D90, 85mm f/2.8

D90 with 80-200 two touch

Okay la...2470 much nicer. My dream lens

that one if i put on table shot with that slow SS.... XD
nevermind this time play more with wider aperture setting first...

the pic looks slightly blur.
so u lower aperture, then more of the image will look blur.

IIRC LO can mean exposure not enough, or shutter speed too slow so may get blur.
in ur case, its a combination of both...+2/3 ev should also look nicer.

anyway, why never use bounce flash?

still duwan. i prefer use available light haha ><

35mm i also can la XD... f/1.8 did job a lot easier...but sacrifice your view angle flexibility lor haha.... i wonder if i still use 35mm in korea... i dont even can shoot korean chicks from far 

He's a no-flash guy 
Plus, he only got pop-up, so can't bounce unless he got some accessories.
No natural light there; The light is from the indoor lighting
Should be available light as mentioned by Agito.

Anyway, learn to use Flash (and WB), then you will understand. You can still take as if no flash but in brighter area thus you can use lower ISO and get better quality, maintain better color, etc.
Got different meh?
I think probably it's better if you bought a D7000 and you can buy some nice lens; Sure you will enjoy more there.

Hey guys on my recent trip I was at a wedding and shot a family portrait.


What do you guys think about it? Is it to under expose? Do you think its over-cooked?
Please comment I need to make an album soon for this lovely weds!

Somehow the pic is making me headache.

Imo flash is a better iption then new lens when someone just starting out. Greatly helped indoors and during events

Weird, it shouldn't be like that. You can also try bounce to the side wall, it will look better too.
If you're doing event (e.g. wedding dinner), etc. you "should" have flash; It's those people who don't understand and possibly don't know how to use that give you the problem.

Flash is light. It's how you use it.
That's usually because of direct flash or harsh lighting; You need to experience and try it yourself. It depends how you use it, it gives many kinds of different effect, including natural look (as if no flash were used, but you may not know; As I say, you lit up the room, like the room is actually brighter, thus you can use faster shutter or lower ISO, which greatly increase your image quality). There's also things like Creative Lighting.
In situations like the previous photo where the background is very bright, the flash can act as fill ins.
You need to understand flash and what it can do.

Doesn't matter if you have f/1.4, depending on the lighting, f/1.4 sometimes you still need to bump up ISO when you can't use too low shutter speed. If you need to take group photo?

Anyway, it really depends what you use your camera for and what you shoot.

Sometimes I also never use flash, I use 35mm f/1.8 and shoot f/1.8 all the way; It really depends on situations, and how you utilize your gear.

For third party lens it is recommended that you test the lens first before buy especially tamron who is known for their manufacturing issues. I once tried tamron 28-70mm at the shop and all 3 copy have problem. 2 suffer backfocus and 1 is front focus. Even nikon lens sometimes got problem if you're really unlucky

Outdoor sure different; but might you never know if they use flash, reflector, etc. if you just see the photo anyway. As I said, once you learn more and see the difference, you will start to appreciate more. There's many things to learn, if you hold back because you "personal" feel, then it's hard for your to move forward.

company already bought intuos 4. tablet one i wan buy for personal use one.
and 2470 for future FF one... since made decision for upgrade to at least D700/D800 so wont regret like getting D7000 and get replace in short time compare to FF body 

edit: i know everdying's point...but i m not doing freelance of event for now so not really need flash XD

vc is vr is vibration control/reduction.

push up your budget to 1.8k you can get a VC, with that smae amount of money, you can get an exc good used 16-85mm nikkor, way better IQ IMHO. 

btw pm me if you are interested in the 16-85mm.....

doctor rides the s1000rr? nice vid

haha can you help me do mine? I wanna see what's possible with my blown sky, I only managed to fix it a little :/

Anyways how much is a Nikon 70300? for Nikon D3100..

6400 on the D700
Learn and practise...

Haha, I went 25600. Not usable... unless you want those 'artistically grainy' pics

use mine, iso 1600 guarantee got superb artistically grainy noise 

Long time didn't post bokehlicious portraits >D

last photo before i sleep, this was i random shot one during eating pork BBQ in South Korea, i dont think this chick is local korean too .... speak of devil, i scare my camera got oil stain... beacuse that place is quite heavy oily smoke (?)...but the pork and soft drink is FREE REFILL