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 10/22/2007 11:45:16 PM · #26
Shadowi6 just PMed you :-}
 10/22/2007 11:53:45 PM · #27
after much. Much deliberation I have decided to go with the local 1.8 for now but I'll be putting in a order for the 1.4 and a few other items like the battery grip soon enough.

Thanks heaps guys for all your help and advice & tonytI recon I might take you up on that one day :)
 10/22/2007 11:54:42 PM · #28
Originally posted by sir_bazz:


I don't think Nikon make a 50mm f1.2L :P

bazz.


err sorry, all I read was 50mm, 1.4 and 1.8, didn't notice it was a nikkkooorrr thread
 10/23/2007 12:01:37 AM · #29
They do. It's a manual focus lens and even that is not $1,100 USD

Nikon 50 mm 1.2

Originally posted by sir_bazz:
Originally posted by JeffDay:
$1100 for a 1.4? Sounds more like the 50mm 1.2L


I don't think Nikon make a 50mm f1.2L :P

bazz.
10/23/2007 12:56:21 AM · #30
All I have is the 50mm 1.8. It's good and cheap. That's why I didn't feel bad when it fell out of my truck 3 ft. to the ground onto the cement and rolled down the street for about 15 ft before coming to rest in the grass Sunday. After all that it still works fine. I probably would've cared a little more if it was a 50mm 1.4 or 1.2.
 10/23/2007 01:24:28 AM · #31
Steven
I buy from B&H all the time, with their prices and shipping it still works out cheaper. Great place to buy from. Keep a look out in their used section too, some great finds there.

I have the 1.8 and the 1.4. I LOVE the 1.4 much better, better build too
 10/23/2007 01:28:26 AM · #32
Here is an Australian place that i have bought from twice before they are also good

dd photographics
 10/23/2007 01:55:47 AM · #33
Originally posted by lentil:
Steven
I buy from B&H all the time, with their prices and shipping it still works out cheaper. Great place to buy from. Keep a look out in their used section too, some great finds there.

I have the 1.8 and the 1.4. I LOVE the 1.4 much better, better build too


thanks thats sort of my reasoning behind getting the 1.8, I can always buy the 1.4 later :) as far as glass goes they are both cheap.

I ended up getting the 1.8 for now, Damn they are small :)
10/23/2007 09:16:40 PM · #34
Originally posted by Shadowi6:
I ended up getting the 1.8 for now, Damn they are small :)


LOL! Yeah, on the D200 it looks like a toy lens.
 11/12/2007 11:58:29 AM · #35
Excellant source for info: KenRockwell.com
 11/12/2007 12:53:41 PM · #36
I have both and will agree that the 1.4 seems a bit soft in lower light situations compared to the 1.8, however It beats having extra noise in the photo caused by bumping up the ISO to make up the difference. Can always sharpen in PS.

Both are very good lenses. If I could only have 1 of them I would probably keep the 1.4 simply because it is a far more solid build.

Message edited by author 2007-11-12 12:55:21.
 11/12/2007 01:14:20 PM · #37
i would say buy the 1.4 then sell it there and make some profit!
 11/12/2007 01:14:40 PM · #38
Originally posted by savanzo:
Excellant source for info: KenRockwell.com

please, no
 11/12/2007 03:53:28 PM · #39
Originally posted by savanzo:
Excellant source for info: KenRockwell.com




11/12/2007 03:57:52 PM · #40
Originally posted by doctornick:
Originally posted by savanzo:
Excellant source for info: KenRockwell.com





Sorry, there is a lot more good info here at DPC than at Imsofullofmyself.com

Message edited by author 2007-11-12 16:00:13.
 11/12/2007 05:21:03 PM · #41
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by doctornick:
Originally posted by savanzo:
Excellant source for info: KenRockwell.com





Sorry, there is a lot more good info here at DPC than at Imsofullofmyself.com


and half of the reviews he makes was all made with assumptions, not actually testing the equipment out himself(or so ive heard)
 11/12/2007 05:22:52 PM · #42
Originally posted by noisemaker:
and half of the reviews he makes was all made with assumptions, not actually testing the equipment out himself(or so ive heard)


That's one of the more unintentionally funny things I've read this month.
 11/12/2007 05:25:17 PM · #43
Originally posted by Gordon:

That's one of the more unintentionally funny things I've read this month.


:-D was quite humorous.
 11/12/2007 07:20:22 PM · #44
Originally posted by Gordon:
Originally posted by noisemaker:
and half of the reviews he makes was all made with assumptions, not actually testing the equipment out himself(or so ive heard)


That's one of the more unintentionally funny things I've read this month.

oh don't worry i knew what i was saying ;) glad you caught on
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