What lens and speedlight?

I guess the other person balances his flash better using ambient light. Lower flash power and up ISO to get the ambient lighting. Probably lower shutter speed also since you can go 1/60 or 1/30 because flash will help freeze motion.

Yeah, and how many pixels is that "hi-res" photo? 12MP?

D800 at Basic JPG setting is close to 12MP if I'm not wrong.

Yes, like Silverfire mentioned, I think focus or focus setting not right. Have you checked for back / front focus?

Don't know about other people. I usually shoot manual (fix shutter speed and aperture), set ISO to Auto ISO (limit to 3200 or even 6400) and perhaps manual flash too but most of the time leave it to auto. If too much flash, back off to -EV on flash. Can try direct flash or dome or angled with built-in bounce card.

If yellow incandescent lighting, I'll use the incandescent filter on the flash. Newer flash like SB-900 / SB-910 will detect and will automatically update the camera WB. If using older speedlight like SB-800, change the WB manually on camera to incandescent WB.

First image nice.

Cannot comment on sharpness but from WB alone, you could have used incandescent gell on your flash to balance surrounding incandescent WB.

The speed of light ! Light from the flash bounced from the image reaches the camera faster than the shutter speed. So you can safely go lower shutter speed.

Errr... You sure there's a flash used? EXIF says none in the example above.

Also, WB is manually set to 2450K. Don't know if it was adjusted some more or not in ACR.

I cannot see any EXIF there. Have you tried to change WB in PP? Use custom WB and use dropper to pick on something white like the chair?

If you see your table / chair comes out OK in terms of WB and the background is blueish, then it's a clear problem that your light source (flash) WB is not the same as ambient WB.

The idea of putting incandescent filter on the flash is so that your light source (flash) emits around the same WB as ambient.

If your wedding has a lot of fluorescent lighting, then you should use the greenish filter on the flash.

Yes, that orange filter. I believe you can set the WB on body as Auto WB. I think the D7000 is able to do that with the SB700. Read the SB700 manual.

Else, if there's no auto support, set the camera WB to incandescent.

Ok. I thought it was a Nikon. The Nikon 17-55 is very sharp wide open.

Anyway, if you switch to D600, you should get Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8. Sharp wide open.

I have the Cokin set long time ago. Don't know where I put it but I never got myself to use it. I remember using it once several years ago but at that time I was somehow not impressed. Perhaps still newbie that time or too leceh to use it.

Yes, that has always been the complain about FX focus point layout compared to DX.

Check the EXIF. Custom WB was used.

Nikon 17-55mm f/2.8

If you look carefully, there is a service manual for the Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8.

The AF-S 80-200mm f/2.8 is the biggest version of the 80-200mm and 70-200mm. Heaviest weight, longest hood and biggest barrel. So handholding plus no VR is quite difficult. But image quality very similar to 70-200mm f/2.8.

At wide open f/2.8?

Good catch. I missed that one.

Like it.

If you're tripod, why don't you try focusing with Live View?

The new 16-35mm f/4 VR or the older 17-35mm f/2.8?

I check the EXIF again on the pic above and it says White Balance = As Shot but mentions Color Temperature = 2650.

My guess is that's what ACR interprets the WB colour temp.

EXIF

I believe what you see is mostly PPand in this case, the PP works. But that does not detract the fact that composition wise, it's quite good. For my untrained eyes at least.

I have done -40 degree C with the D70 before. Should be fine. Just make sure you take enough batteries with you.

Yes, you have a point. But that's shipping from a manufacturer that puts a lot of care and subcontract special shipping consignments to include special packing and insurance should anything happen.

After that, the lens sold by Nikon or dealer to end user would include 1 year warranty. And even after this, you do get end users complaining that their lens not functioning as they should or not at all which hardly happens.

Having said the above, I'm not discouraging or putting down the item being sold by QiAnG. I have successfully bought quite a few 2nd hand lenses from ebay that shipped all the way from US when I started a few years ago.

Pretty good condition. Packed very nicely. Was fortunate I got good sellers. I bought them about 8 years ago. I'm still using these lenses.

Congrats on the D700.

LOL

Nikon Df + 50mm f/1.8 kit will cost USD 2,996.95. Body only is USD 2,746.96.

That's D800 territory already.

I would suggest go Sony direction even though this is a Nikon forum. More so if you're starting everything new. You get Zeiss with AF.

For existing Nikon users, then the Df makes sense (or does not makes sense since you can get the D800 / D800E instead).

It has a D4 sensor with D600/D610 AF. Should be excellent high ISO performance.

Oh, wifi is handled by optional WU-1a adaptor.

Yup. Or do like what gunzerdude did. Buy a 2nd hand D700.

I suspected as much that it'll just be for looks. That's why I don't see the apeal of retro bodies when Fuji came out with theirs. They are just for looks. Nothing more. Put in a bit of Fuji curves in the JPG engine and you get a hit.

The only thing going for the Df is the D4 sensor which D700 users were yearning. Without that, there's nothing ground breaking about it.

It needs to be better than that. 51-AF points & 1/8000.

When that happens, it's a mini D4. Who does not want one lah?

2 mounts fine actually as long as you can mount the older E mount on the A7 / A7r although they won't illuminate the entire sensor. DPR says there will be 5 lenses to start with and 10 more promised by 2015.

Yeah, quality is always associated with big size be it lens or body. Body they are quite close to making it compact but you cannot defy the laws of physics when it comes to optics and lens design.

Why you ask? You bought a grey set D800 ah?

Wah, pay so much and not afraid of warranty? Is it worth it? How much?

Congrats. A big jump indeed.

B&H pricing is also about there.

28-70mm f/2.8 is AF-S. Not AF-D.

I think Amazon's strategy in great. How many people have already known now that Amazon leaked that price early and now quoted by few websites already? Good advertising eh?

D70s jump to D800?

D70s is DOS. D800 is Windows 8.

Precisely. If you have Nikon lenses already, then probably fine. If not, the Sony is cheaper.

Wah, you strike lottery or what?

Aiks, no sifu lar. If you're looking for aperture ring, a few more notable Nikkor lenses got;

AF-S 17-35mm f/2.8
AF-S 300mm f/4

And one more AF-D which you probably rarely see;



Actually if just 1 fixed lens, can consider RX1r.

You sure 2.5k? That's the old AF-D tank right? The 2nd hand AF-S version is close to 3k plus.

I agree. People nowadays treat camera bodies like mobile phones.

Congrats on your coming wedding. Not many people think like you. Most people would insist on spending a bomb for wedding preparations. As long as you know what to expect at the end of the day, that's fine. Stick with your budget.

I think those examples there were taken by a cheap PnS. Nowadays mobile phone quality is even better.

Anyway, coolkwc already said that he does not expect much.

I'm a Nikon fan and I also don't understand. Just like the article says, people are more excited because they will look trendy and fashionable holding it. So, looks are more important apparently.

Yup. Got D800 some more.

Malacca no kaki?

Woah, one of my favourite cars in my favourite colour.

If carry 300mm shoot what?

You must be shooting cars a lot to know all this.

Anyway, that's why need f/1.4 and f/2.0 to blur the busy backgrounds with nice bokeh.

Unless you get to go during press day where there's nobody and when the models will pose for you.

Shoot car lah. What else?

35-70 is quite nice on FX actually. I believe you'll use more tele end than wide end.

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Malaysia already got one CCXR by Kelantan royalty.

Got 200mm f/2.0 can or not?

Yeah, you can use 24mm f/1.4 but the big aperture bokeh you get from it does serve it's purpose. For model shooting, you need to go very close or for cars, the DoF is quite big at f/1.4 if you're in front taking a pic of the car in it's entirety.

The boss has spoken.

Have to line up lor. And most of the time when they see too many request, they don't layan too much.

A very different experience in BKK. Even though crowded, the models there politely oblige to pose tor you even if you don't know them. The same cannot be said here. That's why me and my friends always enjoy our yearly trips to BIMS.

This is when media or exhibitor pass is useful. Get to take pics when no crowd is around.

This post has been edited by jchue73: Nov 7 2013, 07:23 PM

Extreme wide angles are a problem with the Cokin. For those extreme wide angles, you need a bigger square filter that's 6 to 6.5 inches like from Hitech Lucroit or Fotodiox Wonderpana. If it's big but not properly designed to mount like the Lee filter holder, you'll get reflections. People ask why use so big and expensive square filters? Because you don't get vignetting at 14mm at full frame.

No AF-S 58mm f/1.4?

Yeah, increasing focal length somewhat solves the vignetting problem but what's the point of buying a wide angle lens only to use it at 20mm or so? Big square filters won't pose a problem of vignetting at extreme wide angles.

Nice. Great capture there.

I think whoever thought about the above this is partially right. Yes, flourite elements in the L lenses are more sensitive to heat and hence the white body colour. But even with all that, how does one explain that NASA only uses Nikons in space?

Yup, that's right. But how come dynamic range and noise from the Nikon is better even though using same sensor from Sony?

It's like saying Red Bull F1 car uses the same Pirelli tyres as Ferrari F1 car does but why is the Red Bull faster?

Just saying...

He is only interested if your spiders have 2 legs and wears a skirt.