200 f/2

Read somewhere showing the email that Phottix grip will be available soon. Nikon doesn't do BG for their entry levels.

Not using trigger cable? I think the D5000 used cable right?

For the extra grip I guess, D3000/D3100/D5000 grip is small, good to have extra size from the battery grip.

Not everyone buys BG for the extended life. I use grip on my D700 but most of the time only 1 battery at a time. Leceh to detach the grip from body to insert another battery in the body.

Probably cable already then, it has the socket for cable release right?

This is called lazy to compo the eyes cun cun in the middle AF area

RM6000 +/-

Unlikely, the price of D90 didn't drop further when D7000 came to market anyways. It already dropped before that. Nikon does things differently compared to Canon.

At 3200 ISO its pretty good for a crop sensor.

Frame wise yes XS-Pro is slimmer than Hoya HD.

pikipiki, I have both HD and XS-Pro on my lens, I don't think it is harder to put the cap on XS-Pro as compared to HD.

True, the XS-Pro gold fonts suits Nikkor lens as well More than the white font of HD xD.

Thumbnail in Windows explorer? Needs some plugin and only works for 32bit.

Else you can use ViewNX (Free) or Lightroom or Bridge etc for this purpose too.

Lightroom definitely can view your NEF RAW in thumbnail form. I'm using LR too.

Beginner too? If budget allows, a beginner can even buy a D3x la. Nikon didn't mention that only professionals can use the single digit D3 series. As long you have the budget anything is possible.

So where did the D3s poison came from? Need to take note of the lens as well .

This post has been edited by celciuz: Feb 18 2011, 11:12 AM

It will work, but you don't have metering nor auto focus. Everything is manual.

All? Lulz when I see this statement.

Drop the idea of getting that 18-270. If you need tele lens, get 70300.

Once you've used good IQ lens you can never turn back... LOL.

Only possible with those 6/7 blade lens. Those 9 rounded blade lens usually will give nice round bokeh even when step down.

The heptagon bokeh? I think only cheap lens can la . Lemme try finding if I have any shaped bokeh when I stop down my lens first...



Camera Nikon D700
Exposure 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture f/2.8
Focal Length 85 mm
ISO Speed 1250



Camera Nikon D700
Exposure 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture f/2.8
Focal Length 85 mm
ISO Speed 3200

85mm f/1.4G step down to f/2.8, no shaped bokeh because of the aperture design. These heptagon usually due to 7 blade aperture design, usually older nikkor lens have this when step down aperture. Newer and higher end nikkor lens all uses 9 rounded blade design. Take the 50mm for example, the D versus the G. 7 blade versus 9 blade.

What sort of differences do u mean?

This post has been edited by celciuz: Feb 18 2011, 06:46 PM

Wah, XS-Pro reduces ghost and flare? -.-... impossible la. The filter not to do that. The moment you introduce another element (the filter) you are actually degrading the image. Only differences between good versus lousy filter is, the good ones degrade lesser compared to the lousy ones.