15 AM

Well, his shot lseems little more closer, and if he focus and recompose, it will affect his focus plane. Finally, he might also have moved a little probably before pressing the shutter.

anyway, lol, we're like playing detective or troubleshooting, haha. just my guess lah, there can be many possibilities, only the person knows best.

50mm on cropped sensor is roughly the same as 85mm on FF, having said so, the MFD difference between these 2 lenses is pretty significant.

50mm f1.4 - 0.45 metre
85mm f1.4 - 0.85 metre

So it affects the DOF too.

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Added on April 25, 2011, 11:17 amRefer to my post above. The MFD shorter MFD on 50mm f1.4 allows him to go closer

This post has been edited by vikingw2k: Apr 25 2011, 11:17 AM