pic spam lah ..hehe.
got nothing to say about D800/D4 myself ..LOL ..


3 pics from one series ...
It's my friend's latest addition to his TF collection : Takara Tomy's Device Label Blaster (Transformers branded USB Hub)

Shot with D3100 + 16-85 / Tamron SP 90






This post has been edited by mmohdnor: Mar 31 2012, 06:09 PM

I moved from i5 750 to i7 2600K ... and very happy with it when editing RAWs in LR3/4. Everything that you tweaked responded right away.
Though i5 750 was pretty good, the more efficient i7 2600K does it better and faster. The only wait/delay is when exporting bunch of pics to .jpg after PP.

earth quake tremor ... *phew*

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Added on April 11, 2012, 5:27 pmlooks good for first try. Been wanting to do super macro shots of insects like this one too. Whats ur setup like? ...Thanks.

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: Apr 11 2012, 05:28 PM

want to calibrate my monitors ...
anyone can help? willing to pay a small fee .
or if u know some place that offer such service that would be fine too.

I'm in penang btw ...

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This post has been edited by mmohdnor: Apr 12 2012, 12:19 PM

I tried that a couple of times ..but kinda frustrated ...
Summore got other laptop/computers to do it also.
Hope to do it the proper way and have all other colors, contrast, brightness, etc tuned properly also.

Understand that, but thing is I do product photography* which requires me to get the right color as close as possible. Even one product have many tones with slight degradation.
Frankly, I'm not a pro. But other than that, I value actual looking color on my monitors. It is more of a satisfaction while pleasing the customers to see.
*helping my wife to take her business product's ...


I would still prefer to have the colors balanced even though the person seeing it says it's just another photo or doesn't print photos often. If I do print or pass the pic to someone, he/she can print it with great colors, not spoilt by my 'wrong' color profile on my monitor during my PP. Right?

Can borrow? ..Haha. Joking.

At least I know whoever sees my photo, the color is already up to my expectation and always consistent. It is up to the person to get his monitor to the right color. That could also means he may not care about color that much I guess.
It is the same thing as driving a car which is dirty+smudgy. Some prefer their car to be gleaming shine everyday but others don't care as much with so many scratch & dings around it. Should be up to the person right?

True. I want to get the best WB I can tweak during PP. If the monitor I'm working with has a blue/green/pink tint then when I change to another pc/laptop ...the color will be off due to WB is off ....all bcoz the LCD is off-color.

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: Apr 12 2012, 10:07 PM

I dun hv pc fair pics. But I managed to get some pics around lalang + wild grass at my hometown :



This post has been edited by mmohdnor: Apr 15 2012, 09:28 AM

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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

pic spam :

anyone hv good recommendation of mem card reader that slots into pc casing (floppy or dvd drive slot) ?
i guess most of u use the sandisk usb3 mem card reader right?

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This post has been edited by mmohdnor: Apr 20 2012, 10:00 AM

some typical spider around the house ...

Hehe. Macro, insects, small items, products ... that's what I enjoy doing when I didn't go outing with friends. (rarely go outing due to time constraints also )
Anyhow, it is easier coz can do it just at home & own time.
Really inspired by those hardcore macro+insects photogs with awesome lenses ... can zoom in so much and with a lots of details intact ...
I'm just using cheapo setup + macro lens : d3100 + tamron SP AF90 + raynox filter ... taking macro+super macro is really damn tricky and tedious ...need patience.

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: Apr 23 2012, 04:17 PM

All my pics are from raw... overtime, they eat up my disk space so fast! ... luckily it is just D3100 and not D800.... haha. (one way of saying i cant afford a D800? )
But still i prefer raw as the ability to tweak many things is good!

amduser,
grey card or white balance card can buy for cheap.... no worries.

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: Apr 23 2012, 08:30 PM

What do u plan to use it for? I hv tamron sp af 90 on my d3100. It is very sharp for macro but the AF motor inside is not as fast as those prime lens or any nikkor lenses la. You can feel it is a bit slower.

I dunno much about the 85mm micro though ..would love to test it one day... or I might as well fund for upgrade to 105mm micro in the future ..hehehe. (evil laugh)

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: Apr 27 2012, 10:25 PM

is this just pure 105mm micro ... nothing else attached?
also, is this taken at 1:1? ... makes me envy over my tamron sp90 ..lol.

can share the exif info? thanks

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: May 1 2012, 07:11 PM

Still ok maa. This kind of grain still can be easily removed in LR or PS if done right.
Pardon my noobness/beginner-ness, but this is what I did in LR :

Before :


After :


In LR under Noise Reduction, i just increase luminance and color and nothing else.... I try to retain some grains a lil' bit. If done straight from your RAW after doing the sharpening, I think should be better.

*oh well, I'm also stuck with 1600/3200 only of my D3100... 3200 i use only when urgent or really needed. Had to use 1600 max most of the time only.
Wish I could get D5100/D7000 sensor and push to 3200/6400 when I need it (yeah D700/D800 would be nice but ...but ... but ....*sigh* huhu...)

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: May 3 2012, 10:30 AM

bright daylight & outdoor ok la 100-400 ... but indoors ... D3100 not so good dy, if not sure get slow shutter speed.
when I'm doing product shots, I use 200-400 also, coz the light alrdy bright and I'm always on tripod.

True. Though I love tamron sp90's sharpness, sometimes (maybe 20-30% of the time?) it is hard to take your macro pic bcoz no VR if you simply handheld ur cam for a quick shot. Need to put on tripod if u want better stability and sharpness. I'm not saying tamron sp90 is bad, just saying that the 105 micro have VR, IF, Nano & AF-S ... makes it better than have nothing at all like tamron sp90. I can't say much coz I only have experience with sp90 so far.
I would love to move to 105mm micro one day, but not urgent lah ... hehe.

Agree!

agree ..nice shot! ...
may i know what was the ND filter u put on? (number and brand)

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Added on May 16, 2012, 2:30 pmmy noob shot with borrowed Cokin ND8 :





without any filter on :


This post has been edited by mmohdnor: May 16 2012, 02:30 PM