Nikon D750 & D780

decigallen said:
Am i right in saying the siggy 85 has no weather sealing? Its something that concerns us about their primes - uk/irish weather is pretty unkind.
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Yes that's the case Deci. I've never seen anything to demonstrate how effective the small slither of rubber is around the lens mount? Do your cameras get quite wet at times?
 
minnnt said:
Looking forward to giving the Tamron 70-300 a work out tomorrow at Donnington Park. Suits the D750 well. :)

One more from the other day

Lily by David Raynham, on Flickr
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Had mine this week after doing a deal with Chris Scotland where he took my 24-120 f4. Also bought a new Sunwayfoto DB44 ballhead to try, need more practice with it and would be nice if lens had tripod collar, may buy an aftermarket one and retro fit.

Hugo our Tibetan Terrier cross and the Long Tail Tits were taken through the back door glass. Initial impressions it seems to performing nice on the D750 as my previous ones did on the D7000, just need a little better weather here to try it out more, as it's beeen p***ing down most of the week.

Trying out Tamron 70-300 VC by Simon Rees, on Flickr

Trying out Tamron 70-300 VC by Simon Rees, on Flickr
 
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Livin The Dream said:
Yes that's the case Deci. I've never seen anything to demonstrate how effective the small slither of rubber is around the lens mount? Do your cameras get quite wet at times?
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Alas, I live in Ireland. Weather sealing is essential. My wife puts her 50 art away in heavy rain.
 
Just a heads up for anyone thinking of the Tamron 70-200 VC

I have had 6 copies of this lens between Canon and Nikon

Out of the 6 times 4 were duds with a myriad of different issues (panamoz story why they don't stock it makes sense)

If you get a good one they're great lenses and value for money, my last copy just didn't want to work properly on 2 different D750 bodies(wonky AF which was slightly better with the VC off) between speaking to the people at Tamron and checking with other users it seems the VC was to blame at fast shutter speeds
 
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Obviously not taking away from your experience, but what shutter speeds were causing you issues - I was on 1000, today and if I recall 1250 the other day and didn't see anything that I could blame the lens for.

Of course I could just be one of the lucky ones.
 
That was just a part of the issue apparently. Issues with decentring/vc not activating/front focus to name a few.
 
F/1.4 said:
That was just a part of the issue apparently. Issues with decentring/vc not activating/front focus to name a few.
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Mines also spot on. Even at 200mm it's stupidly sharp. I guess it's like the sigma lottery.
 
It was the Tarmon he was commenting on, but I guess they do tend to be tarred by the same brush
 
twist said:
Mines also spot on. Even at 200mm it's stupidly sharp. I guess it's like the sigma lottery.
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Could be but 4 out of 6, actually 5 when you consider it didn't work properly with 2 D750s is seriously bad odds

Won't be buying another as the hassle isn't worth it

Back to Nikon it is
 
F/1.4 said:
Could be but 4 out of 6, actually 5 when you consider it didn't work properly with 2 D750s is seriously bad odds

Won't be buying another as the hassle isn't worth it

Back to Nikon it is
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I've had a lot of bad sigma 50s, mostly with canon. My lens was fine on 3x d750s.
 
JohnN said:
It was the Tarmon he was commenting on, but I guess they do tend to be tarred by the same brush
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I know mate. I was talking about the tamron. I know other people with the lens, no issues 1st copy.
 
It felt like I'd never done it before tbh. Meh. Can't decide if I'm pleased with the results or not. :LOL:

Still got loads to go through though so may be I'll be a bit happier then.

Was expecting a bigger difference between shooting with my old Fuji X-T1 and the new D750 but in all honesty i kinda prefered the Fuji experience.

Strange.
 
minnnt said:
It felt like I'd never done it before tbh. Meh. Can't decide if I'm pleased with the results or not. :LOL:

Still got loads to go through though so may be I'll be a bit happier then.

Was expecting a bigger difference between shooting with my old Fuji X-T1 and the new D750 but in all honesty i kinda prefered the Fuji experience.

Strange.
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Bigger difference how?

Nice shots btw
 
Not sure. It's probably just (most definately) user error.

I knew what i was doing with the Fooj. :D

I tried all the focusing modes and settings and couldn't find one that i liked best. They all just seemed to do the same. I was pushing the limit of shutter speeds though so i guess it's me rather than the camera.
 
minnnt said:
It felt like I'd never done it before tbh. Meh. Can't decide if I'm pleased with the results or not. :LOL:

Still got loads to go through though so may be I'll be a bit happier then.

Was expecting a bigger difference between shooting with my old Fuji X-T1 and the new D750 but in all honesty i kinda prefered the Fuji experience.

Strange.
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You are Strange :D
 
minnnt said:
Not sure. It's probably just (most definately) user error.

I knew what i was doing with the Fooj. :D

I tried all the focusing modes and settings and couldn't find one that i liked best. They all just seemed to do the same. I was pushing the limit of shutter speeds though so i guess it's me rather than the camera.
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Sorry, what I referring to was when you said you thought there'd be a bigger difference between the D750 and Fuji so I was wondering in what way, AF ability, IQ etc?

Well in a lot of ways the AF modes are all the same, the only difference really is how many AF points are active, or if it moves to other points. The only one that's fundamentally different is 3D tracking. (Bit over simplified but you get my drift ;))
 
minnnt said:
And yes, AF wise.
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AF-C of the D750 should be in a different league to the Fuji so am guessing it's just a case of being familiar with on and not the other ;)
 
minnnt said:
Fuji's AF-C was awesome tbh.
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Which Fuji? On saying that I'm not aware of any Fuji's AF-C that can truly match a good DSLR, let alone the D750 :confused: What lens were you using on the D750, and what in your opinion makes the criteria for good AF-C?
 
X-T1 and 50-140 f2.8

D750 and Tamron 70-300 vc.

Maybe i was expecting to get more keepers or be able to push the boundaries more with slower pans etc. The shot above at 1/15 was with the 24-70 so maybe it's just a lens issue? I think it's my techhnique though. I did feel very comfortable with the Fooj.
 
minnnt said:
X-T1 and 50-140 f2.8

D750 and Tamron 70-300 vc.

Maybe i was expecting to get more keepers or be able to push the boundaries more with slower pans etc. The shot above at 1/15 was with the 24-70 so maybe it's just a lens issue? I think it's my techhnique though. I did feel very comfortable with the Fooj.
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TBH it sounds like a 'technique' issue rather than AF. At 1/15 I would have thought your biggest reason for low keeper rate is motion blur. At 1/15 you'd have to have no vertical movement of any kind, no front back swaying of any kind, and would have to match the vehicle's speed 100%. The reason you might have had better keeper rate with the Fuji is that it's lighter and you might have steadied it better.

A better measure of a camera's AF-C is when a subject is moving towards/away from you. Obviously it's important how quickly it locks on too.

I've never used the Tammy 70-300mm so can't comment on AF ability tbh. The other thing to consider is that this is a f5.6 lens at the long end so will often struggle more than a f2.8 lens if light's not too good.
 
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( :whistle: sell it )
 
minnnt said:
Thanks. Would the aperture of the lens make a difference if it's stepped down to f22?
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Nope as the aperture is wide open when focusing and only stops down when you press the shutter.
 
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