The *Official Photography Thread*

Did you do a lot of sharpening on this one or something?

 

my first FX lens I purchased was the 16-35mm to take advantage of the full coverage for a wide angle lens. glad I did so.

 

Wow! I didn't realize 16 was that wide on FF. I can't wait to get one.

 

the main reason for me to go FX was going wide, and for the thin DoF



(a little doctored, but you get the point)

 

I'm switching for better low light capability, more DR and now from your post going wide.

That is some thin dof. What did you shoot that at?

 

Anyone here a Pocket Wizard guru? My AC3 Zone Controller is not working. Anyone ever disect one of these? I am on the road and nowhere near a dealer... I use this little bugger all the time!

 

Sorry, I went with Radio Poppers.

What's it not doing? Unable to change the flash settings from the camera? Could it be a low battery issue?

 

damnit, I don't remember now. I think I used a mamiya m645 80mm lens, probably at f2.8(equiv. to 1.8ish in FX)

 

Do you have fresh batteries in them? Always start with fresh batteries. Next, check the settings and hopefully, that will have resolved that.

 

Did I just read you used a MF lens on a FF SLR? You have got to tell me about this.

 

$37 Fotodiox Pro Lens Mount Adapter Compatible Mamiya 645 MF Lenses to Nikon F-Mount Cameras

http://www.amazon.com/Fotodiox-Mount-Adapter-Mamiya-Camera/dp/B002JXTQRO





boom, son. not my photos obviously, but that is the setup on my d700. killer for low light.

 

That's pretty sweet! I have never seen one of those adapters. That price is right too on it.

 

not sure if there will be an infinity focus issue, I dont remember, but I didnt buy medium format lenses for that. I got them for the thin DoF and their personality. I also typically shoot just up to infinity anyway, so it doesn't bother me. they have a different expression, than made for nikon or canon lenses. beware though, these lenses aren't suited for higher mp count cameras. if you want to go that route, you'd probably want to look in to their more modern lenses since they are manufactured for a higher pixel count with more ppi or whatever, which will break the bank.

 

Adapters bring their own set of issues aside from the obvious (like autofocus, aperture, etc). Focus is a big issue for some of them.

 

Crisis resolved. One of the compensation dials was "frozen" and with the AC3 on myMiniTT1, nothing was working. When I pulled it apart and carefully realigned all the mechanical engagements, everything started working correctly. I think I got some sand grains in it working in Great Sands the other day and somehow that was enough to really foul things up.