Jacob

[jake klein]

I made some adjustments to my camera system this week!

My new lineup:

Nikon Df
nikkor 28mm f2.8 ais
nikkor 50mm f1.8 D
nikkor 85mm f1.4 D
tokina 100mm f2.8 macro
nikkor 135mm f2 ais



One of the first images I made with the new camera and lens.

Nikon Df
28mm f2.8 ais
1/250
ISO 1600

 

[Bart_van_der_Wolf]

I made some adjustments to my camera system this week!

Hi Jake,

Congratulations with the new gear. Have fun exploring its capabilities.

Cheers,
Bart

 

[Cem_Usakligil]

Sorry Jake forget the cameras for a second. My first reaction was, my, how much has Jacob grown up already! Wonderful kid.

 

[Asher Kelman]

I made some adjustments to my camera system this week!

My new lineup:

Nikon Df
nikkor 28mm f2.8 ais
nikkor 50mm f1.8 D
nikkor 85mm f1.4 D
tokina 100mm f2.8 macro
nikkor 135mm f2 ais



One of the first images I made with the new camera and lens.

Nikon Df
28mm f2.8 ais
1/250
ISO 1600

It's the young man who's extraordinary, as Cem notes! How well he's grown up with such a handsome face and still those big wonderful eyes! You must be so thrilled to have him as a blessing to your lives!

BTW, I went for my cameras to pull out my Nikon F3, as I thought, my gosh that's like my camera! What a neat retro design. I am interested in your experience working with it. Are there enough physical knobs and dials for you to mostly ignore the LCD screen?

Asher

 

[jake klein]

It's the young man who's extraordinary, as Cem notes! How well he's grown up with such a handsome face and still those big wonderful eyes! You must be so thrilled to have him as a blessing to your lives!

BTW, I went for my cameras to pull out my Nikon F3, as I thought, my gosh that's like my camera! What a neat retro design. I am interested in your experience working with it. Are there enough physical knobs and dials for you to mostly ignore the LCD screen?

Asher

I honestly have not used any of the dials except for ISO adjustment.

I bought it strictly for the D4 imaging sensor pipeline and incredible ISO handling.

ISO 12,800 is like my D90 at ISO 1600. I lied it's better than the D90 at 1600!

 

[Maris Rusis]

It's usually a number one blunder to do a face portrait with a wide angle lens. The front of the face projects forward, the nose becomes exaggeratedly big, and the ears disappear around behind the head. The visual impression is what you get when you put your face very close to another persons face. Often the forced intimacy is uncomfortable for picture viewers who instinctively recoil from intruding on personal space.

But here the portrait is sweet indeed. Maybe children's faces are immune from the inhibitions and vanities that inform adult portraiture. A beautiful picture of a beautiful child.

 

[jake klein]

Hi Jake,

Congratulations with the new gear. Have fun exploring its capabilities.

Cheers,
Bart

Thanks. I'm enjoying it very much!

 

[jake klein]

Sorry Jake forget the cameras for a second. My first reaction was, my, how much has Jacob grown up already! Wonderful kid.

Right. He's on his way to 5 years old already! Arianna is almost 8 months now.

 

[jake klein]

It's usually a number one blunder to do a face portrait with a wide angle lens. The front of the face projects forward, the nose becomes exaggeratedly big, and the ears disappear around behind the head. The visual impression is what you get when you put your face very close to another persons face. Often the forced intimacy is uncomfortable for picture viewers who instinctively recoil from intruding on personal space.

But here the portrait is sweet indeed. Maybe children's faces are immune from the inhibitions and vanities that inform adult portraiture. A beautiful picture of a beautiful child.

Yeah and this is after some lens corrections in lightroom! I'm usually in the 85mm+ range for portraits but was just trying out the new 28mm f2.8 ais.

 

[Asher Kelman]

It's usually a number one blunder to do a face portrait with a wide angle lens. The front of the face projects forward, the nose becomes exaggeratedly big, and the ears disappear around behind the head. The visual impression is what you get when you put your face very close to another persons face. Often the forced intimacy is uncomfortable for picture viewers who instinctively recoil from intruding on personal space.

Maris,

I'm thrilled that you feel free to criticize so boldly. It makes so much difference that folk here really endeavor to give meaningful feedback. This essentially proves the point. If one can get away with saying this, we truly have a well balanced forum!

But here the portrait is sweet indeed. Maybe children's faces are immune from the inhibitions and vanities that inform adult portraiture. A beautiful picture of a beautiful child.

Great insight, Maris and a kind recovery! Yes, the distances from child to parent is very short and reactions are evolved to deal with this. Adults, BTW, have a larger nose, proportionally and huge ears, Better, flattened, at a distance and hence portraits from generally 85mm upwards.

Asher

 

[jake klein]

A snapshot at ISO 6400.

 

[jake klein]

Maris,

I'm thrilled that you feel free to criticize so boldly. It makes so much difference that folk here really endeavor to give meaningful feedback. This essentially proves the point. If one can get away with saying this, we truly have a well balanced forum!



Great insight, Maris and a kind recovery! Yes, the distances from child to parent is very short and reactions are evolved to deal with this. Adults, BTW, have a larger nose, proportionally and huge ears, Better, flattened, at a distance and hence portraits from generally 85mm upwards.

Asher

I like bold and straight to the point. It gives much better insight than a sugar coating!

I knew there was going to be allot of distortion at that distance, with that lens, but I just wanted t to see how much as it was the first time I've had a lens mounted wider than 35mm. Also my first days using a FF digital!