Recent content by kylelam77

1.4D is less sharp wide open but slightly faster AF than 1.4G. Neither has great bokeh. If your intention is to use it wide open, get the 1.4G.

The focus here is going beyond the common customer expectations. I can't think of people who would frown at having their sensor cleaned foc unless of course it was damaged during the process but that's another matter altogether. In the same vein, if you have a shirt or suit that's missing a...

Well, it is an issue for many 24-70 users. It may not be that bad to require an entire barrel replacement. I just had my lens' helicoil replaced a month plus ago because of stiffness during zoom. Hope you get yours resolved soon and let us know the outcome.

Well, it wld be great customer service if they do. 2 weeks ago, I'd sent my body to Nikon USA with a lens to hv the lens calibrated. The body had its sensor cleaned and checked for free even though it was only supposed to be a calibration job for the lens. No adjustments made on the body.

This is interesting. The 17-35 is marketed as a pro lens by Nikon alongside the 16-35 and yet the optical quality suggests otherwise. Is the only advantage of the 17-35 its speed then? Hv seen on dpreview forum that some fellow had tested them both side by side and said the 17-35 was quite abit...

The pics are great! My personal fav is no 10. Great work!

Yeah. That's true. Some of the pics cld use a soft-edge GND filter although not all can. I was wondering with city-scapes and potentially fast-moving clouds, wouldn't HDR be also an issue with blurring (although i suppose it isn't generally noticeable if you don't pixel-peep)?

Suppose if you like it, it doesn't matter what others think. Don't like most HDR pics as i think they don't look natural. Pretty good as art though. If you cld make it look natural, then it'd be great although i'd still prefer the use of a GND filter over HDR (if your intent is to broaden the DR...

I use ISO 800 routinely on my D70 to take pictures of my baby. There is some natural light coming through the blinds. Am on 1.8 mostly and the pictures are sharp enough at least the face is sharp throughout. Where exactly do you focus? Perhaps you cld experiment with different focussing points...

Great pics. Hope to see more.

No. By Frisco, i meant San Francisco.

10 days is quite long to spend in just LA. Did you go anywhere else? I stay in LA btw. There shld be many other attractions around. Did you go vegas or Frisco? Shld be great this time of year.

wow. very impressive the video. and the 7D of course...

A good reference i normally use is kakaku.com. Some of the stuff online can be cheaper in Japan for instance Nikon filters. Some lenses esp 3rd party lenses can also be cheaper. The last time i bought something from Tokyo was in Mar this year. Got the D90 body at USD$750 which was about $1100...

Thanks.