I had a good mentor! Speaking seriously, I wanted it and wanted to be totally familiar with it before our next workshop :toocool:
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Which 50 for D800e, Zeiss or Nikon
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Guy Mancuso
Administrator, Instructor
Yea I'm working on some glass too. I want my Zeiss 25 F2 back and/or get a really outstanding stitching lens. Like to try those new SK glass or maybe a Mirex system. Have to do some research on it.
I have had requests for stock images and they are huge output files and need to look at building more Mpx through stitching. I mean BIG one is 9 ft x 20 ft as a example. Luckily I have some stitched MF stuff that will handle it.
paulraphael
Member
Not a stitch. Cropped. Corners contained just water and sky ... so I wasn't dealing curvature all the way out there. Just at the edges.
I'm talking about field curvature, not distortion. LR does seem to handle the lens's modest distortion quite well.
AreBee
Member
Carlos,
Further to Paul's response to your post, why do you consider it necessary to correct distortion of images prior to stitching? It is not required by stitching software.
Jorgen Udvang
Subscriber Member
If they are not individually corrected, they wouldn't match, would they?
AreBee
Member
Jorgen,
Stitching software takes image distortion into account, as noted in my previous post. Therefore, correcting distortion prior to stitching is unnecessary.
The question is not if image distortion should be corrected - obviously it must be if images are to overlap exactly with their neighbours - it is if distortion should be corrected manually as well as by stitching software, as Carlos apparently does, or solely by stitching software.
Stitching software takes image distortion into account, as noted in my previous post. Therefore, correcting distortion prior to stitching is unnecessary.
Swissblad
Well-known member
and here it is...
This is the Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 58mm f/1.4G lens | Nikon Rumors
or perhaps not entirely yet.... looks like an interesting lens.
This is the Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 58mm f/1.4G lens | Nikon Rumors
or perhaps not entirely yet.... looks like an interesting lens.
Jorgen Udvang
Subscriber Member
But it looks just like any other boring Nikkor
On the other hand, if it's a fantastic lens, maybe it makes more sense to buy this one for my D700 and F6 than venturing out on unsafe ground with yet another revolutionary, hi-tech PanaSonyLympus
It will also be a perfect portrait lens on the D2Xs
Jorgen Udvang
Subscriber Member
For some reason, there are very few f/1.2 fiftysomething mm lenses that I like, particularly not the bokeh. That includes the 50mm f/1.2 AIS and the Canon EF 50mm f/1.2 L. I suspect that it's difficult to make an f/1.2 lens that has a nice bokeh iwde open without it being unacceptably large or by using very exotic lens technology.
So, I find f/1.4 very acceptable, and the difference in light gathering as well as DOF is rather small.
Jorgen Udvang
Subscriber Member
It's official. Looks good. $1,700, around the same as a D610. Around the same size also :ROTFL:
In pictures - Nikon's large and pricey AF-S 58mm F1.4G: Digital Photography Review
In pictures - Nikon's large and pricey AF-S 58mm F1.4G: Digital Photography Review
Jan Brittenson
Senior Subscriber Member
Some of the samples are really good looking. I want one!
Nikon | Imaging Products | AF-S NIKKOR 58mm f/1.4G
Nikon | Imaging Products | AF-S NIKKOR 58mm f/1.4G
Jorgen Udvang
Subscriber Member
+1 Watch the bokeh in that video. Hope they make the video available in HD.