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<p>f/16 in orange indicates AIS lens. I have the same 50 f/1.4, meters fine, but you ll only get M, and A mode. I use it very often on my D300 but I ve never noticed exessive CA. 28-200mm AF-D will work on D300 with all its function.</p>

<p>unfortunately, Nikon doesn't have any lenses that goes beyond 1:1 magnification in their current lineup, although they used to make 165mm f/4 that produce 40:1 magnification decades ago. In order for you to get beyond 1:1, you will need to use extionsion tubes, close up filter, or teleconverter. </p>

<p>I would suggest you try 60mm micro lens, and shoot at 1:1. When you get comfortable shooting at 1:1, you can add some extension tubes for more magnification and the longer the lens focal lenght, the longer the extension tubes have to be to produce the same magnification.</p>

<p>I am using 105 2.8 vr. it's by far my favorite lens. Tamron 90 f/2.8 will focus on your D40. I have also used Tamron 90 f/2.8 for macro, personally, I can't tell the difference in the image quality. They both are very sharp. However, I prefer the Nikon 105 for its' built quality, the lens is made of metal and the focus ring feels really good in your hand.<br>

I am also using raynox 250 close up filter to get more magnification, it's cheap, convenience, and produce pretty good image.<br>

Here's a photo of Raynox 250 + 105VR at around 2.5x magnification<br>

<a title="hungry hoverfly by jerdjets, on Flickr" href=" title="hungry hoverfly by jerdjets, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3354/3204790305_662fe716ff_b.jpg" alt="hungry hoverfly" width="1024" height="683" /> </a><br>

and here's 1 from tamron 90 2.8 at 1:1<br>

<a title="DSC_7125 web by jerdjets, on Flickr" href=" title="DSC_7125 web by jerdjets, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3140/3076068103_8ab4648538_b.jpg" alt="DSC_7125 web" width="1024" height="680" /> </a></p>

Thanks for the inputs

Sorry, I didn't provide all the information. The pictures above were taken in Auto WB. Also, I have shot in fluorescent WB and PRE the result were similar, the color was off in high ISO, and accurate in low ISO. I am also sending this to Nikon tech support.

Sorry I have to attached the other picture seperately<div></div>

I ve encounter a strange problem with my D300 after I had the firmware updated. I am guessing it has got

something to do with the white balance, and higher ISO setting.

 

Tonight I was bored out of my mind and took a picture at my wall at high ISO, it looked as if I put bi color

filter on my lens. Some part of the photo were really yellow. On ISO 200 the color was accurate. This happen

whens I shoot under fluorescent light.

 

I have tried to do this with 2 lenses, without using any filter. Nikon 50 f/1.8, and Nikon 70-300 VR, they

produce same kind of color so I am pretty sure it is not from the lens. I attached the pictures I took. D300

users with updated firmware, please try to take picture under fluorescent with high ISO. I hope it's not my D300.

Thanks for everyone input. I live in Honolulu Hawaii, the humidity is pretty high here, and we are in the raining season. As for the dust spot, I have found out that it is called welded dust. I am trying to get a hold of eclipse e2, but it's flammable so it cannot be shipped to Hawaii by air. Are there any inflammable options on the market for wet cleaning that does not damage the tin oxide coating on D300 low pass filter?

Hi I think I have a small spot of water residue on my D300. This spot doesn't start to appear until I go down to

f16, and start to be in sharp focus at f22. The spot is in the upper right hand side of the attachment. I have

never tried swap cleaning before, but after using the sensor cleaning system for about 10 times, and try blowing

it off with my blower, it is still there. What is the safest

option other than sending my body in for a sensor cleaning? Who produce the best swap in the market? Thanks<div></div>

I prefer D60 than a D40, my favorite function in the D60 was raw processing that allows you to change the EV, white balance, or optimize the colors etc in the camera. Also, you can turn on active d lighting in the D60. For me, these two advantages are worth the price difference between the D40 and the D60. I wouldn't recommend a P&S, even though I haven't tried any of the recently released models, they're slow and not fun to use.

I have the Tamron 17-50 on my D300 most the time, and never had a problem with it. The only thing I notice is I get dark corner at 2.8 in low light, but that doesn't bother me. I think this is a great lens for any price, but I ve never tried Nikon 17-55.

it seems like the pre flash effects all my shot even the build in flash is in "--" mode, I tried blocking the on camera flash with my hand and the result I got were different. I might just get the SG 3IR.

Hello, I am new to D300. I am trying to set my SB-600 flash so it would fire off camera. I followed the manual,

and set my built in flash off (--), but when I shoot, both SB-600 and the on camera flash fires. Does anyone

knows what I am doing wrong?

what about nikon 70-200 /2.8, I am also looking for a fast zoom lens, maybe Tamron 70-200 2.8 which is around $700, never use them but they both have positive reviews

exactly, Richard. In the D60, I can adjust image size, exposure, WB, and optimize colors when I compress JPEG from NEF. I download and search in the user manual, and I cannot find the in-camera NEF processing function. It's a bummer if D300 doesn't do that, at least I hope it comes with captureNX. On the bright side, D300 will be more fun because I have to get the settings right before I shoot.

Well I usually use the NEF processing for most of the shots I want to keep too, I understand that the D300 comes with CaptureNX, am I wrong?

I am wondering if there is a in camera raw processing in the D300, I have been shooting with my roommate D60 for

a couple of months and got in a bad habit of fixing my screw up shots by shooting in raw, and fix it using the in

camera NEF processing function. I ordered a D300 from Amazon last week, does the D300 have the raw processing

function? or do I do that in CaptureNX?

 

Thanks