Pleasantly surprised- 35mm Dx on 610

chrisjjb · Aug 15, 2015

Was looking for a small compact prime to pair with my 85mm for those times when I don't want to carry all my gear. Didn't really want to get a zoom lens and read about people trying the 35mm dx on an fx body (at present can't afford the 35mm fx/ART). Swapped my 50mm f1.8g (which I never used as it was too close to the 85mm)

Findings to date

-Noticeable vignetting wide open- settles at f2.8 then starts to creep in again

-Loss of extreme corners at apertures smaller than f5.6

-Not as sharp at the edges, which for me is less of an issue as if I am photographing something more seriously will take 15-30.

- more CA than I am used to. Even in the centre. Plus more prone to ghosting. (presumably cheaper coatings)

Some examples, apologies for the watermark they were put on facebook. All lens profile corrected from the LR profile

Feel free to share your own

Chris

Enfused hand held. Notice the darkening at the extreme edges

Another example of the corners below f5.6

Wide open. Just LR applied. Not cropped.

example wide open. Cropped but good demonstration of sharpness

KR Photo · Aug 15, 2015

Hmm, those look better than I would have expected. How much did the lens correction change the results? And did you crop these at all?

A nice alternative to the Sigma is Nikon's new 35mm FX lens. Smaller, lighter and less expensive than the Sigma, and a great performer.

chrisjjb · Aug 15, 2015

2,3 and 4 are uncropped.

Here is 3 pre and post Lens correction

Pre:

Post

The 35mm fx is triple the price. I agree its probably worth it, for the corners and coatings alone. Plus the FX one has a distance scale.

However I think its a worthy consideration if you were thinking about one of the older 35mm lenses or if you are upgrading from Dx. I mostly use this lens for when the photos are going on facebook. I would imagine once the FB compression is done you wouldn't be able to tell

gnet158 · Aug 15, 2015

Once again, it's not the gear but the photographer that makes the photos. Very well done!

ruifonikon · Aug 15, 2015

My experience with the 35mm f/1.8G DX and the D810 (FX mode) are pretty good as well. They work great together, with the limitations you already pointed out.

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SUPERHOKIE · Aug 16, 2015

I used to use the 35 dx on D700 in low light situations where the slight vignetting is irrelevant, in fact the ever so slight vignetting adds an artistic touch in most low light shots.

Tord S Eriksson · Aug 16, 2015

chrisjjb said:
Was looking for a small compact prime to pair with my 85mm for those times when I don't want to carry all my gear. Didn't really want to get a zoom lens and read about people trying the 35mm dx on an fx body (at present can't afford the 35mm fx/ART). Swapped my 50mm f1.8g (which I never used as it was too close to the 85mm)

Findings to date

-Noticeable vignetting wide open- settles at f2.8 then starts to creep in again

-Loss of extreme corners at apertures smaller than f5.6

-Not as sharp at the edges, which for me is less of an issue as if I am photographing something more seriously will take 15-30.

- more CA than I am used to. Even in the centre. Plus more prone to ghosting. (presumably cheaper coatings)

Some examples, apologies for the watermark they were put on facebook. All lens profile corrected from the LR profile

Feel free to share your own

Chris

Enfused hand held. Notice the darkening at the extreme edges

Another example of the corners below f5.6

Wide open. Just LR applied. Not cropped.

example wide open. Cropped but good demonstration of sharpness

I've been doing the same with the Micro-Nikkor 40, and it works just great (vignetting is heavy, but that's the only problem).

Nice shots, anyway!

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nicknyhk · Aug 17, 2015

I did the same for my 35mm DX on a D750. Found that the vignetting settled at f4 instead. One more thing to note was that vignetting almost disappears with closer focus and becomes more noticeable when focused further away.

chrisjjb · Aug 17, 2015

I wondered about the 40mm nikkor. Would have been quite useful to have a shorter macro lens.

May pick one up to try

Thanks

Tord S Eriksson · Aug 17, 2015

chrisjjb said:
I wondered about the 40mm nikkor. Would have been quite useful to have a shorter macro lens.

May pick one up to try

Thanks

Do that! I bought it originally as a macro for my CX kit (where it becomes very much like a 105 macro), but just tried it, and it works very well!

The image below is from today (opened in DxO, highlights slightly dampened, then cropped to 16:9 format, but still full width, in Aperture); the stepson is on a shot visit before returning to Thailand.

That's all vignetting there is after opening the image in DxO (Aperture handles this slightly worse).

There is s slight vignetting, but usually I crop it all away, with ease. Slightly over-exposed, but I have not adjusted exposure!

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grannygear · Aug 18, 2015

gnet158 said:
Once again, it's not the gear but the photographer that makes the photos. Very well done!

rb0321 · Aug 18, 2015

Yes, found the 35mm f1.8 DX works well on my D750 too. Came across a nearly new 50mm f1.8D at a photo swap a few months ago and picked it up for $75. Have been using the 50 instead lately but if I need a wider low light option the 35 will do just fine.

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