yea~~ her face so smooth.. i can tell you it's not the effect of my NR.. even without NR, her face looks that smooth~~ didn't take many shots.. got a few more, but this 2 nicest teehee

Nice picture yo.. the girl reminds me of a korean girl from a group (Hyomin from T-ara).. @_@ though i prefer straighter pictures instead of slightly slanted.. kekeke~ personal preference cause when i see slanted pictures, my head cocks 1 side.. feel uncomfortable.. teehee~

should be calling him Sir Celciuz.. cuz he went over to the white knights.. this side is the dark side.. kekkee

someday if we meet up, can let you try my samyang 85mm.. also nice lens to manual focus since it has such a long throw.. if you like it then you can consider adding that 85mm into your arsenal of manual focus lens

now i also start to scrap the advance DX plan.. can consider the d600 liao.. hahaha..

looked again.. somehow still feel the FX standard lens are expensive getting the d600 gonna blow another huge hole in my savings just to get it a decent lens.. need to see if the new nikon 24-70 costs how much and how does it perform 1st.. at this rate, i think i just get a 2nd hand d7000 better

the zoom is mainly for event, where the number of people fluctuates alot, and i have limited space.. also it's for my sister to use, for convenience sake.. i am more of a prime lens guy.. i go out with 35mm and 85mm usually..
I not referring to the 27-70 f/2.8 wor..
from the nikon rumors on the d600. one of the last points:

yeah.. you made a darn good choice.. seems like the d600 was made for you.. haha


This post has been edited by tctham: May 25 2012, 09:35 PM

here's a quick spam..

@amduser: teach me also..

you got take a lot of nice pictures too.. kekeke

ytd i saw this dude with full frame camera (i think 5dm2 but i am not too sure) with a 70-200 f/2.8 + battery grip trying to take picture of the artists at paradigm mall.. well.. enuff said that he have trouble lifting up the lens amidst the huge amount of crowd.. even my primes have chances of bumping to peoples' heads..

wheez.. long discussion for Acquainted..

I am user of D5100.. I admit that it is a stellar body for its price.. but I also admit, I am hungry.. My biggest concern is the lack of dedicated buttons for WB, AF, ISO which made me need to dive menu alot (last time).. now i set the custom button to ISO, and i just try to make do with others as i go..

the top LCD on the D7000 is also very useful for quick check on settings.. (for the d5100, i learnt to use the info display in the viewfinder to check quick settings)

And the twin command dial made it much easier to shoot in manual mode.. (one reason why i often shoot in A mode more than M mode because of the lack of two command dial).. Not a real deal breaker.. i still manage to get alot out of my camera, but twin dials is useful..

I am contemplating to upgrade to d7000/d7100 because of the reasons i have stated above.. Also d7000 onwards and above, supports metering with older lenses (such as AiS lens)..

The lack of motor is not a real deal breaker for me because:
1. Nikon will try to replace most (if not all) of their lines up to AF-S lens which will (usually) focus faster, and give better image quality.
2. new lens have better quality image (as stated above) so if you can afford the newer lens, you can get better image quality and (usually) faster af speed..
3. since i cannot use af-d lens to its full potential, i practice manual focus so i utilize AiS lens or other 3rd party lens (samyang)

i strongly suggest people to buy the kit lens.. it's very useful for alot of situations.. i have a friend that insisted to buy ONLY the 50mm.. he was happy with it at the beginning, then finally he owiz lack the wider end to take group pictures, and then he finally bought another 18-200 to complement his lenses.. not that the 50mm is no good, but it's difficult to use it for every situation especially group pictures or closed space..

my kit lens can use for:
1. landscape
2. group pictures
3. indoor pictures (for the lack of space.. not the aperture)
4. macro lens (focus closer than 50mm 1.8, 35mm 1.8, 85mm 1.4) although not as good as a dedicated macro lens, but it does a decent job..
5. day-to-day pictures..
6. video taking (because of the VR that both my prime lens don't have)

for the 35mm vs 50mm, it depends on you..
if you have budget, i suggest to go for 35mm.. so future you can complement it with an 85mm.. (like i did)
if you no budget and wish to use 1 prime only, can go for the 50mm (in between 35 and 85) and do the zoom adjustment using your legs..
35mm is easier to take alot of pictures, be it group or friendly outing or street.. (note: 50mm also possible if you are used to it.. but i personally prefer the 35mm).. but for portrait shots, 35mm would be quite close compared to the 50mm.. if you shy shy, then 35mm abit hard to take portrait.. 50mm will give you more distance between your subject.. but if you owiz go out with friends, then the 50mm is difficult to get pictures with alot of people in it, or shoot food pictures from your seat..

everything got its pros and cons.. slowly learn lo.. kekeke.. i think i typed too much.. hahaha

susah nak buat comparison la bang~~ if i have the d5100, the odds of me having another d7000 with me is rather low.. if i have a 35mm f/1.8g with me, the odds of having a 50mm f/1.8d/g is low... hahaha.. not impossible.. but chances are low le~ i might get a 50mm, but i think i'd rather upgrade the body, or invest on a tele lens 1st.. phew~

not much picture to show.. mainly because i cannot upload to digitalrevtv.. hahaha~~ most pictures in fb.. and fb pictures looks huge if display here..

nah~ show you my tak up-to-standard gambar.. wakakakaka.. gambar ku tak begitu baik.. cuma saiz-nya besar.. kekekeke



ok la.. since gnome say leng lui category celciuz edi take finish.. i added guy pictures instead la~~

This post has been edited by tctham: May 30 2012, 12:53 AM

i dare to post up.. edi dare to hear.. kekeke.. let razuryza sifu teach me how to take better pictures.. sifu, what can i improve on?

edit: food, "fake macro" with 18-55 and street i also got take.. no worries.. i not tied to bokeh and girls only.. wakakaka

This post has been edited by tctham: May 30 2012, 12:56 AM

for that event.. if i dun utilize bokeh.. then you all can play the "spot-the-handphone-model" game.. wakakaka.. ALOT of handphones (and ipads) lolz~

now these are from 35mm f/1.8g
Street at Tsim Tsa Tsui, Hong Kong


Some park at Taman Paramount

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Added on May 30, 2012, 1:01 amnicely pointed out.. totally agree that there was no compo..

This post has been edited by tctham: May 30 2012, 01:01 AM

need thanks you alot lor.. no you, no pictures uploaded~~ now waiting yours.. kekeke

totally agree.. well said

Congrats... hope you will enjoy your journey with your d7000.. it will be your trusty pal now

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Added on May 31, 2012, 8:55 pmby the way, i would like to ask.. when you all attach an external flash onto the camera.. how does the camera handles the shutter speed? it seems like it ignored my settings of shutter speed more than 1/30s.. sometimes it goes down to 1/20s when i still have a lot of ISO to spare (ISO 500)

This post has been edited by tctham: May 31 2012, 08:55 PM

yeap... that mode.. i should not be in that mode?

they let us set minimum shutter speed.. which it follows the rule all the time.. EXCEPT.. when i am using the external flash.. then it screws up the rules.. not sure is it because i using nissin? luckily i can still manually override the ISO.. so IF i notice, i will push the ISO up until i get the minimum shutter i want, but sometimes i dun notice.. then i get shaky pictures =.=