The workdays woes melt once I peer thru the viewfinder and try to pull that fresh summer rain lake view onto that digital sensor.
For the past few weeks I have been shooting with the Nikon 16-36mm f/4 lens. It is a real sweet lens, but it has some special needs. For starters, you can’t just slap the lens on and fire away, ..The first time I tried that the blinkies went into overload. It has taken me a while to figure how to tame the lens….What I have discovered that the best way to get the exposure metering correct when you are in a 7-10 stop range of light, is to go out of matrix exposure mode and do you own average metering, then lock the exposure and continue.
The lens seems to really overwhelm the Nikon D3s matrix meter exposure sensor with light when you’re facing into the light….Next, at 16mm, you don’t get that fish eye effect, but a super expanse of very clean pixels. The lens length is unusual, it is almost like the 24-70, and yet the throw is only 20mm. In summery, a very long lens, for 20mm, with a persnickety metering overload, which produces superb images. An odd lens to be sure, but I am pleased it’s in my bag….
This image above is taken at 29mm, f8, 15sec.
Nikon 16-36mm f/4
