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Gear Talk => Lens Talk => Topic started by: Fons Baerken on July 20, 2015, 09:40:07

Title: 58g again?
Post by: Fons Baerken on July 20, 2015, 09:40:07

why i like the 58g

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/477/19843804062_cd38cafbde_b.jpg)

here on a d800

does some of the magic disappear in the webhandling process?

Title: Re: 58g again?
Post by: RobOK on July 25, 2015, 14:58:45

I would love to hear more about this lens, especially on a Df.... Do tell more!

Title: Re: 58g again?
Post by: Fons Baerken on August 17, 2015, 13:38:53

Quote from: RobOK on July 25, 2015, 14:58:45

I would love to hear more about this lens, especially on a Df.... Do tell more!

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/676/20626357466_ca04f49cb2_b.jpg)

Df 58g @f2

Title: Re: 58g again?
Post by: chris dees on August 17, 2015, 14:13:05

Quote from: RobOK on July 25, 2015, 14:58:45

I would love to hear more about this lens, especially on a Df.... Do tell more!

For me the AF is problematic, especially in low light.
This applicable form Df as well as my D810.
The rendering and booked is great.

I use this lens mainly to photograph my granddaughter. As she hardly ever sit still I have a lot of misses.

Title: Re: 58g again?
Post by: Jan Anne on August 17, 2015, 18:01:23

Quote from: Fons Baerken on July 20, 2015, 09:40:07

does some of the magic disappear in the webhandling process?

Not by NG, but I suspect that Flickr is compressing the alternate file sizes.

So it's best to upload to Flickr in the resolution intended for sharing and hotlink to the original file and not one of the smaller versions Flickr generates.

Title: Re: 58g again?
Post by: Fons Baerken on August 17, 2015, 19:42:10

1. Good point Jan Anne

2. Chris grandchildren indeed

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5700/20473834349_fc4b70f32a_b.jpg)

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/620/20634309496_6721fb114e_b.jpg)

Title: Re: 58g again?
Post by: Danulon on August 22, 2015, 23:26:23

... and I am trying to persuade myself that I don't need that lense!!


You are doing a bad job at dissuading me...  ;)

Title: Re: 58g again?
Post by: Fons Baerken on August 27, 2015, 11:09:32

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/738/20732478140_4899103795_b.jpg)

quite a loss in crispness compared with the original edit

Title: Re: 58g again?
Post by: RobOK on November 27, 2015, 23:30:12

Quote from: Chris Dees on August 17, 2015, 14:13:05

For me the AF is problematic, especially in low light.
This applicable form Df as well as my D810.

Do others share this experience, that the AF is problematic in low light? Is that because you are shooting wide open and so the AF struggles, or some other reason?

Thanks,
Rob.

Title: Re: 58g again?
Post by: Nick Scavone on December 04, 2015, 03:10:35

I have found the 58 1.4 G AF to be similar to the 24 1.4 G, 35 1.4 G and 85 1.4 G in terms of AF -- deliberate and, with the D810, accurate. I struggled with AF with these lenses with the D800, but they shine on the D810.  No issues here.

Title: Re: 58g again?
Post by: stenrasmussen on December 25, 2015, 17:00:36

I have managed to find a reasonably priced 58G and will be divesting my Tammy 24-70 in its favour.
As a replacement for the Tammy I have a dodgy Nikkor 24-70 which I will tamper into service again.
The 58 lands this Sun or Mon 😊

Title: Re: 58g again?
Post by: pluton on December 25, 2015, 20:22:47

"Tamper into service" is my new favorite English expression.