Has anyone tried old Nikkor manual lenses on D800? I' m particularly interested with 55mm f2.8 AiS since it's arguably one of the Nikkor's sharpest lenses.

Not SOOC, shot in RAW format. Edited in LR and using Vivid color profile and tweak WB according to my taste

Vivid colour profile is in LR or in camera Vivid?

Comparison of D800 & 5dmk3 from TheCameraStoreTv, much better analysis and more constructive than those crap from DigitalRev
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omTo7UxbJX8...2ceFUAAAAAAABAA

the macro one?
dont see any reason why AiS lenses wont work, as it has been working on other bodies already.

only question is whether it can resolve the high mp of the D800...guess u can be one of the first few to find out

lolz~ my lens got a bug~ dunno what is it.. dun have macro lens to take picture of it.. it's in between the glass i think. @_@

u mean a bug crawl inside ur lens?

no idea how it entered the lens.. and yea.. it's inside the lens.. i shake the lens but it doesn't dislodge.. it's 2nd day since i noticed.. and the bug is still in same position.. presume dead.. but i can't be sure.. anybody with macro lens want TT? and let the rest of the nikon-ian members see? hhaha~ it's my samyang 85mm lens tho..

Yes, it should work. I was trying to ask how the lens fair on D800's high megapixel. I hope it can handle it

More pix...


The 33rd Bangkok International Motor Show 2012 by CY Pixels, on Flickr


The 33rd Bangkok International Motor Show 2012 by CY Pixels, on Flickr


flickr CY7_6546 by CY Pixels, on Flickr

@celciuz : nice photo bro

i think u put alot of effort on the smooth skin tone ya Really nice


and ur picture damn sharp shooting at wide open

This post has been edited by chongkiatz: Apr 3 2012, 08:35 PM

My ''Gender Detector'' software says those are male

LR itself. Doesn't matter what I set in body since I'm shooting RAW.

Not really, they make up well! Save some work there

none of those is wide open wor in the EXIF

almost similar? Not for my experience, I don't like the diffusion dome effect, it's much harsher and direct, plus it tends to darken the background. Shooting with same setting, the DFD Pro way better result from my experience, especially when you can adjust the diffuser and modify it to a bigger one.

For easier setup can purchase or DIY this: http://www.abetterbouncecard.com/
Only thing can't really adjust just DFD Pro.

I tried indoor small room or big room, didn't like the effect. One of the event, I saw 2 photographer, one of them using dome, flash slightly backwards instead of up or front, and another photographer using mixture of bounce and bounce card. SOOC, you can easily tell which is using the dome; In AWB, "generally", the dome will give cold tone, darker background and more hard lighting.


Depending on the environment, without flash and with flash (depending how it is used) can give really different outcome.

D800E ---> http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=a...led-nikon-d800e

celciuz, guess all were taken with d700? 35 f2.0?

35mm f/1.4G, I don't own a 35mm f/2D.

ahh forgot~! 1.4 is meant for full frame too! silly me ;D

all depends how u angle the flash head with the diffusion dome on.
and darken background? perhaps if the flash is set facing head on like direct flash.