yup..this one i have tried many times.. but sometimes need very precise movement ,...to get the light.... that is the hardest part..


cant imagine if taking fashion with manual tele... sure many blur photo rite... cos the model is fast and how u can get to turn to green light so fast...

i got to say... i am really impress with this camera.
i teach photography and half of my class's students got this camera due to the price. but the colour balance of this camera suprise me.

it's really nice

who say cannot shoot one
years back ppl dont shoot fashion using FM camera?

ya the Auto WB has improve


even my D80 always correct the enviromental light
i need to set kelvin back to set back original lighting

it is indeed harder to use the manual focus with the current dslr cameras. i find problem in using my 85mm f1.4 manual lens on my d200... hard to focus leh. but no problem when i use it on my FM2. maybe it's the size of the finder... and the difference focusing screen

ya full frame rox hehe

why is the older cam easier to do the manual focus..erm size of the finder ???

full frame ... what is that btw


sry if i am asking noob question....

This post has been edited by littlegreen: Feb 27 2007, 05:44 PM

Yeah, the focusing screen. Lovely stuff.

anyone can share their photo whcih use thid D40 to shot? thanks

linkokkeen: Dude check out my pics at the photo session..

Gonna post new pics tonight. Check it out yeah...

Pics from melaka and the melaka zoo.

hey dude, check out my photo album.. just take my pics as a raft guide, since im not good at photography yet.. especially my composition.

@littlegreen

Full frame (FF) means the size of the sensor is equal to the size of a 35mm negative. Normally DSLR have a crop factor of either 1.3, 1.5 or 1.6 depending on models. But high end models offers FF, for example the canon eos 5D. When on FF, you get what you see, ie your focal length will be exactly as it is.

@ifer

D40 good buy? Maybe i'll consider getting it? hehe Shooting film and digital together gonna be fun haha

yes it is but buying 2 systems would cost alot..

Just to enquire, How much would a 50mm or telephoto lens cost for the D40? Nonit high-end one lar..just 'can-use' kind.

I know that the cam has to rely on the lenses motor to auto focus..those lens cost more exp rite?

that is the bad thing about it ... i am now traning manual.. any great tip for manual focus... other than the green led.... use eye to see clear also need good skill like to see clear image...

m|ng: Yup they cost a bit more.

kenlui : Check out my shots on the D40 power !! hehehe

D 40 Kit + AF-S DX 18-55 f/3.5-56.G ED II = around RM2300

A good buy?

vic7or: For that price u should be getting a 1 GB SD Card + Filter + Camera Bag +/- (I thinks someone also got a tripod too)

As of today, there are no 50mm lenses which can AF with the D40.

No-AF with D40:
AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D, around RM400.
AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D, around RM1k

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There are a few telephoto zoom choices (all below RM1000, budget stuff)

Will AF with D40:
AF-S DX Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED

No-AF with D40:
AF Nikkor 70-300 f/4-5.6D ED
AF Nikkor 70-300 f/4-5.6G
Sigma 70-300mm F/4-5.6 APO DG
Tamron AF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD

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Just in case you suddenly came up with more spare cash to get a mid range lens:

Consider the:
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX HSM DC - this has the same angle of view as film 50mm (RM 1.7k)
AF-S Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G VR - much better than the budget versions, and with VR (RM2k+)
- these two lenses will AF with the D40

This post has been edited by wkcheang: Mar 1 2007, 04:21 PM

Don't forget about the 1/3:2/3 ratio rule-of-thumb for positioning the depth-of-field optimally around your subject.

Basically, the DOF spans 1/3 of its total length in front of your focal point, and the other 2/3 of its total length behind your subject.

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Added on March 1, 2007, 8:50 pmYeah, I think the old film SLRs have bigger mirrors and bigger prisms and thus bigger viewfinders, compared to DSLRs of today which have smaller APS-C sized sensors and smaller mirrors and prisms to match it.

Old film SLRs also have those split-prism focusing screens that help in determining focus.



This post has been edited by cjtune: Mar 1 2007, 08:50 PM

@clemong

Yeah... shooting on both sys gonna cost me a bomb. That's why im still on film now. Film rocks haha...

@ming

Since the D40 doesn't has a internal motor to do the AF, the lens that you used on this body got to have that AF motor.