Nikon D750 & D780

AndrewSt said:
Well would you use a different lens lineup next time?
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Honestly found 35 quite frustrating at times for this particular event. Because it was quite a nice personal friendly affair I found myself in amongst the guests quite a lot and the 35 just wasn't quite wide enough for the group shots and dancing shots. Then when it came to taking head shots etc a few people commentated how close I was too them - but that was the nature of the 35.

However, it was a good experience and actually once the pre wedding nerves were out the way (no idea why I should be nervous!) it was a lot of fun and now been asked to do one of the guests weddings too.

85 barely got a look in, just wasn't the room, I reckon the perfect set up for yesterday was probably more 28/50.
 
JJ! said:
Honestly found 35 quite frustrating at times for this particular event. Because it was quite a nice personal friendly affair I found myself in amongst the guests quite a lot and the 35 just wasn't quite wide enough for the group shots and dancing shots. Then when it came to taking head shots etc a few people commentated how close I was too them - but that was the nature of the 35.

However, it was a good experience and actually once the pre wedding nerves were out the way (no idea why I should be nervous!) it was a lot of fun and now been asked to do one of the guests weddings too.

85 barely got a look in, just wasn't the room, I reckon the perfect set up for yesterday was probably more 28/50.
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It's funny how you get used to different lenses... after having a play with the 150 macro for headshots (or more eyeshots, to be accurate!) the 85 just feels soooo short, like I'm on top of my subject.

I think when I start having a play with the 50 though, the 85 will feel like a proper portrait lens again...

It's all about perspective (in every way!)
 
pjm1 said:
It's funny how you get used to different lenses... after having a play with the 150 macro for headshots (or more eyeshots, to be accurate!) the 85 just feels soooo short, like I'm on top of my subject.

I think when I start having a play with the 50 though, the 85 will feel like a proper portrait lens again...

It's all about perspective (in every way!)
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Very true, I have spent far too long buying/selling lenses based on what I have read and seen reviewed. Stupid I know, but seems I lost all confidence on making decisions myself (side effect of OCD), but today actually gave me a confidence boost that so badly needed and looking forward to moving forward with my own choices to suit what I feel is my style. I know I will get more slating on here if I change/sell lenses so I will just keep any changes to myself!!
 
JJ! said:
Very true, I have spent far too long buying/selling lenses based on what I have read and seen reviewed. Stupid I know, but seems I lost all confidence on making decisions myself (side effect of OCD), but today actually gave me a confidence boost that so badly needed and looking forward to moving forward with my own choices to suit what I feel is my style. I know I will get more slating on here if I change/sell lenses so I will just keep any changes to myself!!
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That's great to hear... the only bit of advice I'd offer is to post photos: the ones you do put up look good so if you want confidence you'll get it by showing us what your shooting and us telling you it's pretty damn decent!

And anyway, I seem to have inherited your "get more kit" disease so I'll take the heat off you for a while ;)
 
pjm1 said:
That's great to hear... the only bit of advice I'd offer is to post photos: the ones you do put up look good so if you want confidence you'll get it by showing us what your shooting and us telling you it's pretty damn decent!

And anyway, I seem to have inherited your "get more kit" disease so I'll take the heat off you for a while ;)
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And the other half still thinks you're using a Pentax, right? ;)
 
JJ! said:
Very true, I have spent far too long buying/selling lenses based on what I have read and seen reviewed. Stupid I know, but seems I lost all confidence on making decisions myself (side effect of OCD), but today actually gave me a confidence boost that so badly needed and looking forward to moving forward with my own choices to suit what I feel is my style. I know I will get more slating on here if I change/sell lenses so I will just keep any changes to myself!!
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Think we've all been there, great that you're getting the confidence and finding what works for you.

I still have many moments trying to aspire to what others do, like chasing Minnnt's 1/8s panning today, but I should realise that I should just focus on what I'm good at and enjoy :)

The lens swapping stuff's only banter :p We've all been ridiculed on here ;)
 
pjm1 said:
That's great to hear... the only bit of advice I'd offer is to post photos: the ones you do put up look good so if you want confidence you'll get it by showing us what your shooting and us telling you it's pretty damn decent!

And anyway, I seem to have inherited your "get more kit" disease so I'll take the heat off you for a while ;)
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Will post some more once couple have shared them.

Some interesting ones from the after party involving a wooden bottle opener that was the shape of a huge c@#k. Felt like I was at a bloody hen do!

It's funny though, having gone through all the pics, its quite apparent that they are not the sharpest, or have great bokeh, but have resulted in some really good photos.
 
snerkler said:
Think we've all been there, great that you're getting the confidence and finding what works for you.

I still have many moments trying to aspire to what others do, like chasing Minnnt's 1/8s panning today, but I should realise that I should just focus on what I'm good at and enjoy :)

The lens swapping stuff's only banter :p We've all been ridiculed on here ;)
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I think one of the great things about this D750 forum is the good natured banter. Other people's experiences and photos do inspire me to try and better my own work.
 
JJ! said:
Will post some more once couple have shared them.

Some interesting ones from the after party involving a wooden bottle opener that was the shape of a huge c@#k. Felt like I was at a bloody hen do!

It's funny though, having gone through all the pics, its quite apparent that they are not the sharpest, or have great bokeh, but have resulted in some really good photos.
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Capturing moments is so much more important than how sharp a lens is.
 
JJ! said:
but today actually gave me a confidence boost that so badly needed and looking forward to moving forward with my own choices to suit what I feel is my style.
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Funny how everyone is different with regards to focal lengths. After going 35 and (your old) 85 for the last wedding I feel like I've found my home, it just felt so comfortable. It was a drag selling the 50 ART because that thing was unbelievable, but it backed me into a corner with regards to how to fill the gaps around it (I went with 28/135). Also, two lenses instead of 3 is bliss!

That said, if you're generally working in tighter environments 28/50 sounds spot on. The Nikon 28mm 1.8 is a peach and can be had fairly cheap.
 
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ukaskew said:
Funny how everyone is different with regards to focal lengths. After going 35 and (your old) 85 for the last wedding I feel like I've found my home, it just felt so comfortable. It was a drag selling the 50 ART because that thing was unbelievable, but it backed me into a corner with regards to how to fill the gaps around it (I went with 28/135). Also, two lenses instead of 3 is bliss!

That said, if you're generally working in tighter environments 28/50 sounds spot on. The Nikon 28mm 1.8 is a peach and can be had fairly cheap.
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Yeah I was convinced that 35/85 was for me, but I was just going off what I was reading, not what I was doing.

I think everyone has their own style for weddings, and I guess you don't really know what that is until you start shooting in real time enviroments.

I have a bigger wedding in 20 days so switching to the 28/50 for that with the 24-70 in the bag just in case.

One thing I did appreciate was the light weight! Having 1 prime on and 1 in my pocket it was easy to move about freely and change lenses quick enough.
 
JJ! said:
I think everyone has their own style for weddings, and I guess you don't really know what that is until you start shooting in real time enviroments.
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Absolutely. I'm only 10 weddings in but have shaken off the 'must have this focal length covered' paranoia which I had early on, based on reading so many who use a 24-70 and 70-200. I've shot 2 with my widest being 28mm, and the rest with my widest being 35mm, but it's been absolutely fine. Conversely I assumed I must have up to 200mm covered at the start, but I just shot my biggest wedding and 85mm was more than enough.

Light weight is a blessing for a wedding day, coming from Fuji I'm very happy I've quickly discovered a relatively light Nikon FF setup.
 
minnnt said:
Just to be clear that my 1/8 pans were pretty poor. 1/25 is still very acceptable and a higher possibility of getting it sharp.

But please, no more grown up comments, that's not how this thread works.

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At least your 1/8's resemble a car :lol:

TBH I was struggling to get below 1/40 a lot of the time as it was so bright and I was maxing the aperture out at f22. Horrible diffraction at f22 though :(

Think I got a bit carried away yesterday, took just shy of 4200 pics :eek: :lol: Taking some right sorting out deciding which to keep and which to bin, although there are numerous that are easy to decide to chuck ;)
 
Still sorting through the pics but this is the first one I've done. Dunno what the quality will be like compared to the rest but I quite liked it.


DSC_7343 Faded by TDG-77, on Flickr
 
snerkler said:
At least your 1/8's resemble a car :LOL:

TBH I was struggling to get below 1/40 a lot of the time as it was so bright and I was maxing the aperture out at f22. Horrible diffraction at f22 though :(

Think I got a bit carried away yesterday, took just shy of 4200 pics :eek: :LOL: Taking some right sorting out deciding which to keep and which to bin, although there are numerous that are easy to decide to chuck ;)
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4000???? Take it you were machine gunning then.... :LOL:

@JJ! I'd be more concerned about shooting peoples weddings without a backup body rather than any more lenses tbh.
 
minnnt said:
4000???? Take it you were machine gunning then.... :LOL:

@JJ! I'd be more concerned about shooting peoples weddings without a backup body rather than any more lenses tbh.
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JJ! said:
Wedding on Saturday I had D750 with Black rapid and 35/85 f1.8g lenses. 1 lens on camera, 1 in back pocket

Small ThinkTank bag with spare body, hayfever spray, inhaler, tissues, lens cloth, spare cards and 3 x spare batteries. Although I went all day on 1 battery but swapped it over mid way along with change of cards.
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minnnt said:
4000???? Take it you were machine gunning then.... :LOL:
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All I can say is thank god the D750 only shoots at 6.5fps ;) TBH I was experimenting for quite a bit of the time so used up a chunk of shots doing that :oops: :$
 
pjm1 said:
Mucking around after breakfast... but if I'm taking the time to set up the lights, I really should take 2 minutes longer to get the backdrop out!

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I like the background as is!
 
technics100 said:
Anyone have any success with WiFi using the Nikon app on android to get images off the camera?
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I have used it a few times with my Samsung tablet, usually on weekends away, to take a look through my shots and maybe download a couple and quickly process them to stick on facebook. Its slow and completely unreliable as far as i can see. Takes ages to download previews of them all and then randomly looses the wifi connection for no good reason when camera and tablet are sitting completely still next to each other. Then you have to download all the previews again.
 
ukaskew said:
Absolutely. I'm only 10 weddings in but have shaken off the 'must have this focal length covered' paranoia which I had early on, based on reading so many who use a 24-70 and 70-200. I've shot 2 with my widest being 28mm, and the rest with my widest being 35mm, but it's been absolutely fine. Conversely I assumed I must have up to 200mm covered at the start, but I just shot my biggest wedding and 85mm was more than enough.

Light weight is a blessing for a wedding day, coming from Fuji I'm very happy I've quickly discovered a relatively light Nikon FF setup.
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I've only done a handful of weddings, and those a few years ago now. But, less is definitely more if having a big bag weighing you down is going to get in the way. I only used the 70-200 back then for a couple of specific parts and so that weight can happily sit in the bag for me. I have a wedding at Christmas this year to do and so have been making sure I can get everything into a small bag.

minnnt said:
@JJ! I'd be more concerned about shooting peoples weddings without a backup body rather than any more lenses tbh.
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This. I actually hired a spare body on two occasions - both were 'favours' which I didn't make anything from - as didn't want to be caught short. I'd be happier losing a heavy long lens over a second body all day. Pretty much used the 35/85 combo at the last wedding but changed lenses all day as my second body wasn't as good as the other and that's a PITA!

I think a lot comes down to how comfortable you are with the whole day. You do adjust to certain FL's and therefore can anticipate and 'see' the shot with practice. I did a church once where I needed 200mm due to where I was seated, but 85 is normally enough. The last evening do I did I found the 35 just about ok but a 24-70 would be perfect for the flexibility. I like a 35 for the majority of the day with the longer FL for candids outside etc.

Bottom line in a pressured setting such as a wedding is, be comfortable with your gear and your approach. Get the safe stuff in the bag first, over and above all else. I would like to witness a really top reportage snapper at work with a 35/85 combo just to see how unobtrusive they probably are. That has been my dilemma at times, ensuring I don't get in the way too much when working without a zoom.
 
minnnt said:
4000???? Take it you were machine gunning then.... :LOL:

@JJ! I'd be more concerned about shooting peoples weddings without a backup body rather than any more lenses tbh.
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I read the post quickly and missed off a zero. I still thought to myself, "yeah, that's quite a lot but it's not completely machine-gunning..."

Then I re-read and realised my "quite a lot" was actually just 10% of what @snerkler really took :eek:
 
Livin The Dream said:
I've only done a handful of weddings, and those a few years ago now. But, less is definitely more if having a big bag weighing you down is going to get in the way. I only used the 70-200 back then for a couple of specific parts and so that weight can happily sit in the bag for me. I have a wedding at Christmas this year to do and so have been making sure I can get everything into a small bag.



This. I actually hired a spare body on two occasions - both were 'favours' which I didn't make anything from - as didn't want to be caught short. I'd be happier losing a heavy long lens over a second body all day. Pretty much used the 35/85 combo at the last wedding but changed lenses all day as my second body wasn't as good as the other and that's a PITA!

I think a lot comes down to how comfortable you are with the whole day. You do adjust to certain FL's and therefore can anticipate and 'see' the shot with practice. I did a church once where I needed 200mm due to where I was seated, but 85 is normally enough. The last evening do I did I found the 35 just about ok but a 24-70 would be perfect for the flexibility. I like a 35 for the majority of the day with the longer FL for candids outside etc.

Bottom line in a pressured setting such as a wedding is, be comfortable with your gear and your approach. Get the safe stuff in the bag first, over and above all else. I would like to witness a really top reportage snapper at work with a 35/85 combo just to see how unobtrusive they probably are. That has been my dilemma at times, ensuring I don't get in the way too much when working without a zoom.
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I love my 35/85 combo for weddings, also it depends on your style. I'm not a frame filler so never need near 200mm
 
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