just got my nikon D5100 today, although not a totally new unit, but like it very much with the 35mm 1.8g

This post has been edited by amduser: Feb 11 2012, 06:04 PM

is there any place where i can test out various lens?

the leaf at the wrong place?

Wanna ask, what kind of zoom lens i can get around 700-800 budget for my D5100 body? Should i go for tamron or nikkor? I realize some tamron got macro feature while nikkor dont hv

I dont have kitlens, only 35mm 1.8g

I think i will get the nikkor 55-300mm nice pic you got there

My purpose of getting zoom lens mostly is for stage photo during events

Can it do macro photography? I've seen some review and they dont seem to advertise macro feature like tamron and sigma

It have motor in the lens? Because my d5100 no built-in motor

Hmm....maybe will get tamron 70-300 or nikkor 50-300, i wonder if nikon center got tamron lens to test

Something like bird or insect, but the main purpose is still use it as zoom lens though

35mm is enough for close up and landscape, but when taking distance subject is really limited

attract more bad attention, later someone steal your bag

i also wanna get a bag that can fit my dslr and some other stuff, not sure sling bag or backpack better

tripod or monopod with knife attached and swing it like a boss

internal focus vs external focus

no much different in term of performance other than closer focus range for IF right?

that means petal hood cannot be used right?

according to nikon website, they say IF can get closer focus distance compare to non-IF

i dont know why, but people say petal hood only for wide angle and IF lens, if non-IF where front element will rotate while focus then need to use round hood

i think is because the hood will rotate, so the shorter petal might facing top and bottom, which might cause problem while going wider angle and sunlight on top of the lens might shine inside causing glare because the shorter petal facing upward?

icic....

hmm....some say filter might drop out on non IF lens, but i play with my cousin's 550D with kitlens no problem

well, i dont use filter since lens hood give a better protection, tested on my 35mm just now

if focus properly then screw in the filter should be okay right?

what kind of events you all talking about? stage event? wedding event?

if stage event like mini concert or stage performance, you cant really use wide angle right?

i guess we all know how good is nikon under low light

further more with 35mm 1.8g on wide open, i can say you could get decent result without the need of flash

i'm using 35mm 1.8g and for street photography, this lens is good

for event like PC fair and the IT fair that just ended today, even better since those events got narrow walkway, with 50mm you need to be further away from the subject, with 35mm, you are at least few step closer to the subject

when you are closer between subject other people know you are taking photo and wont walk between you and the subject and without the need of flash, tested this on both day of IT fair

but too bad my photography skills is still very bad, need to improve more to make better use of the lens

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Added on February 20, 2012, 1:01 ami guess we all know how good is nikon under low light

further more with 35mm 1.8g on wide open, i can say you could get decent result without the need of flash

i'm using 35mm 1.8g and for street photography, this lens is good

for event like PC fair and the IT fair that just ended today, even better since those events got narrow walkway, with 50mm you need to be further away from the subject, with 35mm, you are at least few step closer to the subject

when you are closer between subject other people know you are taking photo and wont walk between you and the subject and without the need of flash, tested this on both day of IT fair

but too bad my photography skills is still very bad, need to improve more to make better use of the lens

This post has been edited by amduser: Feb 20 2012, 01:01 AM

depends on the distance between subject and the background, if you do close up half body shot of model

oiiii.....

next time i snatch your 24-70 2.8 and run away

This post has been edited by amduser: Feb 28 2012, 09:29 PM

what dslr you use?