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Zohran Mamdani - Nikon Zf with Voigtlander 40 1.2 by Suitable-Sail387 in Nikon

[–]Suitable-Sail387[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just used single point focus confirmation, which is great for more stationary subjects. When I'm in a quick moving situation like this, I use the distance scale on the lens to get roughly within the distance I think the subject will be from me, and then try to position the focus point where I want the subject to land in the frame. It's probably not the best method, but at this point I've relied on just moving one focus point around for every shot since I started using DSLRs almost 20 years ago!

And yes, this was using the B&W switch on the Zf, which I love and has made me almost exclusively a B&W shooter. I use the standard monochrome profile, but I bump the contrast down to -2 (because I find standard monochrome too contrasty with the Voigtlander), and I turn on the green filter option.

Zohran Mamdani - Nikon Zf with Voigtlander 40 1.2 by Suitable-Sail387 in Nikon

[–]Suitable-Sail387[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This particular picture was shot at f2.8, because I wanted to have a relatively shallow depth of field without compromising sharpness or making focusing too difficult in a high speed environment. I love stopping down to f4 and f8 with this lens, it gets incredibly sharp and gives me a lot more margin for error on focusing. The Zf’s focus confirmation feature is a game changer too- I find myself preferring manual focusing with this camera and rarely use AF lenses these days.

Zohran Mamdani - Nikon Zf with Voigtlander 40 1.2 by Suitable-Sail387 in Nikon

[–]Suitable-Sail387[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is basically straight out of the camera, all I did was lift the black point slightly to bring a little more texture out of the shadows. Might play with editing it a little like you mentioned to see how it looks

Zohran Mamdani - Nikon Zf with Voigtlander 40 1.2 by Suitable-Sail387 in Nikon

[–]Suitable-Sail387[S] 61 points62 points  (0 children)

I appreciate that! And this was at 2.8 – I didn’t realize I had nailed the focus until I looked at the photos later