I use Sanyo Eneloops, they're a good choice of LSD battery .

Higher mAh means more capacity. But Eneloops are LSD battery which means you can leave them for a year and still have power in them . Normal NiMh like 2700mAh will eventually completely discharges themselves.

Err, not sure if you misunderstood what I mean or not. Batteries like Eneloop and Imideons are LSD batteries. Which means they have low self discharge as compared to the traditional NiMh batteries.

I don't quite understand what you mean by 'just lost its full capability'. Did you charge battery, then leaving it for 2 years and now its empty?

If I'm not mistaken, this is for you to change your flashgun orientation when shooting vertical. Although most of the time I see fashion event photographers mount the flash on the tripod mounts of their 70-200 f/2.8 instead, does the same thing I guess, changing the orientation of the flash when changing to vertical shots.

D5000 should be using the exact metering in D90. Only the D300 and above uses different metering system.

Long shutter + tripod is better. Flash gun for these kinda of pictures.. hmm.. not sure how it'll turn out

Of course cannot brighten up the twin tower, need multiple 'strobes' aka spot lights for that haha!

Some of his pics got objects much nearer ma.. if brighten up also those will overexpose first.. weird picture might appear lol. I've not personally tried landscape with flash yet..

Good choice if you don't have a tele lens now . Completes your 18-55 55-200 range.

Correct, one of the main use of UV is to protect your lens. Those cheap UV, especially those RM50 Hoya/Kenko often cause flare. The higher end ones would cause flare too, but minimal compared to the lower end.

Here's a website that benchmark and compiles performance from different filters.

http://www.lenstip.com/113.4-article-UV_fi...nd_summary.html

You get what you pay for, can't expect the RM50 Hoya to perform like the Pro1Ds right? =/.

I've yet to come across Toko yet.. no idea if it is better or not.

Initially I also thought cheap filter and expensive not much differences, but after experiencing flares then only I realize how important a good filter is. Either put a good one, or don't put at all. But if don't put I scared damage my lens la.. =(

I guess should be the same range as Hoya/Kenko Pro1D. Can just check out the link I've posted, lots of filters being compared there.

Working fine right? Don't worry about it You probably need to worry about forking out money for a better card only when your Kingston is too slow or failing you ma.

4GB is common la, I'm using 2 Sandisk Extreme III and 1 Silicon Power Class 6 (free when I bought my cam , much slower than my Extreme IIIs though, but only can notice when doing burst.)

I heard the new 17-50 VC is actually faster than the 18-105 AF-S in terms of focusing speed. Someone posted that either in the D90 thread or this thread. Can't recall who was it.

Hmm, among the 11 AF points of D90, 4 of them is in the intersection of the lines. Can roughly use that as guide.

The grid isn't for rule of third =/. More like splitting into 4 parts though.

Check if the L is locked or not nearby the LCD. If it isn't, then you can switch points using the D-pad.

Self preference I guess.

This is how I refer to the rule of third (my preference). Not exactly 1/3, but these are the closest points for it. I'm not good as doing AF then recomposing with shallow DOF, 50mm f/1.4 for example so I'll stick with the closest point.



The more accurate lines you can imagine is the most outer AF points for each sides.

As in changing from center to side? It does illuminate if I'm not mistaken, you mean it lights up red for a moment as you switch the points?

This post has been edited by celciuz: Jan 29 2010, 03:51 PM

Been using SB-900 for sometime, never actually thought of having a SB-800 rather than SB-900 yet. SB-900 just looks macho . Oversized flashgun haha! It makes SB-800, 580EXII and the rest looks tiny. But the longest event I've shot is probably 3-4 hours continuously only. Didn't shoot any longer yet.

This post has been edited by celciuz: Jan 30 2010, 05:06 AM

Why jump ship to Canon? For the sake of 50mm f/1.8? :S.