Swissblad
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I'm guessing the Nikkor 70-200mm f4.0, which is actually very good and a lot lighter than the f2.8 version.Which lens?
Joe
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I'm guessing the Nikkor 70-200mm f4.0, which is actually very good and a lot lighter than the f2.8 version.Which lens?
Joe
Which lens?
Joe
And according to Lloyd, the Live View is the best he's seen. This from his [free] blog:Joe, no focus peaking, but the AF confirm dot is spot-on for the 14 Sammy and PC manual lenses I own in both my D800E and D810. And in fact, the AF fine-tune offsets work for those lenses too in determining when the dot lights up for correct focus.
The in-camera compression and "pre-cooking" annoys me, too. Sony's bias tends to be consumer electronics, and the a7/a7R is definitely biased towards the consumer JPEG shooter market.Joe, the 70-200. One thing about the Art: it is lovely, but is not notable better than the FE55 on the A7R - in fact at F1.8 thru F2.8 the FE has sharper edges. Bokeh might be a matter of taste but seems to me to be possibly a tiny bit more to my taste on the Art but not by a big margin. And of course the FE is relatively tiny... however, the files from the D810 are a touch more subtle, which I put down to two factors: lower compression of files and less in-camera pre-cooking of the RAW...
Okay, I'm discussing now, but it will include some disagreement :ROTFL:The reviews keep on saying it's an incremental, evolutionary type improvement. It's not. It is, simply, if you can forgive its heft, the finest camera there has ever been. Discuss.
Almost embarrassed to admit, but so far I've only felt the need for the "quick adjust" tools and not the detailed USM or NR tools, though I've only been shooting at ISO 64. That said, I mostly leave "quick" sharpening at factory default of 3 simply because after sliding the slider up a notch and under a notch, while the change is slight the default looks "just about right" to my eyes. I do usually bump clarity and saturation each 1 point though, and then play with the rgb curve to get the overall look I want. The only real issue I have so far with the software, is a heavy curve can alter hue and saturation subtly, but enough it's visible in some images -- a definite bug they need to fix. I will play around with the detailed tools more and report back. My thinking is that C1 will release an update in a few weeks that will include the D810, so spending a bunch of time with it may be moot. OTOH, if you saw my Nikon Monochrome post, I may in fact be spending more time with NX-D, at least for mono...Jack, regarding processing, I tried NXD but I couldn't get to grips with the sharpening. Might I ask what settings you use? I'd love to explore this further, especially whilst waiting for C1 support.