Thomas Fitzgerald Photography

Here are some more photographs taken with the 35mm f1.8. I have processed them and played around with some of them in Photoshop, so this is not strictly a lens test per se, but rather some real(ish) world examples. It’s the Photoshop equivalent of doodling I suppose. Anyway, enjoy!

(Also, I’ve been experimenting with some new techniques for posting images here, so If you think they look over sharpened please let me know. Thanks)

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I treated myself to a new Nikon 35mm f1.8 Lens for christmas and I took it out for a quick spin in the City today. I’ll have a full review in a day or two but for now just some quick first impressions and some Images. Overall, it’s a pretty sharp lens. Even at f 1.8 it’s sharp. Unfortunately it has one pretty big weakness. It has some severe fringing when used wide open and some pretty bad chromatic aberration too. The chromatic aberration you can live with as it’s reasonably easily removed in post but there’s not much you can do about the fringing. It’s like what you would expect on cheaper digital compacts. It’s a real shame because it’s a very sharp lens. Anyway, here are a few photos. I’ll post some more tomorrow. (I’m writing this pretty late so no large versions I’m afraid)

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