16-35 f/4 VR vs 24-70 f/2.8
Just going to through these on here, no editing, straight exports from lightroom at 1000px for the long edge.
Try and figure out which is 16-35 and which is 24-70. Hint, 16-35 is sharper, not sure if it's because of the VR (this is mostly shot at 1/20s to 1/40s) , or maybe 16-35 is sharper @ f/4 than the 24-70 is @ f/2.8.
85mm f/1.4 Review
It works. very nicely.
That's the review.
More after the jump.
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New Toy
This time it didn't cost a ridiculous amount. I paid little for this... but considering it's just starting to get replaced now, I think it's a bit much.
Going to play with this on Friday... got an event to go to.
Photo Exhibition
This exhibition is happening at the Chinatown Multicultural Center this week.
Used a D3 with my 24-70. So much sharper than on the D300s, it seems the little change in pixel pitch makes a huge difference.
Photos in Darkness
Photos taken in pitch black, with riled up subjects, where your camera is in constant danger of being touched, bumped, or smashed -.-
I did end up having to use a d7k, because the D300s battery died. Also, I used it with a Black Rapid strap, which was miles better than my stock strap. I think I'm going to get one sometime.
Kk... now for settings
I've seen many of these party photos before, and with a [relatively] short shutter speed like 1/60, the photos look terrible.
For this shot, I used my 24-70 at 24mm, f/5.0, and 1s shutter, ISO 400 with front-sync flash @ anywhere from 1/32 to 1/8 on my SB-900.
I kept the camera at the f/5.0, 24mm, and ISO 400 for most of the night. In a better venue I would have upped the ISO, lowered the flash, and possibly made the aperture smaller, but OSA is pretty ugly.
f/5.0 because autofocus is bad in the dark, as well as moving subjects
1s shutter for the moving lights.
ISO for exposure.
Front-sync because subjects tend to shy away from the camera, in their sweaty/greasy state. Just had to be careful to keep the camera there after the flash, otherwise the light trials might cover your subject
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There was a guy that showed up at school today, wearing a "bazinga!" t-shirt. Weird, I didn't think there was anybody more socially inept than me. I spent 5 dollars to attend a dance in which I took photos... but they didn't come out too poorly at least. Correction. I took photos because I can't dance. Or... OSA dance, which is just jumping up and down for 3 and a half hours, to poor music.
Oh well. Litobro and RevSarovati did a bit of fancy dancing, that's about all that happens in an OSA dance.
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So long since I've taken photos, really missed my camera when I picked it up.
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Was able to get more shooting done this summer, with such a great model again XD
These were shot at the U of A
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Sigh... nothing interesting there, plus harsh late morning light.
In other news... I watched Harry Potter Deathly Hallows Pt. 2. "Meh" at best.
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