tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695060.post2790151885261695240..comments2023-05-26T14:36:58.513+01:00Comments on The blog of the Ancient Mariner: Technology and stuff.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695060.post-33092597432287184132016-01-05T13:14:45.474+00:002016-01-05T13:14:45.474+00:00@Marc - congrats. I'm glad you got that replac...@Marc - congrats. I'm glad you got that replacement in the end, and hopefully it will have greater longevity than the last.<br /><br />@Fern - you're right about the list of good & affordable leses being small. I'm having mild doubts about this 'upgrade' right now, possibly because the jump in quality apart from at high ISO hasn't happened at all, and in fact image quality with the Nikon 50 f1.8 AFS has been noticeably lower than with my Zeiss 16-80 zoom and Sony 50 f1.4 (which isn't reckoned to be a great lens compared to Nikon and Canon equivalents). It was bought mint used, and it's going back because of that, being replaced by a Samyang 85 f1.4, which is a focal length I think I prefer anyway. That lens is manual focus, but with a focus confirmation chip built in apparently. <br /><br />Still waiting for the 28 f3.5 AI lens to arrive, and hopefully that's as good as the seller said considering it's probably from the 1970s.<br /><br />Given the limitations of the small APS sensor in my Sony, I'm even more impressed with the optical quality of the zeiss zoom that's been on my camera most of the time for the last year (pity the mechanical quality of that lens is complete garbage, considering their price new).Toni Ertlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00191085694671148065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695060.post-15723884010102808002016-01-05T12:21:02.095+00:002016-01-05T12:21:02.095+00:00Almost al the images I've taken with my Nikon ...Almost al the images I've taken with my Nikon FX have been with either the 50 f1.4 or 105 f2, they work well and resolve sharply. I agree there's a huge number of lenses out there, but the ones that are really good and not crazy expensive is a fairly small list.Fernandohttp://www.fernandogros.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695060.post-77710504202868001522016-01-05T04:22:30.492+00:002016-01-05T04:22:30.492+00:00Speaking of cameras... I recently purchased the Pe...Speaking of cameras... I recently purchased the Pentax K-3 I've been saving for. I haven't had much time to play with it yet, but I'm quite pleased so far.<br /><br />At the moment I'm trying to figure out if the camera has a back/front focus issue (which my K10D had), or if it's a "bad" lens. I discovered that newer models have an autofocus fine-tuning option to move focus forward or backward as needed, so I'm not sure I'll be sending it away yet.Marc Vandersluyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752912999085388293noreply@blogger.com