Haha just got it for my trip! Heading off now Good bye Malaysia!

good for street if you dont want people to notice you also damn good for portraits! the G and D versions are similarly priced so just get the G, no need to think ;p

enjoy your RX1!

oh my....

Nope ):

But I hear that 85mm is really good for headshots for portraiture on a DX format.


If I upgrade to FX I'll have to buy like the 105mm prime lenses to get that focal length (which is really expensive)

I'm a 50mm prime user lol.
50mm is sufficient for Walkabout, vacation, street. With more than 2 stops brighter than a f/2.8 lens, taking pics at dusk is pretty manageable as well.
It's on my camera 90% of the time too.

My favourite atm is Nikon 35mm F2D. Pretty much stuck on my Nikon FM slr now

Have a spare 50mm F1.4 nippon kogaku, thinking of selling it off

i thought the 105mm primes are around rm3k no?

Yeah compared to the 85mm's which are nearly half the price ):

the 105mm f2.8 micro VR is around 3k

the 105mm f2 DC is about RM3.5k

Wah ! enjoy ur trip ! =D cant wait to see ur pic ! One day! i shall play with zeiss.. if my wallet permits XD



Really? gotta try it out.. maybe i will get a 2nd hand de ba @@ not enough cash >< wait year end.. unless CNY time huat tua zai lah~ hohoho

i think 50mm not suit me for streets... for portrait still can.. streets feel like long abit eh >< not say long and not say short =X

35mm F2 @ DX or FX ?

^^ Film body is FX right?

yaya... Nikon FM means film?

Yeap anything with a F in front of the name are film body. Nikon then convert their lineup to D for well digital la what else

Sowee ah, newbie here XD ! Film nais to shoot with ah? never got to try 1 last time.. dad dont let cause film expensive ~.~ now duno the camera go where alr ._.

yeah film not cheap. no room for mistakes! haha

thats why papa no let me test when i'm a boi boi... now dee ass el arrr.. even baby want to play also no excuse to not borrow.

Well there are cheap and expensive films. Cheap one around 10-12 ringgit per roll while expensive 25-30+

But the fun thing with film is the anticipation when you send it for develop. Never had this kind of excitement when i first start digital photography

Really depends on what you shoot.

For me I use 3 prime lenses and that's all I need.

I'm on full frame sensor and uses :

1. 20mm f2.8 for landscape and sometimes for portraits too.

2. 85mm f2.8 for portraits

3. 50mm f1.4 for everything in between the 20mm and 85mm


On a crop sensor I would suggest checking out the 35mm primes.

i uses canon 100mm f2 for heat shot portrait, on APSC is just fine and sharp, plus i uses samyang fisheye for street photography

off topic question, should i dump my 50mm f1.8 and grab a 35mm f1.4? heard many user found 50mm is very hard to compose picture and quite narrow for street, but like its light weight on 50mm lar

if got RM5k to spend, what prime(s) do u suggest to get?