The standard answer will be buy flashgun first. I think this is true in the film days. During that time, most film cameras rarely have built in flash. Furthermore, once you decide on the film ISO, youre stuck with it for the whole roll ... unless you push. If you push, then its for the whole roll. Then if you push, the picture come back all grainy one.

With digital, you have a lot more flexibility. You can push to ISO 1600 for a single shot. The next shot can bring back down to 200. Most entry level DSLR also have built in flash. Then you can review on the spot how your flash pic turns out. Can try different camera/flash setting to get what you want.

In addition to this, now you can take several shots and post process i.e. vertorama, HDR etc etc.

So you have so many more options now. But given all these arguments, most people still end up buying the SB-900. Maybe Nikon put some nice smelling hallucinogenic chemical compound on the SB-900 box, I dunno.

Ok then ... get the SB-900 and be done with it.

Danger Will Robinson!!!



Saw this a few months back on TV.

Ahh ... if the internet does break, we now know who to blame.

How many lenses do you plan to buy? If your budget is tight, then no point talking about buying dis lens and dat lens. Lens also expensive mah. With D60 also can take great pics. You can buy second hand old manual focus lenses. For landscapes, portraits you can get great pics with these also.

I dunno about other type of photography, but if you do landscapes, check out hyperfocal distance. You can basically set focus at approximately 5m and aperture at f16 and get everything from front to back sharp. How much simpler can it get? But to do this, the old lenses with distance scale helps a lot.

The G lens also transmit distance information to the camera. Same like D lens. Dun believe me? Download the Nikon lens brochure here.

I suspect the G is done to improve weather sealing. By not having the aperture ring, there is one less place for water/dust to get in. Other than that, its a minus point for me. Cannot use G lens on my manual FM2. As Unker Ken say, G is for Gelded Tak de telur.

I assume you're buying a new one and not used.

Nikon is not transparent with the serial numbers of D5000 which are on recall. I think you have to go to Nikon Malaysia's website, punch in your camera serial number and they will tell you whether it needs to be fixed. Kinda sucks if you're buying a new D5000 and don't know for sure if its a lemon.

There is this site (Nikon Watch) which list the serial numbers of D5000 that have problems. I have no idea whether the list is for models sold in the US only. You can print this list and bring it to the shop. If the numbers matches perhaps better to avoid buying that particular one.

I think wireless is a subset of CLS. Is the SB-400 part of the CLS system? Dun think dat one can do wireless.

Dont need Tamron 2.8 to take landscape la. D90 kit lens ok oledi.

Check out this link. The 18-200 is up there somewhere.

Let us know what is the story with your lens. To check the lens, will the Nikon service center open it up? If they don't replace anything, how much is the cost for just service?

Purpose of UV filter is for the shops to make easy and obscene profits off newbies.

Ha ha. Sorry. I think I read three threads in here about shop ripping off newbies buying UV filters. So be careful buying the accessories. Its when you're buying the small things that you get shafted most of the time.

I'll call your crap and raise you a "shiny turd".

If you look carefully at the 12 artsy pics ... you will see that ... none of them got bokeh!! Ha ha.

When you think about of it, why is this piece of paper worth anything?



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