My first not bad night shot, Nikon 3100 without tripod

1) Actually what should we prepare if want to bring our camera to winter country when snowing? Last time I heard my friend said his camera lense freeze when bring the camera up the mountain in new Zealand, I think that time should be very cold.
I will go Hokkaido soon for winter snow shot, so what should I prepare for that weather condition? I think it won't be too cold until lense freez.

2) I tested my 18-55mm Nikon lense, and I found that the picture sharpness quality of 55mm is almost same like picture taken with 35mm. My friend said better to always shoot with 35mm, since you can just crop it out later since the quality will be same as picture taken with 55mm, and I think what he said is true. What do you think?

Yes, that's the advantage of Nikon. When you mount DX lens on full frame camera, there is a CROP Mode, where your 18mm DX lens will become 27mm due to the Crop Mode, this is because the lens cannot utilize the full frame sensor area. Hence, a DX lens.

As for image quality, can't comment because I have no experience using both and compare. But FX lens are more expensive and when mount on DX, it should give better result because it's utilizing the centre area which is usually the strength of the lens. The problem is when you mount on DX body, 24mm will become 36mm which is no longer wide.

Built quality, feel wise, I believe the D600 bundled lens will be much better. Perhaps when you try and feel both you will know. Besides, aperture wise, the bundled lens for D600 is f/3.5 to f/4.5, plus it's a refresh of the older yet very good 24-85mm f/3.5-4 AF-D.

umm DX is x1.5 and FX is actual...is it saying that DX is better then FX if i use it to take picture for landscape? but for close range like food it will be blur?

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umm now i am confused, i thought variable aperture is more expensive? or should i say the higher the maximum aperture the more expensive?

umm...seems like i still have a long way to be a photographer
yea, and i read an article on web by ken rockwell. He say nikon 70 -200 is so impressive lol

yea i found already....is that means always stay at middle of the bar is good expose already...

How about some dessert?




seems like underexposed? shud i increase the exposure..

Got my D600 2 days ago. It seems to have this problem http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3290303

Shutter count at 196, no dust as yet.

Bought mine from Foto Miami, any idea if they allow 7 days exchange?

BK or Dazs?

try switching to McD? much easier on the pocket.

NZ ice cream ftw

He must have shot in RAW format, ehh? Can JPEG produce such qualities?

It's my pleasure to be able to enjoy such beautiful photos, man! Can tell us more about the settings for each photo?

For low light shots, people want to shoot at as low an ISO speed as possible, right, in order to minimise noise? Shutter speed as slow as possible so that it allows more light to enter into the lens?

I am a newbie in photography... Newbie as in 99% fresh, apa pun tak tau. The 1% is gained via self-reading from camera reviews, photography blogs, bla bla bla...

All I have ever used is a compact point and shoot. 100% automatic.

Fulamak!!! Your raw meat vs cooked meat analogy really  man! I salute you.

Usually after shooting in RAW, how do we process the files? By using Photoshop? Can any gurus here enlighten me a bit?

Newer body?

Sorry i got one more question to ask...what does bokeh means ar?

this.