put me in the list...heheeh....

i think we should make a mini gathering. I mean, i've never been to any from this forum yet.

let's start a list of who's confirmed going. I start first

1. Amir (' or 1=1 --)

orenzai +1

im going count me in.is fun!

anybody been to the last year's one?

elo friend, i just bought this camera to educate myself about photography. hope can join you guys.. not a pro la.. hahhahah! noob man...

welcome welcome...

thanx man. just getting hang of this but really need much reading about how to take pic.. hahahhah!

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Added on October 9, 2008, 10:28 pmI'm just wondering, if i want to make this bokeh effect i have to get new lenses ( currently only got standard one). so how much and what lenses is recommended to do bokeh with this d40?

This post has been edited by shinrei: Oct 9 2008, 10:28 PM

to get max bokeh with your kitlens, zoom to 55mm and set to widest aperture which means smallest f number... dun get new lens so fast..play around with this kit lens first

thanx bro for the guide. ya lo... hehhhe.. a little bit of impatient. just wondering do i need a special filter on my d40? is it necessary ?

not really... unless u 1 2 try star filer the effect very nice!

thanx bro for the recomendation. will goggle it up now. anyway do u all have spare battery when u go out taking photograph? spare memory card n etc?

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Added on October 9, 2008, 11:17 pmai yak.. this star filer also from hoya brand? its a filter right?

This post has been edited by shinrei: Oct 9 2008, 11:17 PM

spare battery and a 4gig card should be more than enough for the casual shooter.

the star bokeh he is talking i think tis the DIY thingey... no la dun think of those first...those are when you can master the basics eg aperture shutterspeed etcetc... a normal Hoya UV filter should do the job to project your lens...

oic.. is it useful for a beginner like me orenzai? i scroll thru the forum and some of the people using 3rd party battery as back up. can anyone recommend me 3 party battery(price,where to get)? or better buy ori battery?

oren, can u explain why max bokeh can be achieved with the kit lens at a focal length of 55mm and biggest aperture? i know that nice bokeh can be obtained when using big apertures, but as to the max focal length, i dunno yet. Thanks!

photo for the night. merged from 5 teddy bearuddin

Very very very nice! Hats off to u 1=1!

bokeh = out of focus = shallow depth of field.

the longer the focal length, the shallow the depth of field.

the closer the focus distance, the shallow the depth of field.

nice photo, really got the moods put in !!

D40 kit len can do a nice bokeh at 55mm...