V12. Please continue your discussion here.


Where to buy your camera and accessories : ( Under construction )
Credits goes to various forumers input

YL Camera @ Pudu Plaza
J One @ Amcorp Mall
Bintang Electronics @BB Plaza
Tarita @ BB Plaza
Foto Shangri-La @ 1Utama
Foto Selangor @ (Pertama Complex)
Boeing Photo, LG Floor @ Sg. Wang Plaza
Keat Camera Servis @ Jalan Pudu (same row as Fei Por Restaurant)

This post has been edited by 168257061: Oct 21 2011, 09:15 AM

How to differentiate AP and NIKON MALAYSIA warranty set.

All Nikon Malaysia set comes with warranty card like this


The wording NIKON MALAYSIA SDN. BHD on the warranty card is the best way to identify whether it's a genuine local set.


Courtesy of KTCY

Credits to : KTCY    
                                                                                       
If you are a Nikon user, now you can register for a FREE *membership of the Nikon Club Malaysia by logging on to www.nikonclub.com.my (available from 11 April 2011) to enjoy the photo talks, seminars, workshops, photo trips, posting of images in the gallery, exhibitions, critics to save your shots, contests, products news, members feedbacks and comments, technical information and support, advice on repair service, and much more.

This club is open to all Nikon users including any collectors, photo enthusiasts, hobbyists, serious amateurs, and professionals. Members will have the opportunity to exchange ideas, share their passions of photography among the same users who understands and uses Nikon range of products extensively.

*Subject to the terms and conditions with a Nikon (Malaysia) warranty card

Second hand lens/dslr buying guide.

Credits to : zrasang


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

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? 
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?   

Remember, these are based on my personal experiences, correct me if I'm wrong 

Credits to : Kiki-Lala for providing this useful info.

How to differentiate counterfeits and original Nikon Battery Pack / AC Adaptor and Charger & Accessories

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Fake MB-D11


This post has been edited by 168257061: Sep 27 2011, 05:06 PM

nikon centre kuala lumpur is looking for someone to join the team that runs the nikon club malaysia. a website club that is organised by nikon centre kuala lumpur. they are looking for someone who knows a bit of design and of course have an interest in photography. plus good BM. please PM me if you are interested.

they are looking for a full timer.

thank you very much.

This post has been edited by ifer: Sep 21 2011, 04:36 PM

Nikon Announces Two Mirrorless Cameras, J1 and V1










http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/News/Niko...s-J1-and-V1.htm

wa so fast new thread... but so slow yet for new DSLR news...but at least sure confirm future DSLR using is dual core EXPEED 3 liao

hi d7000 owners,

do any of u suffer from blur images taken with d7000?

it seems that a number of pictures that i took even with high shutter speed/VR on/flash appear not sharp...

a number of my images appear like the last picture in this thread:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat...38682038&page=6

my ex nikon d40 with the same lens appear sharper when i pixel peep at 100%...

Mine suffer from front focus issue, but yours seems different from your description in the page, which is kind of wierd, especially the one shot at very high shutter speed, seems there's obvious shake?

im unsure whether i have front focusing issue too...
have to test more first...
if i go BTS, will they entertain me if i do not have strong proof?

28mm at the widest end....aiyo..even my tx 10 is can shoot wider..what was nikon thinking...

nikon recommends VR to be OFF at anything over 1/500s, thom hogan says 1/250s.
and what lens are u using? the 18-105 kit lens? if so, try something else, like borrow a cheap 50mm f/1.8d and stop it down to f/2.8 and test the sharpness.

is that safe if i put my camera when not using it in the box like this, with a few silica gel



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This post has been edited by kucem: Sep 21 2011, 07:10 PM

go to nikon service centre, and let them test for u lah...

Nope..

At least get a plastic box from pasar malam/Jusco/Tesco/Carrefour. And you would need a Thirsty Hippo too. A 'few' silica gel won't work.

Here, this one is just a simple reference http://junsphoto.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/...urself-dry-box/

This post has been edited by lwliam: Sep 21 2011, 07:26 PM

nice info bro..

i got blur when focus recompose.. id direct snap, its sharp alright ..
http://www.digital-photography-school.com/...ecompose-method

Keep showing this... clearly the photographer doesn't understand the concept and proper way to do. It's not the technique problem, it's the photographer.

well technically its both... a bad photographer uses poor techniques

from the comments, its because using a large aperture like f/1.8 and f/1.4? if smaller aperture like f/3.5 then it will remain sharp

Nope, I have taken many shots at f/1.4 with recompose technique. It isn't an issue, or rather even if there is differences it isn't big.

oic.. another article here mentioned like what you said, the difference isnt a big deal..
http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/techn..._recompose.html

If you recompose in the same plane, then it might work. However if your subject moves slightly front or back, your shot is screwed. Especially when shooting at f1.4.

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Added on September 21, 2011, 9:35 pmIt won't be a big deal if all you do is just upload your shots to facebook and share...nobody will notice the difference(nose is sharper than the eye)...

This post has been edited by zstan: Sep 21 2011, 09:35 PM

Sifu do you use center AF point to focus then refocus?
cuz I use other Af point to AF then refocus, image a bit blurry

This post has been edited by Calvin Pixels: Sep 21 2011, 09:40 PM

It appears even sharper when you print them out. I've done 12R prints and they look fine.

if same lens and setting...recompose etc while remaining in focus will of cos depend on distance of subject.
85mm 1.4 with subject 1m away ur dof less than 1cm...go to say 5m away abd becomes around 20cm...enough allowance to recompose.

holy shit batman!

^ I lol'd seriously.

The small size of V1 makes that lens looks like it has it's own ability to capture image without a proper DSLR body.

AF-S and not AF-A or AF-C ?

LOL ~ it's like holding a solid tumbler and snap snap

This post has been edited by vearn27: Sep 21 2011, 11:09 PM

It will be crazy for a shop to keep stock of lens for each of the color for each of the length

yup Af-S
i tend to get confuse which Af point to Af then recompose
some told me use center while others say use the nearest AF to subject then recompose

Now using nearest af point then recompose instead of center af point but unsure which type would be better to use


Candid moment, Priceless by CalvinPixels, on Flickr
This should be ok? in terms of sharpness

C n C please..

^The flash is harsh.

If you can have the light fall softer on the subject, then it will look nicer. Also it will be good if you can do better composition/framing.

That's what they said when the NEX first came out..

Nice fill light there, maybe you should ask her to pose ( she+DSLR aim at end of the bridge ) and take her pose more towards the right side to make the image more story like IMO.

To be honest, no matter how negative people view for this V1/J1, I still think Nikon has something up their sleeve. I will look forward to this camera haha

Well its a new system so its bound to be critic...just wait and see till its release

Also im sure along the line the price will be more affordable (well i hope )

35mm f/1.8 @ wide open eh. Not sure about this lens... but I'll probably suggest you to step down bit.

The fill flash too harsh. You can definitely notice the deep shadow behind the bag and the flash overblown the bag. Probably a bounce or diffused flash will be better

Yup, just have to wait till proper testing and reviews made till final decision can be made. Then of course, at the end of the day, with adapters, I'm sure not only Nikon lenses can be used, a myriad of other lenses too from Leicas, M42s, Minoltas, EF-mounts, M4/3..

This post has been edited by lwliam: Sep 21 2011, 11:31 PM

must use flash tripod and softbox for this.well this is a random shot though.thanks sakura


hehe.yeap will do it next tyme

One thing might interest people its 60fps at fixed af and 10 at af-c,
nikon-aus wildlife say the crop factor good for telephoto extends the range

they make my D5100 feel very small sad lah

wow so colourful~~ purple look nicee~~~

Got purple NEX???? ~ opps, but really the sensor size for that price =.="

This post has been edited by angelic88: Sep 21 2011, 11:34 PM

J1 pop up flash looks weird and awfully fragile



and this gotta be my favourite!





Awwwww sooooooo cuteeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!

But I highly doubt that Nat Geo will slap on a V1 onto their 600mm f/4 while standing at the back of the Jeep.

indeed.was having fun with yongnuo wireless flash trigger ,seriously need to opt softeners for this for a better dispersed of light on the subject.

Pink V1/J1 + 500mm f/4 = ????



But seriously, with 1200mm f/11, + 2.7* crop factor, Good Lord it's a telescope.

i pity the shop owners.. i wonder how are they going to stock the stuff with so many colours..

but i have to admit that the nikon mirrorless WILL sell.. it's a nikon after all..

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Added on September 21, 2011, 11:37 pmwah the bright line bokeh is quite bad.... am i using the correct term? those green outlines...

This post has been edited by zstan: Sep 21 2011, 11:37 PM

I ROFLed on the lens cap

Aperture doesn't get factored into crop factor... only on teleconverters

Ooooohhh now that you mention it god i hate those type of lens cap! older nikkor used the same design

Kai (digitalrev tv) wish is granted!! Pinkon J1 haha

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Added on September 21, 2011, 11:43 pmAgreed

This post has been edited by Calvin Pixels: Sep 21 2011, 11:43 PM

and he hates it too...the system. I think.

Owh about the F mount adapter, looks like AF-S lens only can autofocus (not surprisingly actually boooo )

but maybe down the line they will release a 2nd version that can autofocus with AF-D lens (if lucky!) since the mount clearly has a mark for the AF screws

wow cant wait to mount my 70-200mm on it

I think you mean the photographer technique?
My meaning of the technique is as in the "concept".

Focus and Recompose is common, especially when those days without all these AF points or during film days. It's the photographer facing the problem and doesn't understand the concept and focus plane, etc.
Don't blame the technique.

As I said above, it's important to understand how it works, the concept, focus plane, etc. Don't blame the technique.

This problem is more apparent on larger sensor with wide aperture as the DOF is more shallow, even MORE if you shoot close-up.
Even with compact or handphone camera, if there is close focus or macro setting, the DOF can be shallow and people will still face this problem.
Instead of blaming the technique, try to understand what happen and compensate for it.
Example:
Try shoot close-up on a miniature model at widest aperture, focus on the eye and then recompose, if you change your angle, it'll be more obvious; Or try hold the camera 45 degrees, do close-up focus and recompose with the camera now straight, you would notice the YOU have shifted away from the focus plane, you can compensate back by moving foward/backward a little accordingly.

Adding on, on wider angles, and if you stand far enough which gives you more DOF, you'll have less problem even using wide apertures like f/1.8.

This post has been edited by Andy214: Sep 22 2011, 01:20 AM

The flashgun !!! LOL !!! HAHAHAHAHA !!! Can really bounce ??? Sure bor ???

Can la, don't like that...

I notice in the video, one part when the photo is captured, the screen blacks out and got sort of "loading/saving" progress. Isn't it kind of slow compared with current competitors?

May I ask what lens are you using?

Which focus do you use? AF-C or AF-S ?

Sometimes I use just the centre focus and recompose when camera is set to using AF-C, 51 point 3D tracking and under dynamic AF area mode,. The focus will lock on the subject after half-press focus lock and will automatically shift to remain focused on the subject after you recompose.

Like candies. Nikon should have named the cameras as 1Nikon instead.

I think what sakurakinomoto should be referring to is putting the MF 1200-1700mm f/5.6-8.0 lens on the Nikon 1.



But nevertheless, the 1200mm f/11 lens does exist in the Nikon world in the form of MF 360-1200mm f/11 zoom.

Good info about the motion still thingy and such

That is a huge lens... but the whole look works as a video cam.

what can i see.. even at ISO100, the image seem smears?

the V1 or J1, lens if it says 10mm is equivalent to 27mm?

Same if 10-30 VR = x2.7?

how much is v1 white color body only?

I'm thinking of kit lens sort of quality with the bundled lens. But anyways those images are night shots, should be better with day light shots. Just need to wait for more sample images.

Kinda excited to try one of those soon, hopefully it will be available for testing during KLPF in October.

white one looks quite nice hor. it has this minimalist look about it.

Daylight most camera will do fine, even phone camera.

The ISO range for this "1" camera is 100-3200, expandable to 6400.
I watch some videos, I think the unique part is the shooting modes, tracking, focusing? But I'm not sure why the delay during/after capture, and so on, feels like compact cam performance? Hope its not so.

Seems like I have different experience with you, not everyone camera and even DSLR does well in nicely lit places. It all boils down to the sensor.

Well, maybe I should put "generally", you may see many picture take outdoor in daylight. You may not be able to tell if it's DSLR (with "normal" lens), point and shoot (high end or low end), Handphone camera, etc easily. Sometimes, you can even see nice quality photos taken with point and shoot, while you can also see poor quality pictures taken with DSLR.

This post has been edited by Andy214: Sep 22 2011, 11:00 AM

Provided you don't do 1:1 pixel mapping to view. If you view it at 720p or something then of course. But when you blow it up to 1:1 pixel mapping, then its not.

Not to mention, comparing D90 and D700 as base ISO for taking outdoors, there is differences already.

But how many people do 1:1 pixel mapping? When you post up to internet, or even print out; For daylight photo, you can hardly tell the difference, unless you know the camera very well. In broad daylight outdoor, even handphone camera can do wonders.

Then in that case no need buy DSLR, you should just use handphone

well can't compare V1, J1 with existing nikon DSLR model. The objective of their mirrorless system is allow user alternative to jump from compact to another level higher but not a DSLR.

So some comprised are made on IQ, ISO, and etc. Think as an alternative and fun playing camera!

Anyway what the price in Malaysia? The variety of colours are cute!

celciuz 1 - 0 Andy214

Hell yeah ~ way to go !!! C'mon c'mon !!!

Note: This is no flaming, I believe both celciuz and Andy214 see it the same. Let see what else differences between different individual perspective view could be

Haha, cool bro, don't so worked up.

Just saying that in day light outdoor, with enough light, most camera will do fine, "generally". Not saying DSLR is not good or anything.
So, for J1 or V1, if outdoor daytime, nothing much to compare, plus, most of the sample you see, are in smaller resolution; But in lowlight or dark area, even with small resolution, we can clearly tell the difference and see how well the camera will perform.

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Added on September 22, 2011, 11:45 amThat's not the problem. There're much more capable mirrorless already on the market, Nikon is already slow by years, and perhaps they wanna do like Nintendo DS/Wii? A different approach?

This is kind of risky, especially the pricing and not knowing what Canon might come out later. If it fails to meet the demands, what will Nikon do? Will they continue? If not, what happen to those who invested into this system?

Nah, not trying to prove wrong or right, just saying, or DSLR is no good, or handphone is better, maybe for DSLR user to hear something like handphone can take good picture, or cannot differentiate between DSLR and handphone, can be "uncomfortable" and thus trigger the emotion. But, honestly speaking, maybe for "pro" they can tell lah, I'm no pro, and most people cannot even tell the difference. Let's be honest, show a bunch of pictures mixture of DSLR, point and shoot (low end to high end) and handphone camera, let people check and review it, they won't be able to tell the difference, and sometimes you'd be surprise they like the quality from certain pictures which maybe from point and shoot or handphone or DSLR.

In lowlight, it'll be different story and the output will be very obvious.

I think, this is a good example (maybe the pros may think otherwise):
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1...38229269&type=1


This post has been edited by Andy214: Sep 22 2011, 12:00 PM

USD900 for the V1 is waaaaaay too much.

only comment for the upcoming Nikon models...... cute design but PRICE NO CUTE

I agree on the part of people upgrading from compact to another level but not a DSLR. But paying so much for it does not make sense. You have cheaper PnS alternatives in the market that can give you COMPACT + features close to a DSLR system. Of course noise wise, the bigger DSLR sensor still wins any which way you see it. Yes, it's nice that we can use existing FX or DX lenses but looking at the size of the mounted lens, it does not make sense that the person intended to buy the V1/J1 cameras for compactness. Lens + body completes the equation. Good body with junk lens will get you junk.

Looking at some of the samples, it's not too bad. Did not give the wow factor though. Obvious one is edge smearing which should not happen on a super crop sensor. Perhaps the NEF should yield better.

From the looks of it, the new Nikon lineups are just to appease the PnS crowd. The Nikon folks think that they can jump on the bandwagon and attract the younger crowd with gaudy colors and simple style. Most people who appreciate picture quality will pass on these crayola cameras and stick with more substantial stuff especially with the DSLR market so competitive now.

and how come the spec list got PASM mode but it's not in the wheel?

Where did it state?

I read that you can still access it the conventional PASM in the menu but the knob is replaced by four positions which represent different applications of high speed stills and movie recording. The 'Motion Snapshot' mode combines a slow-motion movie with a simultaneously-recorded still image, while the 'Smart Photo Selector' mode takes 20 full-resolution images from a single shutter-button press (including some captured before the button is fully depressed), then analyses them,saving what it judges to be the best five (even recommending the very best of the bunch). There's just a single position to cover all aspects of conventional stills shooting, plus one more for movies.

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/328171341...rst-impressions

if you KNOW how japanese thinks... when they build Alpha A55/Nex, thinking SMALL is good... indeed, it hit the market like storm,(after a long talk with sony insider bout the sony direction) it seem Nikon is also aiming this market, because, japanese, 80% of the camera user dont care bout spec! they care for look, that why Nex has trouble penetrating panasonic market in japan. nikon is heading this direction... but with wrong sensor =.=

so this nikon 1 will be hot cakes in japan, and maybe korea (but samsung is damn strong in korea), taiwan and hk.... but the rest of the world,.. they will cry

a friend played with it(ehem)... it IS Fast with the new Expeed... really responsive vs nex!

How does the shutter lifespan for mirrorless counted or works?
Does the 60fps or the "1200fps" thing actually affect shutter counts?

anyone heard about D800?

http://www.dpreview.com/news/1109/11092120nikonlaunch.asp

this one nice?

That's the thing.. the wheel is so empty but yet they leave out PASM from it and put it in the menu.

i think the only way to know whether the nikon 1 are a successful system or not is to see the sales of these cameras.

well, it all boils down to sales right? no matter how good a particular camera is, if it's not selling, it's a bad camera. on the other hand, no matter how bad a camera is, if it's selling (like hot cakes) then it is a fantastic camera.

someone on nikonrumors stated that nikon is trying to create a inikon product. ipod, ipad etc nonsense. i hope he is wrong. i hate how apple are catering to the mass (i still can't forgive them for taking out the PCM slot from the macbook pro 15 inches model) and put a SD card slot.

dear all sifus, my D7000 just bought recently the built in flash has a yellow tint, is this normal?

zomg!




it's normal

D300/D700 ones have green tint instead >_<

oh, thanks

because this is my first dslr, uses friend's one before but did not notice

This post has been edited by vez: Sep 22 2011, 03:01 PM