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Old 18-02-2012, 10:49 AM
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Been playing around with the 24-70 F2.8 ED and am totally impressed so far. Man this thing has some sharpness and lovely colour.

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Old 18-02-2012, 11:14 AM
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Well the 14-24 is even better
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Old 18-02-2012, 05:04 PM
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What primes would you recommend?

I am thinking an 85mm. The new F2.8 is supposed to be good and its "cheap" at $650.

But I think an F1.4 would be nice for the Bokeh.

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Old 18-02-2012, 05:12 PM
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Greg only primes I have are macros and a 24mm 2.8 havent needed primes
personally at least not for what I take .
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Old 18-02-2012, 05:23 PM
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Thanks Mark. If the zooms are getting good results then there isn't a lot of incentive to get a prime.

Nikon does not seem to have many fast primes anyway unless I am looking at the wrong lists.

85mm and 50mm would be a workhorse. A macro would be nice or a zoom that also does macro. The 24-70 gets really close anyway.

There is a Nikon D800 manual available for download from Nikon now and here is a link to various galleries shot with D800:

http://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/microsite/d800/

There is a lot of mention in the manual about reducing motion blur.

That makes sense as why use so high a resolution camera and then lose that sharpness with sloppy technique.

There's also a good review of the Sony Nex7 which is 24.3mp APS -C sensor in a mirrorless body! Gee whiz, cameras are suddenly making a leap forward.

Also this rumour about the 5D mark iii. Supposed to be announced on Feb 28. That's only 10 days.

http://www.slashgear.com/canon-5d-ma...down-14213443/

The rumour is consistent with various leaks for some time now. 22mp was mentioned ages ago.


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Old 18-02-2012, 05:35 PM
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Greg the primes are good because they are compact there is little else in it now with zooms being so good . Looks like some good results coming from the 800 I was wondering about high iso quality . Have a look for a cannon 500D diopter , put that on your lens and you will get a good macro substitute without carrying another lens .
http://www.canon-reviews.com/reviews...-close-up-lens
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Old 18-02-2012, 10:50 PM
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Thanks Mark.

D800 high ISO performance per a few reviews is supposed to be similar to the D700. Yet to be proven in the field.

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Greg,

There are a reasonable range of fast primes:

85 f1.4
85 f1.8
50 f1.4
50 f1.8
35 f1.4
35 f1.8
24 f1.4

Plus 180, 200, 300, 600 etc.

What is missing?

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Old 19-02-2012, 07:26 PM
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I suppose so. It seems like a large jump from 85 to 180 though.

Perhaps its a band not needed that much.

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135mm!

135mm is stellar for environmental portraits.

For example: http://users.tpg.com.au/octane2/vr.html

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There's the 135mm F2 defocus control - described as the "world's greatest portrait lens".

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