Nikon D750 & D780

rookies said:
Where did you put the sticky tape... But wouldn't that stop you putting the Cover on the eye piece for long exposure?
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Thin small strips either side of where it comes off. Never covered the eye piece.
Don't think I've done long exposures so that's probably why
 
c22w1 said:
Welcome Esther and you have made a great choice.
You can use some DX lenses in FX mode but you will get some amount of vignetting. The 35mm can be used and if used wide open there is not too much vignetting but it does get worse the more the lens is stopped down.
As said previously though the D750 will, by default auto switch to DX mode unless you disable it in the settings.
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I tried my 35mm and 18-105mm DX lenses when my D750 first arrived. With the drop in resolution, field of view and some vignetting I decided why bother? If one of the reasons to go FX with this camera was improved resolution/quality, DoF why would I compromise with those lenses? I figured I I really wanted to use those lenses I may as well keep my D7000.

So now I have Tamron 24-70 f2.8 and a Tamron 70-300 :)

I keep telling myself I will sell my D7000 and DX lenses but haven't got round to it yet and not had as much time as I'd hoped to get out with the d750 either yet :(
 
Uv filters, and lens protectors,
What are fellow togs views on lens protectors and or uv filters, do they degrade the imdage/ lens, when I buy them I usually go for middle of the range price wise, but do wonder about there value on a wide angle lens.
 
I remember a few pages back there was discussion about whether a camera with heavy lens should be carried by the strap mounted to the camera rather than lens. I knew I had read something before, the Nikon 70-200 f2.8 VR2 manual says:

Be careful not to hold the camera body when the lens is attached, as this may cause damage to the camera (lens mount). Be sure to hold both the lens and camera when carrying.

Although they don't say whether it's carrying the lens horizontally or vertically I feel these sentences may be their get of jail free card if there ever any lens mount deformation. if only they made it easy by just adding strap points to any lens that needs to be held by the lens rather than the camera.

I quite like mounting a 70-200 to the lens tripod foot using the black rapid but find it's on the wrong side (right side of body) when lifting to camera/lens upwards to take an image. I tend to use no strap now and hold the tripod foot instead, lifting it with my left hand.
 
lightshipman said:
Uv filters, and lens protectors,
What are fellow togs views on lens protectors and or uv filters, do they degrade the imdage/ lens, when I buy them I usually go for middle of the range price wise, but do wonder about there value on a wide angle lens.
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My lenses/filters have that much crap on them I can't tell the difference between those with and without a filter/protector. :coat:
 
siblingchris said:
I tried my 35mm and 18-105mm DX lenses when my D750 first arrived. With the drop in resolution, field of view and some vignetting I decided why bother? If one of the reasons to go FX with this camera was improved resolution/quality, DoF why would I compromise with those lenses? I figured I I really wanted to use those lenses I may as well keep my D7000.

So now I have Tamron 24-70 f2.8 and a Tamron 70-300 :)

I keep telling myself I will sell my D7000 and DX lenses but haven't got round to it yet and not had as much time as I'd hoped to get out with the d750 either yet :(
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There will be a drop in resolution if you let the camera auto select DX mode. Override it and the 35mm can be used at full res in FX mode albeit with a degree of vignetting. The 18-105 is a different matter and I believe will be no good in FX mode, you will just get a small image circle in the centre of the frame.
My point was that when the D750 body arrives you can use the 35mm to get by, it's not perfect just a stop gap, not everyone can afford to upgrade everything at the same time.
Obviously in the long run with the cost of upgrading to a full frame body you need to also upgrade to FX glass, no question.
 
When I decided I wanted to go FF I started selling my dx lens, the only dx lens I now have is the Tamron 17-50 f2.8, not sure if I should sell the d90 and lens or hold on to them.
 
rob-nikon said:
I remember a few pages back there was discussion about whether a camera with heavy lens should be carried by the strap mounted to the camera rather than lens. I knew I had read something before, the Nikon 70-200 f2.8 VR2 manual says:

Be careful not to hold the camera body when the lens is attached, as this may cause damage to the camera (lens mount). Be sure to hold both the lens and camera when carrying.

Although they don't say whether it's carrying the lens horizontally or vertically I feel these sentences may be their get of jail free card if there ever any lens mount deformation. if only they made it easy by just adding strap points to any lens that needs to be held by the lens rather than the camera.

I quite like mounting a 70-200 to the lens tripod foot using the black rapid but find it's on the wrong side (right side of body) when lifting to camera/lens upwards to take an image. I tend to use no strap now and hold the tripod foot instead, lifting it with my left hand.
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I'm sure they will use it as a reason not to fix a lens mount under warranty if that happened, but TBH if there was enough force to damage the mount I'd expect it to be user error anyway. I'm happy using mine with the peak design the way that I do. Maybe I'll pay the price, but from what I can tell there's little strain put on the mount when held vertically. I've also carried the combo using the tripod mount and although the camera is much lighter I actually think there'll be more stress on the mount like this than the lens hanging down vertically from the body. I bet someone out there has measured it ;)
 
When I decided to go full frame, I bought the 18-35mm FX lens, I already had the Nikon 105, I then started selling my DX lenses, just got one left now, but also realised I needed a mid range zoom or a 50mm, so got the 24-85 this week. Happy now, will get the 50 mm f1.8 next, and sometime in the distant future a longer telephoto, for the time being will rely on walking closer!!!
 
Which did you get think I missed this post?
 
lightshipman said:
Uv filters, and lens protectors,
What are fellow togs views on lens protectors and or uv filters, do they degrade the imdage/ lens, when I buy them I usually go for middle of the range price wise, but do wonder about there value on a wide angle lens.
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I have them on my 3 lenses, guess more out of habit. Never noticed change in IQ to be honest and always used Hoya Pro 1's.
 
lightshipman said:
Uv filters, and lens protectors,
What are fellow togs views on lens protectors and or uv filters, do they degrade the imdage/ lens, when I buy them I usually go for middle of the range price wise, but do wonder about there value on a wide angle lens.
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Bought a good one for the 70-200mm and did controlled tests, just the merest hint of difference in sharpness but not enough to be 100% sure. In others words not worth worrying about. However, I don't use them now as it's another layer of glass to cause flare, and I use lens hoods all the time barring the time I have ND/cpl filters on so the front element is always protected.
 
Been getting the bug again recently after an extended stint with my iPhone - the d750 is top of my list, but the 1/4000 max shutter is troubling me.
My shooting style is often wide open in bright sunlight with fast primes - am I going to be seeing over exposure issues with this body?

(appreciate responses are usually defensive to the death of the chosen manufacturer/equipment - so an honest view would be appreciated along with some real world example shots too please :) )
 
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As soon as there is enough good light to shoot wide open with one of my primes to push it past the 1/4000 shutter speed I'll happily show you some [emoji2] [emoji6]
 
bl0at3r said:
Been getting the bug again recently after an extended stint with my iPhone - the d750 is top of my list, but the 1/4000 max shutter is troubling me.
My shooting style is often wide open in bright sunlight with fast primes - am be seeing over exposure issues with this body?

(appreciate responses are usually defensive to the death of the chosen manufacturer/equipment - so an honest view would be appreciated along with some real world example shots too please :) )
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I have came across this a couple of weeks ago while using a 85 1.8 in Tenerife. The camera just stops the lens down a bit when it hits the max shutter speed so i never really noticed it until i was looking through the shots later and realised that some of theme were 2.8 or whatever. It depends on how much this will bother you. An nd filter would sort it out too.
 
kingo15 said:
Very nice sir.
Was there just the one Light with that?
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Yes, one light on the far side of her a couple of meters out from the wall, it was just a matter of playing with it so that her hair wasn't shading her face.

Thank you.
 
bl0at3r said:
Been getting the bug again recently after an extended stint with my iPhone - the d750 is top of my list, but the 1/4000 max shutter is troubling me.
My shooting style is often wide open in bright sunlight with fast primes - am I going to be seeing over exposure issues with this body?
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Shooting wide open isn't compulsory. :exit:
 
bl0at3r said:
Been getting the bug again recently after an extended stint with my iPhone - the d750 is top of my list, but the 1/4000 max shutter is troubling me.
My shooting style is often wide open in bright sunlight with fast primes - am I going to be seeing over exposure issues with this body?

(appreciate responses are usually defensive to the death of the chosen manufacturer/equipment - so an honest view would be appreciated along with some real world example shots too please :) )
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It is one of the 'weaknesses' of the D750, although it's only due to our ever increasing expectations. For example, the D700 was and still is a pros favourite. Yes the shutter goes up to 1/8000 BUT base ISO is 200 so there's just as much risk of over exposure as ISO 100 1/4000 on the D750. You can always use ISO low on the D750 to reduce exposure by a stop (although it's by adjusting the curves rather than a true stop of less exposure), or else you'll need nd filters. If you want less risk of overexposure using fast primes in bright sunshine then look at the D810 who's base ISO is 56 (IIRC) and has a 1/8000 shutter. TBH though the times that you'll max out the settings on the D750 are rare, and I have no issue using a CPL or ND filter on those occasions.

kingo15 said:
Won't the exposure comp help with that too or am I completely wrong (again)
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IN this scenario when you've maxed out shutter speed and at the lowest ISO exp comp won't help ;)
 
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