Just debating, asking and reading online/magazines wont work. No DSLR is USELESS, it depends on how u utilize it and your creativity.

Just do some quick research and count your budget, get a used one if ur budget is not high and go practice. Keep reading but no practical still gives u nothing.

Lightroom, like its name suggests, it manipulates mainly "LIGHT"... So adding a frame is not possible in lightroom here (or maybe i dunno?)

For extra effects better use photoshop =D

how much is D90 body and kit street price now? in YL camera or lowyat plaza perhaps?

EDIT: read few pages back and realized it's around rm2500! woow great price! will it be rising back anytime soon? wan collect money first...

This post has been edited by zellleonhart: Apr 2 2010, 12:21 AM

Hmm looks like the price drop is confirmed and is not going to rise back. Must work kaw kaw this sem break XD

Wahhh until 1st of may only? I also plan to buy in june or july after i work lehhh T.T

afraid later cant find job then kantoi @@ will try to nego with my along aka my mum... if kenot then no choice, the chance slips...

Wow, impressive haul... body, prime lens, flash, BG all complete in one buy... So good T.T

This post has been edited by zellleonhart: Apr 2 2010, 11:28 PM

sad lor bro... Still poor uni student, no money ahhh although it's damn cheap already. maybe will boro from mum 1st then after working during sem break only pay back her. but see how she reacts lor T.T if not not a chance at all!

BTW, i have a d40+kitlens here... If im to upgrade to d90, should i get the kit or body leh?
If just body and use my 18-55mm would be cheaper but no fun lor, the lens so small and difficult to sell the d40 body. how ah??

Ughh i thought of investing in lens 1st but i couldn't stand with my d40 already. The bad noise control at ISO1600 and the missing of internal focus motor (i plan to use 50mm f1.8, 28-80mm AF-D) and the grip, commander etc are asking me to upgrade.

So it would be better for me to get the kit lens as well?

my budget is around the price of D90 body only. Means if i get d90 then i can't buy lens anymore. but low noise performance in my D40 is pissing me off leh... especially when i shoot more indoor events now where i need more ambient light than flash light.

Great dilemma now... my d40 was a 2nd hand one, quite old already... Hmm

Hmm yea my mind set is leaning towards d90 but many ppl including my friend keep advising me to spend on lens. Just that I would be happier shooting with a D90 than D40 + new lens. Of course getting both will be the best but since my economy status doesn't allow... Hmm

Hmm thats what putting me into dilemma... whether to get fast lenses or a new body.

Still in dilemma~ someone poke me with a needle and help me decide T.T

looks like your condition was exactly the same with me but you keep the D40 and its kit lens. So do you think d40 to d90 is a worthy upgrade despite the 1/500s flash sync speed?

hmm mind explain a bit in the "reverse 50mm 1.8 macro" method?

Still don't get it =(
is it roughly the idea here http://stephenelliot.com/2007/05/15/revers...graphy-tutorial ?

This post has been edited by zellleonhart: Apr 3 2010, 12:07 AM

Haha that pic i pp-ed kaw kaw cuz it's quite underexposed despite shooting for more than 5 pc fairs already.

Hmm this pc fair i might not be going or im going in a rush because i have finale exams coming. So i can't borrow your d90 =S

That will need one lens mounted on the body (cuz it cant capture if without lens), then mount another lens infront of that mounted lens reversely, right? just read some tutorial about that

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Added on April 3, 2010, 12:11 amhow to mount it like that? need a special accessories right?

This post has been edited by zellleonhart: Apr 3 2010, 12:11 AM

I see... will try it if i can get my D90 + 50mm 1.8. I think i will get D90 body, keep my d40 kit lens and get a 50mm 1.8. Sell off my d40 body.

How much a d40 body can be sold? About 1.5 years old

P/S: brb 10min

This post has been edited by zellleonhart: Apr 3 2010, 12:16 AM

Yea yea i am also a student.. I still have 1~2months before buying, so i will keep thinking with that in my mind... thanks for everyone's advice, I will take note on that... but most probably i will still get a d90 first because the lenses i have in mind now are all AF-D lenses (50mm 1.8, 35mm f2, 28-80 AF-D)...

yeap, i am thinking also whether to upgrade or not since i'm not funded. that's why u can see im already shooting 1 year+ but i only have a 2nd hand d40 and a kit lens.

Hmm now many ppl are on money crisis.. I will see how much i can earn in the following 2 months holiday, if little then i will skip this.

Next time when working straight away get D400 or D4 XD

P/S: actually i have already eliminated the thought of upgrading body but today suddenly have this thought after seeing the price drop. I was brought away by the sudden wave of ppl getting cheap d90...

Thinking again i should be careful in my spending =D

This post has been edited by zellleonhart: Apr 3 2010, 12:45 AM

ya thought so... and im from a single parent family... mum works hard for my living
must save save save... thank you for slapping me awake, i almost wasted her money!