Time for you to get the Nikon D8000   

first try on HDR out of camera function


really no idea what to adjust...

Nikon's mirrorless systems are not that good when compared to competitors
So if you want to stick to Nikon, DSLRs are still the better pick 

Mirrorless cameras, as the name suggest, lacks the mirror that allows you to see what you will be photographing through the lens- they lack the optical viewfinder, and thanks to that, they can be designed to be much smaller and more portable
Of course, smaller = more portable but less ergonomic

So it depends on what you really want most mirrorless systems nowadays are quite affordable, and uses similar sensors (go for the ones with APS-C and not m43) as those in DSLRs.

If portability is important to you - mirrorless
If ergnomics (dials and button layouts) - DSLR

just my 2 cents~

Ya. I know should always improve skill 1st. Still get very amateur shots, dont know how to improve @@''.. I dont have the creative mind to see how to snap photos ~~''.. FX too expensive XD.. hahaha

When I see the photoshop vids, I get so confuse, they go thru really fast. When the layers and effects they combine any everything is mindblowing... Just sad that nothing is really natural~~''
Just looked at one of your post on the macro shots. You posted your Mushroom shot on Goldfries's site right? Nice shot btw =)

I should register for flickr and follow you guys XD ..hahaha

Haha, thanks bro.

Have to admit I really did bump up the green's saturation a bit too much, and in some pictures I keep hitting the vibrance also. Guess there's just this period in our life huh.

Will try to travel more and keep improving  Hopefully will be able to take great pictures some day

aiya... i came back already lol
we plan next month, canon kaki of cuz can join
mostly i will shoot architecture 

Wah sifu you are damn enthusiastic and passionate, faster jump ship   

Macro shots for today

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.

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)

Some shots over the weekend 

Where are you based again bro? haha
KL/PJ right?
Can try Bukit Gasing man, you should be able to find the stalk-eye fly when the season is right
Plenty of other insects there too, good for practice 

Any shots from the side or top bro?
Cannot ID based on the face only haha

Its using a D4 sensor haha, it works awesomely during low light 
BTS dunno have or not 

Welcome back man, looking forward to your photos
I think it will take people with experience to clean off the dusts within the optical viewfinder, better let Nikon do it
I have some in mine as well lol... have to take care of them one day