Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register )

Bump Topic Topic Closed RSS Feed
9 Pages  1 2 3 > » Bottom

Outline · [ Standard ] · Linear+

Photography The Official Nikon Discussion thread V4, Anticipating D700 replacement !

views
     
TSKTCY
post Jan 23 2011, 03:47 AM, updated 15y ago

BumbleBee™
********
All Stars
12,505 posts

Joined: May 2007
From: Triumph in the Skies Status:In LoV3 Again
V4. Please continue your discussion here.

V1 : http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1642831
V2 : http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1663020
V3 : http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1693310

Please DO NOT POST "CONGRATZ", and etc ! This is NOT kopitiam !

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

How to differentiate AP and NIKON MALAYSIA warranty set.

All Nikon Malaysia set comes with warranty card like this
user posted image

The wording NIKON MALAYSIA SDN. BHD on the warranty card is the best way to identify whether it's a genuine local set. smile.gif
TSKTCY
post Jan 23 2011, 03:47 AM

BumbleBee™
********
All Stars
12,505 posts

Joined: May 2007
From: Triumph in the Skies Status:In LoV3 Again
Buying second hand items guidance for noob tongue.gif

QUOTE(ezrasang @ Dec 1 2010, 10:06 AM)
Nobody answer? Nevermind, I will use my experiences and tell you. So if anyone would like to add further details or do some corrections, please do so  laugh.gif

Firstly, check the outlook for both Body and Lens, if you're happy with it, then proceed to the next stepsssss.  cool2.gif

For the Body:
1. check the Shutter Count, the lower the SC, the better it is, just like a car's milage. Google has a clearer explanation.
2. if the Body has motor and top LCD, make sure they both work well, it's sux if the motor doesn't work, it's sux if the top LCD can't light up.
3. test the Body with various memory cards, you don't want to have error while shooting, don't you? (sometimes it's the memory card that give trouble)
4. test Continuous shoot, will the shutter jam?  rclxub.gif
5. basically you'll have to test everything, every single functions and settings of the body, like ISO, pop-up flash, the condition of hot shoe, the buttons etc etc

As for the lens:
1. it's important that the rubber is still firm.
2. make sure it works on more than ONE Bodies.
3. play with aperture, the zoom if it has, play with it like a toy.
4. if the lens got dust and fungus inside, you can send it for cleaning.
5. if the contact points are dirty, gently use eraser to clean it.
6. if the lens is AF-S, make sure the motor inside is silent while auto focusing, no loud squeaky sound.

what else?  hmm.gif  hmm.gif

Remember, these are based on my personal experiences, correct me if I'm wrong  notworthy.gif
*
TSKTCY
post Jan 23 2011, 03:47 AM

BumbleBee™
********
All Stars
12,505 posts

Joined: May 2007
From: Triumph in the Skies Status:In LoV3 Again
Ken Rockwell facts !

Ken Rockwell is the Chuck Norris of photography

Ken Rockwell's camera has similar settings to ours, except his are: P[erfect] Av[Awesome Priority Tv[Totally Awesome Priority] M[ajestic]

Ken Rockwell doesn't color correct. He adjusts your world to match his.

Sure, Ken Rockwell deletes a bad photo or two. Other people call these Pulitzers.

Ken Rockwell doesn't adjust his DOF, he changes space-time.

Circle of confusion? You might be confused. Ken Rockwell never is.

Ken Rockwell doesn't wait for the light when he shoots a landscape - the light waits for him.

Ken Rockwell never flips his camera in portrait position, he flips the earth

Ken Rockwell ordered an L-lens from Nikon, and got one.

Ken Rockwell is the only person to have photographed Jesus; unfortunately he ran out of film and had to use a piece of cloth instead.

When Ken Rockwell brackets a shot, the three versions of the photo win first place in three different categories

Before Nikon or Canon releases a camera they go to Ken and they ask him to test them, the best cameras get a Nikon sticker and the less good get a Canon sticker

Once Ken tested a camera, he said I cant even put Canon on this one,thats how Pentax was born

Rockwellian policy isn't doublethink - Ken doesn't even need to think once

Ken Rockwell doesn't use flash ever since the Nagasaki incident.

Only Ken Rockwell can take pictures of Ken Rockwell; everyone else would just get their film overexposed by the light of his genius

Ken Rockwell wanted something to distract the lesser photographers, and lo, there were ducks.

Ken Rockwell is the only one who can take self-portraits of you

Ken Rockwell's nudes were fully clothed at the time of exposure

Ken Rockwell once designed a zoom lens. You know it as the Hubble SpaceTelescope.

When Ken unpacks his CF card, it already has masterpieces on it.

Rockwell portraits are so lifelike, they have to pay taxes

On Ken Rockwell's desktop, the Trash Icon is really a link to National Geographic Magazine

Ken Rockwell spells point-and-shoot "h-a-s-s-e-l-b-l-a-d"

When Ken Rockwell went digital, National Geographic nearly went out of business because he was no longer phyically discarding photos

For every 10 shots that Ken Rockwell takes, 11 are keepers.

Ken Rockwell's digital files consist of 0's, 1's AND 2's.

Ken Rockwell never focus, everything moves into his DoF

Ken Rockwell's shots are so perfect, Adobe redesigned photoshop for him: all it consists of is a close button.

The term tripod was coined after his silhouette

Ken Rockwell never produces awful work, only work too advanced for the viewer

A certain braind of hig-end cameras was named after people noticed the quality was a lot "like a" rockwell

Ken Rockwell isn't the Chuck Norris of photography; Chuck Norris is the Ken Rockwell of martial arts.

Ken Rockwell never starts, he continues
TSKTCY
post Jan 23 2011, 03:48 AM

BumbleBee™
********
All Stars
12,505 posts

Joined: May 2007
From: Triumph in the Skies Status:In LoV3 Again
Reserved !
TSKTCY
post Jan 23 2011, 03:53 AM

BumbleBee™
********
All Stars
12,505 posts

Joined: May 2007
From: Triumph in the Skies Status:In LoV3 Again
QUOTE(elainor @ Jan 22 2011, 10:36 PM)
Lucky me then i guess as i still could get the same price as in penang road... but i prefer to buy in shopping mall cause everytime when you pay a visit to the mall you still can stop by there for just some poisons hands.gif
*
Nothing beats Penang road fellow. You can poison any lens you want, any tripod, any filters laugh.gif
Basically, ANYTHING tongue.gif

QUOTE(razuryza @ Jan 23 2011, 03:50 AM)
D700 replacement? what is it? details? LOL
*
Anticipating la tongue.gif
TSKTCY
post Jan 23 2011, 01:06 PM

BumbleBee™
********
All Stars
12,505 posts

Joined: May 2007
From: Triumph in the Skies Status:In LoV3 Again
QUOTE(Tony Stark @ Jan 23 2011, 07:54 AM)
woah so fast nikonian. congrats! thumbup.gif
*
QUOTE(skycrawler @ Jan 23 2011, 09:16 AM)
Nikon is better tham canon..wohooo!! rclxm9.gif rclxm9.gif ..then why Canon thread oledi v35 n Nikon thread still v4..still a long journey meh.. sweat.gif
*
QUOTE(syukriramli @ Jan 23 2011, 10:34 AM)
wow..v4!cayalah nikonians! wink.gif biggrin.gif
sleep.gif bruce.gif cool2.gif
*
All this post are not welcome here. This is not kopitiam !
TSKTCY
post Jan 23 2011, 02:57 PM

BumbleBee™
********
All Stars
12,505 posts

Joined: May 2007
From: Triumph in the Skies Status:In LoV3 Again
D3100 battery grip using IR to fire vertically. It might miss if you block the IR sensor on camera body.
And only third party available./
TSKTCY
post Jan 23 2011, 03:02 PM

BumbleBee™
********
All Stars
12,505 posts

Joined: May 2007
From: Triumph in the Skies Status:In LoV3 Again
Idk. But the idea is exactly the same like how D5000/D3000/D60 user using the battery grip.
TSKTCY
post Jan 24 2011, 07:01 AM

BumbleBee™
********
All Stars
12,505 posts

Joined: May 2007
From: Triumph in the Skies Status:In LoV3 Again
Surprisingly, SB-800 lightest and it's the most powerful flash among 3 laugh.gif
TSKTCY
post Jan 24 2011, 08:21 AM

BumbleBee™
********
All Stars
12,505 posts

Joined: May 2007
From: Triumph in the Skies Status:In LoV3 Again
QUOTE(celciuz @ Jan 24 2011, 07:17 AM)
Just noticed, SB800 lighter than SB700  shocking.gif
*
It's. But it will not be the lightest if 5th battery is there tongue.gif
TSKTCY
post Jan 24 2011, 10:14 AM

BumbleBee™
********
All Stars
12,505 posts

Joined: May 2007
From: Triumph in the Skies Status:In LoV3 Again
QUOTE(bbuser91 @ Jan 24 2011, 10:12 AM)
You know hokkien?

"Beh Chao Sui Meh"?

Sure put alot preservatives
*
That's daging salai. How to chao sui ? doh.gif
TSKTCY
post Jan 24 2011, 03:16 PM

BumbleBee™
********
All Stars
12,505 posts

Joined: May 2007
From: Triumph in the Skies Status:In LoV3 Again
Please do not repost same photos la laugh.gif
TSKTCY
post Jan 25 2011, 09:45 AM

BumbleBee™
********
All Stars
12,505 posts

Joined: May 2007
From: Triumph in the Skies Status:In LoV3 Again
QUOTE(C.P.U @ Jan 25 2011, 08:30 AM)
Good Mornig! =)

May I know anyone using tamron 28-75? It full frame lens right?
» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «

*
Yesh. FF lens wink.gif
TSKTCY
post Jan 25 2011, 10:03 AM

BumbleBee™
********
All Stars
12,505 posts

Joined: May 2007
From: Triumph in the Skies Status:In LoV3 Again
QUOTE(C.P.U @ Jan 25 2011, 09:56 AM)
Ohh Thank..  smile.gif ... This lens sharp? Dealer don't have stock for it so I unable test on it yet.. I test Tamron 17-50 not sharp enough for me..  sad.gif
*
Sigma 24-70 HSM better wink.gif
TSKTCY
post Jan 25 2011, 10:42 AM

BumbleBee™
********
All Stars
12,505 posts

Joined: May 2007
From: Triumph in the Skies Status:In LoV3 Again
QUOTE(aldosoesilo @ Jan 25 2011, 10:13 AM)
I will keep my 35 when I manage to grab my 50mm sigma. maybe somewhere in may.
35mm is good for walk-around lens. where 50mm is for portrait on DX.  whistling.gif
*
Trust me. I used to have 35/2 and 50/1.4
My 1.4 been sleeping there ever since 35 is there.


QUOTE(Str33tBoY @ Jan 25 2011, 10:33 AM)
u won't regret getting d nikkor 24-70...
jz if u use dx body...
no wide angle onli...
*
Who don't know mother is a lady ? laugh.gif
TSKTCY
post Jan 25 2011, 10:52 AM

BumbleBee™
********
All Stars
12,505 posts

Joined: May 2007
From: Triumph in the Skies Status:In LoV3 Again
QUOTE(aldosoesilo @ Jan 25 2011, 10:46 AM)
blink.gif  blink.gif  blink.gif
uhh? Really? what make it so?
I mean they serve different purpose isn't it?
mind to elaborate more? moreover one is 1.4 aperture and another 1 is 2 aperture. what makes you go for 2 aperture instead?
*
I find 35mm more suitable for my use. Wedding, portraiture, dining etc.
50mm too tight. If I need some background separation, my 70200 is there.
So, in the end, i sold my 50mm. Is the range, not the aperture.
Might get 24/1.4 and 50m/1.2 once i'm on FF
35mm probably on selling list after this wink.gif
TSKTCY
post Jan 25 2011, 11:05 AM

BumbleBee™
********
All Stars
12,505 posts

Joined: May 2007
From: Triumph in the Skies Status:In LoV3 Again
QUOTE(shinjun @ Jan 25 2011, 11:01 AM)
50mm perspective is very nice. thumbup.gif
*
For me nope. I used to own 35/2 then I sold off to get 50/1.4
After that I grab back 35/2 and sell off my 50/1.4
To me, 50mm on FF yes, very nice. On DX, sorry. Too tight. Can't have what I want sad.gif

QUOTE(riz50 @ Jan 25 2011, 11:02 AM)
35mm f2 can focus so close one.. n bokeh very nice too.
if u r on DX 35mm more suitable for portraiture..is like 50mm on FF body..
*
35/1.8 also can focus very close la tongue.gif
TSKTCY
post Jan 25 2011, 11:12 AM

BumbleBee™
********
All Stars
12,505 posts

Joined: May 2007
From: Triumph in the Skies Status:In LoV3 Again
Sigma 70200 HSM not that bad la. Acceptable but kinda soft on wide open above 130mm (IIRC)
For the price, get 80-200 Nikkor better wink.gif
TSKTCY
post Jan 25 2011, 11:43 AM

BumbleBee™
********
All Stars
12,505 posts

Joined: May 2007
From: Triumph in the Skies Status:In LoV3 Again
80-200 AFD around 2.7k can get 2 touch version already. Very nice and sharp !
TSKTCY
post Jan 25 2011, 01:53 PM

BumbleBee™
********
All Stars
12,505 posts

Joined: May 2007
From: Triumph in the Skies Status:In LoV3 Again
Brand new 3.4k for import set with 6 months warranty.
So 2nd hand around 2.7k for 2 touch.


QUOTE(aldosoesilo @ Jan 25 2011, 01:43 PM)
will D3100 auto focus with AFD lens?
*
No.

9 Pages  1 2 3 > » Top
Topic ClosedOptions
 

Change to:
| Lo-Fi Version
0.0562sec    0.91    7 queries    GZIP Disabled
Time is now: 11th December 2025 - 04:05 PM