i got a quote of RM1700 original set with 2 years warranty ...

After getting the 50mm, sell my 35mm?? Hahaaaa..... After I get the 17-50, din use the 35mm dy, stay in the bag even I bring it out =.=, portrait den use the 50mm end of the Tamron The only reason I thinking of the 1.4D coz it's cheap, lol... Nearly twice the price ler....

yeah.. it is used.
RM 600 + filter still 10 months warranty
lucky me!
yeahh.. they call it HSM instead of AF-S

D3100 autofocus not as good as in viewfinder O.O

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Added on January 4, 2011, 10:14 pmanyone using shutterfly.com?

D3100 + Tamron 17-50 f2.8 VC 

go for D3100 for a better specs.
however if you want ergonomic + swivel LCD. it's up to u

yeah.. tamron nowadays got AF motor.
but previous one doesn't have

non-VC 1k-1.2k
VC 1550-1.8k

what body model do you use and for what event??

I just found out monochrome photography is fascinating. I will try it xD

Slow and sometimes unable to focus at all ;-).

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I would say it is good for walk around lens since it covers 1750 with 2.8 constant aperture.
it will produce sharp yet creamy bokeh.
but I heard the focusing is slow since one of the forummer couldn't use it auto focus yesterday night during his yamcha (he uses 1750 tamron).

Have you updated your lightroom? IIRC the latest raw updates adds D7000 and D3100 or was it the previous one?

I occurred the same problem too. Just upgrade your lightroom to 3.3 then it's fine.

When you're in manual, eveerything you need to set manually, thus you're adjusting your exposure.

When you change your exposure compensation, you exposure metering will change and you might not get the correct exposure reading when you try change the settings (e.g. shutter, aperture and iso).

When in other modes, you adjust the exposure compensation so that the camera will adjust the settings (shutter or aperture or iso) to get the correct exposure. So lets say you're in certain lighting, you took a shot, and you notice the exposure is not correct due to the area, you can change your metering modes, or you can adjust the exposure compensation depending on situation.
Lets say you're trying to take outdoor nightime, you want to capture those decoration spotlight, on default exposure, you most probably won't get the desired result, you will need to underexpose the picture so the background is dark, and the decoration spotlight lighted nicely as you wanted.

In manual mode, you simply adjust yourself all those settings (shutter, aperture, iso).
Nikon and Canon SLR VR/IS is on the lens, not body.
both type of VR have adv and disadv, on the lens, it benefits the viewfinder.

Rule of thumb, 1/focal length. If you're using 50mm, then at least 1/50s
Correct, but it will affect your meter. Meaning at 0EV your settings might be 1/100s and f/2.8 let's say. At -1EV, it would be 1/200s and f/2.8 to keep the meter in the middle.

If you put -1EV, means your meter will go 1EV below what it thinks is properly exposed.

lol that's why i said couple of pages back know the basics first but all seems to go crazy with the G poison liao

Good! This means your immune lvl is high enough to resist the poisons!

If you know me, I been having crush with 24mm for some time already. So is Celciuz
I no skills cause I'm gear freaks