Im wedding only/ and sometime landscape. mcm nak sgt buy the d800. let me calculate all first

last time went straight to KLCC and ask for check status, they said this week will confirm...well after this week then i go nag again....

Confirm can pokkai haha

Eh? How come wanna purposely go there? Just call more convenient right?
Hope they will fix for you quick

legendary holy trinity

i work in MCA building so i walk there only
that's why i first thought is send to KLCC instead BTS... (that time)

emmm, maybe standard prime lens is enough with aperture size

money money money

Another thing to note is the diffraction limit for D800 vs. D700. If I remember correctly, D800 is at f/8, D700 at f/16. (I could be wrong... but its around there).

Also to add on, D800 and D7000 is pretty similar pixel density. Oh yes the new D7100, 24MP DX? I wonder what's their diffraction limit like... f/5.6 maybe?

If u have 24-70/ 70-200, why not get the D800...

U can get it bro U already have 24-70... Then during year end, u buy 70-200 and next year buy 14-24...

But to be honest, I dont really like the 14-24... I prefer the 16-35

I don't think so haha, just because its holy trinity doesn't mean they are must haves
I'm already complaining so much about the weight with only the 24-70 LOL, I'll die if I get the other two XD
I'm getting a 105mm macro lens and that's it for my setup

Don't really fancy shooting landscapes so don't really need a very good wide angle lens; and I think I can live with not having super long range lenses too haha

Ok thanks.

Ya, Im actually quite paranoid on certain things especially since Im still very new to photography. Well, one of the many reasons is that Im still a student, therefore, money is kinda hard to come by =).

Do you guys meet up in groups and head for a photoshooting quest?

I'm a student like you also, and yes, money is also hard to accumulate for my side too.

Anyways, no-need to be so paranoid about fungus in newly purchased lenses and bodies lah. Even if you get them vacuum-packed, you're still gonna expose them to open air anyway, so what's the point?

Fungus spores are everywhere, cannot be avoided one. Your responsibility is just to store them in a dry environment so these spores won't germinate.

As for your father's off-the-shelf purchase, as long as the camera's outlook is fine and shutter count isn't much, you'll be good to go.

With MB-D10 battery grip, yes.

I think we only need to worry about diffraction when shooting landscape. But even then on wide angles, f/8 will already get you everything is focus.

If really on the limit of DoF like say on macro subjects, use focus stacking. Nowadays with Camranger and Ipad, you have a nice way of viewing on a big screen while selecting / shooting different focus points and best part without touching / moving your camera setup for perfect stacking.

For bright day time sports when using slow shutter speed, no choice but to invest in a 2 or 3 stop ND filter.

Can get all at one go what... Painful but only one time.

Why? No filter?

Just get f/1.4 trinity.

24mm f/1.4
35mm f/1.4
85mm f/1.4

gunzerdude sifu is right Noneed to be too paranoid, just get a camera and shoot~ it will definitely open up your world
Still, its good to know that you are doing your research and asking first rather than blindly buying

85mm F1.4 gooding yo!
But no money for these goodies haha
I'd better just invest in a mirrorless to save my back

That's the part I butthurt the most My panning shots at Sepang haih. 70200+TC2+CPL can make the AF hunt at times already :S.

They already repair? I thought suppose to call you and tell you how much before they proceed?

If straight clean for you, what if the charges are exhorbitant?

This post has been edited by Andy214: Oct 9 2013, 06:21 PM

Don't know about you but mirrorless quality still leaves me wanting more. Especially after paying so much for it.

If really want to save the back, I would rather forgo everything and simply rely on a cili padi like the Sony RX100. Really light weight and relatively superb performance from a small sensor.

Unfortunately, there's no free lunch with the TC2 especially on a zoom. You get decent performance when paired with primes like the 200, 300 etc.

Another option for long lens is to go for the new AF-S 80-400mm. Focus is quite fast. Apparently performs better than 70-200mm + TC2. But it's a whopping RM 7k plus.

I believe Albert posts some samples of it from time to time.

I understand what you mean man
For me, its very hard to use back lower-end compacts after trying out FF Even though the shot can be decent, I always feel that it could be much better with a mirrorless, DX or FF! haha T____T

Played around with an NEX3 and NEX5 before and I think they're still okay la haha, still beats breaking my back haha~
The Sony RX100 or its successor seemed pretty gooding, even so when paired to an underwater casing for underwater shots
But at the moment I'm more poisoned by Fujifilm mirrorless cameras~~
I hope Nikon up their mirrorless camera lineups soon

This post has been edited by [PF] T.J.: Oct 9 2013, 06:31 PM