Sell the 18-135mm off to a noob la, buy 18-105VR. Awesomeness in a box....actually, is it really dust aa? Or could be dead pixels?

I sokong!

Using it and loving it

Purchased the D90 body from Click & Snap in Penang, although i probably could've gotten it cheaper elsewhere. Sorry aa guys, tiba-tiba got D90 racuning in D40/D40x/D60/D5000 thread
I was a D40 user myself, before upgrade complete.

Aik? 18mm for both bodies and Canon gets a wider shot? Doesn't make sense la bro, 40D crop factor 1.6x and D90 1.5x, shouldn't D90 be tad bit wider?

1685VR vignetting, CA, plus pricey...

The Nikkor 70-200 2.8 VR is an awesome lens no doubt. Optics, speed, performance, build. U should get it if u got the chance. Definitely not for poor mortals like me who can't afford the price tag .

I got my hands on a Siggy 50-150 2.8 awhile ago, pretty good so far. Doesn't have the same range as 70-200, no VR, but pic quality is good and it weighs less than half of the 70-200. Costs less than half too

Thats a pretty old skool lens bro, u inherited it from parents or elder siblings?

wtf?! how come got D3000 one suddenly?!

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Have to make do la like that means. The 1000D is such a good starter camera, luckily it didnt come out before the D40. Otherwise I'd be a Canonian already hahaha...Btw D60 built in flash can be used as commander ka?

Amen to that, bro.

The D90 overall package is just better by far.

Ala bro, don't let that get u down. Its always never about the thing, but how u use it . FWIW the D60 sports a similar CCD sensor as the D200, and its a helluva lot lighter, which is always a plus!

550 seems reasonably cheap, did u get to test the unit? But that's the thing la, u add another RM250 and can get a brand new SB600 - no worries and hassles anymore.

Fair enough, but in terms of specs the D60 is capable of quite a bit. Bout the only thing that's lacking is light, so have to make do la. We work within the constraints we are given. But to feel inferior simply because the other guys has a what, D200 with an SB900 on it? Rubbish.

If its one thing i wish Nikon came up with, its cheap awesome flash like the F58. The Cobra is one awesome flash gun, and at RM1k its just one of those lil things that make me question my allegiance to the darkside

But thing is, sensor all made by Sony.....

zio is spot on with this. one thing i realized is that as a photog i was ignorant about what kind of gear i needed - be it lenses, strobes, bags, remotes, whatever. i used to follow thom hogan's blog for a while, and one of the things i read which is quite important is to understand what ur doing and what u need to get it done. after some thought, i realized that in order to get my job done, i needed a range of fast lenses and at least one light source. i needed cheap and good, so figured this:

- 1 flash (SB600)
- 1 UWA (sigma 10-20)
- 1 short zoom (tammy 17-50)
- 1 fast tele (sigma 50-150)

I started with sumthing like this first, to have an idea of what i was going to need in the immediate future. everything else is just icing. figuring in a couple more flashes into it, now that im picking up strobing. just my 2 cents.

If that were true, I'd have left the darkside and become Jedi. Sony/Minolta's 135mm f/2.8 STF is to die for.

True,but this is more of an issue of back focus. Its not feasible to mount a Canon lens on a Nikon body due to the fact that Nikon bodies require longer back focal length, which a Canon lens cannot provide. Man, if i can afford it I'd run multiple systems. Just love that smooth trans focuz .

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Added on July 3, 2009, 12:46 ammost welcome

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I've been out for a week and already a lot of new camera restructuring. Good stuff here!