780... ermm... still.. that too much for me.. huhu.. mu budget is lower than that.. hahaha.. maybe i shud buy 50mm f1.8 only lo.. cost about 370 rite?

This post has been edited by sprix: Jun 3 2009, 09:29 AM

sprix, you need to manual focus though... so do put this in mind...although you save half of the cost price...but you might need to more than double the effort to capture each shot next time...

50mm equal to 75mm 35mm focal length. So it quite narrow for a potrait show IMHO

so was it a misconception by many when a lot of ppl recommended 50mm for portrait? and in fact 35mm should be the more suitable lens for portrait... ???

That is not true. Some people even use 200mm for portraits! Any primes/fixed focal length can be used for portraits. Primes are usually used because they are much more sharper. Heck, some people use Tamron 90mm f/2.8 or Nikkor 105mm VR for portrait.

Taken in China



Nikon D60
200mm
1/1000s
f/5.6
ISO800

looks blue-ish...i think u overdid the colours.

Photo doesn't look sharp. A little underexposed and a lil too saturated.

Thanks for the comments. Edit again and C&C again is welcomed to improve my photo



This post has been edited by kimurastanley: Jun 3 2009, 02:50 PM

Lacks contrast and still underexposed.

Here's how I would like the photo to look like.

From my desktop monitor, photo u edit looks blown out. But my laptop monitor looks OK.
No wonder the photo I edit looks underexposed

Well, my desktop monitor is calibrated with Colorvision Spyder 2 Pro.

Exposure may vary with monitors, calibrated vs non calibrated. But your photo certainly lacks contrast.

This post has been edited by calvin_gsc: Jun 3 2009, 02:44 PM

What is wrong again with using the standard kit lens for portrait?

most probably he wants a better bokeh...

Ah .... I see. Bokeh cost minimum of 370 ringgit. Hopefully that's enough to satisfy. I'm afraid if he see the 1.4D ter-kang-kang bokeh, then he will regret buying 1.8.

lol..50mm f1.4 still ok...if 85 f1.4...then its bad..or 200 f2 even worse...lol

hahaha.. that the problem when using dslr.. we alwayz poison to buy something better to produce better pic.. but still in learning process thou...

yo guys...
damn...i got a good offer to upgrade to d80...do you think it's worth upgrading? or i should stick with my d40 for now and upgrade to something later on if i need it?

btw... assuming if i need to top up RM400 to upgrade from d40 to d80 as reference guide...is it worth?

i'm very new in DSLR...i don't even really master my d40 yet in my opinion...but just that my fren decided to sell his d80 and offer me a good price...makes me think twice...otherwise i would have stick with my d40....

any 2 cents very much appreciated...sankyu!

I would say.. if you can afford it... go ahead. D80 is a much better body than D40.

But D40 noise control much more better than D80.