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Focal Length Test

Looking across Yosemite Valley, zooming in on Half Dome.
Nikon D5600 camera, Nikon DX 18-140mm zoom lens.

18mm

18mm
Nikon DX 18-140 G ED VR lens @ 18mm - Click picture to enlarge

35mm

35mm
Nikon DX 18-140 G ED VR lens @ 35mm - Click picture to enlarge

50mm

50mm
Nikon DX 18-140 G ED VR lens @ 50mm - Click picture to enlarge

70mm

70mm
Nikon DX 18-140 G ED VR lens @ 70mm - Click picture to enlarge

140mm

70mm
Nikon DX 18-140 G ED VR lens @ 140mm - Click picture to enlarge


How I take pictures

I've had my Nikon D5600 for over a year. I feel that I'm still learning and tuning the camera to how I want to work. I really like the camera and feel it's the perfect set of features/cost for me. I can use all my older Nikon lenses in fully manual mode and take advantage of the newer autofocus and stablized lenses.

Shot as JPG, small (3000x2000), basic (8bit). I keep the camera set at JPG/Basic/Small for snapshots. I have the Fn button programmed to switch to RAW+JPG/Fine/Large. This lets me save disk space for my snapshots and quickly change to RAW when I see something I may want to enlarge later.

I created a custom picture profile to make the JPGs more to my liking. I was a Kodachrome-64 shooter. I warmed up and sharpened the camera's JPG converter more to my liking. I liked shooting slide film - the picture is as it comes from the camera. I haven't dabbled too much in post-processing, wanting to get the camera right first.





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