I plan to buy D80 around 2 months time... Can you all recommend me what lense and flash should I go for...? Where I can get better offer around KL?

I plan to have 18-70mm.... and SB800.... What is the price including D80 body arr..? AF or AF-X compatible with D80?

18-70? what are you going to shoot 1st? what's your main subject? portrait? or others? the SB800 is good, dont let go of it if u have the cash

Universel usage lorr... Just now I saw got 1 lense is 18 - 135 mm... is it expensive...?

For me, a fast lens is crucial especially since i prefer natural lighting alot, i.e, 17-55mm f/2.8, and maybe a 70-200mm f/2.8. <== if you have the budget

add a sb-800, and that's a pretty good setup.

Really depends what you want to shoot. You need to be more specific.

Whatever things I also want to shoot...? Im just a beginner .. So plan to buy 1 for normal shooting 1st... 18 - 135 might be my 1st consideration... And then 12-24... After that only 70-200... That is enough for me....

D80 kit
18 - 135
SB800
Sakura tripod
bag

How much for this arr..?

i just read some good advice off another forums. Go for the 50mm f/1.8. Cheap start. Then you can decide if you want to go to the wider or tele-end later. Both ways, you might want to keep the 50mm anyway. Or after that you can decide if an 18-200mm VR suits you instead.

ok.. thanks a lot...

the 50mm is one of Nikon's sharpest lens, its advisable to always keep it even though you rarely use it anymore. And trust me, starting with the 50mm is a good start

and hey, reverse it with this and you'll have cheap macro around

Just now I went to Sungei Wang to have a survey on the price de.... I got the cheaper price at Fotokem.

-Nikon D80 kit (including 18-135mm F/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor and lense hood)
-2GB Sandisk or Toshiba or Kingston SD Card
-DSLR Square Case (Suit for 1 dslr, 2 lense)
-Hoya UV Filter

Free Sakura Tripod

All are RM4200
Is it cheap? Or is there other shop can get better offer?

y sakura? go for manfrotto.....sakura too light..

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Added on May 27, 2007, 4:35 pmgood price....

This post has been edited by yewkhuay: May 27 2007, 04:35 PM

He definitely can't get that price if he demands a Manfrotto leh.

But I have heard of some forumers saying that they got the D80 Kit for RM4000 with 2Gb SD card but without the tripod.

TS, before buying lenses and other accessories, make sure you know what kind of photography are you into as well. No use you buy a lense and then you hardly use it otherwise if you have the $$$ and you want to get a lens for bragging rights.

Carefully consider what is your subject before choosing your lens. Read through the forums here and check out the photo gallery, we have plenty of pros who post their photos and what lens they use to take the photo with.

18-135mm is a lense included in the D80 Kit... So no need to pay extra... Its provide me wide range of use... I probably use for normal shooting 1st.. then only come to others....

best add ons is the MD-D80

I think that's a wise decision.

I got mine last month.

1 x Nikon D80 Kit (RM4100)
1 x Hoya HMC 67MM UV Filter
1 x Kingston 2GB SD Card
1 x Nikon DSLR Camera Bag
1 x Tamrac Pro Digital Zoom 7

All together RM4386 (paid by card - extra 2%)

And I got myself a 2 month old 2nd hand SB-600 for RM600.

Loving it so far!

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Added on May 28, 2007, 11:58 pmI am kinda itchy on a MB-D80 but I got no $$ edi......

This post has been edited by calvin_gsc: May 28 2007, 11:58 PM

Very nice price....

Just went to check the D80 in LYP today and none can match this price.
Bintang Maju promo price is $4688 (w/installment) for the standard package of body+kit+2gb (keep)+bag(nikon)+tripod.

Been finding the best deal to buy this beauty with other add-on (flash & lens).

As someone mentioned before, dont bother about the Sakura Tripod, its too flimsy, would you want to have something that costs you 4k sitting on something that might topple over on the slightest bump?

here's my 2 cents for you. For the UV filter, don't get cheap stuff...in fact...dont ever get cheap stuff for filter...not all HOYA are good, only the HMC and S-HMC are worth the $$ and I learnt this from the hard way...(ghosting and flares from Hoya filter).

Next, you have to consider what kind of format you will be shooting...jpeg or RAW. Memory card makes a difference, and if what you are getting is a blue color kingston I suggest you forget about it especially if you are shooting RAW. I took my gf's cheap ordinary kingston out by mistake yesterday...it took some time for the camera to write all the raw files to the card. My primary card is a 150X trascend 2gb and it is helluva faster than the kingston.

Don't cut corners and pay for those bundled stuff if you can.