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Postby MHD on Tue Oct 19, 2004 10:16 pm

People relax and the camera loves it!
This one taken with a borrowed 50mm f/1.8

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I cropped as in the original I aimed a bit high...

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Postby Greg B on Tue Oct 19, 2004 10:33 pm

1. I like it.
2. The subjects - or as others might say, the people - look relaxed
3. The 50mm 1.8 is a lens to covet, methinks, or as Birdy would say "I lust the lens"
4. When you have 3000 x 2000 pixels, a bit of cropping is no problem
5. Matt will be positively orgasmic that the main subject is smack dab in the middle.
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Postby Matt. K on Tue Oct 19, 2004 10:36 pm

This image demonstrates the power of direct eye contact. It would not have worked otherwise.

God bless direct eye contact. Well done!
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Postby Kris on Tue Oct 19, 2004 11:21 pm

I like it :D

That lens I think is the same lens Glen demonstrated to me a few nights ago... Theres one I ebay I have my eye on :P
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Postby MHD on Wed Oct 20, 2004 12:55 pm

Danke..

I'm thinking about going straight to the 1.4... one less lens to buy that way...

But I will own one of the two... amazing lens... just makes things punch!

And the eye contact is great!
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Postby JordanP on Wed Oct 20, 2004 1:12 pm

Thats a great image. I like that lens so much that I think I snaveled the one you were looking at on Ebay Kris.
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Postby Raydar on Wed Oct 20, 2004 5:37 pm

JordanP wrote: I like that lens so much that I think I snaveled the one you were looking at on Ebay Kris.


That nice isn't it????? LOL :D

One great lens, I love mine :)

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Postby Greg B on Wed Oct 20, 2004 5:45 pm

MHD wrote:Danke..

I'm thinking about going straight to the 1.4... one less lens to buy that way...

But I will own one of the two... amazing lens... just makes things punch!

And the eye contact is great!


What is the difference between 1.8 and 1.4 - is it a whole stop?

The 1.4 is $550 or so, the 1.8 is $240. The price difference is a decent chunk of change.
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Postby MHD on Wed Oct 20, 2004 5:50 pm

When I look at the optical profile on the maxwell site (lets see if I can hotlink)
1.4:
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1.8:
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Its just more glass!

Plus buying the 1.4 now means I will not buy the 1.8 now and the 1.4 later!
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Postby Allan on Wed Oct 20, 2004 6:28 pm

MHD wrote: Plus buying the 1.4 now means I will not buy the 1.8 now and the 1.4 later!

Exactly....I'm going through that exercise as we speak. I bought the 70-300G zoom in June and I think it's hopeless especially from 200mm out.
So now it's on to the 70-300ED, which I've demoed and is much better.
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Postby bago100 on Wed Oct 20, 2004 6:40 pm

Good grief :shock:

Here I am, at work all day, slaving away and then when I get home I find you've all been happily chatting away on this forum for most of the day about lenses and shots and all manner of stuff!

Shame, shame and more shame on all of you :P

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Postby W00DY on Wed Oct 20, 2004 6:48 pm

bago100 wrote:Good grief :shock:

Here I am, at work all day, slaving away and then when I get home I find you've all been happily chatting away on this forum for most of the day about lenses and shots and all manner of stuff!

Shame, shame and more shame on all of you :P

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Postby Greg B on Wed Oct 20, 2004 7:24 pm

MHD wrote:When I look at the optical profile on the maxwell site (lets see if I can hotlink)
1.4:
Image
1.8:
Image

Its just more glass!

Plus buying the 1.4 now means I will not buy the 1.8 now and the 1.4 later!


Excellent depiction of the physical difference - yep, it is a lot more glass in the 1.4

But - extra glass notwithstanding - is 1.4 to 1.8 a whole stop? What do you get for the extra $300? More glass, yes. But is it the difference between 1/30 and 1/60? I am interested. :?
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Postby Matt. K on Wed Oct 20, 2004 7:25 pm

The difference between f1.4 and f1.8 is not a full stop. Frankly, it's not worth the extra unless you do lots of very low light photography.
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Postby Killakoala on Wed Oct 20, 2004 7:28 pm

More glass and a much bigger hole through the lens... :)
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Postby Onyx on Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:40 pm

You guys shoulda been contemplating this a fortnight ago - I would have been able to bring home cheap cheap glass for all... from the US. :)
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Postby ajo43 on Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:56 pm

Responding to Allan a couple of posts above.

I thought that the 70-300G and the 70-300ED were basically the same lens. Ken Rockwell has a (slightly eccentric) review of both of them on his site.

I don't know if he is full of it but he certainly sounds convincing and has some nice shots on his site.
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Postby MHD on Fri Oct 22, 2004 4:03 pm

I agree with this... thats why I bought the G type lens..

they have (AFIAK) exactly the same optical profile except the ED lens has one ED element and its not a critical bit of glass...

while some (Gary) will disagree I have no probs with my G lens and it is not duplicated by anything I have or want

What will replace it is a bit of fast long glass ($$$$$$$)
for when I am rich (Hell I'm still a student earn bugger all!)
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Postby birddog114 on Fri Oct 22, 2004 5:35 pm

Onyx wrote:You guys shoulda been contemplating this a fortnight ago - I would have been able to bring home cheap cheap glass for all... from the US. :)


Hey,
If this the case then TSA and Customs will have a good look at you, 1 x D70 with 10 x 70-300G lens, then who's going to bail you out huh?
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