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dmn23 said:
I bought my D5100 in October 2012 and while I've had pretty good results with the kit lens, I've been wanting to move beyond the basics. So I rented a Tokina 11-16mm f2.6 that I've been lusting after and it arrived this afternoon. I've got it for five days and I plan to use it a lot this weekend.

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I can't speak to the image quality yet but:

1) It's almost comically heavy. It makes one realize how cheap and plasticky the kit Nikkor lens is.

2) I love the focal length. Most of what I shoot around here is landscapes so I'm really loving the 11mm side of the lens.

The rental wasn't too crazy: $73, shipping both ways and optional damage waiver included, five days. A brand new version of this lens sells for around $560 so this is a nice way to see if I really want to buy it.

I'll be posting some photos as the mood strikes.
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tell me more about this lense rental thing.
 
dmn23 said:
I bought my D5100 in October 2012 and while I've had pretty good results with the kit lens, I've been wanting to move beyond the basics. So I rented a Tokina 11-16mm f2.6 that I've been lusting after and it arrived this afternoon. I've got it for five days and I plan to use it a lot this weekend.

IMG_265085.jpg


I can't speak to the image quality yet but:

1) It's almost comically heavy. It makes one realize how cheap and plasticky the kit Nikkor lens is.

2) I love the focal length. Most of what I shoot around here is landscapes so I'm really loving the 11mm side of the lens.

The rental wasn't too crazy: $73, shipping both ways and optional damage waiver included, five days. A brand new version of this lens sells for around $560 so this is a nice way to see if I really want to buy it.

I'll be posting some photos as the mood strikes.
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Yeah, that wide angle gets addicting, but I bet you're going to find the 11-16mm range to be pretty limiting. I use the crap out of my 16-35mm (which on my full-frame camera is about the equivalent of a 10-24mm on your crop sensor), and even with the extra range I have, it's still pretty limiting.
 
You know you've got a good landscape when it can stand on its own in b&w

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jaxn slim said:
Welcome. I send condolences to Mrs. Wein.
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lol.

I'm too broke to have GAS for stuff I only want. I like the camera I bought but just discovered that I can't use a monitor while shooting video. The HDMI output only works to do slideshows :mad:
 
A couple of shots from last week.

Lee Fields & The Expressions
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Alanna Royale
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Unknown Hinson
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Reverend Horton Heat
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Jaxn, I gotta ask, are your photos crops of bigger pics or are those pretty much overall size? What really gets me is how sharp overall the images are. The autofocus in my Nikon is good, but your stuff is off the hook. I gotta play with my manual focus a lot more.
 
parrotheada1a said:
Jaxn, I gotta ask, are your photos crops of bigger pics or are those pretty much overall size? What really gets me is how sharp overall the images are. The autofocus in my Nikon is good, but your stuff is off the hook. I gotta play with my manual focus a lot more.
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Thank you. Those are pretty much the sizes as I shot them. Do you do much sharpening in post production? Because that can make a pretty big difference. I tend to do some clarity/structure, sharpening, and unsharp mask on my images. Also I tend to shoot the aperture not quite wide open to get a good amount of light but still be a little sharper than if it were wide open.

I think of taking a good photo as being akin to having a good take when recording a guitar track. Yeah, the raw track can sound good. But without some good compression, EQ, delay, and maybe a little modulation, you're not getting the most out of it.
 
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