u're using D90 right? u have crop factor of 1.5x. apart from the low/big (i duno how to term this haha) aperture, 50mm lens are famous because they are 'normal', as in what u see with ur own eyes. but the 50mm lens will be a 75mm lens on a D90 (50 * 1.5 = 75). so in order to get the equivalent of a 50mm on a full-frame sensor DSLR, u'll need 50/1.5 = 33.3 ~ 35mm lens. so get (3)

agree! ;p got one shop selling D60 RM2.4k

do u guys think it's advisable for me to get a D90 (w/o kit lens) and a 50mm f/1.8? cuz my gf already has a D60 with kit lens...and i dont zoom a lot

actually thinking of the 35mm as well. depends on budget haha. but is it a good idea to forgo the 18-105?

u guys can know shutter speed juz by looking at the photo w/o exif data?

ooo okay hahaha. i thought u guys so pro until juz by looking at the photo can guess the shutter speed dy

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Dec 16 2009, 08:41 PM

ya...how come promotion become more expensive ;p

kingston brand i only trust with RAM... even the flash drives are not as good as sandisk's

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.

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

luckily the lens is too expensive 4 me... else i start saving up now haha

u made me LOL! among so many things that have steel frame inside, ur example is T2

i'd go for the D90. D90 pwns the D300 IMO

unless u want that magnesium body lah

hmm will try to ask my sis to get the black industry disgrace 4 me. i dont want to be a walking nikon advertisement

yes the example is using lightroom to make the 2 (higher and lower exposed) versions of the original photo. then use photoi4gotwhatsthename software to merge

the best way to do HDR is to shoot 3 photos from the camera... 1 in good exposure, one more slightly lower (maybe -1) and another one slightly higher (+1..can experiment lah). this way u get 'authentic' exposures instead of the artificial ones from lightroom. download these 3 onto ur computer (duh )

in photoshop, go to file > automate > merge to HDR. at the "Use" dropdown menu, pick Files. then browse and select the 3 photos juz now. click OK n wallah!

isnt JPEG theoretically sharper than RAW? since got in-camera sharpening ;p dunno lah

4 me the best advantage of RAW is WB...when adjust WB in PP very accurate, compared to JPEGs. 2nd is exposure. so i only shoot RAW when it's very dark or i cant decide which WB setting looks better hehe

but most of the time JPEG 4 me. save space

eh thx to every1 who reply on my behalf haha. yeah RAW got more information in the shadows, so when in PP we increase the exposure, it still know what's under the shadow, n vice versa

i havent compared jpeg conversion by lightroom vs in-camera though ;p

HDR done right, good job i think this couldve been a nice pic if not for the ugly jungle hehehe

isepunye try to ease off ur saturation n contrast next time... i noticed ur shots always have too much saturation n contrast, n HDR looks overcooked. try to get more natural looks in PP

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Jan 10 2010, 09:12 PM

funny but true

kingston is popular mainly because every shop sell them. their RAMs are okay actually, i trust them more than apacer etc, but not as much as corsair, OCZ n the likes. but memory cards and flash drive, stay away ;p

isnt class 4 okay for photos, no? but yeah, better to have 4x 4gb cards

n nice HDR, got that fantasy look i like in HDR photos hehe