The NIKON Thread (Talk About Nikon Stuff here) - Page 193 - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio

Edwood · 08-28-2008, 08:58 AM

Yeah, it's not so great at motion shots, you can see a lot of flickering / shutter rolling. Lack of Autofocus is the real killer. Most "advanced amateur" people won't mind the 5 minute limit so much, but quick 5 minute shots are usually candid action clips, which manual focus can be a huge impediment.

So it will be great for YouTube clips, not so much for anything else. Too bad YouTube has not gone HD yet.

-Ed

lan · 08-28-2008, 01:34 PM

Most of the creative people are using Vimeo anyway. Yeah the cam is indeed limited but it's up to the user to push it to it's limits.

Rolling shutter is just a prob with CMOS cams. I think some people with HV20 and such see it if I last recall.

screwdriver · 08-28-2008, 02:17 PM

also the flash sync speed is only 1/200 like the D80.

Towert7 · 08-28-2008, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by Edwood

The D-Movie Mode is a nifty gimmick, but it's so limited, it's bascially a toy feature.

Won't be selling off my Canon HF100 anytime soon.

Now if I had a D90 when I was working at my old job, I certainly would have put this movie mode to a LOT of use! Something for short clips that looks good is what I really could have used.

lan · 08-28-2008, 03:47 PM

Originally Posted by screwdriver

also the flash sync speed is only 1/200 like the D80.

Don't fret, the D300 and other CMOS cams are only like 1/250th which isn't much of an improvement. It is most annoying during the daytime though when using flash fill.

dj_mocok · 08-28-2008, 04:22 PM

Phew. Okay, as promised,
I have finished writing up the Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 Review.
Now finally I don't have to stay up late and sacrifice my sleeping hours anymore, goddarn it.

I was originally thinking to put the review straight to post but it's too long. I don't own a website so I had to create a free blog and put the review there instead.

I don't know how to make my review shows up when you google something like "Tokina 11-16mm review", so unfortunately not many people can find it unless they know the specific address to the review. If you guys know how to solve this problem, please let me know.

Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy the review.

lan · 08-28-2008, 04:33 PM

Thanks for the review. I've added the URL for google to index the next time it does. Hopefully it'll show up on the first page. I've got to get some lunch now so can't quite read this BIG review but will do later.

dj_mocok · 08-28-2008, 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by lan

Thanks for the review. I've added the URL for google to index the next time it does.

I have no clue when it comes to URL HTML thing so I have no idea what that means but it sounds good. Thank you.

bigshot · 08-28-2008, 06:31 PM

Nice review. The only thing I would disagree with (and it's a minor quibble) is the zoom range... I feel it really is a bit narrow. I would have preferred it go out to 24mm. But as you say, it's better to have a little flexibility than for it to be a prime 11mm- especially when you have to stick it so close to your subject.

Which reminds me of another thing I've noticed about the lens... Like a fisheye, there is a real danger of bumping the front element against the nose of the person you are shooting a portrait of. I would definitely suggest biting the bullet and going for a good UV filter for this one.

See ya
Steve

kugino · 08-28-2008, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by screwdriver

also the flash sync speed is only 1/200 like the D80.

Originally Posted by lan

Don't fret, the D300 and other CMOS cams are only like 1/250th which isn't much of an improvement. It is most annoying during the daytime though when using flash fill.

can someone tell me whey flash sync speed has worsened with each iteration of the nikons? my d70 has a flash sync speed of 1/500...