Never realize I posted that many in the previous thread o.o

Btw, anyway to focus a 1.4 lens accurately a? Focus recompose using center point the focus always run away 1.

Only can use outer focus point le huh? ==

i think it's sharp n accurate for this picture(using centre focus point) Sigma 50mm 1.4 on D610. i usually use only middle focus point, since the other cross type focus point oso vy close to middle one, not much difference. besides, the outer focus points are less accurate , i dont feel safe using them.
yeah, can use liveview too, or face detection so that u no need recompose or select where to focus.


oh that's how to do it.. new info.. hmm.. if it's close, why not use liveview? thought it's slower n sometimes i find it blur. i think my handshake more on liveview.. 

bought used dont know what brand and most of the time in the box...
so do u really need it? good one is not cheap...that is what i feel

Hey, thanks for adding man haha   
You should try searching for "tanji" and look under Google images     
Ahh, nice profile pic haha XD
Wow, didn't know Taiwan had such a huge impact in your quest for photography haha
I'm sure you'll take way better photos now
Japan's very beautiful during this time right? Nice yo hehe~

For the highlights, shadows and whites, I usually decrease them if the photo is under bright sunlight. If indoors, then increase them haha Sorry missed out just now But again, how much to tweak varies between photos ya~

It took me 10 days to finish editing my 10-days Taiwan trip photos too hehe, but its totally worth it la~

I can't remember the exact model haha, but its under this series:
http://www.siruicanada.com/tripods/t1204.htm

First encounter with real Tulips

So many colours, so beautiful

I think is this model http://yamiya.com.my/store/product.php?pro...&cat=612&page=1

is it carbon fiber? the price is not bad leh..

Not neccesarily an XE-2 la haha, but mots people love the image quality of Fujifilm cameras~ And not to mention the retro design XD

And yeap, that's what I've been telling a lot of enthusiasts currently using DX machines  , sooner or later people will still turn to mirrorless because of the portability If he/she can just skip the FF part, can save a lot of money yo~

I'm sure many (including me) joined the world of FF because we were curious to see see how well a FF performs. And at the end of the day, I guess most will learn that its really the skills that matters. And its not like mirrorless cameras are bad haha, they offer great performance for the portability- a balanced machine that many are willing to sacrifice ergonomics/ruggedness for~

This is just my opinion la haha, though I think its logical
Having said that, I'm still keeping my D800 for my macro shots, definitely will need the weather sealing and ruggedness when I enter the forests 

finally it reach home...

FDSC0123 by ongdennis, on Flickr

and then it notice it home was occupied by someone else...

meet the little brother
DSC_9929 by ongdennis, on Flickr

to compensate its sadness, it get a new base.

FDSC0124 by ongdennis, on Flickr

What they had done to the cameara (taken from the service invoice): replaced shutter, aperture, tapes, rear rubber, pc adjustment, checking and general service.
Result: no idea...but i still spot one oil mark on the top left corner. maybe they didnt clean it properly before send back. time will tell when i shoot more later

anyway...thanks Nikon Malaysia for it kindness for this FOC service.
the overall service history can be found in my signature.

I think this shot could use some improvements 
Just some of my noob comments, I don't really know too much about portraits:

- there are some rubbish in the background, I think can be clone away lol
- there is a small triangular thing on her forearm, can be cloned too
- not sure whether you intend for the model to look as natural as possible; but usually I would smoother her face and removing freckles/pimples/wrinkles (and usually girls will appreciate it haha)
- The angle could be better for that particular pose: it looks like the leg suddenly "pop out" from her head
- I think the bokeh might not be that nice for this shot.. perhaps can choose a better background so that you can get super creamy bokeh?   

Just my 2 cents~
Macam seen before sifu haha
No new photos? Even those from your XE-2? 

Yeaaah, saw your photo at the Fuji thread, simply awesome!
So popular yo haha~   
Sifu level memang different XD
I remembered taking a shot over there to of the same thing haha, but not that nice la, very foggy 

Red Yacht of Hong Kong by PF T.J., on Flickr

Thanks sifu haha, mine don't have as much feel as yours 
Oh.. I never upload full resolution to save bandwidth haha
All my photos are resized to only around 5-6MP 
Oh sorry about that, clone = spot healing
This shot is much nicer, lighting is plesant; though might be better if taken slightly lower~
Lengloi there hehe~~

Keep it up 

yeah i guess cz it has similar angle of the 35mm on the FF. whereas 35mm would be a little similar like 50mm on a FF. hmmm..  bt 23mm more costly and less bokeh >.<

Which is more noisy at same resolution? D800 or the Fuji?

if there's another lens i'd like to add, it's either the 85mm 1.8g or the 70-200 f2.8 tamron macro.
Which is a better choice?

Try and do a search. A few years back, the choice was about equal in between the Tokina and Sigma. I believe picture quality and sharpness at wide open goes to Tokina but at f/8 apertures, everything becomes the same. 

So for me, the 10mm and faster HSM motor was the deciding factor.
Before you perform this test, did you disable AF engagement for shutter half-press? Set the "AF Activation" option to "AF-ON only". For D600 it's option f4 if not wrong and since no dedicated button on D600 (and D7000) for AF-On, use the AE-L/AF-L button as the AF-ON button.

Also, for the test to be accurate, you need to make sure that your camera sensor is parallel to the newspaper or any intended object and also on the same plane.

For that you need something like LensAlign to correctly place the target and make the test more meaningful as you can manually set and determine the focal plane of the target to be parallel to the camera sensor plane.

200mm can also have big aperture. At f/2.0 lah. 
Difficult question. But you can opt to buy the 17-55mm f/2.8 Nikon at 2nd hand prices and still sell them for a reasonable price should you decide to upgrade later on. Or you can get 3rd party lenses and sell later at lower prices should you decide to upgrade later.

The Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 is beautiful lens. It's a lot of money but I don't think it suites well on the DX crop. Yeah some say ok but to me, it's not wide enough. If you have wider lenses, then you can got for it but if you don't have wider lenses, then save the money and look elsewhere. It's not a limited edition lens. When you want to buy it later after upgrading to FX, it will always be available.

Because got gold ring mah. 

To date, it's the only pro f/2.8 DX lens to come out if I'm not mistaken. Other pro lenses made for FX.
People can still survive with one kidney.   


Pics taken with it is super beautiful. 

I think I might scrap the 17-55 and get the 24-70 since I can borrow my friends Tokina 11-16 anytime to cover the wide focal length.

Must be a stupid reason for me to say this to you but I guess I felt that I want to change to FX in a few years and I thought that the 70-200 would be a good choice since I take event photos and I've been using my 18-200 VRII 3.5-5.6 all the time and just can't get those shots at >120mm correctly exposed, so thought that the 70-200 2.8 might help me with that.

INB4 what happened to the 24-70 2.8 ( or DX 17-55 2.8 :v)

then that's the lens to go. 70-200.