yOOrek's Rants'n Raves » lenses http://blog.yoorek.com The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven. Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:40:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Magical Tents of Ziegelhof http://blog.yoorek.com/2008/04/25/magical-tents-of-ziegelhof/ http://blog.yoorek.com/2008/04/25/magical-tents-of-ziegelhof/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:20:48 +0000 yOOrek http://yoorek.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/magical-tents-of-ziegelhof/ I know I’m repeating myself, but I love my Nikkor AF-S VR Micro 105mm f/2.8 G IF-ED lens. Here is another example of using it for non-macro shots. I love the colors, the depth of field, the way the out-of-focus foreground darkens the white tents. Then again, I might be heavily influenced by the atmosphere of the place itself.

Magical Tents of Ziegelhof

Magical Tents of Ziegelhof Originally uploaded by yOOrek

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2008-04-19-1726-31

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It looks like this lens is good not only for macro work but for normal daily shooting as well. Taken at f2.8, 1/1600, ISO200, aperture priority, matrix metering, VR on.
I encountered one small problem though – my camera, Nikon D50 run out of shutter speed. At f2.8 being locked, it complained that there is too much light, promptly displaying ‘Hi‘ in the viewfinder. I did not want to stop down as I was after a shallow depth of field. The shortest shutter speed that D50 will go to is 1/4000. At the time I would have welcomed something faster, like 1/8000. I guess the only way to overcome this issue is to use Neutral Density filters or get a better body. I can feel NAS kicking in here.

Maya & Herold - Daily Training

Maya & Herold – Daily Training Originally uploaded by yOOrek

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2008-04-20-1719-20

Here is another shot from the same session. Same lens, 1/400 at f2.8, all other settings are the same as in previous photo.

Herold

Herold Originally uploaded by yOOrek

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2008-04-20-1717-02

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]]> http://blog.yoorek.com/2008/04/22/daily-training/feed/ 0 Outer edges of knowledge http://blog.yoorek.com/2008/04/20/outer-edges-of-knowledge/ http://blog.yoorek.com/2008/04/20/outer-edges-of-knowledge/#comments Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:09:19 +0000 yOOrek http://yoorek.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/outer-edges-of-knowledge/ I’m very thrilled with the performance of my Nikkor AF-S VR Micro 105mm f/2.8 G IF-ED lens. Took this photo while sitting at a nice restaurant in southern Germany. The light was just perfect, the level of details is amazing and VR allowed me to shoot this hand-held.

Outer edges of knowledge

Outer edges of knowledge Originally uploaded by yOOrek

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2008-04-19-1729-19

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