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Posted: Sun Apr 10th, 2016 01:08
 
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Eric wrote:
I had forgotten you had my 10-20......that WAS a good lens.

Have you got my lawnmower....couldn't find it in the shed?


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Not in my shed... have you tried searching the lawn, maybe it didn't make it back to the shed? Or did you turf it out last year???

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He probably lost it in the bathroom when he was cleaning it at the end of the season.
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Are you sure it didnt go down the plughole Eric?
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My Sigma 12x24 is an FX that gives good results on a D610 so on a DX most of the edge problems are reduced quite a bit.



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In the end I went for the 12-24 and I'm impressed and happy
I tried both in the shop, couldn't tell much difference unless pixel peeping, went for the one I figured I would use the most
Took it to Mull a few days later and it pretty much stayed on the camera all week



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highlander wrote:
In the end I went for the 12-24 and I'm impressed and happy
I tried both in the shop, couldn't tell much difference unless pixel peeping, went for the one I figured I would use the most
Took it to Mull a few days later and it pretty much stayed on the camera all week

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A lot of lens dissatisfaction can be caused by attached accessories, like that filter shown in your post. A lot of them degrade the image because of the extra surfaces, defects etc. Without careful testing of a lens with a specific accessory there is no way of knowing the extent of the accessory degradation.



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You are right there Mike, I experienced ghost images, like watermarks in one set of images, eventually I nailed it to the UV filter which I had been advised to use in front of the lens.

I had five 52mm UV filters at that time, frame the 'best' coated Nikon and Hoya to no-name cheapies. I replicated the conditions and tested them all, in fact some of the cheapies did a better job than the 'best' but they all degraded the image significantly.

With the exception of my Nikkor 80-200 f/2.8 which I am unable to remove the filter for fear of damaging the lens, I got rid of all my UV filters at that point. I have suffered very occasional marking on the front element as a consequence but I have yet to see any degradation of an image as a consequence of the slight marks.

Unfortunately I seem to have deleted that set of images from about 2010, probably during one of my culls!

One 'accessory' which I do recommend is to use the lens hood, that can increase the contrast in an image, especially when using wide lenses.



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The only one I use consistantly is on the Laowa Venus 15mm f4 macro, which will focus down to about 1 cm and is difficult to clean. For dirty situations I will put one on.



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amazing50 wrote:
The only one I use consistantly is on the Laowa Venus 15mm f4 macro, which will focus down to about 1 cm and is difficult to clean. For dirty situations I will put one on.

Could You tell us about the LAOWA 15 f4.0, as I am looking into that one , since I can not afford Nikon`s PC-E 19 f4.0.

I have seen a report about it , but it did not mention the quality when Rise/Fall was applied , apart that 3mm was the max for full frame.

How is it at Infinity with Rise/Fall applied ?



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