Using Nikon lens with the adapter on the Canon body only gives manual focusing and metering.

It is not possible to use Canon lens on Nikon body because the Canon mount is physically bigger.

Having said this, the funny thing is when it comes to wide angles, there is no Canon equivalent to Nikon's 14-24. More often than not, you'll find serious Canon landscape photographers using Nikon wideangle lenses with the adaptor on their FF 1Ds bodies. I guess that says a lot why Nikon lenses are more expensive than Canon's.

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Added on February 5, 2011, 5:41 pmNot my pic.



This post has been edited by jchue73: Feb 5 2011, 05:41 PM

I think if you resize the 5D Mark II crop to D700 resolution, you'd find them equal or better than the D700. Just like the D3X would be equal or better when compared at D700 resolution.

1. Just my 2 sen. There's always better cameras coming out. You can play the waiting game and forever be camera-less. When the new bodies come out, it'll probably be too expensive. You'd probably have missed several great opportunities too.

2. Depends on what lenses you have and if you were to change system, how much losses you would incur... Basically, the D700 is nice but the advantage of the 5D Mark II is the video. Is that important for your style of photography? What you can do is get a D700 and use your D90 as your backup. If you're serious about wedding / event photography, you'd want two bodies at least. As a spare or as a body fixed with a different focal length.

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Added on February 6, 2011, 6:06 pmJust curious... What white balance are you using? Maybe I need to recalibrate my screen but it seems that there's a tinge of purplish hue on most of the pics you posted.

This post has been edited by jchue73: Feb 6 2011, 06:06 PM

Where's the EXIF? Didn't see any. Also, what's the lighting condition?

Shooting in broad daylight and pushing the ISO to ISO 12800 just for the sake of shooting in high ISO would not yield undesirable noise when the exposure is correct. Hope the photo posted is not what I have mentioned. You can still create undesirable noise in the picture by using ISO 100 or even ISO 50 by not getting the exposure correct.

Best is to shoot at night and blow up the picture 100% in the shadows.

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Added on February 6, 2011, 7:04 pmWah? Why make it so difficult?

Yeah, the pic posted looks perfect.

This post has been edited by jchue73: Feb 6 2011, 07:04 PM

I don't think you want to go in that direction... Besides the casing itself, you need strobes and different lens ports for each different lens you want to use.

No direct flash. Always with diffuser or at an angle and bounce the flash if you can. Flash with a little bit of high ISO yields very nice effects. A f/2.8 or f/1.4 (while nice to have) does not give enough DoF when you want everybody in the group photo to be in focus.

Don't forget to balance the colour temp of the flash lighting with the ambient lighting.

Indoors under tungsten / mixed lighting can be very obvious. Don't know about the D5000 setting but I think it's got something to do with Vivid settings. Try and use a neutral curve. Tweak the WB by picking something on the pic that resembles white / off white under that lighting.

That's correct. There are instances when I want to shoot subjects / potraits with heavy backlighting from the sky. The flash would be useful.

Agreed ! The 85mm f/1.8 is better if one is into portraiture and if one cannot afford the 85mm f/1.4.

Are you sure f/1.4 and f/1.8 is earth and sky in terms of quality?

For close subjects (i.e. food photography), I find the AF-S 24-70 f/2.8 quite nice. Very good MFD even at 70mm.

On the contrary, I believe Andy214 KNOWS what he's talking about.

You sure D300 is better at above ISO 1600 than D90? I thought they were both the same...

On the Nikon, check the EXIF of the last shot from the camera.

Spot on.

If like that, same like D300 lor...

+1

Thanks for the repost. Never thought lemang cutting can look so sexy !

Just curious... Can still get a new SB800 in the shops?

Yup.

Best RAW converter for the Nikon NEF is still Nikon Capture NX2.

Becareful when you put filters in front of your lens...



The B+W filter somehow broke on impact in the bag and scratched the front lens element.

Not my pic.

Tilt and shift is recommended.

PC-E NIKKOR 24mm f/3.5D ED


PC-E Micro NIKKOR 45mm f/2.8D ED


The 14-24mm f/2.8 is good but not ideal.



If it's just for fun, yeah you can use normal UWA or fisheye. But usually if for architecture, taking pics of interior and outside of the building requires you to have straight lines. Fisheye is out of the question. Normal UWA will give odd parallax. You need good ones like 14-24mm f/2.8.

UWA are hardest to shoot and get good photos. Telephoto is relatively very easy.

It's not my lens and not my photo. The broken glass from the filter made it worse and scratched the front element of the lens.

Without the filter, a pro grade lens such as the 70-200 f/2.8 would have survived. Perhaps it might have just dented the barrel but would not have broken or scratched the lens element. The front glass element of the 70-200 f/2.8 is very thick.

The 85mm f/1.4D's hood is metal. The G is not correct?

You mean the plastic tab that latches onto the lens barrel?

I took a look at Shashinki and it's damn bloody expensive.

Consider yourself lucky. I dropped my D700 in Tokyo when it was less than 1 month old. The camera refused to work.

Depends on how the camera drops. Had my camera slung on my should with the camera around my waist and it slipped off my shoulders when I took out my camera bag. It dropped and landed on the corner of the MB-D10 battery grip attached to the D700 body.

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I admire your discipline.

LOL Else, get insurance.

Actually you got it terbalik. Canon is worst when it comes to skin tones.

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Added on February 11, 2011, 8:17 pmWas that a Nikon lens? If it is, it should be covered under the 1 year international warranty.

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Added on February 11, 2011, 8:19 pmNikon USA will only honour Nikon lenses and bodies bought in US. They would not even touch non US Nikon items even if you pay them. That is why you can never sell them our 2nd hand lenses / bodies to US.

With Nikon Malaysia, you do get warranty for lenses under the 1 year international warranty if you buy the lens from elsewhere. For bodies, warranty is only covered for if bought from Malaysia. Unlike Nikon USA, Nikon Malaysia will still service it if you want for a cost. I know Canon Malaysia is very strict and would not touch grey lenses / bodies.

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Added on February 11, 2011, 8:19 pmDon't think it's correct for lenses. The sales guy BS you. If the statement was made in reference of Nikon bodies, then it's correct.

This post has been edited by jchue73: Feb 11 2011, 08:19 PM

I may be wrong but if they do not need to replace any parts, it should be FOC. Two years back, I got my AF-S 80-200mm f/2.8 serviced by Nikon Malaysia FOC. There was a slight sweaking sound when focusing and they did a lubrication service on the motor. They may have changed policy now since they also charge for sensor cleaning.

I think you need to leave the lens at the Nikon hospital for a few days.

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Added on February 12, 2011, 2:37 pmLooks good. Where did you get the lens calibrated?

This post has been edited by jchue73: Feb 12 2011, 02:37 PM

Do they need the camera body there or just leave the lens?

Thanks for the quick reply. Was it a quick job or did you have to leave the camera + lens overnight?

A friend who is coming down from UK is looking for the 200mm f/2. Has anybody seen the old / new one anywhere in the shops around KL? Does BTS have it ex-stock? I think it's about 15k.

Curious. Why do you want another 50mm f/1.4 when you already have the 50mm f/1.8? What are you using it for and what do you expect to achieve?

What do you mean by with the 50mm, framing is limited? Too tele or still too wide?

If still too wide, you may want to go tighter head and shoulder type of crop and use the 85mm f/1.8. If your style includes environmental portraiture, the 35mm f/1.8 is nice on the DX sensor. Depends on your style.