No more 550D?

that one last year story

interesting choice of lenses especially the macro, but decent budget choices nonetheless.

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 but handholding 225mm at 1:1 is super hard

oh, i'm not a big macro fan.
i only got the 40mm macro to shoot closeup products

handholding 225mm not hard la, just practice only.

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.

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.

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

very stupid question here, can microSD with adapter (used in NEX6) can use on D800??



gonna fly to turkey tonight so need borrow one, duno it works or not before borrow.

SHouldn't be a problem ba
Make sure you reformat first before use though

I'm using my 64GB microSD with adapter on my XT1.

Nice hehe, welcome to macro world

More macro (nikon thread=macro thread haha)

My turn
Running out of stock photos, need to go shooting again T@T

Tiny Leaf-footed Bug Nymph by PF T.J., on Flickr

This newly-hatched bug are all over the place where I stay. Slow and tiny, this bug nymph prefers to stay still and not attracting any attention to itself.

The bug nymphs uses their proboscis to penetrate plant tissue to sip plant saps.


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Red Stink Bug (?) by PF T.J., on Flickr


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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

For example this shot



Before and After

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.

This post has been edited by gerald7: May 6 2015, 04:58 PM

agreed, but I guess there's something to do with lens also

actually the compacts have always been known to have those mentioned colorcasts for both brands.
so i guess its more on its firmware

Pancorius cf. magnus ♀ by PF T.J., on Flickr

You can keep your fighting spiders. At 1.5cm large (not even largest size), this fella will not only rip your spider apart, but will enjoy it for dinner! And don't let the size fool you, its still very fast and agile; making large orb spiders a joke, and other salticids puny.


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Stenogastrine wasps feeding- Parischnogaster sp. ♀ by PF T.J., on Flickr

Female wasps feeding their young residing within inverted cup-shaped holes early in the morning.

These group of wasps often build their nest on small branches or twigs near tree trunks. Different species of Parischnogaster wasps are known to build different types of nests.


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Damselfly in distress- Rhinocypha perforata ♂ by PF T.J., on Flickr


This beautiful, Common Blue Jewel (previously known as Heliocypha perforata) was seen struggling to free his legs from some spider silk, and even resorting to chewing off the fine and sticky threads.

These damselflies prefer quiet, protected backwaters.

Freed the poor damselfly after I was done shooting


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