Contemplating
Contemplating
Tagged, Waterfront, San Francisco, California
Nikon D3,Tokina 16-50mm AT-X PRO f/2.8 DX
Aperture 2.0 (raw fine tuning)
1/100 sec @ f/5, iso 1600, 50mm (75mm)
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Tagged shots with Zeiss 28/2.8 and Tokina 165.
A comparison of two cameras and lenses. This one was taken by a Nikon D3 in DX mode shot in Program mode with Auto White balance and auto ISO (vs Leica M8 + Zeiss Biogon 2,8/25). If you are wondering why I didn’t ask him to shoot the same scene at the same focal distance it is because I believe the system affects how a person decides to shoot the shot. If you have a zoom, then it’s natural to use the zoom, for instance.
The system chose to do ISO 1600 and get a f/5 depth of field. I would have chosen f/2.8 and dropped the ISO down to 420. You can see that the image has very little noise at what used to be my maximal working ISO on my D70 adn D200.
There is no point in shooting on FX mode on with this lens as it vignettes at all focal lengths. Also, since it is a third party lens, the camera does not automatically shade the aperture, this has to be done in the custom menu.
(This is the original image)
Contemplating
Contemplating
Tagged, Waterfront, San Francisco, California
Nikon D3,Tokina 16-50mm AT-X PRO f/2.8 DX
Aperture 2.0 (raw fine tuning)
1/100 sec @ f/5, iso 1600, 50mm (75mm)
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Tagged shots with Zeiss 28/2.8 and Tokina 165.
A comparison of two cameras and lenses. This one was taken by a Nikon D3 in DX mode shot in Program mode with Auto White balance and auto ISO (vs Leica M8 + Zeiss Biogon 2,8/25). If you are wondering why I didn’t ask him to shoot the same scene at the same focal distance it is because I believe the system affects how a person decides to shoot the shot. If you have a zoom, then it’s natural to use the zoom, for instance.
The system chose to do ISO 1600 and get a f/5 depth of field. I would have chosen f/2.8 and dropped the ISO down to 420. You can see that the image has very little noise at what used to be my maximal working ISO on my D70 adn D200.
There is no point in shooting on FX mode on with this lens as it vignettes at all focal lengths. Also, since it is a third party lens, the camera does not automatically shade the aperture, this has to be done in the custom menu.
(This is the original image)