Comments on: You Never Know What You’ll Find

By: spike

spike — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 15:51:35 +0000

I’ve got the DK17 already. Not enough magnification for me. The only thing I miss from the NEX-7 was the focus peaking. I only feel confident enough to do manual focus with the Nikon when it’s on a tripod and I’m using LiveView and the Hoodman loupe.

By: davethevet

davethevet — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 15:42:59 +0000

Shame about manual focusing, Ive got an eyepiece magnifier, I think its a dk17, that helps a lot.
Manual focus just takes practice, and a lot of it is feel for the focus ring position,not just what you see in viewfinder.
Take a 28 ais, If you see something you like over 5m away, you just snap the focus ring round to where it locks and your at infinity and prefocused. Its instant. Stuff closer than 3m is really big in the viewfinder and easy to focus.
The harder zone to focus is3-5m. Things are not quite as clear or big in the viwfinder but you can develop good muscle memory for going to infinity lock and then coming back a few mm to your point of focus and with practice you can nail focus just by feel without even looking in the finder, especially if your at f5.6 or f8.

By: spike

spike — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 15:07:11 +0000

10k is out of my budget at the moment. I’m thinking about a trip to Champagne Court to see what they’ve got sitting around there. Manual-only focus is not a good option for me.

For the tele, that’s probably the last one I’m going to go after. I’ve got the 105 Micro Nikkor and it may be a bit too tele and a bit too large for street but it’s gonna have to hold me for the time being.

By: davethevet

davethevet — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 14:51:38 +0000

Sorry for rambling, you can tell Ive been working nights.

By: davethevet

davethevet — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 14:47:40 +0000

I ve tried all of those. I got the 35G from Tin Cheung for about 10500. It was very good, apart from the focus at middle distances, which wasnt accurate. I swapped it for the zeiss 35 which I prefer, but I dont mind manual focus. The zeiss 35 1.4 is probably as good as the leica 35 f1.4. I thought the 28mm f 1.8 was ok, but mine wouldnt focus above f2.8 and the microcontrast is not in the same league as the Gs or my other 28s. Zeiss 28 is very good and actually really easy to manual focus with practice. 28mm is wonderful for street, its the only focal length i use on my m6.
35mm is my default standard focal length. Ive got four 35s, its hard to find a perfect 35, there isnt one but the zeiss f2 is close.
I actually tried both 85s, I went with the G. I got it from Man Shing for 11500 and I just prefered the colours and the microcontrast was better.
I find 85 is really nice for street with a big dslr and Im mostly going around with a 35 and an 85.