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Are they planning to come up with a AF-S version of 50/F1.8?

can anyone recommend a lens for taking portraits that gives a good bokeh and can auto focus on a D40? Price about 300-400 bucks.... Thanks

sorry i am pretty new at this but i suppose all the prime lens cannot auto focus with D40 at the moment right?

Yes... you are right... actually i was looking for the smallest one.. to be honest, i kinda of regretted... maybe should have just bought a bigger vaccum box... will probably be much cheaper....:lovegrin:

Thanks guys... Somehow we are paying $100 plus for something that is not so intelligent.... :dunno: sigh.... i actually put in my camera at first but decided against it..... thankfully.. this morning the meter was reading 30%....

just got myself a 30l. There is a knob at the back for adjusting the humidity... A green LED lights up when i turn towards the lower but turns off when i move to it to the middle. Is this normal? Second question, the only way to know what is the correct setting (40% - 50% humidity) is to...

Any suggestion what lens to get to achieve a shallow DOF?

hey guys, i am a new D40 owner and was trying to take some pictures with the kit lens.. However it seems that i cannot get a picture with good DOF with the kit lens... is that so or just that i need more practise with it....

Hey guys.. was just wondering what are the list of softwares that comes with the D40 camera....

A newbie in this... so need help here. If i edit in raw and convert to jpeg, will the changes be captured in the JPEG files?

sorry to dig up this old tread but just wondering when you guys bring the camera oversea, do you pack into your suitcase or handcarry? The reason i am asking is because the camera is quite bulky so it would easier to pack into suitcase but then you worry about the handling of the suitecase and...

well the saving is almost 20%.... cost to $200.... it is actually quite a lot.... :think:

I am planning to ask a friend overseas to buy a DSLR for me and since there is no international warranty and troublesome to exchange... I would like to know what are the things to check for before he brings it back to me... Thanks...

kinda of agree.... i think pool lose out on the passion to go after the ball and the physcial aspect... the goal by Chelski is cause by too much ball watching by pool players....

i just bought a new Samsung LCD... it came along with a software called Magictune which supposely calibrate the monitor.... does anyone know if this is good enough??