Sweet smile


Yuuna Chiba, EVANGELION RACING RACE QUEEN by CY Pixels, on Flickr

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Added on July 1, 2012, 6:26 pmDamn quiet here today...

What about a wink from Kumano Ai


*Winks* Kumano Ai, S Road GIRLS sucre by CY Pixels, on Flickr

This post has been edited by celciuz: Jul 1 2012, 06:26 PM

Perhaps filters from Kenko would be a reasonable purchase, no point buy those too cheap filters as they are not solid and some would produce lens flare when shooting on a bright enviorement.

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Added on July 1, 2012, 7:45 pmPerhaps u wanna find another 50 1.8G and try out again, so far i know the G is way sharper then D when it is widen on aperture. I myself own a D and i find is very soft when it goes from F2.2 -1.8... Zzzz
Btw this lohkam from ZTH forum bro. Nice GT series man.

This post has been edited by Mikeyz: Jul 1 2012, 07:45 PM

Ahh hi! Nice to see you here too

As for filters, if you want to use best to use a multicoat filter. Any single coat filter even from Kenko, Hoya and B+W (do they have single coat filters?) will not be good and just introduce additional flare. IMO the best price/performance ratio would be the Hoya HMC series, its a multicoat and is pretty decent.

I always heard of f/1.8G being much sharper than f/1.8D. I purposely buy a 1.8G to carry around during Super GT, but performance was not what I wanted . I decided to check the focus with a focus test chart and decided to do a comparison with my f/1.8D as well. Surprised the outcome is similar in terms of sharpness! My DSLR was mounted on a tripod while doing this comparison side by side.

Below are some samples 1:1 cropped. D700 mounted on tripod, shot in JPEG L fine AWB. Guess which is 1.8G and which is 1.8D?



This post has been edited by celciuz: Jul 1 2012, 08:19 PM

i guess the left 1 is 1.8g...

spam picture of today

Correct, just being curious is that a wild guess or you know the actual characteristics of the 1.8G vs 1.8D?

shouldnt u be shooting the focus test chart directly head on instead of at an angle?

What is the point of shooting it head on? o_O

The one I used was designed for 45 degree angle. If it has any focus offset, the 2 sides will show.

uhh...maybe i should be clearer.
obviously its 45 degree angled...but the camera should also be parallel to the edge of it so the whole line confirm is in the same focus plane.

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Added on July 1, 2012, 11:37 pmit looks like u focus on center, then point the lens left, shoot, point lens right, shoot.
when u should move either the camera or the focus chart so it lines up with either the left or right chart and in line with the focus plane.
i dunno why the tim jackson one has focus on both sides, maybe he got OCD so wants it to appear balanced.

look at something like the spyder lenscal, it only needs 1 main one.

if u see the tim jackson site also from the shots on the bottom, can tell the chart is in line with the focus plane.
http://focustestchart.com/chart.html

This post has been edited by Everdying: Jul 1 2012, 11:38 PM

thanks..,

Hey guys, I really need help with HDR, I just can't make good HDRs :/ It's either too strong or soft, or the colours just doesn't look right..

When I took this I knew it would look great in HDR but in the end it looks quite bad :/

HDR by BenSow, on Flickr

Any C&C to improve?

Hmmm.. i love the colors actually. For seaside shots, I tend to love a little yellowish hue and you got it spot on! HDR wise, i dont see any problem so far. Little to no clipping from my LCD.

Personally, create your own style in your shots, that makes you different from others

What you're saying is mine looks ok? Because I see others one very stunning >< mine..

Ehh? No, all the samples are from single shot from each lens. I did not move the camera left or right.

And yes that's the focus test chart I'm using.

But then today I was working on my PC and I simply edit this with HDR and it looks pretty good to me. lol. Forgot the settings -_________-



This post has been edited by BenSow: Jul 2 2012, 01:00 AM

oh ok.
u got check mansurov's review of the 50mm 1.8g?
http://mansurovs.com/nikon-50mm-f1-8g-review
his shots really show the difference compared to the 1.8d.

MTF chart also says its sharper.

1 possibility then, I got a bad 50mm f/1.8G copy!

maybe.
so wanna see off your bad copy cheap cheap?

If bad copy I'll send to Nikon and ask them kaotim for me first, need to compare with another 50mm f/1.8G first... good thing a friend of mine stay very nearby de hehehe.

mmm jst tested the DFD... I'm liking it

haha...the left one looks like it has more contrast while the right one looks duller in colour...so i guess the duller 1 must be 1.8D as i have it too...