Recent content by skinny monkey

wow! that's a good buy.... that's SanDisk Ultra CF right? not SD?

yesterday, wanted to get a SanDisk Ultra CF 16gig.... saw the mass of people heading to the fair, I just did a u-turn. Then had that heavy rain. Ended up in Orchard Rd and went to Lord's. Got the card from there for $88. Very much happy with it.

dont waste your time with this bag.... even if budget is very tight. I tried the one that looks like a Lowepro Sling Shot. Lasted only 3 months before the fabric thread start to be hairy & abrasive. Also the padding is not firm.

Nikon lenses sold in Malaysia come with International warranty. Only the Nikon bodies are Nikon Malaysia warranty (local in Malaysia). Even like the D90 kit set has 2 warranty cards, one Nikon Malaysia warranty for the D90 body and one for the Nikon International warranty for the kit len...

the Nikon 105VR has AFS. Using it as a portrait the AFS is much faster in focusing. For Macro mode, I prefer to manual focus. As for IQ, lens element construction, lens coating and focus mechanism, Nikon's is more refined, that's where the extra costs more in. If you are considering Tamron...

ok. THis is my experience with 3rd party batt grips. I'm using a Nikon D3000. The reason for me to get a batt grip is that the body grip is too short and I end up having my little finger below the body. This is fine if using the camera for short time like 10-15min... any longer and my hand...

er... that's 95cm away rite?

HI. I'm based in KL. Just had a chat with Msia Distributor. He said that Tamron has discontinued producing teleconverters... both the normal (black colour) and the SP (white cooour) versions.

Hi everyone. Just a quick hello. I'm coming back to the world of SLR.... last used SLR back in '93-94... yup, that's the 35mm film era. Now its digital. Few days ago got myself a Nikon D3000 body, AFS 18-105mm VR, Hoya Pro-1 Digital UV filter, Panasonic 8gig SD card class4 and a LCD screen...