Yeah, I saw your post and the discussion. However, it was about focus ring and not zoom ring. I'm asking about zoom ring.

Hmm... I'm yet to experience any problem with my 17-55 yet *touch wood*. Just wondering if the zoom ring tight is an issue...

It's the 85mm f/1.8G

First impression when I held the D800E, it's "fatter" than the D7000. I didn't hold D700 or D300/D300s that much yet, therefore it gives me that fat feeling. Didn't get chance to save the image or put into computer for review of course, but when max zoom the photo using the camera can see superb details. Taken half-portrait of a model but yet able to see the red lines of her eyes clearly. Marvellous...

Somehow they updated the UI icons also.

BTS hasn't got their unit yet. You can see obviously from my photo I'm outside BTS that time

User Interface Icon or the Camera Menu. Well, I'm not sure if that's the final firmware since it's a prototype unit and they claimed the production unit performance is much better. Somehow I believe Nikon is using good panel for the LCD display as the colours reproduction seems to be far better than the D7000.

That's why I mention I have used to D7000's grip and less experience with D700 and D300/D300s which is bigger. However, after my experience with D7000 + BG, more likely for my next body I'll scrap the idea of having BG. It is not that I dislike the weight, in fact I'm kinda big size and like to hold heavy stuff. But the tendency of doing portrait is somehow higher when you have a BG and I have actually been advised by a senior wedding photographer to remove the BG. Unless you're shooting portraiture, best to take the BG off the camera.

Stock for D800 should be available by the end of March 2012

I bet you'll like the D800/D800E LCD after seeing how much you complained about yours

Initially, I have the same thought of balancing the body for bigger lens such as 70-200. However, later I found that it's just the matter of how I hold the camera. Now I seem to understand why many wedding photographers that I know didn't use BG for the body.

Huh? Why is that so? Share with us la...

Hahaha... yaya, now I remember you did shared this with us before. Well, let see if this case will happen to Nikon as well

Behold the D800E + 85mm f/1.8G + SB-910

Shoot with your Nokia N8

EPF? How you withdraw them?

Please don't mix fry between SHARP and DOF... they do blend together but I believe it's not as what you mean for this time

You mean DOF on DX is thinner than FX? Shouldn't that be the other way around?

In anyway, there are much more than just angle and camera setting for food photography. How the light setup to be is the more specific. If it's just take a photo on-the-go, that's more depends on how the photographer wanted to "express" as it is

For most lenses, sharpest should be between f/8 ~ f/11.

Yeah, the DOF on DX is thinner given the same distance between camera and object. My bad and thanks for correcting me

What happened to their skin texture??? OMG!!!

My 2nd gear to my camera bag is actually the SB-900. I need it for actual day wedding photography and I believe one of the best item to pair up with DSLR. I'm not sure what kind of experience you're going through with flash, but I can say less than 1% of my shooting with flash actually pointing the flash head towards my subject.

Who's more interested with Canon 5DMK3 than D800/D800E now?

Her legs pose look awkward

In my humble opinion, 18-105 is doing a great job as all rounder lens. Portraiture wise you could stick to your 50 f/1.8D. If you haven't get a flash, probably I will suggest you to get one and to play with it and reflector as well for your portraiture.

Beside... you never state us your budget?

I do have 2x SB-900 but yet to do much with them yet. Haven't got myself any wireless trigger too.

Yeah, I have been doing that but sometime I failed to trigger when I wanted to do back lighting. Pocket Wizard has released their 3rd version of their wireless trigger, izzit?

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So, you're gonna be painful for 5DMK3 or D800/D800E?

D800/D800E HDMI is output only and no input... should be the case

I am lost... where are we now?

I met with a Nikon folk yesterday and he owns D3s and D300 after D70 and D80.

He said that according to some source, the battery of D800 couldn't last many shots when shoot at maximum MP. Anyone pass through this kind of information?