SB-600

Last 4 hours, i waste my time by watching Code Blue 2. That's was interesting drama regarding life of a fews doctor which have their own problem in their daily life. It's not wasting time anyway. It just triggered me on different way of  thinking for positive things. And now, i'm bored. Nothing to do even though i have last assignment to be submit on Friday. Well, it's called procrastination and it's normal for student. =D

I'm gonna write a short review on Flashgun that i just bought 2 weeks ago. SB 600 is product of Nikon which suitable for most of Nikon DSLR. Mine, D90 is well compatible with this flashgun. I should buy SB900 for my DSLR but due to money matter, SB600 is enough. The price is varies depending on different place. In Malaysia, it costs RM900+, while in Australia, it's almost AUD500. If we compared both price, of course the price is cheaper in Malaysia. To buy it in Malaysia, then post it up to me, definitely will cost another money. Then, the easier way is, ebay! Luckily, i found one shop in Malaysia that sell this SB600 for price similar to Malaysia (after convert to AUD). It is AUD339. After had a few discussion with my friend, Rasyid, I bought this flashgun. Even though the mode is lesser to SB900, that should be fine for beginner like me. I havent test this flash yet, so, i dont know how far it can go. For now, i'm waiting for right time to use it. 

Welcome to my life!

"Tanggal 13 aribulan March 2010, bersamaan dengan 28 Rabiulawwal 1431, bermulanya kehidupan sebuah mesin technology, yang dinamakan, DJ90. "

Pagi hari tersebut, saya bersama-sama dengan Abg Kamal (bkn nama sebenar), dan Kawan (bukan nama sebenar) saya, Rashid (nama sebenar) dan juga tidak lupa, *Sudin (bukan nama sebenar) telah berangkat ke Melbourne city dengan tujuan yang sungguh murni. Perjalanan yang mengambil masa 2 jam setengah ini amat menyiksakan jiwa kalbu ku sebagai seorang manusia. 

Sesampai sahaja di Melbourne a.k.a Flinder street, saya dan beberapa orang yang saya nyatakan diatas, mengambil langkah untuk ke kedai yang menjual alat-alatan ini. Beberapa minit kemudian, sesampainya kami ke kedai itu, saya, dengan ini meninjau-ninja harga yang terpapar di papan kenyataan kedai-kedai itu. 

Setelah meninjau harga, saya telah mengambil keputusan untuk membelinya di kedai yang pertama saya tinjau itu. Pertanyaan demi pertanyaan ditanya, sesudah itu, ter-decide-lah keputusannya untuk memgambilnya. Disaat itulah munculnya kesusahan yang tidak dijangka-jangka. 

Card Debit kawan saya ini, *Sudin, yang digunakan untuk membelinya sudah terlebih limitnya. Kata sang penjual; "Your card has excced the limit, but you can split it and pay using 2card, or you can use cash". Alamak, lupe memberitahu sudin bahawa limit card perlu ditukar. Tidak mengapa, dengan iPhone yang maju ini, limitnya boleh ditukar. 

Disaat-saat untuk menghafal kata laluan, zaapp!!!! beteri iPhone itu abis. Adeh. Tidak sempat untuk menukarnya. Setelah berbincang dengan Rashid dan Abg Kamal, Rashid memberitahu bahawa ATM boleh menukar limit. Akan tetapi, option untuk menukar limit itu sudah tiada. Keresahan sudah melandai dihatiku ini. Option yang terakhir adalah, mencari kedai internet. Berhampiran kedai tadi, ada sebuah kedai internet. Alhamdulillah, tapi banyak betul halangan. Sekali lagi, halangan di hadapan, simcard di iPhone itu perlu digunakan dan dikeluarkan dari iPhone untuk tujuan PIN yang dihantar oleh pihak bank, tetapi, pin untuk membuka simcard dari iphone tidak ada. Malangnya. Tapi masalah ini dapat diselesaikan dengan menggunakan hujung pensil mechanical yang tajam itu. Dan akhirnya, limit itu dapat ditukar.

Beberapa minit kemudian, proses penbelian dan penjualan telah selesai. Dengan itu, aku memberi namanya, 

"DJ90"

Part 2: DSLR lens

In previous part, i've talked about the major specification that will affect the price of one lens. So here, again i will talk about the minor specification (extra feature) that could affect the lens. These extra features are important based on the what type of lens that you want. Features that i'm talking about are: 

Silent Autofocus

Silent auto-focus is useable for photographer that want to capture the wild life.They need a silent lens zoom. When the lens focusing on the subject, they eliminate the noise of grinding. Thus, it create a silent focus.Basically, this feature is commonly known as Ultra sonic motor (USM) and Hyper sonic focus (HSF).

Full time manual focus

Usually,when we do need to use Manual focus, we have to switch it on. But here, there are special lens that no need to switch on the Manual focus. These types of lens also have ability to focus automatically, but still, you can adjust with manual focus.

Internal zoom 

When the lens focus form wide angle to telephoto, the lens-which have external zoom, will increase the length. However, with internal zoom, the lens's length didn't change. The advantage of internal zoom are these lens focusing faster and smooth compare to external zoom. These lens also does not effect the balance of camera when standing on tripod. 

Image stabilization

Maybe some of you did notice about this one. In Canon, it's known as Image stabilisation (IS) while in Nikon, it commonly known as Vibration reduction (VR), With this feature, the blurry picture can be eliminate thus creation clear shot.

Superior optic

Some of the lens are created with special optic adjustment for distortion, reduce flare and stray light from the lens. As a result, it produce image with maximum clarity. It have different name, for example, Canon branded it with 'L' while Nikon are branded with 'ED'.Anyhow, these lens usually expensive at the market.
So, let me try some example:
From the description, this have silent autofocus system (AF-S), then ED is reffer to superior optic, and VR for vibration reduction. The focal length is 18-200mm which is wide angle to telephoto. No wonder the price is high. 

Part 1: DSLR lens

Last topic was discussed on what is Dslr and now, dslr lens. If we ask photographer, what make picture gorgeous and give us some excited mode? The answer is, Lens and technique. Technique is definitely required time to built, you need to learn and learn on it. Every single snap is worth . But lens, it need money, of course, to buy it. If we type lens in Amazon search box, for example, various type of lens come out which have different price. What  spec make huge different in lens price? I will talk about these differents.

Manufacturer

Lens are not interchangeable. Canon lens can be use on Canon camera and Nikon lens also can be used on Nikon. Unless third party lens manufacturer can be used on these camera. For example, Tokina and Tamron. Even same spec of lens, the price are still differ. This is due to the quality of lens produce by different manufacturer. Let me put some example.

IF you compare these 2 lens, both have similar maximum aperture (f/1.8),have same focal length and both are prime lens. But the quality are different. You can search in the internet and in some megazine, they rate both lens. From what i read, Nikon len on the right give high quality of picture. So, thats why the price is different. 

Focal length

There are 4 type of lens which are, wide angle lens, standard lens, telephoto lens and super telephoto lens. Each have different price. Each of these lens have own focal length. For    example, Wide angle lens cover from 28mm to lower, standard lens cover from 35mm-85mm. Each of this have different effect on picture and different style of photography.To prove this, i give you each of these lens price.Each of these lens have different price depend on the focal length as you can see.Even the maximum aperture is almost same, the price is still different. 

Prime Lens vs Zoom lens

Prime lens is the lens that have only one focal length, for example in the Manufacturer part. Zoom lens is the lens that have specific focal length for example in the Focal length part. How these different in price? Basically, the prime lens have advantage in high quality, it dont weight a lot and it not expensive. You can compare the example that i'v put in. The price are different.