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I'm not fully happy with some of the shots, but it was getting late in the afternoon, making it harder to take some of them. I was also experimenting with a polaroid filter, which I took off for the last shots (including the close-up below) as I felt it was making things worse, not better (and I don't have a fucking clue what I'm doing with it yet for that matter). These were shot using the D7000 with the original 18-200mm. I think the latter could do with being replaced with some better glass for this kind of thing as the D7000 with the standard 35mm 1:2 is fantastic.

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Flikr set: http://www.flickr.co...157629714694633

Here's the 35mm at ISO 800 with the built-in flash. My daughter with her older cousin mucking around under the dinner table last night.

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Yeah, facing the sun with too many contrasting elements. Like one of the kids I shot today who has black hair and was wearing a white shirt. I have a morning off later this week during which I hope to spend some time at one of the parks and get some better shots.

I recall reading about neutral density filters previously in this thread. I might have to investigate. I think though that I need to learn more about photography in general.

Edit: I just found the Active D-Lighting setting in the menus, which may be what I'm after.

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VPI: I'm enjoying your photography travels immensely. smile.png

Any of the Nikon shooters here shot with 20/2.8D? I'm lookin to get a small wide lens and that one caught my eyes. It appears Ken Rockwell likes it, but he's crazy.

I have a 35 and am going to get the 24/2.8D. However, I've been scratching my head about going for broke and getting the 17-35 or 17-55/2.8D as either may be good for indoor shots, of which I take many.

Today I took both lenses with me to a local park and set the bracketing to vary the Active D-Lighting between shots. The results did indeed lift the shadows and darkness considerably in highest mode.

This is an un-edited shot with Active D-Lighting at the highest setting using the 35/1:2D

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I wish I'd tried the same shot with the polaroid filter, now I think of it, but when I went there I forgot that the park surrounds a lake.

Not being rushed and being able to use the 35mm more at a more suitable time of day I like the results I got better. It's very easy to tell which ones used the dyanamic lighting setting in the camera as it almost looks as if a fill flash or HDR merging was used.

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The rest of the set: Shirozuoike Park Fukuoka Hanami 2012 (Set: 42)

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Any of the Nikon shooters here shot with 20/2.8D? I'm lookin to get a small wide lens and that one caught my eyes. It appears Ken Rockwell likes it, but he's crazy.

I had the Nikkor 20mm f/2.8 AF D when I had the D700. It was a great combo, especially with FX. Here are some samples from a meet in SFO.

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After doing some lens microadusting on 5D III, I thought I would do some test shots with Canon's cheapest to most expensive lenses to see if "it's worth it" in real life use. Spot AF with all lenses stopped down 1/3 stop from max aperture.

Canon 35mm f/2

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DZ3C1116EF35F2 by drjlo1, on Flickr

Canon 35mm f/1.4L

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DZ3C1128EF35F1.4 by drjlo1, on Flickr

Canon 50mm f/1.4

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DZ3C1119EF50F1.4 by drjlo1, on Flickr

Canon 85mm f/1.8

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DZ3C1122EF85F1.8 by drjlo1, on Flickr

Canon 85mm f/1.2L

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DZ3C1126EF85F1.2 by drjlo1, on Flickr

Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5 MkII to mix things up

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DZ3C1131TSE24 by drjlo1, on Flickr

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It's good once in awhile to do a reality check. Carrying heavy L glass sure makes you feel good and important, but dang in the center, there really isn't a heck of a lot to comment on difference-wise, even for the $350 35 f/2. This was done on full frame sensor even.

However, keep in mind all those above are prime lenses, and I have certainly seen different results for Canon zoom lenses compared to primes. Color rendition also seems quite consistent among Canon primes, whereas I have seen a little different color from other companies' lenses.

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