by Accident! Lol...

Its about RM3.3k 999USD.. A nikon refurbished lens with 90days warranty.

It happened like this..

I bought it on Friday. My transaction got rejected. Suspicious purchase according to the bank..

I receive an email from adorama that it got rejected. The CS was really friendly and helped me through the process and told me i could cancel if i would want to. So I called up the bank and asked what happened and they ask me to remake the transaction. the 2nd time didnt work so I tried the 3rd time and after that All 3 transactions went through!

Adorama Didnt cancel the 1st and 2nd order as i Emailed to them because it was during the weekend..

There you have it I have 3 16-35 F4 lenses now.. I guess ill be returning to them with just shipping charges which is very minimal since the response isnt so good as you mentioned.

Btw celiuz what filter do you use? Is the hoya hd slim enough for it on your d700??

Thanks!

I hope I will not regret getting a 35mm instead of a 40mm macro

i might go there around 1-2pm...see the situation around there 1st.
if shitloads of cars everywhere outside, then im turning back

Errr... Andy214. Have you tried WITHOUT flash to see if it solves your problem?

Most ot the time when fog / smoke and different colours from stage backlighting, I don't use flash.

Which one is better overally?

Need some advise on this. Planning to upgrade my kit lens to either 24-70 or 17-55. I'm using D7000 and most of the time I'm taking photo of my son. Which is a better option?

IMO, unless u plan to upgrade to FX later or u really need a f2.8 zoom with long focal length, go for the 17-55..

the 24-70 in DX will have a focal length of 36-105mm, which is almost same as ur kit lens...

plus u oledi have a 35mm f1.8... still not enough for your son's portrait pics?? 

D7000 kit lens is 18-105mm no?

according to his signature... this is his current gear ->

Camera : Nikon D7000, Canon G11
Lens : 35mm 1.8, 18-105 mm

I already have the 35mm but I like to shoot shoulder height so not so suitable. I like the sharpness of Nikkor lens.

okay 

tonight see i free to test with car head light ...i try with other filter like hoya HMC UV see got this problem or not...

by the way who own 24-70 can do this similar test or not hehe

lol then what filter he used? 
go back i need check, and i try use my normal UV hoya filter from my 35mm see got or not.

with filter

without


okay false alarm   my bad

my friends just did some video using dslr which quite nice to share...
feel free to watch it! its parody for move like jagger

is that necessary to turn all WB into into normal back...hehe i duno, because that time is very very hot, sun light is soooo strong till i pening kepala and i dont even can see what reading in view finder...so i hantam sahaja for 3rd day i get this lens 
so everytime i watch back those photo... i will auto leave some yellowish on that because what i see is like that 
(if i use auto colour in Ps, the WB will adjust to normal and whole thing somehow will turn purple-ish  )
see wide open all the way can get what result.

now someone say soft, hmmm i need try use f/4~ f/8 see good or not haha...

harsh light on the fast like super strong sun light will affect sharpness too right?
i only can say that time the shooting hour is from 12pm-4pm.... because morning need wait them make up and wait someone arrival 
best light is in morning right?

Agito, 24-70 looks weird in cropped camera view finder right ?
Time to smack it on full frame finder and you can see different perspective when you have BIG view

nothing happen on me, i just got one of holy grail not even 1 week. now figuring how to use it with body without big big LCD haha.
preview my in D70s LCD and monitor is 2 big different things haha.
need study the WB that got "PRE" setting there... i duno my D70s got Kelvin or not. i think dont have 
ya whole scene is green then major blue-purple on cosplayer... so when use normal WB, she will turn into purple monster haha... so had to use back yellow tint just like that time what i see haha..
i will stick to photoshop ><
lazy wait for days to ahem* find lightroom. since i got photoshop it should will do editing job.
i think need use selection tool to edit skin tone oledi. @_@
or i just leave it 
YOU DEVIL ............
i got ACDsee 10 (or 9) forget which version.... there got a lot control too...i think better i stick back on photoshop so when i found solution then i can apply on my drawing work too sometimes 

---

Added on January 4, 2012, 10:50 am

of course la if not why i post my noob shot here to let all sifu arrow in my knee? 

buy lens first for korean trip, as for the lens actually i wan get it sooner or later...just didn't expect trip is ealier than my schedule 1 month so kinda rush to get it.
but lucky in this time gap got cosplay shoot activity to practice so ya i need grab this chance practice first...but then i practice to snap shot candid one 

sad truth my ang pau money for this 24 years never more than MYR 500 each year

sifu give me ang pau la 

sifu got view the original non-edit shot? i still wonder what is your guys' ideal colour for PP for that kind of shot 

ohh, wah hard to choose haha ><
i think need shoot raw oledi for my currently skill. jpeg is killing me XD.

agito, shoot standard profile, shoot raw, then open up in LR3 and see the result. I don't believe D70s could make bad photo, after all, what I see people use old camera like 1DsII have great picture

really? 
weekend ar? XD
i got option of RAW + JPG basic, you mean that one? 
i need shoot raw from now on, the cosplay shot got some shot cant boost colour due to jpg setting i set before... the shadow area will become sucks and harsh 

Are you working in nikon? You're very nice!

i use to be drag few levels for editing photo ...until i shoot cosplayer then i got urge to smooth all da skin, dodge all da skin tone and fix the teeth and liquify body all the way 

oppss... hahahaa
but i still do not work in nikon.
i am just facilitating on PHOTO 4 and some workshops and the shooting stars.

by the way: 2 more days to the D4

continuous focus with 3D matrix (only time I switch on the 3D matrix for testing purposes, have not since, too slow to be usable in most cases for me) on with my 80-200 one touch kura kura.  I would say if the condition is right, (where the car has many stickers for the AF to focus on) hunt time is less for the lens. I think was shot at f5.6 or f8 at 1/4000. Not the best photo in the world, but just saying that 80200 if got meet good condition and budget is enough why not. Lucky for me I got mine under rm1.5k super mint condition and the best part can pay 4 months installment.

If we got chance to buy all latest and bestest I'm sure we all will la. I would like to have the latest 70-200 f/2.8 VRII. But so far the kura kura has not failed me in a way that makes me wanna spend so much of my hard earned $ to invest. What more to say I'm just shooting for fun. Maybe if an affordable 80-200 2touch comes my way I might consider tho. 

this is where the word 'greedy' came in, he mentioned everything about the lens is brand new, just that no warranty card, the person who gave him the lens lost it, so i thought it wasnt a big deal if i can get a brand new lens. until after i received it, i check the serial number(sticker). im currently asking if i can return his lens to him or not.

Noob question, and please ignore if u think it’s a stupid one.

Manufacturer of Nikon is Japan, and establish few factory in Thailand as well as China. The main question is, the price in these 3 countries, is it standardise? Plus when we purchased the goods from US or other countries, the price tend to increase because of the freight charges and tax imposed (if any). Looking at the distance between these countries to Malaysia, its quite nearer compared to US and the Europe sides. So does this make huge different to the price itself, or directly lower price in Malaysia compared to Europe?