Zahid Shahid

Nikon has just announced D90 🙂 its 12MP, has 3″ LCD, Livew View, Dust Cleaning, 4.5FPS and 720p/24 Video  !!

This will probably be my next buy 🙂 Hope to see some good reviews very soon!

AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR will probably be my 2nd buy if it does not come kitted 🙂

Photo Gallery – Updating Daily

I am back 🙂 here is the date-wise detail of the tour:

Aug 06, 2008: Left Karachi at 4:00 AM; reached lahore in about 18.5 hours.
Aug 07, 2008: Left Lahore via GT Road, had lunch with a friend in Gujranwala, Reached Murree, and slept.
Aug 08, 2008: Left Murree, Drove through Ayyubia, Nathiagali, Abottabad, Mansehra, and Balakot.. Reached Shogran at night and stayed there.
Aug 09, 2008: Visited Siri and Payye in Jeep, and left for Naran. Reached Naraan in the evening and visited Lake Saif-ul-Maluk via Jeep.
Aug 10, 2008: Visited Jalkhud and Lulusar. Could not visit Noori Top due to bad weather and heavy rain. Left Naran in the evening and reached Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu Kashmir through Balakot, in the night.
Aug 11, 2008: Visited Pir Chinasi in a Taxi, and left for Multan in the evening
Aug 12, 2008: Reached Multan in the morning, stayed there till night..
Aug 13, 2008: Left for Karachi at 3:00 AM, Reached Karachi in 12 hours 🙂

Total cost incurred Rs. 38000, divided among 4 persons 🙂 We travelled approximately 3600 KM in our car. About Rs.9000 of CNG and Rs.2500 of Petrol used.

The tour was awesome, we enjoyed alot.. will be uploading photos very soon.

I, along with my brother and 2 cousins, Leaving for Murree tonight 🙂 Plan is to go Muzaffarabad, Naran, Kaghan, Nathiagali etc.. through Murree and Islamabad..

Will hopefully update with my tour and add pictures very soon 🙂

I needed 18-200mm, choices were Nikon 18-200mm VR and Sigma 18-200mm DC OS HSM. Nikon being quite expensive at Rs.48000 and Sigma at Rs.32000, I ended up with Nikon 55-200mm VR @ Rs.18000.

I’ll probably be spending the saved money on Nikon 50mm f/1.8 and the D80 successor when it comes out! and I will hopefully be writing a short review of 55-200mm VR very soon 🙂

The reasons i went with 55-200mm are:

1. Nikon 18-200mm definitely has a convenience of not changing lenses for shot to shot, but it has some dark corners at 18mm. What if I don’t like that too much?
2. Sigma is bit cheap but has the same issues, and it is slow in low light (f/6.3 at 200mm).
3. There is no resale value for such stuff in Pakistan.
4. 55-200mm VR is still an excellent lens, and if i really hate the inconvenience of changing lens at the end, i can sell it without losing too much!

And, changing lens doesn’t take more than 10 seconds 🙂