thats when laser range finder comes in handy,
direct tell distance

btw, it is really hard to do hyperfocal especially your aperture not small enough,
at long range.

not really need focus to infinity, just sometime street photography is useful to get more area in focus so i can snap and run

Lol so sorry I misunderstood you because your question wasn't clear



That is why I recommended you a range finder or not it would be impossible for you to guess the range of your subject!..

If you want to use it for street photography

go google zone focusing and later on use a random subject you want to take and make a few test shots, after youre comfortable with what you have do set your auto focus to manual now you can head to the streets!

i did that and most of the time end up blur image

I guess you're not in the right zone ;D

Yukino Hashimoto, ZENT sweeties by CY Pixels, on Flickr

This post has been edited by celciuz: Jun 28 2012, 10:39 PM

CY, using 85 f1.4 ^

nice skin tone, but the clothes seems slightly tight?

Haha... which is why I regret I was not at the right place at the right time... the girls were posing with their backs!

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Added on June 28, 2012, 10:41 pmTaken with the 70-200, been ages since I used my 85mm hmm...

This post has been edited by celciuz: Jun 28 2012, 10:41 PM

well, its pretty simple actually, trial and error and you will get it. focus 3 feet and aim 3 feet voila.

do anyone use 24-70 f/2.8 here in DX?
many people giving good review for this lens, of course price is nice as well...
after using kitlens for some time, i am planning to upgrade. the first idea is tamron 17-50, but there are people commenting its focus not that good in low light...but i have seen this lens is not too bad in term of sharpness, is acceptable for me.

but, it seems 24-70 covers bigger range and i try out the difference of 17 and 24, it just 1 step of me...and i think 24-70 can consider a multipurpose lens due to it range, portrait should able to handle as well...how do u all think?

most reviews are commenting if budget allows, choose the nikon that pair up with the body fits the best...is this worth for a big throw? any other things that i need to be concern?

That's because the Tamron is known to hunt and inconsistent AF under low light condition.

ya, heard that this is common...this mean during some party or dinner, it may keep hunt for the focus...
How about the same version of sigma 17-50?

btw, CY, do u use FX lens in DX before? how is it? cannot tahan and it a motivation to change FX?

This post has been edited by lpyycy: Jun 28 2012, 11:12 PM

Yes... now also I use FX lens on DX what haha... FX works better for FX lenses of course, the range is designed for FX. I don't have any DX lens already at the moment. The only DX lens I had was the 18-105, sold it sometime ago.

I have a 28-70mm AF-S on D300. It is worth considering the 24-70mm if your budget allows and have plan to go FF or if photography is your money making career. Otherwise, a 17-55mm is the best choice. Tamron is very very poor in low light while Sigma have better chance in low light. How about trying to get the 16-50mm F/2.8 Tokina? Fast AF and quite deadly in accuracy.

24-70mm = 42-105mm on DX so its not within the sweet spot as a general lens but more a portrait lens to me. Do note, buying the 24-70mm will need to have a wide angle lens to cover the wider part. A 12-24mm DX is a good option If you need the sharpness, contrast, go for the 24-70mm its a future proof lens

24-70 f/2.8 i using ...

with lao ya D70s

Dear All, thanks a lot for the advise

some misunderstanding with me, forgotten 24-70, the reading 24 is for FX format, not DX

will try survey for the tokina lens, meanwhile, i thinking keeping 18-105 will be great as spare

really dont plan to take photography as life time career, maybe only part time only to cover the expenses spend on photography..

hahaa...meanwhile, will use 18-105 to practise up portrait shooting first

spam before zz....


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This post has been edited by lpyycy: Jun 29 2012, 12:39 AM

So what? D70 still good to render that lens
For long time ago I use my friend D60 with 17-55,
the color also damn nice eh

hahaha...ya, nothing lao ya as long as nice photos

D60 use cmos liao right?
i know D60 release after D70s
colour of course damn nice la

D60 is CCD