Usually I go vacation with my partner, it'll be my DSLR and my tripod and the two of us. I mostly take pics of us for memories. And usually never pics that don't have us inside.

Btw, I'm a D90 user too. My first post in the thread I believe.

thanks. errr. don't know. lol.

exactly, after all the d90 is still a camera. having a camera with me all the time better than having no camera at all.

the recharging time i think is affected by mAh but only for larger flash bursts only. for smaller bursts, can hardly tell the difference. i compared both side by side before purchasing the ones that can hold charge.

This post has been edited by shockk: Sep 14 2009, 05:48 PM

sp00ky, for me.. already very fast recycle time when at low-burst, so i don't mind.. i'd rather have those that can hold charge... these type of batteries have longer lifetimes as well, IIANM

Never encountered such a problem on my MB-D80 too.

It could be rough handling.. Maybe they dropped it.
It's really hard to imagine how it can spoil when the build is so darn solid.
Before I forget, the Internet is still the Internet. Don't believe everything.

For DSLR, CMOS is always better than CCD in high ISO performance. This is the main reason why Canon was ahead of Nikon years ago for their consumer grade cameras because even low-end Canon DSLRs used CMOS. Now, only the D3000 uses CCD and the D5000 and beyond uses CMOS already (and suprisingly now, for consumer grade, the Nikon CMOS sensors have better performance than Canon CMOS sensors).

For phone cameras or cheapo cameras, probably it is the other way around many years ago, but nowadays even the phone CMOS camera sensors are getting very good already and nobody uses phone CCD camera anymore.

This post has been edited by shockk: Sep 17 2009, 04:35 PM

I believe it is true as well. I can't seem to find a way to turn off the built-in motor inside lenses. I've heard the the body's motor AF is much faster than some lense's motor (not sure how far this is true).

clean the contact points in ur lens. usually this happens with the kit lens as they have plastic mounts.

but personally, I have never encountered such problems before with all the kit lens I have used.
I only have to say that it is user fault whereby the user didn't take good care while changing/mounting lens.

Haha. But it is very troublesome of you are covering an event and the problem happens. Anyhow, from what I read in other forums before, the problem only happens with plastic mount kit lens and very rare to happen on metal mount lens.

the mounting part (where it contacts with the body). 18-55mm, 18-105mm have plastic mounts, the 18-70mm (d70 kit lens) is metal mount, though.

a metal mount is definitely more solid. but even if it's plastic, it should still be okay if the user takes care well. after all, it's a Nikon.

organize gathering at the airshow?

18-105mm is enough. maybe u can't really snap those flying sky high. but for those on the ground, taking-off and landing shouldn't be a problem. furthermore, can snap photos of the planes when they are parked and also other stuff.