what happened to ur D90?

if WB is really a problem, juz shoot RAW lah to be safe. maybe juz try to stick with the 18mm end for max aperture :S

diffusing flash, u might want to experiment at home 1st

i think it's normal... i played with a 1 or 2 week old 18-55 also like that. so i assume all zoom lens like this hehe not meh?

but i think we shudnt do that la... might mess up the gear teeth / screw threads or something... i have no idea how lens work.. ;p

buying 2nd hand stuff is always hit n miss it's a risk we have to take for paying less. good thing u COD, so u can cancel the deal if u dont like the product

me, i paid n he posted already, then i noticed some stuff dun have... rear cap, hotshoe cap.. nothing major la. i didnt realize that on his thread these stuff weren't listed, so i assumed it came together. but a warning would be appreciated though :S

was actually planning to go out shooting 2moro..then suddenly got extra assignments. warghhh

for rm1mil.. i'd buy nikkor af-s 600mm f/4 n use on my D40.. juz to see how ppl would react

EDIT - dammnit, no wonder i was pretty sure i posted something on another thread but it didnt show up. accidentally posted here, sorry guys -

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: May 3 2010, 11:26 PM

ur picture got nothing interesting in it. HDR is not a auto-enhance trick. u still need a good photo with a clear subject, good composition and got mood. there's no way around this, remember we're doing photography here. HDR only helps with exposure

on the HDR part, the clouds are okay but the grass is overdone

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: May 4 2010, 12:49 AM

maybe u shud start with why people do HDR 1st

read up on what is "dynamic range" in the 1st place. probably that way u'll understand better and why 3 (or more) pictures at different exposures are needed to achieve a "high" dynamic range

the word RANGE is key

haha no wonder u dun understand why need multiple exposures

i dun blame u though... nowadays everything got "High-Definition"~

then the grass rob too much attention from the subject

what's the cheapest option for a wireless flash unit for D40? :S

thought of sb600 + su800... then i see the su800 price

^ thx, the price much more 'civilized' than the SU800 haha. anyone got any comments on the phottix? sb600 + the phottix ok or not

haha that's why...all this while i thought it's just around ~300 like that... turned out almost same price as sb600 itself

hmm...why flash trigger got shutter trigger and autofocus function eh? sorry for the noob question..in my mind is just "press shutter on camera -> flash trigger send signal to SB600 -> SB600 flash" no meh? haha. nvr play with one before

no no... w/o checking the price i thought it would be cheap, since it's juz a trigger, shudnt be more expensive than the flash. juz like how remote control is not more expensive than TV then i check the price, memang terkejut haha

in this thread still ok ma d40... go other thread baru malu a bit.. haha

no wonder expensive~~~ how does su800 compare to pocketwizard? dunno much about it, juz read in magazine

it's because he's comparing d3000 to d40. supposedly d40 is better due to bigger pixels n faster flash sync. but then ken rockwell's words are very subjective...1st he say leica sux etc, next thing u know he went out shooting with leica

the reason why D90 is very popular

only see him talk like this after buy D90 haha jk bro~~~~

true tho, juz shoot what ur gears can shoot nicely....juz be aware of the limitations. 18-55 also can take good pictures during the day. if u know u only got kit lens, dun have flash, dun lar do photoshoot at night...

hehe ya high ISO, commander and AF motor makes it a damn good DSLR. i wonder when will these features trickle down to sub-2k models

yeap2, of course we can't expect FF ISO sensitivity in cropped sensors (maybe in, uh, 10 years?), but looking at the 550D, pretty impressive eh...

yesterday went dinner at an outdoor place with my friends. took photos with my D40 + 35mm 1.8, ISO 1600, aperture priority at 1.8-2.8, exposure compensation at -0.3 and shot in RAW. not bad la after bumping exposure n correcting the white balance in lightroom. not sharp obviously, but usable

exposure compensation is only available in P, S and A mode. on entry level models, can change it by pressing "-/+" button behind the shutter button n turning the wheel. this is the same button to change aperture during M mode. IINM d90's button is at the same location.

the reason i set to -0.3 so i dun have to use too slow a shutter speed to reduce blur. i end up with a darker shot of course, but lightroom can fix that

got tripod oso, long exposure is still a problem if u're trying to shoot human beings

u dun need advice specific to d40... if u cant get a hang of aperture/shutter speed, then u cannot blame the camera yet

d40 is doing pretty well in low-light if u compare to similar models. nikon, canon, etc, very similar. low light is a challenge to any camera. that's why huge aperture lens is very important and very expensive. and that's why dslrs with super high native ISO range is also very very expensive. translation: cameras and lenses that do well in lowlight are super expensive.

if u can get a nikon D3s with nikkor 24-70mm f2.8 VR, u probably wont be complaining about lowlight at all but maybe u'll be complaining about eating grass everyday larr

get a flashgun, that's the best n easiest way, but u need to be able to bounce/diffuse the flash to get nice shots with flash. if u dun wan, get a fast lens. the major limitation here is the 18-55 lens... f3.5 wont do much good. use an f1.8 lens u'll see the difference.

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: May 7 2010, 01:29 AM

not a must... and 50/1.8D cannot autofocus on D3000. u'll need the AF-S nikkor 50mm f1.4G baru can...but it's ~rm1800. as an alternative u get can 35mm f1.8G around rm800, can AF too

this bokeh thing nice for portraits, food n other still life. not useful for scenery

AF means can autofocus if the camera got AF motor. if the camera dun have motor, then cannot autofocus

AF-S can autofocus cuz inside the lens already got AF motor, so if the camera dun have motor also can.

only us with d40-d5000 need to deal with this