Nikon D750 & D780

Livin The Dream said:
How often do you guys find yourself above 6400 ISO with that high a shutter speed? Are you happy with the output? Personally I don't like topping out above 6400 and rarely see many movement issues, but you all do more than I.
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I use auto ISO but limit it at around 8000. Majority of the time, it's the ceremony that is the issue with regards to lighting as you can't move the couple into better light. However, I don't use flash but shoot at 2.8 with a 70-200 and 24-70. After the ceremony, I move the couple and guest into the light, usually outdoors for the group shots. I tend to use flash in the evenings during the evening reception, but it's minimal to capture the ambient light. I find auto iso enables me to concentrate on the pix without thinking of the camera too much. I'm probably spoilt with the D750 to be honest. When I was on the D70s, D200 and D300s, my ISO was set below 800 and I shot in full manual, changing settings all the time for the different lighting situations.
 
Another from Tuesday mornings visit to my local deer park. This one was taken a few minutes before the first image I posted, shot backlit with the sun just out of the frame at the top. I've been struggling to process this due due to the backlighting, there seems to be a flare line at angle across the top of the image. Could this be the shutter image shading issue caused by a bright light source at the top of an image? My D750 is affected by the recall but as I've not notice an issue previously (I've not gone looking for it) and the AF works well I've decided not to send it in, that may change if this is the recall issue as I've had this problem previously when trying to shot backlit like this.


Sunrise Red Deer Stag by Rob Cain, on Flickr

This is a JPEG of the original unprocessed RAW file without LR lens profile correction.


Is this D750 Shutter Shading? by Rob Cain, on Flickr

With LR lens profile correction.

With LR lens profile enabled by Rob Cain, on Flickr

You can see the flare line starting in the top right of the image working towards the centre. It's more visible in the unprocessed RAW as I've spent ages trying to process the image to reduce the visibility of the flare line. I've cropped the original to remove the annoying new reflective metal tree guards that have sprung up in huge numbers this year.

With the lens profile correction reducing vignette I've always put this flare down to a feature of the lens when shooting backlit rather than camera but I'm not so sure it is all down to the lens.

Edit: seeing the before and after images in one post like this has reminded me how good cropping is on the D750. The crop is down to 12.9MP at a 5x4 ratio image, still a useable file size and detail ok too.
 
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rob-nikon said:
Another from Tuesday mornings visit to my local deer park. This one was taken a few minutes before the first image I posted, shot backlit with the sun just out of the frame at the top. I've been struggling to process this due due to the backlighting, there seems to be a flare line at angle across the top of the image. Could this be the shutter image shading issue caused by a bright light source at the top of an image? My D750 is affected by the recall but as I've not notice an issue previously (I've not gone looking for it) and the AF works well I've decided not to send it in, that may change if this is the recall issue as I've had this problem previously when trying to shot backlit like this.


Sunrise Red Deer Stag by Rob Cain, on Flickr

This is a JPEG of the original unprocessed RAW file without LR lens profile correction.


Is this D750 Shutter Shading? by Rob Cain, on Flickr

With LR lens profile correction.

With LR lens profile enabled by Rob Cain, on Flickr

You can see the flare line starting in the top right of the image working towards the centre. It's more visible in the unprocessed RAW as I've spent ages trying to process the image to reduce the visibility of the flare line. I've cropped the original to remove the annoying new reflective metal tree guards that have sprung up in huge numbers this year.

With the lens profile correction reducing vignette I've always put this flare down to a feature of the lens when shooting backlit rather than camera but I'm not so sure it is all down to the lens.
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I like the first. Re the shading issue I see what you mean but without seeing the RAW it's hard to say. It looks as though you've got a wide orange sunbeam coming down across the frame and it could be the edge of this against shadows in the trees that's giving this effect. On the left the edge of the sunbeam has a much more gradual fade so doesn't look as obvious. The shading issues I've seen have looked different to this TBH as they've all be horizontal across the top of the frame.

And it's not shutter shading that causes this kind of effect, it's the flare issue. Does yours have that recall too? If not it's likely to be the sunbeam.
 
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snerkler said:
I like the first. Re the shading issue I see what you mean but without seeing the RAW it's hard to say. It looks as though you've got a wide orange sunbeam coming down across the frame and it could be the edge of this against shadows in the trees that's giving this effect. On the left the edge of the sunbeam has a much more gradual fade so doesn't look as obvious. The shading issues I've seen have looked different to this TBH as they've all be horizontal across the top of the frame.

And it's not shutter shading that causes this kind of effect, it's the flare issue. Does yours have that recall too? If not it's likely to be the sunbeam.
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I think my D750 is affected by the second recall (its hard to remember which of the recalls is what issue as there have been so many!!). I've checked my serial number in this recall and its confirmed it needs to be sent in.

I've looked at other images I took at the same time, this wider image at 200mm shows a circular flare band and the position of the sun (directly above the deer slightly to the right).The black part on the top right is my hand trying to shield the lens as I thought was flare issues at the time.


@ 200mm by Rob Cain, on Flickr

It could be a circular flare band as the sun is low, just out of the top of the frame. I don't think it would be a sunbeam as I was nearly shooting straight into the sun. The lens hood is quite small on the 200-400 with it being a zoom lens, I've encountered flare before so perhaps it is a flare problem rather than the camera (hopefully it is as I currently don't want to send it away if there isn't a problem I can see). At the time I didn't want to move to the right due to the tree guard and could't move left as the footpath didn't go that way (they are quite strict about staying to the public footpaths on the estate).
 
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rob-nikon said:
I think my D750 is affected by the second recall (its hard to remember which of the recalls is what issue as there have been so many!!). I've checked my serial number in this recall and its confirmed it needs to be sent in.

I've looked at other images I took at the same time, this wider image at 200mm shows a circular flare band and the position of the sun (directly above the deer slightly to the right).The black part on the top right is my hand trying to shield the lens as I thought was flare issues at the time.


@ 200mm by Rob Cain, on Flickr

It could be a circular flare band as the sun is low, just out of the top of the frame. I don't think it would be a sunbeam as I was nearly shooting straight into the sun. The lens hood is quite small on the 200-400 with it being a zoom lens, I've encountered flare before so perhaps it is a flare problem rather than the camera (hopefully it is as I currently don't want to send it away if there isn't a problem I can see). At the time I didn't want to move to the right due to the tree guard and could't move left as the footpath didn't go that way (they are quite strict about staying to the public footpaths on the estate).
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Ahh right, could be flare then, not unusual shooting with the sun in this position, I got some flare yesterday shooting with the 70-200 with the sun in a similar position.

Have a look at these flare issue images from the D750, all the same but different to yours.

Edit: link not working from the phone, will try later.

Edit 2, here's the link

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=D...ved=0ahUKEwiCk7OE2ZvRAhWRdlAKHTvnDfsQ_AUIBygC
 
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Tried another 50mm f1.8G yesterday, shots at f1.8 are too soft for me so if the 50mm f1.4G is no sharper (and maybe softer) I'm going to have to give the 50mm a miss (not willing to pay Sigma art price as I won't use it much). Think I might look at getting another 85mm f1.8G instead.
 
Really??? Sure it not your camera. Mine was always sharp on my d750 and now my d500
 
rookies said:
Really??? Sure it not your camera. Mine was always sharp on my d750 and now my d500
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Guess it depends how picky we are ;) And yes, checked the calibration. That's two I've tried now. At f2.8 it's great, but wide open I'm less impressed and get much better results (in terms of sharpness) with the Fuji 35mm f1.4. The 85mm f1.8 I had was also much sharper wide open.

siblingchris said:
Maybe stating the obvious but at f1.8 there is going to be a pretty narrow depth of field, so if the focus point is off a little it will be more noticeable
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Yeah, I'm used to shooting with narrow DOF (y)
 
snerkler said:
Guess it depends how picky we are ;) And yes, checked the calibration. That's two I've tried now. At f2.8 it's great, but wide open I'm less impressed and get much better results (in terms of sharpness) with the Fuji 35mm f1.4. The 85mm f1.8 I had was also much sharper wide open.


Yeah, I'm used to shooting with narrow DOF (y)
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Maybe share a image as I can be picky as you already know lol
 
snerkler said:
Guess it depends how picky we are ;) And yes, checked the calibration. That's two I've tried now. At f2.8 it's great, but wide open I'm less impressed and get much better results (in terms of sharpness) with the Fuji 35mm f1.4. The 85mm f1.8 I had was also much sharper wide open.


Yeah, I'm used to shooting with narrow DOF (y)
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The 50 1.8g isnt as sharp as either of those wide open, so what youre seeing is normal ime.
 
What you looking at to see sharp images
 
Can't say I've had a problem with that. What ISO you using
 
snerkler said:
Tried another 50mm f1.8G yesterday, shots at f1.8 are too soft for me so if the 50mm f1.4G is no sharper (and maybe softer) I'm going to have to give the 50mm a miss (not willing to pay Sigma art price as I won't use it much). Think I might look at getting another 85mm f1.8G instead.
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Do you need 1.8? I shoot mine around 2.2-2.8 and it's work-able at that.
 
snerkler said:
Tried another 50mm f1.8G yesterday, shots at f1.8 are too soft for me so if the 50mm f1.4G is no sharper (and maybe softer) I'm going to have to give the 50mm a miss (not willing to pay Sigma art price as I won't use it much). Think I might look at getting another 85mm f1.8G instead.
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It's your duff camera [emoji3] [emoji3]
 
rookies said:
Can't say I've had a problem with that. What ISO you using
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Between 200-400 with flash and a large softbox.

Livin The Dream said:
Do you need 1.8? I shoot mine around 2.2-2.8 and it's work-able at that.
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I buy fast lenses to shoot wide open ;) As I said though, at f2.8 it was very sharp. Having looked back at the images I think it's due to poor mid frame sharpness wide open. On the couple that where the eyes are pretty central in the frame sharpness isn't too bad.

kingo15 said:
It's your duff camera [emoji3] [emoji3]
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Nope, that's long gone. Have a new one now and so far no fine tune is needed for any lens :banana:
 
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Yup no point having a fast prime and can't use it.
 
For some unknown reason my 70-200 vr1 kept miss focusing on Tuesday. I think the technical term may be back focusing.
Basically I was focused on someone face and the trees in the back ground were in focus not the face. Very weird never seen it do that before.
Single point focus. Had lock on the face. But it didn't do it on very shot just a handful.
But it did it on some good shots that had to be binned
 
snerkler said:
Tried another 50mm f1.8G yesterday, shots at f1.8 are too soft for me so if the 50mm f1.4G is no sharper (and maybe softer) I'm going to have to give the 50mm a miss (not willing to pay Sigma art price as I won't use it much). Think I might look at getting another 85mm f1.8G instead.
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Try a 1.4D version, I have found that the best wide open of the 50mm Nikons.
 
Swanseajack said:
Try a 1.4D version, I have found that the best wide open of the 50mm Nikons.
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Interesting, I've seen a few comparison reviews saying the the d is the worst of the 50's, just goes to show you can't always trust what you read ;) My only issue with the d is the bokeh due to it having 7 none rounded blades giving heptagonal light 'balls'.
 
snerkler said:
As above, I like to shoot wide open :p
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smiley.;)
 
Any people got any idea on flickr? Batch uploaded some pics and only 94 or so show in public view, but they all appear in friend view?

Each photo says 'anyone can see this photo'

Can people click on my page and tell me how many pics it says I have?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/138681094@N04/
 
Thanks people - that is correct. How odd!
 
It says 226 in the album ...but, I don't see that many... only 1 page..so maybe 100?
 
JJ! said:
Any people got any idea on flickr? Batch uploaded some pics and only 94 or so show in public view, but they all appear in friend view?

Each photo says 'anyone can see this photo'

Can people click on my page and tell me how many pics it says I have?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/138681094@N04/
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Only around 100 showing on your photostream (didn't count them, rough guess) but all 226 showing in your album. I assume you uploaded them all at the same time with the same settings?
 
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