Since D7000 kit price dropped to 3.7k does the body-only drop together? LYN here many still priced at 3 thousands.

D7k body: RM3k

Congrats ! So you're gonna shoot your diecast with the D7000?

You planning to buy which FX? Sempat meh?

I have no idea on the performance of the new Nikon 85mm but the Tamron is one of the better 3rd party lenses for not so much money.

For macro, AF speed is not so important. You'd need to manual focus most of the time anyways.

sempat gua, next year march baru pergi mah...that time nikon should be announce the new replacement liao gua...if not then wait till announce lor, i take my D70s service if tak sempat
and cheapest FX la, because i m not generating any moneh form my camera =x
maybe someday will find a way to do freelance with camera gua...not those wedding, help people shooting products or whatever... photoshop all people kaw kaw then become avatar XD
*in before need train my skill to acceptable level first.

That should be my next aim

Planning to use the lens for portrait too, I'm only concerned of the af speed for this area
Youtube only show Af barrel moving with lens cap on but not not with other subject
when to Mid-valley but the shops I went said they have no test unit for me to try out T~T

They put the lens cap to show the FULL focus.
For portrait you can hit the switch to limit the focus, which is shorter; But the Tamron unit is still slow and noisy, the lens extend quite far out when focusing, which can be quite annoying and "disturbing".

You have to try it to see whether you're ok with it.

Another cheap option is to use macro/close-up filter like Raynox DCR-250; You can invest on your Flash then

Don't need to look at replacement model. The latest and greatest will always be expensive.

Therefore if budget is a concern, aim for the D700 only. Kautim.

what's the best sdhc card type (class) that cab be used for d5100? class 6 enough ah?

budget will be 8k i think... if i can save until febuary... 1k per month la.

O.O found it in google currently looking into it thanks for the idea

using class 6 @ 8GB so far no problem for me , but can't burst RAW image more than 15pic cuz card slow reading(please correct me if I'm wrong )

Fuh !

Yes, I use a Canon 500D filter attachment (this is the only Canon in my photographic armory) on my 300mm f/4 or 80-200mm/f2.8 lenses. Good for pseudo macro work.

Anyway, you get what you pay for. The best would be Nikon's 105mm f/2.8 VR.

If want to shoot 1080p video, you need Class 10.

Anyway, you get what you pay for. The best would be Nikon's 105mm f/2.8 VR.
If want to shoot 1080p video, you need Class 10.

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5100's continuous shoot is only 4fps, so i believe class 6 is enough, right? what's the write rate of 5100 anyway?

Still RM6950? I remember can get about RM6800 already. Btw, I paid that price back at March 2010.

How about wait for the 40mm macro from nikon? should be available very soon and should be less then 1k i think

40mm not good enough for real macro shot i believe, the new 40mm macro lens is suitable for maybe, food

Don't worry,suggest you to try out the lens and also the filter first, see which you prefer. Experience yourself is the best, at least you know and can determine what's best for you.

For the burst, it depends on many factor, firstly, the camera has internal buffer memory, which is kind of most important, if it's small, no matter how fast your card, once the buffer is full, it'll need time to clear.
Also depends if you shoot raw+jpeg, raw only, jpeg only. For jpeg, depends on the jpeg quality and also the processing settings (e.g. noise reduction, distortion, etc).

Only one problem with Nikon 105 f/2.8 VR... focus breathing...

Other than that, I think the price is worth it, you get Internal Focusing (no extension during focus), manual focus override, VR, Nano coatings, fast focusing (for macro lens), silent focus, excellent build quality and image quality. I think the price is not much different from 3rd party considering 3rd party lacks many of the features. If to include those feature to 3rd party, then the price might probably be close to Nikons. So, personally, I feel it's worth to get Nikon for this case unless one doesn't bother or care about those nice to have feature, which I personally find it important/really want it.

1 stupid question - how do you actually pronounce 'f/3.5'? is it 'f-stop-three-point-five'?

just F three point five (or some just F three five, which some ppl understand instantly)

True,40mm good for stationary subjects like food and Danbo!!!

If macro like butterfly, like alien ship hover over your head in the butterfly's view sure scare them haha