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| Visits to Il Paretaio and around Tuscany | Rate Topic |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 21st, 2019 13:12 |
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chrisbet
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She is waiting for me  
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| Posted: Thu Mar 21st, 2019 14:21 |
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jk
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Lucky man. Hope that all goes well.
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| Posted: Sun Mar 24th, 2019 12:15 |
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chrisbet
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Did some testing today with the 50mm prime - there seemed to be no difference in sharpness at different f stops.
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| Posted: Sun Mar 24th, 2019 15:24 |
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Robert
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Which 50 do you have? The difference will be not so much in the sharpness, but the rendering of the out of focus parts, the bokeh. The 'faster' the lens the softer and more pronounced the bokeh, there is plenty of distance from the subject to the background, it should have worked well. A wide aperture should have rendered the branches in the background much softer than they appear in that image. Difficult to tell but I think there might be slight camera movement, the nostril whiskers should have been pretty sharp at that distance, they seem to be softer and wider than I might have expected, suggesting movement. Higher shutter speed and wider aperture needed, to soften the background and prevent slight movement from blurring the image. I would have gone either wide open or one stop from wide open (depending on the lens) and at least 1/500sec exposure, adjusting the ISO to get the exposure right.
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| Posted: Sun Mar 24th, 2019 16:18 |
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jk
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The 50mm lenses in any manufacturer range are usually the sharpest and cheapest lenses in the range. However if you push for super large aperture then cost increases but quality does not rise by much if anything. The Nikon 50mm f1.8 is good and it is difficult to find a sharper lens.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 25th, 2019 05:07 |
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chrisbet
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Hmm - still having focus issues - need to play with different settings on the auofocus to see if that is the problem or there is an issue with camera since the 55- 200 was also soft. Best one today - 
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| Posted: Mon Mar 25th, 2019 05:10 |
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jk
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The dog tag and the whiskers under the chin are sharp. Where were you focussing? What focus mode are you using? EXIF details say f1.8 which means it is going to be really easy to miss focus and then what you wanted to be in focus is lost!
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| Posted: Mon Mar 25th, 2019 05:32 |
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chrisbet
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I was focussing on the dog's head and see that the sand in front and just behind gives a good idea of dof I was using af-a and the area focus - I am going to try again with spot focus this pm
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| Posted: Mon Mar 25th, 2019 06:07 |
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jk
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I use centre spot focus for everything except Birds in Flight where I use Dynamic AF. I focus and recompose.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 25th, 2019 06:35 |
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chrisbet
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70-300 center spot focus wide open. The VR helps a great deal ! 
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