I wished I could test Sigma 50.

Dang! I love my 50mm f/1.8D (some may say it's a cheap plastic), but to me it's my best buddy. If only I can go wide-open, but all the time I can only go for f/2.8 for the sharpness. f/1.8 is too soft to my liking =.=

Having one extra stop is just awesome.

Nevermind. I'm funding for N lens.

This post has been edited by geekster129: Mar 15 2011, 04:23 PM

Maybe he's just helping his school to shoot for school magazine leh...

If got red ring there then I will say he's a rich kid.

This post has been edited by geekster129: Mar 15 2011, 04:40 PM

LOL yea... that reminds me of my high school senior who bought himself a Nikon FM2 and lens, which is not a cheap hobby back then in 1999! He's one of the small groups who are playing with photography. Nowadays, people play photography like playing PC or gadgets... To the point that people thought that buying lens is like upgrade RAM or processor

This post has been edited by geekster129: Mar 15 2011, 05:02 PM

OKOK... let's not debate further whether it's fair or not fair for any individuals who can own gadgets. Let's assume everyone of us here have the same interest on talking about gears regardless of their income. Poor or rich people all can chat happily.

Even if there's a bazooka gold plated lens that we can never afford or some of us can afford, we just chat about it.

This post has been edited by geekster129: Mar 15 2011, 05:10 PM

don't forget the field of view

On an FX-format camera,

16mm => 107 degrees
24mm => 84.1 degrees
35mm => 63.4 degrees

http://www.tawbaware.com/maxlyons/calc.htm

This post has been edited by geekster129: Mar 15 2011, 05:19 PM

It's also again the same argument about high noise vs. low noise.

Well I heard a saying from one lecture I have attended.

If 4-5 of your pics are blur, then it's a fault.
If 40% of your pics are blur, then it's an experiment
If 100% of your pics are blur, then it's YOUR STYLE

That fella could be a bokeh freak who just love photographing OOF lights at large apertures.

This post has been edited by geekster129: Mar 15 2011, 05:34 PM

Who knows, one day she become a reknowned photographer.

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Added on March 15, 2011, 5:53 pmI just heard Canon 70-200 f/2.8L USM has dropped price?

This post has been edited by geekster129: Mar 15 2011, 05:53 PM

lol.. who cares about how much gears you own and how good your "talking skills" are. If you missed the kiss scene in wedding just because you are indecisive whether to go bokeh, high ISO or low ISO, what SS, what aperture, what lens to use, sRGB or Adobe RGB... what's the point?

As long as the settings just work and you got the moment captured, that is what matters more.

This post has been edited by geekster129: Mar 15 2011, 06:17 PM

you got your point there comradez. While it's a no brainer that anyone can take a camera and point it, get the right setting and press the shutter, the rest of the activity requires a person to carefully observe and plan meticulously in order to make the audience go WOW! 80% of the time is not about the camera but how you wanted to execute the shot. As many experienced photographers always say, it is the pre visualization in your brain even before you see in the viewfinder or liveview lcd

Because when you know that your D700/D3s was Made In Japan, you feel good for the bulk
of money that you have paid too.

This post has been edited by geekster129: Mar 15 2011, 08:46 PM

My first impression is that it's like a 70s photo losing colors.

Expensive camera on a cheap tripod.

Perhaps now is a time where we slow down on pro camera gears while many Japanese now are out of food supplies, electricity and many other basic amenities. Let's pray hard that Japan will recover soon and I'm now funding to own myself my first Made In Japan Nikon item.

I've always been curious on how you guys justify ISO performance?

1. Go for 100% crop
2. Pixel peeping?
3. How about print?

i'm a prime shooter and i have a fetish for sharp pics.

or this.

As you start to shoot, you will ask even more questions. That's the fact. So, be daring to experiment because you will never know what kind of new challenges you will face in order to
improve your photography.

Good luck!