Aiks. Well Sony VG can buy 2 3rd party VG. Wait for 2nd hand la.=p

i dunno the 2nd hand price for "not sony" vg...
check it out first la.. if u wanna go for 3rd party first..
later upgrade ka.. check the resell value..

but i will vote go for sony straight
get a 2nd sony much better...

aik... someone here offered his sony vg to me for rm500... u might be able to nego a bit lower.

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Added on May 8, 2009, 9:41 amedit: too bad. already sold

This post has been edited by kopitiam: May 8 2009, 09:41 AM

wanna mine? rm500 .. ..

i rather get a 2nd battery than to get vg now

i've never experience a time that I shoot till my battery go empty
even when the camera show low battery, I can shoot for another 30mins

so if I start with 100%, I've never experience shooting events whereby my battery go flat

so get a VG ....
but then again, do you need a VG (not because of extra battery)
even with a VG, I only put 1 battery in (lesser weight )

This post has been edited by chiggy: May 8 2009, 10:00 AM

Aiya Seng_kiat. Cheaper abit la. Sama sama kawan ma. (:

hmm..i think 3rd party is good enough if u just need a grip..else just get a spare batt..a200 batt pretty good what.. i can take 1000 shots without flash...
have to learn how to reserve batt la...

Oh. Talking about batteries. 3rd part batteries good? Haha. Like so interested in 3rd party only me. Zzz.

wahh.. cool blue!! nice series!
but ouch! ghostring at top right picture

Phottix VG is about RM270 and Travor VG is 250.

1000 shots of raw? using 16gb cf ka?

yup .. i own 1 battery only .. i go for vg is for grip, not battery .. ..

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Added on May 8, 2009, 10:05 amhaha .. i am kidding only la .. .. i need to collect money first for a700+16105 before let it goes .. ..

This post has been edited by Seng_Kiat: May 8 2009, 10:05 AM

Ya i also need a GRIP only. If not very hard take vertical shots.

my record was 1200+ of shots with single battery + flash .. i shoot jpg and only 4gb cf .. i shoot i delete i delete those unwanted pic during fashion on 1 .. back home check my 1st shoot to last shoot shutter count, 1200++ .. ..

Ok la Seng_Kiat , I'll pray that you kena 4D then can get your a700 and let go the VG cheap cheap la. (: (: (:

8gb CF 1000+ shots jpeg:)

Seng_Kiat, the first picture is too cold and the saturation isn't strong. Though I would shoot somewhere in between (if picture #1 is around 2500K while picture #2 is 3500K.)

Kul | Mo0, the Travor one with the recessed shutter button is the one that you should look for as it has all the buttons of the original. Only downside is you have to manually switch batteries. I haven't heard of complaints for these clones yet so, so far so good lah. The A700/A900 however should use the original battery grips as they have the full button layout.

That said, although the A900 grip is very tempting since over 50% of my shots are portraits, it is going to increase total weight. My camera and lens weigh about the same at the moment, but if the lens is much heavier a grip would help. Also, the SC-5 won't fit a camera with grip very well. Just as well that it's not my style to attract attention with an obvious big camera.

I personally felt that batteries drained faster in cold weather. This happened when I was at South Island.

yup.. it true, due to the humidity..