dowan this, dowan that, then better no filter, save money oso.....


flare,glare,vignetting comes from the quality of the lens, filter will enhance rather than cutting it down, other than that try and get Rodenstock filters......

This post has been edited by ojtee: Jan 31 2012, 02:52 PM

+1

you can buy cheap backpack and in will be the same story after 6-8 months time. better invest more in a good backpack, better protection and higher quality. Imagine you carry all your gear, suddenly strap breaks and backpack fall into river/gaung/hillside/your neighbourhood longkang....good enough to damage/drown your expensive toy....ask yourself if its worth to stinge on something that will protect all of your gear? did i mention laptop too?

you know the saying - good things not cheap, cheap things not good

ya but all your plastic 1 cm thick wan. .. 5 plasticbag make it a portable drybox oledi...hahaha

Great Pix Cal !
have you tried to crop the pix to look like this, picture taken up the otw to Awana by MSC President

Dont waste your money on those cheap aftermarket screen protector, it will scratch eventually, from my experience I have tried many and wasted alot of $$$ . I then found out that the ori screen is quite scratch resistant they have a coating like those on the iphones ,I can't recall but i read it somewhere on a review about the screen and i have since not used anything on it - up to you if you want to follow or not.

One more thing, i leave my screen out open instead of flipping it back ,i don't move it unnecessarily. Seems if dirt gets in between the screen and body when you close it, it will scratch.

if spec cloth got dirt, also will scratch the cheapo screen protector, the thing about thos stuff is that they make it so that they sell alot, how? dont make it last so you will keep buying and buying- marketing strategy

once scratch you will think...."wah good thing i have this protector or else my lcd will scratch oledi hor....."

your pc screen not tuned to the correct colors from the camera.....have you trien viewing it in View NX2? or something else? i never had this problem on my D5100, Also look at what color space you are saving in, sRGB or ADOBE

wah....new N,
where did you get it?
you got a filter with it?

did you put batteries in it?
are the batteries original ones?

BG for which model? Phottix is quite a reputable brand
Did you get it locally or on ebay?

i think it could be a contact somewhere, if you can find the maligned contact and fix it, im sure it will work as normal. Sometimes it just could be a alittle bend to a contact, simple yet heartaching situation
phottix BG for d700?

errr i tot the famous Tony Stark can get his hands on the latest D800.....hahaha

anyways look at the contactsat battery slot, as it is usually there as the sliding in and out of the tray may causecompressed contacts and out of alignment sometimes

G'luck

I you don't shoot fast moving subjects alot, SP90 would be a good choice for portrait and macro, its a highly recomended lens by some pros.
But then sometimes its not the speed of the AF that matters, more to the user's experience to be able to maximize the lens capabilities

is this Goldfries same as the one in PM?

What's the market price for a used D5100, thinking of selling to get an..... ahem.....

rm7500 plus plus = RM8625...that's more like the price it will prob be like

agree with bro EverD, shop fishing for customers, unless of course the final price is written on the deposit receipt, then i wil....errr....l eat my lens cap......

This post has been edited by ojtee: Feb 9 2012, 12:45 PM

if it's sunny, maybe can try and get a graduated filter, lens hood ,if the lens doesn't have one, skylight filter would be another ,depending on the types of shots you will be taking

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Added on February 9, 2012, 6:05 pmAnd the Sifu has spoken.....

Agreed. Different strokes for Different Folks

This post has been edited by ojtee: Feb 9 2012, 06:05 PM

brader,

lemme ask you something,
do you think you can remember all of the advises given to you by our fellow photographers?
I am positively sure when it comes to the day of the shoot, you'll be snapping like a happy camper without remembering alot of details/advises here, why? because you need to take as many photos as you can and can't be bothered with the setting, unless you know the camera and settings inside out.

Tell you what, ask your boss, half day off, or halfday work day to go to the golf course, or any golfcourse for that matter, tell him/her you need to see and do some trial shootings before the competition day. Go snap and take as many pix as you can, and same time tweak settings of the camera.

Another thing is, the couple of questions you have been asking, and its all basic photography, and the basis of taking photos is understanding those basic stuff, maybe you could look through the manual and see if it can help you understand things better. Wait till you get to white balance , D-lighting,HDR, EV compensation, auto bracketing, then you'll totally confused

just my observations so far

but somewhere deep, deep ,deep , inside of you is crying to get one ....correct ? hehehe