Eh! ... I don't understand. I keep seeing the D90 kit bundled with screen protector. I thought the screen protector comes together with the D90. Is this something different than the BM10 like the GGS screen protector?

Dun be scared. The color of the Chipmunk is from Gimp after post-processed. Original from camera is nice color.

To be fair, I have not come across a D3000 high ISO comparison against the D90/D5000. There is however a comparison by Uncle Ken on the D40 against the D5000 etc. The D3000 sensor I suspect is derived from the D60 sensor which is derived from the D40.

D40 High ISO Comparison

Should the built-in lens motor be better than in-body motor? Yes it should. In theory, the lens motor can be designed and optimized for the glass that it needs to move. Meaning big/powerful/fast motor for big glass elements, small cheaper motors for kit lenses. In body motor is one size fits all. The in body motor will have to work the lens regardless of its size.

The downside of in lens motor is the cost. Each SWM lens you buy have additional cost for the motor. If lens include VR, then the glass elements will probably have to be bigger to accommodate the movements required for VR. Bigger lens, bigger filters, bigger cost. If your start to buy a few lenses, these will add up pretty fast.

What happens if lens motor losak? Can still focus or the motor will jam up lens focusing? Wah. This I dunno coz I don't have any lens that have motor. But I'm pretty sure that my D lens can still work in manual focus mode.

Sure or not the kit lens only so so. Maybe your "test procedure" is flawed.

Ok I don't have the D90 kit lens coz I bought the body only. But here's a sample shot from Flickr taken using the kit lens.

<--- So? Sharp or not?

Taken from AF-S DX Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6 ED VR Group Pool



This post has been edited by HiroBoroi: Sep 23 2009, 11:01 AM

Here the info direct from Hoya.

Look carefully at the "Key Features".

Seems to me ya, the key feature of the Pro1 filter, are there to solve problems caused by having a filter in front of the lens. Mua ha ha ha.
See the irony of it? If there is no filter in front of the lens, then there is no problem to solve.

p/s - Erk!! ND8 is neutral density? Why do you want to slap that on?

Its like test driving Ferrari in ladang kelapa sawit with lopak and kerbau/lembu. After much testing, you conclude that Proton Karamjit is much faster than Ferrari!! Ha ha ha.

Actually ya, looking at all your test pics,ALL of them soft(blurry). Perhaps you're using too low shutter speed. Even with VR, the best it can do is maybe 3 stops down. Also, some people report that VR wont give you sharp pics 100% of the time.

Ha ha. Melawak saja. Jangan mare. Kesian your mom. Baik kau jual lens yang terlebih tu murah murah. Bantu mom repair kete.

Woo hoo!!! Light trails. Come here come here and share your pics.

Yup. Longer shutter speed required. Also helps to lower ISO to 100. Maybe loose a bit of dynamic range but what I do is combine a few shots in HDR. ;-) Oh another thing. I think that for nice light trails, the timing of the magic light also important. If you take the shot at midnight, the sky will be all black. If you take it at dawn or sunset, then the sky will be more blue. Gives nice balance to the pics.

Dat means you oledi got your D90? So that light trail post is pic number wat? Shutter count plz.

Story a bit la. How does it feel compared to D60? Feel like singsong?

Spam No. 5

Ok. I did two of em. One is HDR and the other one is normal. Not a lot of traffic at the area. So the HDR one combines three exposure and the trails are more but finer. Which one is nicer? Appreciate also any other comments.


Ciput Light Trail - HDR


Ciput Light Trail - Normal


This post has been edited by HiroBoroi: Oct 16 2009, 08:41 AM

Alamak Miss Tranny ... tak sempat nak premature "kembang"kulation ... dia pi potong stim ...

The second one looks a bit blurr ... maybe I forgot to add the tiny smidge of sharpening. Or maybe I did add but I forgot oledi. Becoming senile. Jangan kena pakai pampers dah le. Pakai panties tak pe.

Ok. Since Ispunye and Miss Tranny like #2, I put it on front page of my light trails photo thread. The HDR pic I hide.

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Added on October 16, 2009, 10:09 pmThank you for the nice comments. If you love HDR , then quickly buy tripod lorr.

This post has been edited by HiroBoroi: Oct 16 2009, 10:09 PM

Blur is caused by wrong focus or camera shake. Try to eliminate both.

To check for correct focus, can use Live View. Zoom in using the plus button and see in the LCD. Since this is a flower, you can use manual focusing. Focus until your satisfied that its tack sharp. Then bracket your focus. Take 10 shots varying the focus slightly.

To reduce camera shake/shake due to vibration, use the remote IR trigger to activate shutter. The Nikon IR remote is about 60 ringgit and IMHO, its the best bang for the buck thing you can buy. Next, use the exposure delay shutter option. This is custom function d10 on page 183 of the manual. You would want mirror lockup but since the D90 dun have, this is the next best thing to reduce vibration from mirror bounce.

Make sure also your tripod has no slop. Check the weakest link in your tripod system. Try to move the camera while on tripod and see where the slop is. Eliminate it.

Use the fastest shutter speed possible. Bump up the ISO if can. This will reduce movements from wind if you have wobbly tripod. The camera/strap combo will act like sail when you have strong wind. This can cause movement. Also don't forget the flower will sway in the wind too.

I cant think of any other things. Perhaps others can chime in.

This post has been edited by HiroBoroi: Oct 17 2009, 08:13 AM

Kelvin,

Kindly post your pic in the HDR thread la so that can bump up. Later I will follow you from behind.

Thank you. Another HDR.



D90 |F8 | 1/100 | ISO200

This post has been edited by HiroBoroi: Oct 17 2009, 10:14 PM

Settings updated. Check my geavity.

Dump the kit lens cheap cheap and buy the Tamron SP AF17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di II VC . Or you could read here:

Diffraction & Photography

What the article is saying is that the diffraction problem will always be present. Even if you sell the cheap kit lens and buy the 6 thousand linggit Nikkor 14-24 f2.8G Nano Nano lens , you cannot run away from the physics. Your pics will start to get blurry once you push aperture past F16 no matter what lens you have.

If you read and understand the article, perhaps that may save you a few thousand ringgit from buying new Nano nano lens thinking that it will be better at F22. But if you want f2.8 for the bokeh, then that's another story.

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Added on October 18, 2009, 2:21 pmWah ... who is dis leng lui. Using Cokin grad ND (?) sum more. One finger adjusting filter to get correct placement. Serious photographer she is.

This post has been edited by HiroBoroi: Oct 18 2009, 02:21 PM

I sincerely apologize for the misleading info I give about diffraction and blurry pics. Isepunye has shown with real life examples that this diffraction blurr thingy does not exist for his Nikon D90 and kit lens. Again a thousand apologies.

All my other Unker say that with extremely small hole, get more blurr pics. But Unker Ise say no different . Maybe Ise can bend light. He he he.

Unker Ken

Diffraction

Sharpness vs F-Stops


Unker Mike

Understanding Lens Diffraction


Unker Bob

Optimum Aperture - Format size and diffraction

p/s - Sorry Ise. Just teasing you.