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.

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.

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

Smart casual users should not be trapped into buying something very expensive when you can get it as good and cheaper elsewhere with PnS nowadays.

Yup, that's the only thing I find useful. But people must remember that newbies and casual shooters don't usually happen to own a 70-200mm f/2.8 lens. It's only serious enthusiast like us would be gila enough to want that body just for the purpose of the crop factor.

Precisely. They could do a lot to improve their Coolpix line. Currently, they are playing catch up with the other players. I use to remember Nikon was famous for their Coolpix 800, 950, 990 and 995. They set a benchmark while others just follow.

+1

The f/4 is about time.

I bought lenses that were already 10 years old. Now it's already close to 15 years old.

Nice. Could not join some of my friends down in Malacca last weekend as I was in Singapore instead.

60D is 1.6x crop body.

You should just abandon the idea of getting an FX body and get whatever Nokia replaces the N8.

Not bad. Is this stitched? I miss HK.

Well, if Nikon thinks that a photographer is only as good as the equipment he uses, it must be correct, right? j/k

It's not that. What vearn27 is trying to imply is that don't expect your photos to transform magically just because you have good gear. Don't blame your gear if you don't get the photos you like.

I think from your last few post, you seem to be asking if this is better, that better etc which seems to indicate that you're more concerned about gears than skill.

Dunno man. For that example, I think the D90 one is better for me.

Agreed.

Actually, if you really want to get close to F1 action, Singapore F1 night race is better.

This year's F1, I shot from K1 grandstand. I shot from Tower before previously on practice days.

The only time I got to experience the Hillstand is in 2006 where I shot from C2 Hillstand. I was on 1.5x D70 body + 300mm f/4 + 1.4xTC.



This is after crop kau kau.





Looks ok. Skin looks fine too but no idea if it's ok since office just change to U2312HM monitors.

Don't know if the rumour is true or not. 36MP is very heavy and huge jump. Is the current lens lineup up to job? Is the noise performance going to be as good as the current FX bodies? I'm starting to think what kind of computing power is required to process the NEF files.

The new 40mm f/2.8 is nice but it's DX. You can optionally get the 60mm f/2.8 which is a macro too. Superb and sharp lens.

I think for your stuff, a new D700 is overkill. 2nd hand would be ideal.

Spot on. Short shutter lag rulez. I'm no pro lah but I seldom utilise the full 8fps on the D700. Max is a few 4 or 5 shots in a row. Of course 8fps or more is nice to have. For 8fps, it just means that in 0.5 seconds, I can shoot 4 frames.

Start investing in gold.

Sorry. The Nikkor still wins.

Why hard to invest? Now turun harga already but sure to pick up soon. Just in time when D800 comes out.

I would imagine that it would be better than the D3X. And the D4X would thump everybody else.

Difficult question. Where are you traveling to? Is reach important or wide angle important? For traveling, most of the time is wide angle side that is required.

If you're switching to FX body as in NOW, the 28-300mm VR would be the lens to get for travelling but if you're still gonna use it on the D90, the wide end will not be wide enough. If that being the case, the 24-120mm f/4 VR should give some compromise.

If money is really no object, go with 24-70mm f/2.8 + 70-200mm f/2.8 VR.

Depends... You're into available light (50mm f/1.8) or flash photography (SB700)?

Perhaps that is the interchangeable sensor design that Nikon patented? It would be cool that you can change sensor in one body to suite different occasions.

Perhaps he wants something like the 1/12000 s shutter spec of the Minolta Maxxum 9.

I would not be surprised. PnS technology like face detection also incorporated already.

Yup, I missed on that one.

Debit / Credit card?

Don't you know in Malaysia, you need to do all the homework before buying? When you want to buy, just go to the right shop and get ready the money.

Aiks... Is that new packaging? Bought mine just before my Singapore trip from US two weeks ago.



Good that you liked your purchase.

Sorry but I think that's nothing to shout about. That would be like RM 6k for the D700 and RM 5.7k thereabouts for the lens. Pretty normal price me thinks...

Don't know but thinking about it, who's to stop you from selling something and getting little profit margin, breaking even or even selling at a loss? Nobody can dictate how one should conduct his own business.

Entirely agree. ! I don't buy a camera equipement just to look good or fashionable. I buy something because of function. Just like camera bags. I prefer buying something that would function and protect your gears rather than looking good and have limited carying space.

Sleezy guy, smooth talker.

How long and how cold are you expected outside with the camera?

My lowly D70 lasted for a good half hour in a -40 degree C simulated Antarctic blizzard environment at the NZ Antartic centre.

Well, you get around the same DoF on the crop sensor even though at bigger aperture.

Feel sorry for your lost. Covered by insurance? Anything else not camera related got stolen or just camera equipment?

How is more focus points on the D7000 helping you in your shooting that the D90 cannot? You shoot sports?

Well, what I predicted in the beginning was not correct. It's more expensive than the D700 !

See... If you had bought one earlier, you would be enjoying taking pics already.

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But Vettel in a Honda Civic body and a Ferrari engine would probably still win the WC.

Don't be like Nikon. Gears don't define a photo. It's the photographer that makes the difference.

Spot on.

BTW, you already got a sifu to follow. Why ask questions here?

Many a time, people are very tempted to bump up saturation and use Vivid profile. While this may work on some shoots, it works horrible on skintones. When you shoot with flash or at high ISO, the skintone looks overcooked.

Stick to Standard or Neutral picture style.

That's the most ignorant statement ever made. Where is here? Here as in Malaysia or here as in LYN forum?

Errr... That's because Vivid does not do a single thing when you open your NEF under Lightroom. So whatever set is just placebo effect in your mind. It's the same effect like using Standard or Neutral picture style.

I think it all boils down to surface coating / treatment. Where I work in a different industry, we do a lot of surface treatment on metals that we consider company secret / proprietary information. So chances of getting more info is close to non existent.

There is a point of diminishing returns. More elements can give a lot of rise to flare.

Got... Lens mug.

The prices screams of pro price.

I rather have non pro price on a no pro or pro grade lens.

Very envious seeing SD cards selling much cheaper than CF.

Usually CF is faster. I think fastest SD is only 30MB/s.

Really? Can you share which website is this? I never knew serial numbers of lenses and camera bodies are embedded in the EXIF?

Then when you put the 50mm on a DX body, some people will find that it becomes too "long". There goes the money spent on the 50mm...

Good quality as using it on the same system? No idea but people are using Nikon's 14-24mm f/2.8 on their FF Canon bodies and getting better results than from their own Canon wide angle lenses. Does that not answer your question partially?

You can use Nikon lenses on Canon bodies. Not the other way around unfortunately since Canon have bigger mount.

The 24-70mm f/2.8 can be a little long on the D70s. Better test it out first before the 24-70mm f/2.8 becomes a white elephant investment.

The trend that I usually see is using Nikon wide angles on Canon FF bodies where you can afford to have manual focus only using hyperfocal technique. Metering works fine. On something like the 24-70mm, AF becomes more crucial.

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Errr... Bleed also must bleed smartly. Buying the 24-70mm and complain later that the 24mm end on DX is not wide enough is silly bleeding.

Convertor to use Canon lenses on Nikon bodies does not exist. Besides, why do you want to use a lower grade lens when you can use a Nikon?

Agreed. Wait till you see bokeh shot from from a 300mm f/4.

Thanks for the links. Excellent. Learn something new. I tested the first link and it works great. But what about lens serial number? Does it get recorded in the EXIF?

Not hard especially in daytime if you learn the hyperfocal technique.

If you have money, get the Nikon 10-24.

Did you try to take out battery and put it back in?

Wah, you rush around with the crowd, look round and round to find parking at MV and burn petrol plus parking, the is the RM 17 worth saving?

I would think it's out of this world...

Anyway, just for the sake of discussion, the 400mm f/2.8 VR at it's MFD at 2.9m gives a 0.77cm DoF at f/2.8. The 300mm f/4 at it's MFD of 1.45m gives a 0.44cm DoF at wide open f/4.

Depends on how you would like your bokeh to be like... If blurry / dreamy type of background like the samples celciuz has posted, you need to be very close to your subject when using the 24mm f/1.4. At other normal distances at f/1.4 wide open, your background will be slightly blurred and the end result gives you a typical 3D-like image rendering on the subject provided your subject remains sharp. For the 24-70mm f/2.8, I grade it more as a general type of lens that can do most things excellently.

If you feel the 24-70mm f/2.8 is fine, so be it. It's a great lens (one of the best zoom lens out there) and it's your money to begin with.

I guess as much. So it's only body serial number for the moment.

LOL I agree with you that 24mm and 25.5mm is very minute but the effect from 24mm to 25.5mm is a change of 84 degrees angle of view to 79.3 degrees or so. Focal length on the wide end is always greatly exaggerated than say at the tele end.

Check it out here...

http://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/lens/simulator/

Looks great. Wah... How come you got several new toys to test? I saw a 14-24mm f/2.8 in the bunch too.

On a side note, me thinks Miya should have won.

Hard to tell. What batteries are you using? How old are they?

That's because of the subject distance. You can get a lot of things sharp with a 24mm f/1.4 shot wide open at f/1.4 if the subject distance is quite far.

200mm f/2.0 VR

Have you tried Oly XZ-1 ?

Spot on. We get less for the same amount of salary dollar for dollar.

Don't look so far. Down south in SG also the same.

I'm more intrigued by what looks like a Linhoff ballhead / clamp.

Yes. Only FX is in Japan. But perhaps this has already changed after Tsunami?

Is she on heavy makeup? Anyway, I like them overall. You made the best of the lighting situation.

Aira not your GF?

Must be lucky but you must also learn to anticipate when the event is going to happen and the lilehood it's going to take place.

Taken from F1 photo guru Darren Heath;





Yup.

Should be. If they were AF, the would have ruled the world.

Which 24mm is this that cost 8k?

You can have the best lens mounted on your FF body but it's just the same as a PnS if pics come out not focused correctly.

I believe the Zeiss Distagon one even though MF is newer than Nikon's AF-S 35mm f/1.4.