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Some product shot with the NIKKOR AF 60mm Macro...

who is using sigma 50mm f/1.4 ?
Issue ? AF is common and how you deal with it ? Send back together with camera for calibration ?

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oh ya?
can give few example of lousy optical quality?

as i do interior and architecture photography, i don't like the 16-35 f4 lens because of the barrel distortion. but i don't call it a lousy lens.

just back from dataran merdeka, stand in media zone without media pass like a boss

but i have to say that some photojournalist has very bad attitude, got one guy simply push me away to get the front row position

aiseh man, i been buying it since issue 1...now its issue 11 already...almost 1yr out

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Added on August 31, 2012, 12:30 pmLOL.
well they are getting paid to get the shot...and the shot wont wait for them

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Added on August 31, 2012, 12:35 pmits the lens firmware.
so even if the lens is calibrated for the body, once in awhile focus will still run...tho most of the time its good.
the ppl i know using sigma are using it more for video

This post has been edited by Everdying: Aug 31 2012, 12:35 PM

they look like mat rempit more than bodyguard

This post has been edited by amduser: Aug 31 2012, 12:50 PM

As long as the lens doesn't produce good colour/bokeh/sharpness wide open then it's a lousy lens for me.. 16-35 got terrible distortion at the widest, but it's very sharp as well (myself using 1 ), not suitable for architecture (this is where the 14-24 comes into )..

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Added on August 31, 2012, 12:57 pmTo be honest with you I don't think sigma is worth the trouble, my earlier copy ( not the current 1 with smooth surface ).. missfocus/backfocus/front focus all the time, then i sold it .. Just get the nikkor 50 1.8g ( i found it to be very good for the price, at least the focus is accurate )

This post has been edited by Bliz: Aug 31 2012, 12:57 PM

Hard to blame them, try to put yourself in their shoe or try take up their job and experience it.

They need to deliver the results to their boss/company/client. There're soooo many photojournalist there, can they wait for one another? By the time your turn, you think the moment/shot will wait for you?
This is not model shoot, etc.
Plus this is a very BIG event.

Even for small events, like car launch, etc. There can be many many photojournalist, if you're shooting for yourself, then you wouldn't feel any pressure or MUST go and take the shot when it's crowded. BUT, imagine if you're company for a magazine/newspaper and they send you there. Are you gonna stand there and ask for other photojournalist to give you your turn? Let's say the car came out and the VIPS went up, you have only the few moments to get that shot, and it's full of photojournalist... Not only that... there're guest also squeezing there trying to take shot using their handphone/iPad, whatever. So, just imagine if you're a photojournalist send by a company/magazine, how pressure/stress and frustrated when many people are blocking you.

It also depends what moment, if during say, photo session with VIPS, etc. during the event where you're given ample time, the photojournalist will be friendly/polite and let others take their turn.

I'm not any photojournalist, but if one try to understand and imagine/look from their viewpoint/perception, you can roughly understand them.

You can also think about Wedding, during the bride and groom marching in, nobody is stopping and waiting for you. If you're the hired photographer, and there's guest holding their DSLR, Phone Camera, iPads, etc. standing in front of you blocking you while the couple is marching in. Will you take your time to ask the guest to give you way, etc?


This post has been edited by Andy214: Aug 31 2012, 01:00 PM

but too bad, the moment he lost is not by me but by himself who keep adjust the camera settings and playing with his flash

nowaday media photographer susah cari makan , they get very low paid , if u no die = he die , so he rather choose u die and he survive

depends what media.
locally, i know ppl who get paid 4 figures per picture.

Lens firmware ?

Celciuz told me nifty fifty that he bought like kena cheated
Not gonna get nifty fifty. Probably stick with my plan than.
You using nifty fifty ?

Ya that depend , if u say go dataran merdeka shoot najib , u think they will give u 4 figure per picture ? Since everyone also able to get the pic

ya, lens firmware...since AF is not body driven...so the lens of cos needs to communicate with the body...then sometimes end up miscommunicate

Right. To save the trouble, Im getting nikkor lens.
Some how, I never get a 3rd party lens before

Used the nifty fitfy few times during photoshooting, it's seriously very good for the price, I cannot see why the 1.4g is costing twice as much but not significantly better

so u go wedding also...ur uncle / auntie / doggie also can get the shot.
why pay 4-5 figures for pro photog go take wedding pics?
cos of reliability.
u dont later go tell the client...aiyah i miss the shot of najib la...some ***** with ipad block my shot

@ifer,
speaking of interior and architecture, is distortion really that bad that must be killed on sight? Im curious, my friend want to go into architecture photography I have not much experience or interest on that. I always assumed its how ' correct ' the clients want the building to be? My friends thinking of getting the tilt shift lens. My thinking is if can get jobs once a month, why not .... but if once ayear....? Whats a relatively decent starting lens for architecture photography ?