Nikon D750 & D780

Tom Green said:
The 50mm 1.8g I bought from this forum is showing and FL of 50.4mm on Flickr.

Anyone experienced this before? Any idea why or how to correct it?
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Odd! Mine is showing as 50mm.
 
Going to borrow a 70-200 2.8e again too see how I get on with the zoom thing again.

Tempted to get a fisheye just for fun!!
 
Tom Green said:
What’s the difference between the 70-200 2.8e and normal one?
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Zoom and focus rings reversed. Odd decision.
2.8e is sharper especially rrom 135mm onwards, better corners and quicker AF.

The VRII is still a stellar lens!
 
JJ! said:
Zoom and focus rings reversed. Odd decision.
2.8e is sharper especially rrom 135mm onwards, better corners and quicker AF.

The VRII is still a stellar lens!
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And no focus breathing.
 
JJ! said:
Zoom and focus rings reversed. Odd decision.
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While it’s traditional with longer lenses to have the zoom closer to the camera, there are quite a lot of lenses the same way around as the f2.8E. Starting with Tamron and Sigma 70-200 f/2.8 not to mention Nikon 24-85 and 24-120, Sigma 24-70, the 150-600 lenses and Nikon 200-500... I wonder if the zoomcloser to body required some compromises?
 
Eloise said:
While it’s traditional with longer lenses to have the zoom closer to the camera, there are quite a lot of lenses the same way around as the f2.8E. Starting with Tamron and Sigma 70-200 f/2.8 not to mention Nikon 24-85 and 24-120, Sigma 24-70, the 150-600 lenses and Nikon 200-500... I wonder if the zoomcloser to body required some compromises?
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I think it was mentioned somewhere that it’s easier to manufacture with zoom at end of lens.

It’s a shame they didn’t swap the 24-70 2.8 VR at the same time - would have made more sense!
 
Tom Green said:
Is the Sigma 70-200mm 2.8 any good? Are there loads of different versions of it?

Seems cheap
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Depends. It's good, just not as good as the others. Even on the latter the AF speed doesn't come close to the Nikon VRII, and it doesn't render as nicely. If I was to go for a 70-200mm f2.8 now and was more budget minded I would choose the Tamron G2.
 
Eloise said:
On a budget, don’t discount the f/4 options (depending your needs / subjects).
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Good shout. I had the F4 and it’s super sharp, better than the VRii TBH!
 
Tom Green said:
Not only are Panamoz sending me a new lens, they said if it doesn’t arrive before I go to Italy then I can take the one I have now, and they will collect it when I come back.

That is world class.
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Yep, they're very good (y)
 
Tom Green said:
Is it possible to swap the main and sub-command dials around?

I'd prefer to have the front one as SS rather than Aperture
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I`m really happy that you asked about this as I like to do macro (lots) and its a PITA that my fingers keep turning the main command dial and thus putting the shutter speed up and me getting a curtain line in my shots.
All sorted now I`m happy to say.
 
In the same vein as ferocious wildlife being posted, I best give my best effort :LOL: This was the face I received after the cat realised I was taking a photograph and not in fact letting it into the canal boat it was hanging around or indeed feeding it.

Unimpressed cat by andyroberts1868, on Flickr
 
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Graham said:
I`m really happy that you asked about this as I like to do macro (lots) and its a PITA that my fingers keep turning the main command dial and thus putting the shutter speed up and me getting a curtain line in my shots.
All sorted now I`m happy to say.
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I’ve done this in the studio, did consider switching the dials round but chose to be more careful.
 
Tom Green said:
Is a very faint circle/spot normal in the very centre of the viewfinder?

Only noticed it when I moved the AF point. Doesn’t seem to be there in live view.
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I know what you mean, mine has this too but I never liked to ask what it was :whistle:
 
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