D40 users come in!

[yxannes]

He did mentioned he did not flash to the latest firmware. Could it be that reason?

I don't need to do -0.7 compensation with the D40x... and it produces very vivid colors. I only tweak the compensation when the metering doesn't do it right, which can be + or -. I wonder what kind of shots he is taking. My preference is to use spot metering, and next would be matrix. Don't use center-weighted much.

 

[astroman]

To get a better DOF, you need to open the aperture as wide as possible (i.e. smallest f-number). For the kit lens, at 18mm, the largest you can open the aperture is f/3.5. But as you move up to 55mm, the largest you can open the aperture is at f/5.6. Hence, there is a limitation in the amount of DOF because of the aperture. However, with proper angles and positioning, you can still achieve a DOF, but it would not be like pictures taken with f/2.8 or f/1.8 lenses.

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

 

[steadyshot]

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

any lens with constant f2.8 or f1.8/1.4...

 

[Amaury]

Please update the thread yourselves!

Amaury added by Amaury 1747H, 20 September 2007

1. Zaren
2. Hlyf
3. Psychobiologist (D200, D40/D80 sold)
4. BlueBull
5. IfourDesign
6. Helmiz
7. Six-GHz
8. Matthew1381
9. Samtcy (with one tripod totting hubby!)
10. Benson S A Chua
11. GriGri
12. Wing Oscar
13. geraldKhoo (with D200, sold D40x to friend... but still available for my use )
14. chanjyj (With D2x)
15. Mousedeer213
16. Clubgrit
17. monokydni
18. mysterio506
19. IceMocha
20. PhotoGiant (D40x with AF-S 18-200mm VRII. I lyke~!)
21. Mickie
22. Graphicz
23. Eidja
24. TennoRZ(since Dec'06)
25. anwask (D40 with 18-55,55-200) (Updated by chanjyj 1130H, 7 Sept 07)
26. neverneverever (D40x with SB-600)
27. damkuff
28. JillValentine
29. JeeT77 (since X'mas '06)
30. huoyun (d40 kit since jan 07)
31. czeno
32. vroom
33. kamiru
34. fusetrips
35. Jimny (Bought in Japan kit + 55-200 )
36. lloyds (since july 07)
37. shirak
38. Popeye gal (D40x - 18-200mm)
39. XiaoXian (re-entered by chanjyj)
40. csiwei
41. fungoer (with 55-200mm VR)
42. jeffng28 (D40X with 55-200VR)
43. Stray Sheep (D40 & 55- 200VR) --> from COMEX 07
44. deathwiz (D40 + 18-200VR)
45. KeefeSNAP (due to 1/500 flash sync speed)
46. popiah123
47. konahead (D40 kit + 55-200mm VR + SB400)
48. steadyshot
49. guiii (D40 + 18-135mm)
50. jayzzz
51. danielwu0808
52. tigereye19
53. Starspurz (D40 & 55- 200VR) --> also just from COMEX 07
54. lsisaxon --> Not mine.. Company bought a D40kit and it just arrived this morning.
55. yxannes (entered by chanjyj upon user request 1729H, 11 Sept 2007)
56. dscans (entered by chanjyj 1729H, 11 Sept 2007)
57. augustai (just sold my D40) (updated on 16 Sept 2007 by augustai)
58. redpills (Sigma 30mm f/1.4) (entered by chanjyj 2212H, 11 Sept 2007)
59. kudos
60. Daneal79 (entered by chanjyj 1314H, 14 Sept 2007)
61. Astroman (entered by chanjyj 2057H, 19 Sept 2007)
62. Amaury

Got a nice D40kit + a 55-200VR plus a couple of HMC filters at Lord's yesterday

 

[lukesky]

Got a nice D40kit + a 55-200VR plus a couple of HMC filters at Lord's yesterday

dun mind me asking,how much u paid for it bro? I'm also eyeing the same combo as u are..

 

[Amaury]

Replied by PM to avoid thread going OT

 

[bent]

may i ask wat i need to get extra if i wanna buy Circular polariser, uv filter, nd and grad nd filter? it's 67mm thread right?

i need an adapter is it? approx how much wud it cost?

 

[Six-GHz]

Kit is 55mm. Price wise you can refer to the Nikon Sticky Price List.

 

[Amaury]

Nope, both kit and 55-200 are 52 mm (cheapest filters ). Let's not go OT though.

 

[bent]

Nope, both kit and 55-200 are 52 mm (cheapest filters ). Let's not go OT though.

so i confirm the 18-55 kit lens is 52mm thread?

 

[Amaury]

Yes, I've got it right here, it's definitely 52 mm

 

[Six-GHz]

Nope, both kit and 55-200 are 52 mm (cheapest filters ). Let's not go OT though.

Yah, you're right, thanks. Blame it on my F9 Maths!

 

[bent]

Yes, I've got it right here, it's definitely 52 mm

thanks

i also need to get a adaptor ring or something right?

how much does that cost?

 

[karheng]

no need adapters, just get the filters straight away...

 

[wazzup5]

no need adapters, just get the filters straight away...

What filters to get?

 

[Amaury]

Just for basic protection UV filters are enough. For fancy effects, you can buy GND, CPL etc (if you don't know what those are for, they're probably not worth buying right now )

 

[JoeJerry]

anybody here knows how much the price of D40 kit right now?
Thanks

 

[Amaury]

Refer to the Nikon price thread, it's full of recent quotes.

 

[astroman]

any lens with constant f2.8 or f1.8/1.4...

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

 

[Amaury]

Only the AF-S/AF-I ones can, so yeah, no Nikon/Nikkor prime can AF on the D40 right now (dunno about Sigma/Tamron).
You can still get an AF-S 17-55 f/2.8 though if you're looking for a fast lens, or go MF.

Edit : My bad, there is an AF-S VR 105mm f/2.8 (for micro). But still no general purpose prime lens with AF on the D40.