■ The Photography Megathread ■

[Sirrus]

I shoot almost everything with a half broken Nikkor 50 1.8 D

Also I've posted a few pieces of writing and a series of photos I don't think I posted here on my blog: http://nickseitz.wordpress.com/

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[Bones4]

The D is fine, but I'm tired of using screw AF, and I want something a little sturdier.

[Sirrus]

The D is fine, but I'm tired of using screw AF, and I want something a little sturdier.

See I used my friend's 50 1.4 G and was not impressed (focusing wise; the bokeh is incredible). D700 driving the 50 1.8 D gives ridiculously fast and accurate focusing: anything with an AF-S motor feels slow in comparison now :/

[Bones4]

It's quick on mt D600, but I can't stand the electric drill sound. I tried the 1.8G in best buy and it seemed a lot sharper and the "bokeh balls" had less of a bright outline.

This is all superficial, but isn't everything in photography? lol

[Sirrus]

Yeaaah. I mean at this point in my personal work I really try to avoid having anything out of focus in my pictures except for very few instances. I'm really looking for sharpness and clarity across the entire frame.

[Bones4]

Yep. I'd rather have a sharp lens with great bokeh than a not as sharp lens with amazing bokeh

[Sirrus]

That's one struggle I have with doing commercial or event type stuff that basically forces me to shoot at low aperture: I'm so not used to the vignetting, radial loss of sharpness, and sometimes (especially if the lens isn't clean) I get a sort of halo loss of sharpness. Eww.

>f/8 4lyfe

[Bones4]

I rarely go past f5

[Bones4]

I also just got a return label for my 3rd party grip and ordered the MB-D14.

I took the battery out of the 3rd party one to charge it and noticed the grip was separating in the middle around the tripod hole. I don't trust that on a tripod OR a strap that's going to use it... and I'm waiting on my black rapid strap to come in. Oh well. I'll make the money back soon enough.

I am kinda stoked for the nikon grip quality though

[Bones4]

[0xBRIANSMITH]

I really like those last 2 images.

[Tetris]

love the colouring in the second one

[BluetoothBoy]

Nice. The bars to the left in the last one seem to throw the image off-balance a bit, but nice job. I always love seeing your stuff, Bones.

[Bones4]

Thanks, man. I did this one just now

[BluetoothBoy]

That's genius! :o