consider a used sb600 if it's ur first flash

35mm better for DX bro.. hehe.. my opinion la

i have a few friends selling 70-200 f/2.8s (nikon n canon) due to the weight hahaha. glad i bought a 85/1.8 instead

x100 alone wont be good enough to cover an event

i dont know about the sigma but the nikon 80-200 push pull is too heavy for me. there's a camera shop behind sin liang selling this lens used (maybe uve been there? haha). tried it before... AF speed is kinda slow though.

my solution for a long range fast lens is the 85/1.8G. wayyy faster, cheaper n lighter than any 70/80-200 but need to crop a lot haha saw too many friends selling their 70-200 cuz of the size n weight

in my case, started as hobby, then got serious... now cannot do serious anymore bcuz of unpredictable work schedule... so back to hobby

thought of selling my whole system n get a fuji x100s. but too sayang lahh

yeah that's what i plan to do. slowly2 collect money for a x100s n get a used unit when a replacement model comes along

just too gatal always read a lot about the x100s hahah

i dont think there'll be a difference in shutter speed. for example, if u shoot a D40 and a D7100 in aperture priority mode at f/3.5, ISO 1600.... both old noisy body and new body will choose the same shutter speed (same shot, same metering mode, etc)

the only difference would be the D40 photo will be much noisier compared to the D7100 photo.

BUT if u set auto ISO... you can be confortable setting the max ISO on the D7100 higher (say 6400) compared to the D40 (maybe 1600), since D40 at IS0 6400 would be ugly. so in this case, as u allow ur camera to automatically select a higher ISO, then it will use a faster shutter speed

same thing when comparing DX and FX. if u shoot at the same aperture and ISO, the shutter speed will also be the same. but you can be confortable setting a high max auto ISO on an FX rather than a DX.

sifu correct me if im wrong. no experience using FF body

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Aug 27 2013, 03:50 PM

ehh i already directly answer your question!

the answer is no the camera metering system will select the same shutter speed no matter new/old sensor or FX/DX sensor (assume fixed aperture, fixed ISO, fixed lighting condition, fixed metering mode). the only difference is the amount of noise. in fact, at lower ISO (e.g. 200, 400) there's no difference at all

no mention of the sigma 15/2.8 fisheye? im using one. at first very disappointed because not very sharp wide open... hv to step down to around f/4 baru nice haha

oh that was corrected for distortion n slightly cropped... was trying to show the sharpness

in hindsight i shouldve posted an uncorrected and uncropped photo instead

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Aug 29 2013, 10:14 AM

i hope ure not quitting photography! always liked ur photos

if u get the 17-50 maybe ull hardly use the 35mm later