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Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

03/16/2006 09:34:19 AM · #1

I got my ring (to mount the 50mm facing the 18-55kit) the other day and Ive been doing some trial and error shots trying to figure it out. I would love some feedback on the photos. The first twot are the same photo, only first one is cropped. Is there a way to get a larger DOF? I find this to be way shallower than i really want but i know with macro you lose dof quite a bit( just didnt expect this much). any and ALL comments/thoughts/critiques are welcome( even if you say u dont like & why)..there will be NO hurt feeling from this end. Im a tought girl...bring it on!

Cropped full the whole thing(1.5" tall)

which is better & why IYHO and what can I do to make these better???

kenskid

Nikon D700

03/16/2006 09:54:14 AM · #2

I think the only way to increase DOF would be to increase FStop. I don't think you can do that with the reverse lens setup.

KS

Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

03/16/2006 10:04:23 AM · #3

thanks klstover...you were right about the color. I think it looks alot better!

eschelar

Canon EOS-7D

03/16/2006 10:16:19 AM · #4

The blue one looks neat, the pink one looks amazing!

I understand that your DOF gets REALLY low when using a reversed 50mm.

partly this is due to the f/1.8 of the 50mm (maybe?)

I think there's no problem with stopping down though.

I would try a shot at f/16 just for fun. You are tripod mounted, so it shouldn't matter.

I love seeing what people can do with this.

One thing that a lot of people do is to put the lens on manual focus and instead of using the focus ring, they slide the camera in and out on some form of slider.

I have a measured slider for my camera and it rocks!

I doubt you could buy it anywhere anymore as it's not even available where I bought it anymore, but I would imagine that there's something out there for not too much money that you could glue a ruler to.

03/16/2006 12:28:04 PM · #5

eschelar- I will try it at f16...just to see. I actually didnt use a tripod for any of these(might be why focus is screwed too) but Im going to see if i can rig something up that will work as a sliding tripod. I did have it on manual focus and noticed that i have a slight rocking motion naturally so it was hard to keep what i wanted in crisp focus.thanks for the slider suggestion.

I actually like the pink version alot better too. makes the photo "flow" a bit better to me.

I bet no one can guess what my BG really is...hee~hee