1DsIII and 14-24 Review

[David Clapp]

http://www.davidclapp.co.uk/articles.php

Here's a full review of the 14-24 on my 1DsIII. Many people have a lot of questions regarding the 16-9.net adapter (including Mr Reichmann), the way it works, how versatile it is in the field etc so I have written an in depth article about how to use this lens, not a comparisons article, but one with considerations and questions answered that may or may not be relevant to you. No graphs and charts, there are many of these already on other sites.

I just got lent a 21mm Distagon that I am going to compare this week so look out for another one very shortly.

Any comments about the review and these pictures are always gratefully received. Here's two shots I took with it last week.

This is a blend of two exposures taken at 21mm f11


This moonlight shot was was a straight shot taken at 24mm @ f4

[djgarcia]

Thanks for the review, David. I gave my 17-40L away to a close friend with a 20D   ... I think maybe it was a particularly bad sample.

[Ray]

Hi David,
You have some lovely landscape shots there. I'm using the Nikkor 14-24 on the 5D, although, to be precise, I haven't done much with it yet, other than take a few test shots to make sure it's working as it's supposed to, which I believe it does.

I was initially confused by some erratic behaviour of autofocus in AV mode, so I've got the impression that it might be better to use the camera in manual mode and autobracket exposures. However, I now believe this erratic behaviour is simply due to the fact that autobracketing of exposures in AV mode is not a feature which is supported with this adapter. If I want to autobracket exposures, it seems I have to get a ball-park meter reading in AV mode, then turn the dial to manual mode and set the AEB parameters. If AEB is set with camera in AV mode, I get a ridiculously overexposed reading, like 1/3rd sec instead of a correct 160th.

Are you able to get an accurate exposure reading in AV mode with AEB set?

Cheers!

[David Clapp]

I havent shot the camera and lens that way, but I will certainly give it a test, perhaps today. Thanks for bringing that to my attention, I really appreciate it.