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Micro fiber is what I use. Sometimes I just breath on the lens and wipe it clean, but if the filter is really dirty for some reasons, I'd use 50% isopropyl alcohol.
For lens, I tend to use only a (good) lenspen now. It gets the job done most of the time, unless you have serious smudge (eg. oil or whatnot on your lens' surface). And a blower.
I will first try to blow away all the dust from the lens, and if there are still some specks, I will carefully brush them using the brush, then wipe using lenspen if necessary.
But usually I only use blower, cleaning lens surface too often isn't good for the coating.
Question for you guys -- my dad's got a D200 and I'm thinking of buying him a nice fast normal prime. He's already got the 18-200 VR and a 80-300 VR as well, but nothing fast for low light. But I look at the offerings from Nikon and they don't seem to have any thing like a 35mm f/1.4 or 28mm f/2.0. I see some historic lenses (some that should be fantastic actually), but none of those autofocus, even with the D200, right?
Am I stuck looking at the 30mm f/1.4 Sigma if I want a normal prime (considering the crop) that's faster than f2.0? The Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 with the focal crop is a bit longer than I would have wanted...
hey jason, the sigma 30/1.4 is a really good choice and my most used lens, and then there is also the nikkor 28/1.4, but the only real difference i notice is that the nikkor is a little sharper in the corners, and cost a little more.
hey jason, the sigma 30/1.4 is a really good choice and my most used lens, and then there is also the nikkor 28/1.4, but the only real difference i notice is that the nikkor is a little sharper in the corners, and cost a little more.
The Nikkor 28mm f/1.4 is a legendary lens, and for good reason. You really can't compare it to the Sigma 30mm f/1.4, because the former is a true wide angle fast lens, while the latter is a crop only normal lens. Actually, I can't think of any other 28mm f/1.4 full frame lens, at least not any Leica M-mount or Canon lens. But I suppose this is all wasted on a crop camera like the D200, where Sigma saw a prime opportunity by releasing an extremely useful, digital only, 30mm f/1.4.
But I am concerned with autofocus compatibility... I guess my question really is whether the 28mm f/1.4 Nikkor will auto-focus with the D200? It should, right? This is where my confusion really is.
But I am concerned with autofocus compatibility... I guess my question really is whether the 28mm f/1.4 Nikkor will auto-focus with the D200? It should, right?
Yes it does. It's a beautiful (and expensive) lens, I'd love one myself
A nice page with some lens reviews. They're all tested on a D200 so the AF info should be accurate.
Not much else around the 50mm mark (including crop), I'm afraid. If you could do with f2, there's a 35/f2 Nikkor available though.
Not much else around the 50mm mark (including crop), I'm afraid. If you could do with f2, there's a 35/f2 Nikkor available though.
Thanks... yeah, the 35mm f/2 looks like a fine lens, and it's prob what I would use... just knowing my dad, I know he likes the convienance of his 18-200 VR so much that I'd need to give him more than a 2 stop advantage for him to consider a prime for low-light situations.
How sad... very excellent primes playing second fiddle to a consumer zoom... but I guess that's the market for you...
Regardless though, the Sigma 30 f/1.4 does look like a great choice... I'm sure if my dad were paying (he doesn't waste his money) that's what he'd get... but as it's a gift from me, I might need to kick it up a notch...
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