Seems there is a DSLR craze where everyone nowadays seem to own one. Vote vote vote!

lolz...hehe..first to vote...got it about 2 months ago...

somewhere late august 07

i think lowyat forums is your second home now....

got mine may06. would have gotten one earlier if cash permitted

Hope to own one soon.

chosen the brand yet? If not, Orenzai is here to help you...

Bought dSLR when the price for a used body dip below RM2k.

Just got mine in mid of June 07 during the Uni holiday!

Not owning one yet. Might consider to get one if all those top items in my wish list are achieved, two years time maybe

I'm eyeing Nikon D80, don't really have the budget now. By the time i can actually buy it maybe a replacement model for it is already out lol.
Here's my wishlist on Shashinki. What do you all think about it ? I was influenced a lot by Ken Rockwell review on the 18-200 lens. I'm not hardcore or anything so i think 1 lens is enough.
No need for tripod (yet) and i don't think i need a specific super expensive bag to carry it either. The Sto-Fen OM-400 is for my current flash.

jumped into the bandwagon mid july diz year... when looking at Canon's 20 years anniversary promotion on my way to Indonesia for vacation..

September 11, 07
International Shop, Pertama complex
Nikon D80 kit set (RM4200)

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Ken Rockwell? Muahahhahaha.......

http://www.bahneman.com/liem/blog/article...._Rockwell_Facts

Ken Rockwell Facts
Monday, March 12 2007 @ 04:24 PDT
Contributed by: Liem For a couple long hours, the folks on freenode.net's #photogeeks IRC channel dropped lines about Ken Rockwell, the photographer/blogger we love to hate.

We created these morsels along the same vein as the infamous Chuck Norris Facts, I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

Ken Rockwell Facts

Contributed by liem, Epic|, Fufie, michel_v, neom, Wintre, Bas|k, lament, mattsteg__ and pal.



Ken Rockwell is the Chuck Norris of photography

Ken Rockwell's camera has similar settings to ours, except his are: P[erfect] Av[Awesome Priority Tv[Totally Awesome Priority] M[ajestic]

Ken Rockwell doesn't color correct. He adjusts your world to match his.

Sure, Ken Rockwell deletes a bad photo or two. Other people call these Pulitzers.

Ken Rockwell doesn't adjust his DOF, he changes space-time.

Circle of confusion? You might be confused. Ken Rockwell never is.

Ken Rockwell doesn't wait for the light when he shoots a landscape - the light waits for him.

Ken Rockwell never flips his camera in portrait position, he flips the earth

Ken Rockwell ordered an L-lens from Nikon, and got one.

Ken Rockwell is the only person to have photographed Jesus; unfortunately he ran out of film and had to use a piece of cloth instead.

When Ken Rockwell brackets a shot, the three versions of the photo win first place in three different categories

Before Nikon or Canon releases a camera they go to Ken and they ask him to test them, the best cameras get a Nikon sticker and the less good get a Canon sticker

Once Ken tested a camera, he said I cant even put Canon on this one,thats how Pentax was born

Rockwellian policy isn't doublethink - Ken doesn't even need to think once

Ken Rockwell doesn't use flash ever since the Nagasaki incident.

Only Ken Rockwell can take pictures of Ken Rockwell; everyone else would just get their film overexposed by the light of his genius

Ken Rockwell wanted something to distract the lesser photographers, and lo, there were ducks.

Ken Rockwell is the only one who can take self-portraits of you

Ken Rockwell's nudes were fully clothed at the time of exposure

Ken Rockwell once designed a zoom lens. You know it as the Hubble SpaceTelescope.

When Ken unpacks his CF card, it already has masterpieces on it.

Rockwell portraits are so lifelike, they have to pay taxes

On Ken Rockwell's desktop, the Trash Icon is really a link to National Geographic Magazine

Ken Rockwell spells point-and-shoot "h-a-s-s-e-l-b-l-a-d"

When Ken Rockwell went digital, National Geographic nearly went out of business because he was no longer phyically discarding photos

For every 10 shots that Ken Rockwell takes, 11 are keepers.

Ken Rockwell's digital files consist of 0's, 1's AND 2's.

Ken Rockwell never focus, everything moves into his DoF

Ken Rockwell's shots are so perfect, Adobe redesigned photoshop for him: all it consists of is a close button.

The term tripod was coined after his silhouette

Ken Rockwell never produces awful work, only work too advanced for the viewer

A certain braind of hig-end cameras was named after people noticed the quality was a lot "like a" rockwell

Ken Rockwell isn't the Chuck Norris of photography; Chuck Norris is the Ken Rockwell of martial arts.

Ken Rockwell never starts, he continues

Haven't own one yet. But I'm very looking forward to...

walau.. the kenrockwell quotes...

June this year. As prices for Mid-level DSLR's started to drop...a week or two before Japan-GT. But as usual, should I have the cash, I would have got it in 2006.

Bought mine in late September - Olympus E-510 twin lens kit.

I think the thread starter is right to say that there is a DSLR craze going around. Prices have dropped, so it's a good time to enter or upgrade to the DSLR segment.

However, I'm sure that many people will come to realise that the cost of actually getting the most out of your DSLR tends to escalate very fast considering the many components that you will need. This includes additional lenses (macro, super telephoto, wide-aperture portrait etc), external flash units, tripods, spare batteries, photo editing software etc etc.

The KenRockwell quotes sound extremely biased as if it was written by a NIKON user, But Im guessing its a joker fooling around....

Entry LEVEL DSLR's are so affordable nowadays, Im not suprised if you call it a craze that everyones gone and bought one...

Very funny. http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/nikon-vs-canon.htm Read that.
If you have a better suggestion on my camera and accesory choices do tell me.

Ken Rockwell is Nikon fanboy.

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Added on November 7, 2007, 1:04 pmdamn, after reading that link u provide, i wanna buy nikon d200..

I just got mine yesterday. A Canon 400D and I'm very happy with it. I wanted to get one last year when I was doing my Journalism course and now that I've graduated and working and have saved enough , I bought one!

i vote for just recently.. look like only ppl who just bought their dslr will frequently check this forum.. hehe

Can't blame him, he's been using Nikon all his life.

Bought a Canon 400D last Sunday. Didn't have much chance to try it out yet as I was busy this week. Will try it out soon. Noob only

Need to own DSLR bcoz for the current demand of photo job (All in Digital Photo request)..

Amazed by the poll results... looks like this sub-forum will be expanding rapidly!!!

The increase in DSLR users is probably due to the fact that an SLR comes in a digital format with much ease of use.

It makes learning photography much more easier to learn as you can instantly view your photos and fix the settings used as opposed to the film format era.

Besides that, entry level dslr are priced reasonably.

And of course, a DSLR produces superb photo quality as compared to a P&S.

Taking photos is one thing which one can pick up easily. But getting to know deep into photography and into manual photography. It takes some time to master.

i owned a canon film slr 9 years ago without knowing that i could actually change the lens...
currently using digital slr bought in Nov 2005, exactly 2 years ago..

Dslr prices have dropped much recently..Seems pro photog services will be no longer needed soon. One family, one DSLR

Yalor. Everyone also own one by then...as it is, everyone wants to get one NOW....

Got mine in 2005.

I guess DSLRs are getting far more affordable and with companies like Nikon and Canon moving their production centres to places with cheaper labour, i see this hobby getting even more popular.

I could see pretty soon many wedding photographers would loose their business due to increasing numbers of people coming into the fray and not including some family members would gladly do it for free.

i doubt it. you could HAVE a DSLR but that doesn't mean anything.

skills alone also not there already.

unfortunately, it seems, more people is getting more skilled.
last time, film camera cannot have experimentation photo
taking since washing film is expensive. Now, after 1000 pics,
no skill also become got skill liao.

thanks to digital revolution, everywhere full of skilled photographer.
good bye to pro photographer..

when NasiLemakMan, i'm assuming he meant those working in bridal galleries and all.

if he was talking about those who all the while have been shooting wedding photos BUT not under bridal galleries, then yeah i agree that they market is going to be saturated.


bridal galleries on the other hand, won't go down so easily. bridal galleries provide full package, gowns, settings, studio equipment, make up.

so they don't lose business IMO, their readiness and reputation alone gives them more business than any other Tommy out there with some gears here and there.

i had a friend who source for his own photog, clothing and makeup and he compared it to the one i had (with bridal house), he found his to be pricey. i've seen the output, not that impressive as well.

furthermore bridal galleries also have packages that provide the gown even for dinner and so on so forth.

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Added on November 14, 2007, 4:50 pm

yeah. now can snap like silly, sure can get 1 correct.

3 months ago the 1st.. 1 month ago the 2nd..

Wow.. u got 2 bodies in less than half a year? Shooting full time ?

Actually sometimes being skillless is a good thing, provided you have the right mindset.

The only reason i bought my 350D in 2005 is due to the awesome Canon adverts i saw on the way to La Brouget. After 3 day breather in London, i pestered my old man to get it for me, since it was bday and all, and heck he didn't even remember it (yeah i know i'm too old for birthdays but what the heck i really wanted it). No skill whatsoever, he thought i was stupid, but i gave an even dumber excuse, buy now learn later.

Nearly 3 years down the road and i can say that i've improved a damn lot. Especially in my hot chick sniping skill and loliGET skill, not of course forgetting my scream in anguish due to running out of battery or too much noise skill has also improved at the same time.

Conclusion = Canon Marketing (except Simon Yeam, he just makes me go uggghhhh) = WINNAR.

for those who haven't gotten your DSLR yet... make your own one!!!

New DSLR

going to get one soon ._. dunno which to buy. ahahha

I lol'd. That reminds me of attaching a huge hard disk on an ipod.

Err no.. I m still a student..

Full time photographing student!

No oso.. Only join school's society n hobby onli

my budget still restrain me from getting an slr... need more money!!!

I'm gonna get one,

SOOOON!

bought last year, now kept in freezer

waa so wasting a?