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You're building quite the Nikon arsenal these days. have fun. Hope it all works out for you.
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You're building quite the Nikon arsenal these days. have fun. Hope it all works out for you.
MaxElmar
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Not if you use them on a manual-focus camera.
Now using TTL metering - that's cheating. :>)
willie_901
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I look forward to reading about your experience with the Tokina.
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me too!
on the d90 it is about a 25mm pov...of course it still has the look of an extreme wide angle so the images should be quite interesting...
shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
Another one to watch out for is the 24/2.8 AF.
Which on a DX camera will become a relative fast 35mm equivalent.
To me, that spells "perfect."
Which on a DX camera will become a relative fast 35mm equivalent.
To me, that spells "perfect."
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i was looking for a used 24 but could never find one at a low enough price.
nobbylon
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I love A/F. Having eyesight problems is no fun at all but still being able to take focused pictures is!
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agreed!
and really, where does one draw the line on what is real photography? no meter? glass plates? 8x10 film?
FrankS
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Everyone has their own line. That's okay.
Eyesight issues would definitely be a huge factor.
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frank, you have no idea...getting old(er) just sucks the big one!!
my photo walks are getting shorter...if it's not my back, then it's my knee or my hip.
my photo walks are getting shorter...if it's not my back, then it's my knee or my hip.
al1966
Feed Your Head
I had a Sigma super wide 24mm 2.8 before and the Nikon 24 2.8 (both AF) I felt my Sigma was a nicer lens.Although I may have had not such a good copy of the Nikon, it may be worth a punt. I found that I did not use it enough as a focal length on the 1.5x factor camera and sold it when I had to get by when I first became ill. You have my sympathy with the pain, I have been in constant pain for 4 years, I have days were I can hardly move.
paulfish4570
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mercy, james and joe. glad y'all can keep a weink in yer eye(s) ... 🙂
pvdhaar
Peter
The 24/2.8AFD seems plagued by sample variation.. I'm sure that if you've got a good one, they can be great. My personal experience wasn't trust inspiring though. I tried a couple but returned them as they proved unsharp, and finally settled for the 28AFD. The 28AFD was miles better than the 24AFD (at least the samples that I tried). Years later, I got a beat up 20/2.8AF and that one too is miles better than what I recall from the 24.
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the 17 will take some practice using, i think. i was surprised at how many out of focus shots i made with it!!
Chriscrawfordphoto
Real Men Shoot Film.
Joe, your Tokina 17 is the autofocus version, isn't it? Are you getting the out of focus shots using the AF or from manual focusing? I ask because AF lenses have a chip in them that communicates with the camera for autofocusing and they have to be calibrated to focus right. They can go out of calibration, like rangefinder lenses! I had a D70 and all my Nikon AF-Nikkors are off with it, and I borrowed a friend's D200 and they were off the same with it, so it was my lenses, not the camera body (which also has calibrations for AF accuracy, just like a rangefinder body!). Newer Nikon bodies have the ability for the user to input his own calibrations for each lens you have (its called AF Microadjust in the menus), and the body will remember the settings for each lens and use them when you put the lens on automatically. Don't know if it works with non-Nikon lenses, but I think it should. Also don't know if your D90 is one of the models that offers that feature. If not, the lens will have to go to Tokina for calibration (if its the AF that your getting bad focus from).
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it is the af version and that is what i was using.
i think the focus was off due to pilot error more than the gear itself...i think i was pretty cavalier in my usage, even with the nikon 28 as well.
tomorrow i will try again and pay more attention to my technique.
i think the focus was off due to pilot error more than the gear itself...i think i was pretty cavalier in my usage, even with the nikon 28 as well.
tomorrow i will try again and pay more attention to my technique.
mdarnton
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Chris, if ALL of your lenses are off, the problem is your camera. Behind the primary mirror is a secondary mirror for autofocus. Just as the primary mirror needs to be adjusted if manual focus gets off, the secondary mirror can be adjusted if AF is off. On my D300 it requires a 1mm allen wrench, if I remember correctly: http://www.nicovandijk.net/autofocus.htm
Sparrow
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... sorry to hear of the eye and diabetic thing Joe
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all part of the aging process...and not really taking very good care of myself...the good part is that i am older than either of my parents ever got to be.
Chriscrawfordphoto
Real Men Shoot Film.
Its the lenses. some backfocus and some front focus. If it was the body, they'd all do the same thing.
