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Tried it but not what I was after. I was hoping to assign a button to toggle thro the optionsPut subject detection into my menu at the top.
Configure FN2 (or another button) to 'activate top menu item'
Tried it but not what I was after. I was hoping to assign a button to toggle thro the optionsPut subject detection into my menu at the top.
Configure FN2 (or another button) to 'activate top menu item'
Would be interested in your thoughts when it arrives as I have a big gap from my 24-70 to the 180-600Just ordered a 70-180 F/2.8 from e-infinity, having been trying to decide on a fast tele lens for ages… I know it won’t be as sharp as the 70-200, but at half the price and size it felt like the right call for me personally! Anyone else have one?
Thanks Paula very atmospheric image. loving that dark sky with the light against the houses
Well it arrived yesterday, and first impressions seem very good. Even in poor artificial lighting around the house it seems really quite sharp wide open. Looking forward to doing some proper real-world tests.Would be interested in your thoughts when it arrives as I have a big gap from my 24-70 to the 180-600
It's not vast, considering it's f2.8
I've been reading the reviews about the 500mm f5.6 PF. It seems that lens may have been an oddity in that its performance was far higher than its price point. This photography life review says 'the Nikon 500mm f/5.6 PF performs just as well as the expensive 500mm f/4G VR, and even out-performs it slightly in the corners! That’s a really excellent performance'.Yeah, I get it but it's the first Z lens I've had that that isn't a lot better than an equivalent F mount lens (thinking 500mm PF) but it's by far my most used lens!
With my 400mm f4.5 I have it set to L-Fn2 (the 4 around the front) it’s an option under ‘f2 custom controls’ called ‘Recall focus position’, if it’s not there could it be lens specific?Anyone know how you set the lens function buttons on the Nikon Z 180-600 (the 4 around the front), to recall a focus distance on the Z8 & Z9 as try as I might, I can’t for the life of me seem to work it out?
It certainly makes for interesting decisions, this evening I’ve been reading some of Brad Hill’s blog and the interesting part that stuck with me is that the new 400 f2.8 and 600 f4 are not any sharper to make it worthwhile upgrading from the previous FL versions, just ‘better’ in all other areas, weight, built in TC, focussing etc.I've been reading the reviews about the 500mm f5.6 PF. It seems that lens may have been an oddity in that its performance was far higher than its price point. This photography life review says 'the Nikon 500mm f/5.6 PF performs just as well as the expensive 500mm f/4G VR, and even out-performs it slightly in the corners! That’s a really excellent performance'.
That's amazing for such a lens like the 500mm f5.6 PF to perform in sharpness like a more expensive f4 prime lens. I think the lightweight Z primes like the 400mm f4.5 and 600mm f6.3 are realigning performance so there is an obvious gap between them and the very expensive f2.8 and f4 Z fast long primes, which was lost with the 500mm f5.6 PF.
All of this has made me reconsider the 100-400 Z and pair it with the 500mm f5.6 PF for longer focal lengths where I was thinking of using a teleconverter. Another option is to get the 100-400 Z and save up for a second hand 600 f6.3 Z, but that's going to be much more expensive than the 500mm f5.6 PF.
I read on another forum that using the silent mode on the Z6 or Z7 can cause unwanted "artefacts".
Is this true?
What should I be looking for?
Nice! I'm loving mine... (Mine's naked! )
With flickering light (LEDs, Fluorescents) you can get banding. Does depend somewhat on the shutter speed.I read on another forum that using the silent mode on the Z6 or Z7 can cause unwanted "artefacts".
Is this true?
What should I be looking for?
Depends what artefacts you are talking about?I read on another forum that using the silent mode on the Z6 or Z7 can cause unwanted "artefacts".
Is this true?
What should I be looking for?
So is mine at the moment.Nice! I'm loving mine... (Mine's naked! )
I'm not talking about any . .Depends what artefacts you are talking about?
Thanks.With flickering light (LEDs, Fluorescents) you can get banding. Does depend somewhat on the shutter speed.
Always worth doing some test shots and checking in camera. Banding is (currently) almost impossible to fix. Maybe AI will fix it soon...
do you mean banding under certain lighting conditions?I hardly ever use silent shooting on the Z6ii because of artefacts from lighting.
Banding and rolling shutter distortion are both possible. Flicker reduction can help with banding, as does SS selection (longer/slower); nothing helps with the shutter distortionI'm not talking about any!!!
I'm asking if there are any, after seeing a comment on another site.
Good grief.
Hi, sorry yes. LEDs and fluorescents.do you mean banding under certain lighting conditions?
Beautiful sharpness and detail. Do you ever find the 500mm PF struggling to focus at near to minimum focus distance compared to 100-400mm when mounted on your z8? This chap mentions it at around 7mins into this video
Holy smokes! That is sharp! What a stunning photo also.Decided to go a bit lighter yesterday and take the Z8 and the venerable F Mount 500mm F5.6 PF. I was thinking of selling this lens, but I always forget how sharp it is.
Robin, singing his little heart out.
Thanks. Can't say it's anything I've ever noticed the issue you mention. However now you have mentioned it, I'll keep my eye out for in when I shoot with it next.Beautiful sharpness and detail. Do you ever find the 500mm PF struggling to focus at near to minimum focus distance compared to 100-400mm when mounted on your z8? This chap mentions it at around 7mins into this video
Holy smokes! That is sharp! What a stunning photo also.
Not sure how some of these reviewers can complain, as they always seem to live in bright sunny countries.Beautiful sharpness and detail. Do you ever find the 500mm PF struggling to focus at near to minimum focus distance compared to 100-400mm when mounted on your z8? This chap mentions it at around 7mins into this video
After reading reviews of the 400 f4.5 I’m now considering the 100-400 Z for the versatility of a zoom and potentially the 500mm pf as a longer wildlife lens. The 500 pf by all accounts was a stunning lens that performed far above its price point.Many thanks. Yes, like I say, sometimes I forget how sharp this lens is. Sure it's not a Z mount S Line lens, and it's "only" and F mount, but just a few years ago, it's the lens that every Nikon wildlife photographer wanted. I've had mine about 4 years and it's so easy to carry (more so than my new 180-600 which doesn't quite fit in my regular day backpack).
Here's one from the same session of the same bird but from a different angle, it had just started to rain and got very overcast all of a sudden.
Not sure how some of these reviewers can complain, as they always seem to live in bright sunny countries.