Comments on: Macau http://spikesphotos.com/2012/08/21/macau/ Steve 'Spike' Schechter, Hong Kong Photographer Mon, 29 Apr 2013 02:08:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: UII http://spikesphotos.com/2012/08/21/macau/#comment-2552 UII Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:08:46 +0000 http://spikesphotos.com/?p=1575#comment-2552 Nikkor 1.8s are fine if you don’t use them at 1.8. Think 2.8-4, and then, why bother?

]]> By: davethevet http://spikesphotos.com/2012/08/21/macau/#comment-2529 davethevet Wed, 22 Aug 2012 05:51:40 +0000 http://spikesphotos.com/?p=1575#comment-2529 Its close enough to 50 for me to be a classical street lens, but its small and you can back off a bit when youre carrying a big dslr, so not too obvious. Focus is really fast and you can shoot at 2.8 all day.
I tried the 28 f1.8 for a few weeks but mine had nasty focus shift and was a bit astigmatic. I used to have a 28 2.8 ais that I actually prefered for street, cheap and tiny and really easy to manual focus. Zeiss 28 f2 is lovely if you dont mind manual focus and a bit of field curve, though Ive ended up with a 25 f2- not cheap though.
Ive had two 24 f1.4s and none of them would focus reliably, though when in focus at 1.4 they were breathtaking. The 35g was the same.

]]> By: spike http://spikesphotos.com/2012/08/21/macau/#comment-2518 spike Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:05:20 +0000 http://spikesphotos.com/?p=1575#comment-2518 I’m curious – wouldn’t a 60mm lens be a bit too “tele” for street photography? Wouldn’t you be better off with a 35mm or 24mm?

Also, for Nikon’s newer G lenses, the only 24mm & 35mm lenses are F1.4 and the price is through the roof. They make a 28mm F1.8 that’s much more reasonably priced and I’ve read that performance on this lens is quite okay, so that’s what I’ve been thinking about picking up.

]]> By: davethevet http://spikesphotos.com/2012/08/21/macau/#comment-2516 davethevet Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:59:46 +0000 http://spikesphotos.com/?p=1575#comment-2516 Primes in Macau would be a joy. Ive been using a 60 micro on the street and it can do nearly everything.

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