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Photography The Official Nikon Discussion Thread Ver.25, D500 out now

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post Apr 24 2015, 02:12 PM

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QUOTE(Everdying @ Apr 24 2015, 01:02 PM)
AF-S 2.2k? where do u see that?
i only see the AF-D around 2k and a 70-200VR1 for rm3.2k...hmm...
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post Apr 24 2015, 07:27 PM

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QUOTE(gnome @ Apr 24 2015, 03:20 PM)
The crapping of afs motor tu mcm lotery. Remember last time CY also kena the afs kaput on his 70200 vr2 so it doesnt really specific to old lens only
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QUOTE(Everdying @ Apr 24 2015, 05:33 PM)
nah, not interested.
i already using 70-200VR2.
just interesting that all the tele zoom prices dropping more...but the VR2 still maintaining abit tongue.gif
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blink.gif even vr2 fails? I thought nikon's quality is quite good. let's pray that the afs i am going for is going to last shakehead.gif
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post Apr 29 2015, 03:53 PM

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QUOTE(ukiya @ Apr 29 2015, 02:46 PM)
Thinking should I quit Photography... been stop using my nikon d7k n d4 for quite some time d...

Gears getting rusty ... button getting stiff!
I m guess my 50mm f1.8 become a fungal societies d ... Left back Tokina 11-16, nikon 70-200, 35mm f1.8, tamron 90mm macro and 18-105 kit lens and few more...

Left back few big guns sit calmly in my bag since last year...
Thinking of switching to D750 and selling off my D7k and D4. If there's any Nikon FX dslr can shoot 4K, wouldnt mind save money for that... but is there any dslr like tat in the market now?
Wonder how much can I sell for D7k with original battery grip?!

Happily enjoying my Canon G16, iPhone camera and a cina brand action camera... Lazy to walk with big guns especially while traveling...
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where's your location? i am looking for used d7k
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post May 3 2015, 08:40 PM

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Officially joining Nikon club with Nikon d7000 + sigma 10-20mm + sigma 150mm biggrin.gif
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post May 3 2015, 09:00 PM

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QUOTE(V12Kompressor @ May 3 2015, 08:51 PM)
ikut abang goldfries jump ship from Canon eeh...  hmm.gif
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canon > olympus > nikon. half nikon half canon to be honest, since i have both EOS M and D7000.
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QUOTE(wkwong91 @ May 3 2015, 10:17 PM)
No more 550D?  laugh.gif
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post May 4 2015, 10:59 AM

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QUOTE(Everdying @ May 4 2015, 10:53 AM)
interesting choice of lenses especially the macro, but decent budget choices nonetheless.
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that's the best lens for macro in nikon system around 1.5k-2k price range tbh. the long focal length makes it easy to shoot concert/ wildlife/ portrait also smile.gif but handholding 225mm at 1:1 is super hard sweat.gif
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post May 4 2015, 11:06 AM

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QUOTE(Everdying @ May 4 2015, 11:00 AM)
oh, i'm not a big macro fan.
i only got the 40mm macro to shoot closeup products tongue.gif

handholding 225mm not hard la, just practice only.
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for normal distance ok la, but when you are really near with your subject around 30cm to achieve the highest magnification, even framing is crazily hard. what's the normal cost to clean a d7k sensor? the unit i got suffered from some minor stain.
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post May 4 2015, 05:16 PM

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QUOTE(Everdying @ May 4 2015, 11:16 AM)
charges depends on whether its nikon malaysia or grey set, iirc its rm60 and rm150 respectively.
so if grey set, better go outside places like j-one in amcorp.
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oh thanks for the info, i guess i better take to other shops to clean then.

Some test shots with the sigma 150mm, quite impressed biggrin.gif

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post May 5 2015, 03:55 PM

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More macro tongue.gif (nikon thread=macro thread haha)

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post May 6 2015, 04:14 PM

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Noticed that Nikon's AWB tends to produce greener tones compared to Canon and Olympus, needs a little bit of time to get used to but requires quite a bit of color corrections sometimes sweat.gif

For example this shot
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Before and After
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post May 6 2015, 05:31 PM

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QUOTE(gerald7 @ May 6 2015, 04:56 PM)
Canon is more magenta
Nikon is more green

the rest i duno, never tried extensively

i think mostly can see if you edit both brands pics side by side .. eg after events .. shooting same subjects.. same conditions. so hard to find middle ground.
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post May 13 2015, 04:59 PM

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Some kitty pics smile.gif

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post May 18 2015, 02:12 AM

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Just finished setting up my new macro kit, with flash of course but not included in the picture haha. Quite satisfied with it considering I have around 15-20cm of working distance left even with 3 extension tubes added at closest focusing distance biggrin.gif

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Sample pics taken in the night just now, something new for me to try grabbing focus in almost total darkness but as most of the bugs are chilling and resting they gave me a lot of time to slowly focus.

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post May 18 2015, 11:50 AM

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QUOTE(PF T.J. @ May 18 2015, 09:34 AM)
Nice one thumbup.gif
Extension tubes, even Kenko ones, are not sturdy enough for a heavy lens, the 12, 20mm ones will always spoil first (losing contact with the body and getting F0), followed lastly by the 36mm T____T Its best to invest in a Raynox 150 or 250 instead, depending on what you are shooting  nod.gif

I started off with 3 ET too, but getting the highest magnification in a macro shot is not always the key since the DOF becomes too shallow hmm.gif

Night macro is fun, most people attach a guide-light (powerful flashlight or just a simple headlight) on top of the lens to allow you to focus better  thumbup.gif Let's go night macro sometime~
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Hmm the Sigma is quite heavy but OK for the extension tubes I think, have to handle with care though since there's so many mounts at the same time. The fun part is even when you focus to infinity you are still getting around 1:2 or bigger magnification with extension tubes.

Yeap that's the problem, I shoot around f16-f20 depends on the size of the insect, luckily my flash strong enough to light them up.

Definitely necessary to have such equipment, I tried using the AF illuminator on the d7000 yesterday but too bad it only works in AF mode. I going back to Kampar this weekend or something, lets go haha.
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post May 18 2015, 05:18 PM

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QUOTE(PF T.J. @ May 18 2015, 02:41 PM)
I have a lighter lens than yours and I have already used up my 2nd pair of Kenko tubes, its not worth the money spent nod.gif Will let you try out the Raynox 150 and 250 next time and you will get what I mean thumbup.gif

I'm going down to KL this weekend haha, can't make it.. we will until semester starts ba haha  laugh.gif
Until then, keep practising  thumbup.gif  thumbup.gif
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QUOTE(PF T.J. @ May 18 2015, 03:15 PM)
Hahaha mana ada bro?  laugh.gif
That was actually very good advice, the macro sifus never mentioned this and I wasted ~RM1100 on Kenko Extension tubes which will eventually spoil due to lose connection  rclxub.gif  rclxub.gif
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Luckily i got mine (meike ones) for quite cheap so even if it spoils it doesn't hurt to much (of course if it doesn't then that's best). Sent my camera to Mutiara complex to clean sensor few days ago and just realized the old spots are gone but there were some new spots also, so frustrating rclxub.gif

Anyways fresh pictures.

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post May 19 2015, 05:36 PM

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Fresh picture from FRIM this morning biggrin.gif

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post May 21 2015, 05:42 PM

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Finally had the chance to try the sigma 10-20mm biggrin.gif

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post May 25 2015, 12:45 AM

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Anyone used Phottix Strato trigger system before? How does the mark I compare to the mark II?
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post May 26 2015, 02:15 PM

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QUOTE(jepertine90 @ May 26 2015, 01:48 PM)
Hi Guys,

Been awhile since I ask question here, bz with studies and travelling and working smile.gif

Anyhow, I have a problem.. Since I'm a vivid traveler, my D3200 + Sigma 17-50mm + 35mm is killing me as weight problem.. although in the bag doesn't effect much, but wearing on the neck my DSLR + the Sigma lens is killing me..

Now the hesitation come in, any SONY user here? haha should I change join the mirror less world to ease my neck pain or DOES investing a shoulder sling will solve everything?

I'm currently looking at BlackRapid Cross Sling(rubber one), so my neck don't die when travel.. or that doesn't even help at all and should sell all my gears and top up and change to mirror less?
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a better strap would help i think. your gears aren't heavy at all for dslr standard tongue.gif

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