wedding need much more than that... i main use 3 type lense..

a) 18-50 f 2.8 or 50mm f1.8 -- for general shot & potrait
b) tele 70-300 G/ Tamron 70-300 DI LD -- for tele.can use also for potrait.to create such bokeh at 200-300mm with f4.also to capture outdoor while they walking towards the pelamin ( berarak).. or for skodeng awek cun from far away..hehe
c) Wide angle - capture during group photo.. or at meja makan.. or taking from upview..wide angle also can create nice/creative effect semasa pengantin bersanding..

eiks... i din really notice any diff with VF off/on...

i prefer 10-20 for the range...why not tokina 12-24?

nikon 18-105 has that sound during AF...some 'wheeling' sound....

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Added on January 5, 2010, 9:42 amu suspect ur VR died???

This post has been edited by Sp00kY: Jan 5 2010, 09:42 AM

nope.. simpan kitlens.. and plus bought tammy 17-50 vc.. u will regret it if u sold it.. 18-105 is one the best all rounder lense besides 18-200 & 18-135 ( non vr).. i regret it when i sold my 18-135mm.. good for travel beb.. takkan u travel mau bawak 2-3 jenis lense.. isk isk

AF-S noise and the VR noise is different. AF-S is much louder than the VR noise.

VR noise only kick in when you do half press on the shutter, just put your ears close to the lens and listen after your lens has already focused.

same to me...feel no different...and cant see the vibrate...lolx...

o.O..i always tot that is the motor sound...lolx..

my vr only has some 'tak tak' noise when its engaged..AF-S pretty quiet ...

see VR in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqVA3xa8TjI

AF-S sound:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dQf_dBVI7U
if u listen carefully, u should hear a soft 'click' before the AF-S sound...the click should be VR

This post has been edited by Sp00kY: Jan 5 2010, 11:26 AM

yup.. even wif VR on, sometimes i found the pic that i took is blur due to shaking...
or I have such a shaky hand to begin wif...

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Added on January 5, 2010, 11:19 aminteresting info on the VR sound... do i need to shake the camera a bit in order to hear the sound when VR is working?

This post has been edited by shadow111: Jan 5 2010, 11:19 AM

Yes, there'll be a tak sounds when the VR engages and disengages. And you don't need to be shaking the camera, the VR works even when you are holding it still.

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This post has been edited by yuenzhi: Jan 5 2010, 02:17 PM

why not get something like cokin/tianya ?

i don't know which brand is the best, from what i heard hoya is quite famous.
do u own a ND filter ?

before bought my D90, my original budget is 500D...
after side by side try on hand & comparison..I decided to buy D90, which is 3 months old and until now I never regret!

but just wonder people always advice to buy dslr with built in motor (exp: D90 vs D3000) to avoid high expenses on the lenses at future...

but seems all nikkor lenses are expensive and I don't see where was the D90 can used cheaper lenses..becoz all the lenses are same price rite?

for example the cheap n popular 50mm f/1.8D can only be used on d90... for D3000 cheapest prime f/1.8 lens is the 35mm which costs double than the 50mm

i'd go for the d3000 since the lenses i like (35mm, 55-200, 18-105) are all AF-S anyway hehe. for wide angle lenses i think autofocus it not that important, since u'll want to focus everything anyway.

too slow shutter? know ur hand cabability. how slow u can go with handheld. i personally can go normally at 1/15 second and 1/10 sec with all kekuda in with a bad parkinson hand, might need 1/25 atleast. my frenz one worst shakky hand. he need atleast 1/30 normally

there are a few nice and famous lens that u cant use it on a D3000/D5000...
eg:
AF 14mm 2.8D,AF 20mm 2.8D, AF 24mm 2.8D, AF 28mm 1.4D,AF 35mm 2.0D, AF 85mm 1.8D, AF 85mm 1.4D,
AF 105/135mm 2.0D DC, AF 80-200mm 2.8D and the list goes on and on...

the closest alternative that I can think of:
AF-S 35mm 1.8, AF-S 50mm 1.4 AF-S 14-24mm 2.8, AF-S 105mm 2.8, AF-S 85mm 3.5, AF-S 24-70mm 2.8, AF-S 55-200, AF-S 70-300, AF-S 70-200

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Added on January 5, 2010, 5:10 pmmind elaborating and shed some light?

This post has been edited by Sp00kY: Jan 5 2010, 05:10 PM

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Added on January 5, 2010, 5:10 pm
mind elaborating and shed some light?

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what he mean is wide angle lens usually have large Depth-of-Field and focusing doesn't really important. You can do manually or whatever.

for wide angle photo, u'll want everything to be in focus, no bokeh etc. since the point of using wide angle lens is to capture more subjects (e.g. huge group photo) then u'll want to focus to infinity, so there's nothing to autofocus on. same goes to landscapes etc

at least that's what i read lah

edit: lighter described it perfectly

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Jan 5 2010, 05:17 PM

Pics spam!!
taken with D90 + 70-200mm VRII

C&C welcomed!!

ooh okok...
what i like about wide angle lens is actually the MFD and the wideness of it...
to create some WOW in a pic