he's on a DX, 70-200mm he will have to stand on his chair to get a photo of the food, and 20 ft away or more to get full portrait pic ! but on FX its a different story.......

well hes got no 50mm in his office to borrow.
technically the best choice would be the 18-200 set to 50-80mm for full length, but if the 70-200 is in there and he can choose that, by all means go take that
i'm not a fan of using wide angles for any form of portraits due to distortion.

I'd agree with the 18-200. It's the most versatile of the bunch. If you went with the others, you would need at least 2 lenses like previously mentioned. In other news, somewhat cute girl.


Starbucks Barista by zhisheng_chow, on Flickr

ya only 1 lens. 12-24 mm? will have a look with that 1.

like others said, i wont get a close up photo with 70-200?

you can do close up shot with 70-200, but you might need to stand at a distance with your subject

that quite troublesome especially for the food shooting. :/

how about 18-200mm?

heres my take.
since u can only take 1 lens, ideally will be 18-200.
but 70-200 most likely later u will want.
so just take the 70-200 from office, and take out abit of money around RM700 and go buy urself a 35mm 1.8G.

then u can do everything, with better image quality than 18-200 can offer.

cool. anyway, that guy told me there is a typo with 18-200. it is a DX or cropped lens.

also,able to loan 14-24mm(many good reviews on it) for next weekend too

I love my 16-85 though it is not a fast lens like 17-55 f2.8 or even the monster 70-200 f2.8.
It still works wonders for me. A pretty good all rounder even though it can't go to 200mm like 18-200.
I'll just fund myself for 55-300 or 70-300 in the future, enough dy.

How much is ur budget hihihehe? Can get anything with no max budget ah?
To be frank, for product/food photog, 18-55 is pretty good. perhaps u can add in stuff like flash, macro ring flash, macro/close up filter, remote trigger, flash trigger, tripod and others. I mean, I would rather have something like below and add in other helpful stuffs.

As for lens (I dunno ur budget ..) :
18-55 (u alrdy got this right) + 55-300 = RM ~1-1.2k
16-85 + 55-300 = RM ~2.2-2.4k (hv to buy two lenses)
17-55 f2.8 + 50 f1.8G = RM costs a bomb on the 17-55 and hv to buy 2 lenses though ..
18-55 + Tamron SP AF90 = RM1.3k
or u can get 35 f1.8G also if u want. Well, my suggestion above doesnt include a cool wide angle lens yet though...

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Added on April 18, 2012, 9:58 amforgot to add, 18-105mm! That's pretty gud for a start too!

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: Apr 18 2012, 09:59 AM

im not buying any lens(as of now) and want to test out different lens and see how it goes.

i actually prefer single lens that able to do multiple kinds of shots(im not that pro)

50mm f/1.8?

like someone said, it is just right there...

how about 35mm f1.8g compare with 50mm?

i got use 35mm f/1.8 on D70s before... quite okay la...

noob shot in my fb album before


or ask other opinion also, like Amduser he also using D5100 + 35mm f/1.8

for me 35 is just right for shooting food on table without berundur ke belakang and hit somebody at your back accidently when he eating prawn noodle and get stuck with the noodle inside his nose.

This post has been edited by Agito666: Apr 18 2012, 11:37 AM

it looks pretty good with that price. i think its time to get myself a second lens but let me try those lens first

spam picture today

wont it hurt as the nut there is presss againts the model's leg?

like the shade, military guy always looks cool with tat shade

NO, she just felt exciting xD, yea u right..the shade so cool when use in this kind of place....

if put on former military uniform also cool

or jacket with tight tank top, camouflage pants + boots also nice

lol ur imagine is good...too bad not on time to prepare this kind of stuffs

What are your insights on dry boxes?

I have been a small one for about 3years now. since last year I saw that RH% is always close to 55%. Does these things need servicing or maintenance? Its analog meter. I wonder how accurate is it.. Hmm..