yes, post it here.
Typical of sensor dust, become obvious when shoot to sky or places white in colour like wall.

Here's some HK night view taken from Victoria's Peak



btw, darn @#$% stupid i lost my SB900 bundled diffuser dome

any tripod use??

No...
wan 2 bring but my mother takut overweight for check-in baggage...
so quite many blurry pics, in the end i got the idea placing my cam on top of telescopes available there

not bad the pics.
So fast lost ur diffuser?? need to buy a new one lo

ya, bad luck...
but ordered the diffuser d, now postage on the way
will upload more pics soon

@General_Nic.

Pictures are nice. But I think composition can be improved. Especially the 3rd picture.

thx,
i'll accept any advise

im still not familiar wif manual settings
so the 3rd pic i used built-in night landscape scene mode
it came out like dat
lots of clouds cos it was raining earlier
n HK haze is worse than MY!!

Should try aperture priority. Low aperture if no tripod. But this kind of shooting, tripod surely come in handy!

ya...
i feel stupid being the only 1 wif DSLR without tripod that nite...
some even at least got monopod...

btw, cheapest Nikon DSLR sold in HK is D5000, no D60 or lower
n plenty tourists n locals using D3 or Canon 1D >.<
c ppl use cheapest Nikon model oso D80/D90(can easily identify wif the lcd screen on top)
none D40/40X/60/5000 users

wah... so rich ar the ppl there?

Well, I saw a lot of Chinese tourists here using 5DMII too! In Redang currently.

how about the price in Hong Kong compare with malaysia? any idea?

the retail price off cos is the same wif here...
but the street price is quite low i think

im not sure the prices of Nikon
as i dun wanna ask the shops
cos HK shopkeepers r known to scold u if u ask but dun buy
but i know a forumer bought a Canon 500D in HK for RM2900 only after conversion!

Hi All, i'm a newbie in photographing.
Just got myself a D5000 kit... i want to ask how take picture which those background is blur 1 9should be something that you all called bukeh).
Have tried to set to high aperture (small f number) but still unable to make those effect.

Thanks

This post has been edited by edwinlcw: Jun 13 2009, 02:55 AM

lol, u not posted u got your D5000 d meh?
almost made me confused u r another new owner

This post has been edited by General_Nic: Jun 13 2009, 07:16 AM

Go nearer to your subject, wide open aperture. Make sure your camera is focusing on the near subject. The further the background relative to your subject, the more apparent the bokeh.

the rule for max bokeh is = max tele or zoom + max aperture.


So if your lens is tele or zoom ranged, twist it to the max and set the aperture to the biggest. On max zoom/tele, you gonna have to move back a lot if your subject is big (eg : a person, a car)

guys,need some opinion here...
i'm planning on buying nikon dslr by the end of this month, and my budget is around rm1600 - rm2000, so i'm thinking of d40 / d60.
which one is better for a beginner like me?
pls help

If it's between D40 and D60, I would suggest a D40kit + and extra lens or flash.