Nikkor 18-55mm lens vs Canon 18-55mm lens - and using the wr
I've been shooting both Canon and Nikon. I originally didn't purchase an 18-55 for my Nikon because my Canon body came with one. Several months ago I did buy a Nikkor 18-55mm just because I prefer shooting with the Nikon and the only other lens I have right now is a Nikkor 24-120. The 24-120 was just too heavy to take out when I can only have one lens, it is like lifting weights. It also distorted facial features in candid portraits - it is great for landscapes and such though. To me it seems that there is a very big difference in color and sharpness between the 18-55 mm Canon and Nikkor lenses. The Nikkor is by far a sharper image out of the box, and the colors are more true needing a lot less adjustment.
-examples below - still searching through my shots for acceptable Canon examples though.
.....anyway, I just wondered if people that have these lenses could share experiences, and hopefully photographs. I'm really curious to hear others experiences with them.
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-examples below - still searching through my shots for acceptable Canon examples though.
.....anyway, I just wondered if people that have these lenses could share experiences, and hopefully photographs. I'm really curious to hear others experiences with them.
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Nikkor 18-55
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Nikkor 24-120mm
Great for landscape, but not so much for portrait.
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Great for landscape, but not so much for portrait.
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Nikkor 18-55mm, natural features.
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Features seem distorted with the Nikkor 24-120mm.
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Is there a known way to compensate for such distortion in PS?
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Features seem distorted with the Nikkor 24-120mm.
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Is there a known way to compensate for such distortion in PS?
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Canon 18-55mm.( I really prefered shooting with a 75-300 on my Canon body)
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It should be remembered that the 18-55mm lens is the equivalent of 27-82.5mm in 35mm analogue, and the 24-120mm lens is equivalent to 36-180mm 35mm analogue. Your 18-55mm must be the AF-S DX, which is great for normal and landscapes.
Your shot 'casual' must have been taken at the lower end of the focal length, which will inevitably at such close range optically distort the facial features, as would any other manufacturers lens. The same shot with the same lens at the higher end, would have been perfectly normal, portraits are generally better at around 135 to 180mm.
As for the colour changes, I dont see how the lenses would have a marked difference in 'trueness' of colour. More likely the camera setting is the cause. Both Canon and Nikon are corrected for Chromatic aberration, which has the effect of reduced sharpness and fringing (white light having coloured halos), so that should not be a problem. Stopping down the lens will reduce this effect should it be there.
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Your shot 'casual' must have been taken at the lower end of the focal length, which will inevitably at such close range optically distort the facial features, as would any other manufacturers lens. The same shot with the same lens at the higher end, would have been perfectly normal, portraits are generally better at around 135 to 180mm.
As for the colour changes, I dont see how the lenses would have a marked difference in 'trueness' of colour. More likely the camera setting is the cause. Both Canon and Nikon are corrected for Chromatic aberration, which has the effect of reduced sharpness and fringing (white light having coloured halos), so that should not be a problem. Stopping down the lens will reduce this effect should it be there.
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