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Today's Featured Head-Fi Blog: A Japanese headfier's monologue (Sasaki)
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Just wondering if anybody here bought, or used, the MACK warranty. I'm contemplating getting an imported 85mm 1.8, and seperately purchase the 7 year MACK warranty....still cheaper than a USA model
Hey, you also got a 85mm 1.4 AIS right?
Just wondering, if we attach the metal screw in lens hood to it, can we still use the original Nikon lens cap without removing the hood first?
I am thinking to remove the filter and leave the hood permanently attached, but my lens cap is not the newer, pinch-in-the-middle style one.
The original Nikon one is expensive, I just don't wanna order one only to find out that I can't use it.
I tried some other third party ones, they are either not pinch style one or they have this extra loop to attach a line so that you won't lose the cap, and they both won't fit the lens with the hood on.
Went to botanic garden today, took some nice portraits of my partner.
I didn't bring my macro lens today, but I also got some dead flowers pictures. Dead flowers can be fun
Looks like I was a few days late, or else I could have some nice fresh flower pictures.
Walked past him and he kept staring at my camera. I think he was trying to figure out what lens I got. From a quick glance when I passed him, it looked like he got this "my lens is bigger than yours and what the hell are you doing with that old looking lens" on his face. Can't stand smug with big lens thinking that just because he got a big lens then he's suddenly a pro or something.
Or maybe he's really a super duper pro, looks like he pretty much "point and shoot" the hell out of everything he saw, came accross one flower, pointed, shot it. The resumed walking around (and holding his camera uphold like a soldier holding his AK-47), looked around, another flower, pointed, shot again. Either that he's a tard who don't have a concept of composition or he's so good at composition, didn't even need to think and just shoot everything right away and all come up perfect.
Not jealous or anything, but it's a bit annoying when you see a guy who thinks he's better than you because his gears are better than yours.
Do you mean to tell me he was shooting flowers handheld?
I can never manage anything half decent unless I'm shooting with a tripod and cable release. And it can take me 10 minutes or more to take a shot.
Here's a sampling of what I got today in my local botanic gardens.
From a quick glance when I passed him, it looked like he got this "my lens is bigger than yours and what the hell are you doing with that old looking lens" on his face. Can't stand smug with big lens thinking that just because he got a big lens then he's suddenly a pro or something.
LOL there are many who just have to have the big lens. My GF's brother needed a tele lens, so I took him over to a local Camera Shop and he got a 70-300VR. Wouldn't you know, all the other parents he was with at a wrestling meet were all over him admiring the "long lens." It's funny, and you probably realize this, DJ, I just would rather have a shorter, wide angle lens. It forces me to get closer to my subjects and the action. The less attention for me the better, so these days I'm experimenting with the fisheye on all the time.
Originally Posted by av98m2
I really like this one; a fine shot - the delicate flower pops out!
Originally Posted by av98m2
I can never manage anything half decent unless I'm shooting with a tripod and cable release. And it can take me 10 minutes or more to take a shot.
LOL there are many who just have to have the big lens. My GF's brother needed a tele lens, so I took him over to a local Camera Shop and he got a 70-300VR. Wouldn't you know, all the other parents he was with at a wrestling meet were all over him admiring the "long lens." It's funny, and you probably realize this, DJ, I just would rather have a shorter, wide angle lens. It forces me to get closer to my subjects and the action. The less attention for me the better, so these days I'm experimenting with the fisheye on all the time.
I really like this one; a fine shot - the delicate flower pops out!
...and that's why you are taking some fine shots!
Thanks! I'm glad you like it. I(human, tripod and camera) nearly fell into a pond trying to get the angle for this shot.
Just for fun, a 100% crop from the same picture. No way I can get this handholding the camera, even with VR or IS.
