cannot stand poison ka..like me..haha

sold off my d60+tamron 1750 built in motor when d5000 came out..

This post has been edited by alpha_company: Aug 22 2009, 10:18 PM

yalo, cant stand the poison...

now what lens u r using?

Can you charge Nikon D80 via USB connection? i forget to bring my charger.......

Impossible. Not one DSLR in the market can do so.

cant be

the d90 kit lens 18-105VR... the previous tamron 1750 2.8 built in motor slow..i've missed a lot of important shots with that slow lens...

even the 1855VR/18105VR has a faster focus lock..trust me i know 1st hand.

This post has been edited by alpha_company: Aug 22 2009, 11:35 PM

hmm.. thanks dude, this lens is out from my wishlist

That was for the built in motor lens. Do check out the earlier version of it but make sure it has no front/back focusing problem. Other than that, I'd say it's a really good lens.

My recommendations :

1. Sigma 18-50 f/2.8 HSM
2. Sigma 24-70 f/2.8 HSM
3. Older model of Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 without motor - No new ones anymore (Will NOT af on d5000/d60/d40 bodies)

If you're interested in the older model of tamron 1750, you can still find people selling it 2nd hand. The major concern of buying this lens is that most of the made in china version and some of the made in japan version have back/front focus problems and you need to fully test it with a focus test chart and also on your own to make sure that you're getting a good copy of the lens.

i thnk i did charge my D90 accidently once... now cannot ed... i also dnt know how it happen...

what about the tokina 16-50 f/2.8?
that's also a good lens

Yup that's a good lens, but still of all three (sigma, tamron & tokina), the tamron 1750 f/2.8 has the highest IQ overall. The only drawback of new tamron 1750 is that it's slow and for the older model, quite a lot are defective because of the back/front focus problems.

Speed wise, the Sigma 1850 f/2.8 HSM is the fastest of all three as it is the only one that has a high speed HSM motor (Nikon SWM equivalent)

guys, any recommendations on settings when it comes to taking shorts in dark places without speedlites ar? i recently had to shoot some pics for the company during a night event in a club and not all pics came out nice (fiddling alot wif settings) and most of the time had lotsa trouble autofocusing...

Increase ISO. Low Aperture. Low Shutter.

thanks.. am now considering a wide lens besides those lenses..

me too
UWA lens is really good for landscape

Few things I would recommend:

1. Do not use aperture priority mode, use P mode. If you set the lens to 18mm there's a good chance that the lens will have a faster focus lock than at 50 or 105mm.

2. If you are using D90 / D5000, set the AUTO ISO (in auto iso set iso3200 as the limit). For D60 and lower models, use ISO1600 and below because if it's higher there's a lot of noise.

3. I would suggest u use your 18-105VR and turn the VR on. The problem with lenses like 18105VR, 18135, etc etc is that those lenses are do not have constant aperture so that's why in low light those lenses are slow to find focus.

Constant aperture lenses like Sigma 18-50 HSM f/2.8 or Nikon AFD 50mm f/1.8 will perform much better in low light.

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Added on August 23, 2009, 10:25 pmWhat do you have in mind? I say this because the cheaper Tokina 11-16 f/2.8 performs much better than the more expensive Nikon AFS 12-24 f/4.

Maybe Sigma 10-20mm?

This post has been edited by alpha_company: Aug 23 2009, 10:25 PM

ya, the tokina 11-16 & the siggy 10-20 is currently in mind battling each other.. even the price is about the same.. still researching to find which one better..

thanks for the tips... will try if I join company event again next week
btw, just realised i typed "shorts" instead of "shots" lol!!

maybe try and also look at tamron 10-24

decide between tokina 11-16 2.8, tamron 1024 or sigma 10-20...