guys, given u had to choose between 35 & 85. which would u take first?
sending the body for service at times square KL would cost how much probably? its a d90 body btw..

ya, i find 35mm cacat on DX.
while everyone says the view is like 50mm, technically its not...only the field of view is...not the experience if u can call it that.
cos thru the viewfinder what u see thru it isnt the same size as u see with naked eye...afterall u are looking thru a 35mm lens and not 50mm.
but if u want to take group shots...i would wait and see how much the new 28mm 1.8G is going to be and get that instead.

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Added on March 31, 2012, 3:10 pmactually, no use waiting la.
the 28mm 1.8G is FX, so wont be cheap.

for wider prime, maybe look for a used 24mm f/2.8, below RM1k.

ya, i find 35mm cacat on DX.
while everyone says the view is like 50mm, technically its not...only the field of view is...not the experience if u can call it that.
cos thru the viewfinder what u see thru it isnt the same size as u see with naked eye...afterall u are looking thru a 35mm lens and not 50mm.
but if u want to take group shots...i would wait and see how much the new 28mm 1.8G is going to be and get that instead.

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Added on March 31, 2012, 3:10 pmactually, no use waiting la.
the 28mm 1.8G is FX, so wont be cheap.

for wider prime, maybe look for a used 24mm f/2.8, below RM1k.

oh its FX ar? Nice.. Haha I was thinking if I should go for the 24 1.4 but now theres a cheaper version lets wait and see!!

ya, i find 35mm cacat on DX.
while everyone says the view is like 50mm, technically its not...only the field of view is...not the experience if u can call it that.
cos thru the viewfinder what u see thru it isnt the same size as u see with naked eye...afterall u are looking thru a 35mm lens and not 50mm.
but if u want to take group shots...i would wait and see how much the new 28mm 1.8G is going to be and get that instead.

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Added on March 31, 2012, 3:10 pmactually, no use waiting la.
the 28mm 1.8G is FX, so wont be cheap.

for wider prime, maybe look for a used 24mm f/2.8, below RM1k.

Yeah, saw that leak. Looks like a very interesting all-in-one lens if it's indeed coming.
I've not really analysed the shots one by one but I went straight to the ISO 6400 JPG for the 5DMkIII and the D800 and downloaded them. My impression is that noise wise, the Canon is cleaner but just marginally. But when it comes to details, the D800 trumps it. I also notice that the Canon is slightly sharper than from the D800. They have always been this way as far as I can remember. On a side note, one can probbaly bump the default sharpness on the D800 from 3 to 4 or 5. Anyway on the 2nd pic, I showed that with just a tiny bit of USM, you'd get it as sharp as the Canon plus get more details too.



Again, just observing from the SOOC JPG files from both cams...
I may be wrong but I think he's referring to the big flood lights on the top right corner as the SB-920.
Many thank for the confirmation and feedback. As I suspected...
I bet that you'd be very reliant on the 70-200 and would not want to give your friend to borrow. Trust me.  Hard to shoot with 35mm. You need to go very near and you'll block everybody.

Anyway, photographers over there are very discipline. They take turns and are always mindful of people around them taking photos. Not like photographers here unfortunately. 
Woow... Nikon is really pushing to the max.  Nice to see that for once. A few years ago, Nikon was always playing catch up.

Anyway, the 28mm f/1.8 sounds interesting with a quite nice focal length.

haha i will take both eventually but at the moment only can choose one. i guess the latter one would be a no brainer eh?

Hola... so, what's the current debate recently here? Been away from the thread for so long

Sad to say one of our bro here has gone to MKIII

I think you guys know it since it has been long since I posted here and he got it like last week.

i think video for canon still superb...
as D800 video with high ISO kinda sucks...
and d ISO for 5dm3 is more or less on par with d3s...
jpeg if not mistaken...
check from dpreview...

I like 35mm a lot though, most of my shots were using 35mm from Friday. Going to shoot more and will be using 35mm again!

if you are gonna get both eventually, then the question now is which one will benefit you first before getting the other. My advise
get the 35mm if you are doing more general photography atm
get the 85mm if you do more portrait, headshots small groups, long distance shots.

so which one is your priority, get the lens that fulfils that priority
one more for the road, with the 35mm you can always crop, with the 85mm bokeh can't be reproduce

happpy soul searching bro! 

p.s. 35mm f/1.4 bokeh is comparable with the 85mm.......hahaha