usual price?

dont want the sling type or bagpack type.. need fast and easy access to camera and lens ..

btw, lowepro offtrail I ok already kan?

can find used one for below RM200 neway

wanna fit mostly a cobra sized flash and tamron 17-50.. (maybe getting the both lens & flash today)

extreme series or high transfer rates like +200x is useful for DSLR cameras that can shoot high quality images at high frames per second (fps)

if im not mistaken a200 can shoot 3 images per second (the max fps at certain settings) - there's no need for a +200x speed extreme series because the camera is not utilizing it.

a900 ok la..use that one..

uihhhh...long time tak online kat sini....dah V25.

ni aper semua orang nak CZ1680?bukannyer best pun lens tuh.Kitlens lagi power la.....

anybody wanna buy me a cobra today??

hello alpha kakis!

wanna ask a question, and sorry if this has been asked before.

which 3rd party flash gun is the best for alpha?

guys.. my first hdr.. ok or not? i really dont know how to do tone mapping in Photomatix laaa..

hehe.. that picture i took was main2 only and just now when i saw the pic.. i tried making 3 copies of it with diff exp and play around with it..

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Added on May 4, 2009, 2:05 am

ok guys.. i want to buy a rechargable batt and which is good? GP ReCyko how ar? if GP 2700mah?

energizer rechargable 2500mah batts?

others like maha? but heard problems that it cant hold it's charge for very long.. 2-3 days and batt low already..

i want something reliable and not too exp.

Get Sanyo Eneloop. Self discharge rate for Eneloop is very low (even in 1 year, Eneloop retains 85% of its power).

Other rechargeables eventhough have higher capacity (Eneloop 2000mAh, others 2500-2700mAh) but some of them do not charge all the way to their stated capacity, hence you'd get a less than <2500 - 2700mAh.

You mentioned you want something reliable... hence go for Eneloop. Even after several months, you can be asured that it still retains its charge / power.

Yes, very important to always have the charges available in your batteries.

What I would suggest, to be on the safe side, get 2 sets of Eneloop batteries full charged when going to those events. Even if finish one set, you still have another backup set to use. Hence your charge capacity is double.. ie 2 sets of Eneloop = 2000mAh * 2 = 4000mAh.

Once you have charged your Eneloop to its fullest, you can have peace of heart confident that even after 6 months or more, the charges in the Eneloop are still there. No worries... 

Where as for other rechargeable batt, you would not know with confidence how many charges are still there in the batteries.

Hence, Sanyo Eneloop ftw.   

Eneloop 2000mah only but can keep it's charge for a long time..

for 2500-2700 mah? u recommend maha?

u mean that 2700mah will make flashgun recycle faster so can take pics faster?

guys,

how you back up your photo? i just scare that my os or hdd will spoil in future .. thinking of getting 1tb of external hdd for data storage and back up but do not know the reliability of it. hurmmm ..

erm ..

ok .. thank you for the sharing .. .. i think, i need to start backup my photos in dvd  .. .. another concern is how long a dvd can last? .. ..

Interesting observation...
I googled for "eneloop flash recharge time" and found several links.

Another interesting read is the Performance testing of Eneloop AA 2000mAh vs PowerEx Imedion AA 2100mAh NiMH Battery
eg. http://www.photomalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74823
and also the link below is quite interesting
http://www.photomalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73833

nb: I misunderstood your post when you wrote recharge time to mean battery recharge time..
Rupanya you were refering to the flash recharge time... aiyyaa hehe 

vandechrome, I have not found my batteries to recharge any faster if I have higher capacity batteries.

I have 4 Energizer 2500 mAh AA batteries and 4 Sanyo Eneloop 2000 mAh AA batteries. Both take 4 seconds to recharge from a full 1/1 power blast (press Test, then wait for the light to come on again in 4 seconds.)

Do you mean that when you fire one 1/1 blast, then fire another 1/1 blast in 2 seconds, that second blast has much power as the first one? I always presumed that I will only get full 1/1 power again when the Test light comes on again after 4 seconds. I usually don't fire one shot then wait 2 seconds; I most certainly always fire 2-3 shots in burst mode of 5 FPS (so it's 0.2 seconds between 2 flashes). This is to lower the chances of blinking eyes (and have a chance to merge pictures where different people blink.) If I was to shoot again in 2 seconds I'd certainly have a hard time realigning the flashed images.

The Eneloops however are low-drain batteries so they still have power after a week whereas I don't know if the Energizers will. So I always prefer to put the Energizers in the flash to use first, then switch to Eneloops when the Energizers are finished. I always carry alkaline AAs as backup for paid events.

hafeez71, yes the Imedion makes a good backup set.

If your flash is eating batteries:

- don't be a pixel peeper, use a higher ISO! ISO400 at least. People ask you to shoot events to catch the moment, not to pixel-peep at how sharp an uncle's moustache can be at ISO100 F8
- remove diffusers if shooting over large distances, it makes no difference.
- point your flash forwards instead of bounce for much, much faster recharge times.

vandechrome, forgot to note that I use TTL all the time so I don't have a good idea whether I'm at 1/1. Though I'm usually on ISO400 onwards so chances of that are lower. Also back on my old F56, I could hear the full recharge sound, but I know that I rarely heard it so I know I don't hit 1/1 in TTL much.

bro spooky.. u upgrading or jumpship ya??

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Added on May 4, 2009, 2:46 pm
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what if i have two f42 and plan to sell both to get cobra?