Showcase Nikon Z 14-30mm f/4 S
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Nice one, John.
It's on my "wish"/"lust" list . . . sigh!
It's on my "wish"/"lust" list . . . sigh!
This is a bit of a side remark, but if you have a Z50 you should give the 14-30 a spin on that body. So you get a moderately wide (21 ffeqv) to near 'normal' (45 ffeqv). I happen to really like the 40-45 ffeqv range.
I have no complaints about the sharpness/contrast of the 14-30 on the Z6 - it is actually much better than I expected. On the Z50 it almost feels like a prime sharpness. This is a reduced resolution and pretty strongly processed, but you get the idea:
I have no complaints about the sharpness/contrast of the 14-30 on the Z6 - it is actually much better than I expected. On the Z50 it almost feels like a prime sharpness. This is a reduced resolution and pretty strongly processed, but you get the idea:
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The EXIF data indicates that it was shot with the kit lens, not the 14-30.
Hah! Mea Culpa! Let's try this again - different house this time (different time of day and I wanted some light on it):
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This is interesting in that, at this scale, it's impossible for me to see any difference in the quality of the two photos. But I'll take your word for it since you have access to the originals.
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Again this is my fault . . .
I've really muddied this whole thing. I didn't mean to compare them and in fact I think the kit lens is no slouch either. You shouldn't let me near a computer either late at night or early in the morning.The reduced resolution doesn't help either. When I look at them, the leaves are almost perfectly delineated; the roughness of the bark is rendered clearly, the fir needles against the sky are perfectly clear and even the daisies in front are as sharp as I would have expected from a prime.
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Boo-boo on my part and shot this at f4, so some DOF challenges - beware if pixel peeping!
The Almshouses by Paul Kaye, on Flickr
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The Almshouses by Paul Kaye, on Flickr
Very nice, Paul!!
Very nice...also visited your website and the images of Rockport, Ma. are a couple of the best I've seen from that location. Lovely work!
Love this one very much !
Ultra wide is my thing. Couldn't live without it! I can live without the long stuff though - I marvel at your bird photography though but don't have the skills to do it so well. À chacun son métier !
This lens is nothing like the 14-24. Significantly smaller and lighter, yet still optically wonderful.
Terry,
SinghRay {https://singh-ray.com} makes filters that are "normal" and "thin" to help with vignetting mitigation. Here is another site {https://www.2filter.com} that sells products from many different manufacturers. Then there is {http://www.leefilters.com}, who have been around for ages. Their filters are generally independent of lens size or focal length via filter holder adapters which screw into lens filter threads.
Then there are step-up rings so you can purchase one filter for the largest lens you shoot with (or expect to, in the future) and the use a step-up ring of the appropriate size to adapt the filter threads on front of lens to the size of threads on the "oversize" filter. For example, buy filter with a mounding thread of say 95mm then for your 85mm lens that has 77mm filter threading, you purchase a step-up ring of size 77-95 mm. This way you only buy one "expensive" filter for all your lenses and only step-up rings for each specific lens which are much less expenditure ( I recommend hard brass step-up (Heliopan at B&H) rings over soft aluminum rings (el-cheepo) which easily jam up in filter threads). The net result is the filter has a much larger diameter than most of your lenses so vignetting is impossible. If you buy a "thin" 95 mm filter it may minimally vignette if you mount it on a lens with 95 mm threading.
Looks like I have filled up the rest of your weekend with research...
Nick
SinghRay {https://singh-ray.com} makes filters that are "normal" and "thin" to help with vignetting mitigation. Here is another site {https://www.2filter.com} that sells products from many different manufacturers. Then there is {http://www.leefilters.com}, who have been around for ages. Their filters are generally independent of lens size or focal length via filter holder adapters which screw into lens filter threads.
Then there are step-up rings so you can purchase one filter for the largest lens you shoot with (or expect to, in the future) and the use a step-up ring of the appropriate size to adapt the filter threads on front of lens to the size of threads on the "oversize" filter. For example, buy filter with a mounding thread of say 95mm then for your 85mm lens that has 77mm filter threading, you purchase a step-up ring of size 77-95 mm. This way you only buy one "expensive" filter for all your lenses and only step-up rings for each specific lens which are much less expenditure ( I recommend hard brass step-up (Heliopan at B&H) rings over soft aluminum rings (el-cheepo) which easily jam up in filter threads). The net result is the filter has a much larger diameter than most of your lenses so vignetting is impossible. If you buy a "thin" 95 mm filter it may minimally vignette if you mount it on a lens with 95 mm threading.
Looks like I have filled up the rest of your weekend with research...
Nick
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I have had truly awesome service from these folks.
A couple more from me:
RSC Playhouse, Stratford-upon-Avon at dusk by Paul Kaye, on Flickr
Tramway Bridge, Stratford-upon-Avon by Paul Kaye, on Flickr
Blue & Orange by Paul Kaye, on Flickr
Lakeside Sunset by Paul Kaye, on Flickr
Tree on the Moors by Paul Kaye, on Flickr
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RSC Playhouse, Stratford-upon-Avon at dusk by Paul Kaye, on Flickr
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Tramway Bridge, Stratford-upon-Avon by Paul Kaye, on Flickr
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Blue & Orange by Paul Kaye, on Flickr
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Lakeside Sunset by Paul Kaye, on Flickr
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Tree on the Moors by Paul Kaye, on Flickr
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