
I started out with Nikon film cameras over 35 years ago and have upgraded periodically to finally these digitals. All in all I think this a great camera and would recomend it to all. I also have the 5000 and wish the features of each could compiled on one great camera without haveing to mortgage the ranch to buy it. with a date on the bottom and remember how much we had. In years to come it would be nice to look at a snow pict.
Badcopy pro review manual#
My only wish(other than better understanding the manual & menues) is being able to place the date on a photo and not have to use another progam.
Badcopy pro review how to#
There are so many options that Its hard to remember what each is for and how to use them, hopefully with time and use that will clear up.
Badcopy pro review full#
I create folders for each month, and downsize them(keep the full sized in a separate folder) and store them on an external HD. The user manual could be better written, I down loaded a more complete one from the internet, quite a job. The pictures are fantastic 12+ mp and the menues are almost self explanitory. I also bought the SB 900 flash at the same time & I am still learning to operate both and as usual, make a lot of errors. I have had this little beauty for about 6 months(bought it at Best Buy, great deal) and have shot several hundred picts. This is a great lens and I really really like it! Oh, and the way you can manually focus while in AutoFocus mode is very cool and useful. That's just macro photography though, part of the unique challenge. In fact, keeping the subject in focus is the trickiest part of using this lens. I can't see using f1.5 or 1.8 without focus stacking and I simply don't have time for that. I took a close-up, 1:1 shot of my eye and while part of the iris was in focus the center of the lens (my eye's lens and the reflections of light sources) was not and neither were most of the blood vessels. I can only say that if I wanted to go down to f1.5 or in that range, I can not imagine that DOF being useful for most macro subjects. Some may be concerned about the Depth Of Field with f3.5. So if you're considering taking the leap into the other world of macro, I really don't think you can go wrong with this 85mm. And of my Nikon lenses this macro is the best! I have an old Minolta Maxxum 650si that is my favorite camera but all these lenses are actually better than my old Minolta lenses, even if the camera body is not. I have just begun my Nikon journey and have the 18-55 and the 55-200 lenses that came with the D5100 I bought as a kit. I have not had a macro lens before but this one has become my favorite lens! When I pull my camera out of the bag probably 70% of the time this 85mm macro is on it. It is a very good lens and I recommend it. It's not really well suited to most landscapes, of course, being 85mm. One of the challenges of macro photography is the shallow Depth Of Field of macro lenses up close. I've used it for a number of subjects from portraits to still life to nature to actual macro photos of all kinds of things. This 85mm lens also works very well for general photography. During the months of research I conducted I found them to be useless. Bokeh effects were of secondary importance to me but this lens does that well, too! I am fully satisfied with this lens! I wouldn't bother posting evaluative photos on the 'net because the quality of tiny photos is irrelevant to my mind. I would agree - there is certainly a spectrum, but the formulation, design and build process limits the top end.I wanted a true 1:1 macro lens that was sharp, smooth, with a high degree of quality for the money. Unfortunately, the really good ones seem to be the exception, not the rule. You, like me, got a less than stellar copy. I disagree, there are definitely some copies of the 23 f/1.4 out there that avoid the blooming/veiling flare and are decently sharp wide open, I disagree, there are definitely some copies of the 23 f/1.4 out there that avoid the blooming/veiling flare and are decently sharp wide open, you, like me, got a less than stellar copy. You buy a $3500 Otus if you want sharpness wide open. They designed it to cost what it does and it performs accordingly. This isn't a sample issue - it's a design issue. But tack sharp isn't typically one of them. Have I used it wide open? Yes, it can do wonderful things wide open.

This lens is useable in certain circumstances wide open, but generally shows some veiling flair and other issues that can diminish image quality. It's abnormal for an f/1.4 lens to be tack sharp wide open as all lenses show some of their worst behavior wide open. Only a small handful of f /1.4 lenses in the world are tack sharp wide open - and this is expected. It's not generally tack sharp wide open at f/1.4.


How about the issue in 2020, i still find some 50/50 reviews some says tack sharp wide open, some says soft center at f1.4
