The Df Revival

[stenrasmussen]

Upon testing out this bokeh struggler I found by stopping the K down to f/4 it is actually quite sharp and useable.

[Jakov Minić]

Lovely atmosphere, sharpness and bokeh! Which K? 28/3.5?

[stenrasmussen]

Lovely atmosphere, sharpness and bokeh! Which K? 28/3.5?

It says in the lower right border...50/1.4.

[chris dees]

Df + 300E at the Pre-Sail event at IJmuiden (near Amsterdam). At the back are the lights of the Tata Steel factory.
ISO5000, F4.0, 1/100 handheld

[stenrasmussen]

That is a lovely shot Chris! Almost-complementary green and orange makes me think of clementines (which I love).

[Jakov Minić]

Lovely atmosphere, sharpness and bokeh! Which K? 28/3.5?

It says in the lower right border...50/1.4.

Clearly visible, I must be blind

[Jakov Minić]

Fantastic shot Chris!
Amazingly sharp for a handheld shot at such a slow shutter speed!

[Jakov Minić]

In a thread not so long ago I posted images of the D4 coupled with 24/1.4.
There I praised the both of them with a note that I had difficulties auto-focusing the 24/1.4 on a Df in low light.
Yesterday, I went for dinner at my friend's house and I decided to give it another shot.
Hence, Df and 24/1.4.
I made a couple of test shots, and wasn't surprised that my photos were out of focus. The test was really simple, I simple place an LP against the wall.
Then, my brilliant mind decided to try Live View, and voila, how genius can a person in the shape of myself be.

To conclude, the combination of Df and 24/1.4 really works in low light situations, but if you plan on nailing the focus Live View is a must 
Even if the auto focus worked reliably, I would not have been able to take these shots without manually focusing anyway. 

So, here are two shots of my friend spinning records @1.4.
Both images simply processed in ViewNX2 so basically just exported as jpeg files suitable for the web.

[stenrasmussen]

I like mostly-oof shots and your 24/1.4 shots are nice. But fast wide angles are harder to focus with the stock focusing screen. I installed a precision matte Canon type S one and life gets easier with fast lenses.

[stenrasmussen]

Here's a shot from my way to work this morning. Aperture f/8.
I tried the new Lightroom dehaze slider (gives a little lighter halo over the hills and far away).
Flare is unavoidable in this case.

[Jakov Minić]

For about 10 years now I have been using my favorite 85/1.4D.
My kids were mostly my main subjects and still continue to be.
This is one of those lenses that shine on any camera. I started of with D70, then in the following order, D200, D300, D700, and now with the Df. Needless to say that the best results are with the Df
Here is a snapshot of my son during dinner @f/1.4.

[tommiejeep]

Jakov, a really excellent image.  I really like the lower contrast in the B&W and dof.  The 85 1.4D, 58 1.4G and 105 2.5 Ais/Ai are my favourite lenses when not shooting birds or Sport .

Sten, that is quite a stunner with the 50 1.4. I agree with the colours and bokeh.  Framing is works for me 

Chris, that is a very unique image.  Love it.  I didn't think of Tata Steel as great for images  .  You should send it to them, Sir Ratan would certainly enjoy it.

I really need to think of, and visualize, some different types of images .
Thanks all,
Tom

[rosko]

 I started of with D70, then in the following order, D200, D300, D700, and now with the Df. Needless to say that the best results are with the Df
Here is a snapshot of my son during dinner @f/1.4.

Well done this portrait, Jakov ! Looks like natural.

I also started with the D70, then D300, D700 and now Df...I was about to buy the D200, but the D300 came out with many improvements.

I really enjoy the df too.

[Jakov Minić]

Thank you Tom and Francis.
I am looking forward in seeing your images made with the Df.

[rosko]

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Here are few images made with the Df + sigma 24-105mm f/4 Art.

I like this zoom although it's no very popular.

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