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<blockquote data-quote="Fortkentdad" data-source="post: 407896" data-attributes="member: 24285"><p>Well did a few more parrot portraits - just love a model that does not complain - too much. And sharpness counts when looking at bird feathers. </p><p></p><p>Used my 70-200mm lens set to MF for most of the testing switched back to AF for some comparison shots. </p><p></p><p>It is a skill that needs to be developed. I seem to recall that on my old Nikon F60 when manually focusing there was a focus aid in the viewfinder that helped - but there is no such aid in the D610 (unless I missed it). I thought maybe when I turned the button to MF maybe an MF aid might come to assist. (Hint to Nikon that would be a dandy feature). Or maybe it is there and I don't know about it. </p><p></p><p>The image below is a composite of two shots taken one after the other, only thing to change is MF to AF (I was on AF-C). I'm sure there must be a small difference in the focal settings but my MF effort was dang close to the AF-C image. And that was without much practice at all. Still it takes a little getting used to. </p><p></p><p>Might have been easier in better lighting as I had a little difficulty seeing Kiwi in the dimly lit room. </p><p></p><p>I also wanted to just play with a few different focal lengths that I commonly see available in the vintage MF prime market. After this little experiment for parrot portraits - and I'm sure people too I'm leaning towards the 85mm. I do read that it is one of the recommended portrait lenses. Although I did see a recent youtube about photography extolling the virtues of using a 200mm lens for portraits. It seems to give greater background blur. Although at least with my old vintage Nikkor 70-210 I had to step well back from the bird to get him into focus. Maybe six feet or so which is not a big deal and did get a really nice blurred image. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]135514[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The above is an 85mm while below it's 200mm</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]135515[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>No sharpening or other pp effects - just set white balance to the whites of his eyes. The 200mm isn't even cropped.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fortkentdad, post: 407896, member: 24285"] Well did a few more parrot portraits - just love a model that does not complain - too much. And sharpness counts when looking at bird feathers. Used my 70-200mm lens set to MF for most of the testing switched back to AF for some comparison shots. It is a skill that needs to be developed. I seem to recall that on my old Nikon F60 when manually focusing there was a focus aid in the viewfinder that helped - but there is no such aid in the D610 (unless I missed it). I thought maybe when I turned the button to MF maybe an MF aid might come to assist. (Hint to Nikon that would be a dandy feature). Or maybe it is there and I don't know about it. The image below is a composite of two shots taken one after the other, only thing to change is MF to AF (I was on AF-C). I'm sure there must be a small difference in the focal settings but my MF effort was dang close to the AF-C image. And that was without much practice at all. Still it takes a little getting used to. Might have been easier in better lighting as I had a little difficulty seeing Kiwi in the dimly lit room. I also wanted to just play with a few different focal lengths that I commonly see available in the vintage MF prime market. After this little experiment for parrot portraits - and I'm sure people too I'm leaning towards the 85mm. I do read that it is one of the recommended portrait lenses. Although I did see a recent youtube about photography extolling the virtues of using a 200mm lens for portraits. It seems to give greater background blur. Although at least with my old vintage Nikkor 70-210 I had to step well back from the bird to get him into focus. Maybe six feet or so which is not a big deal and did get a really nice blurred image. [ATTACH=CONFIG]135514._xfImport[/ATTACH] The above is an 85mm while below it's 200mm [ATTACH=CONFIG]135515._xfImport[/ATTACH] No sharpening or other pp effects - just set white balance to the whites of his eyes. The 200mm isn't even cropped. [/QUOTE]
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