where can find this book ah ...Scott Kelby's The Adobe Photoshop CS4 Book for Digital Photographers     

Guys I'm newbie on Sony A350 .... since the day I brought it with the SH0006 18-70mm lens ....

I'm always do bad picture when goes to flashing lights .... is there any very easy trick to control the flash light .... or a flash gun necessary?

Likewise, if I wanna purchase a flash gun ...which flash gun is recommended for newbie >.< ...

OH MY GOD!! whole these while... i never noticed that at our SAL1870 kitlens actually stated "MACRO" word on it..     

when u say 17-70 f2.8...... means is it for full frame or do we hv to convert for alpha aps-c?

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Added on May 24, 2009, 8:52 pmi mean ...does it mean aps-c or as full frame  when they say 17-70...?

what the....u guy didnt notice??OMG!!
never underestimated our kitlens yo...

i found that the photo that i took was unsharp. after convert to jpeg.. it still the same. any idea can teach me?
the photo was taken during my company D&D

The photo was blur because of i did not using the flash?

DSLR-A300
F stop: F11
exposure:0.8sec
ISO: 800
Flash: no flash

ISO 800 is fine! Just try overexposing your pic a little and you can hardly see the noise. Don't pixel peep lar! 4R and even 8R printouts at ISO 800 will also not show noise so don't be afraid to use ISO 800. I use ISO 800 even on my A100!!

the "ribbon" on her chest looks sharp... 
maybe due to the slow shutter speed, she moved her upper body (ie hands, face/head) when you shot her .. thus the blur.
But her lower / chest didnot move. Hence sharp 

ehem ...   

but for appeture = 11, whole body should be sharp... me thinks
unless if the person had not been sitting still.. ie moving.

DOF won't help if the hand or the face moved within that 0.8s

i think i use the wrong aperture.. due to previous photo was group photo and i forget to change the aperture to lower.. that might the mistake from me..

really need sifu to teach me how to fully use the camera..
*achew, any tt in sg? lolz

There are benefits of using P mode.

For example, you're in a dark place so you use Aperture Priority, ISO1600, F1.4.

The next day while driving you see an interesting scene, maybe a plane flying against the rising sun, while stopped at the red light. You quickly take the camera out of the bag and grab a shot. It will probably be overexposed!

I have shot landscapes and architecture at F11, walking about in sunny KL. Then later at night while crossing a flyover, I take out my camera to take a picture of some VIP getting police escort (from above). I had my 50mm so I assumed there would be no problem... until I clicked and it went click-WHIRRRRRRRRRR-click.* Very slow shutter speed, because I forgot to set it back to F1.4 when I put the camera back in the bag!

Obviously, the moment was gone.

WHIRRRRRR = SteadyShot sound

yalor...the common saying...'use manual la then u r pro'...

ooo didnt notice tht until u tell me.   So P is like Auto but enables you to change a little bit on the shutter/Aperture right? Will try shoot using P...

whirrrr? more like bzzz--nnggzzzz--crrr  damn i miss tht sound... oh yea btw..Albert, if i have 2 lenses..let say 2470 f2.8 and 70200 f2.8. I shoot at 70F2.8 on both lenses. Theoretically, the bokeh should be the same right?

Hi buddy,

Morning. I am bored early morning today, so, i found something to shoot in front of my house:


as usual, C&C are much much appreciated. Thank you guys. .

Sony A500 & A550 rumours are heating up! I think these models will be ones that the A200/300/350 users should be looking at for a body upgrade to the next level!

link: http://www.dyxum.com/dforum/a500-a550_topic47003.html

p/s: no photos in the link. just a mention of Sony Canada's website that had leaked out the model name A500 & A550 in their camera models drop down menu. (ops....)

true replacement for A100

djpianz, you would have to get a shutter release cable (either wired or wireless.) Sony sells the RM-S1AM and RM-L1AM but there are cheaper China-made ones out there:

Wireless:
http://www.lelong.com.my/Auc/List/2009-05D...-Minolta-7D.htm

Wired:
http://www.lelong.com.my/Auc/List/2009-06D...D-7D-Camera.htm

Unfortunately there isn't a way to wirelessly roll the dial. I guess, a heavy tripod is in order.

You can imagine it this way
A2xx/A3xx are actually a standard lower than the first A100, which seems to be a premium entry level DSLR.
A500 replacing A100 with improved performance isn't so weird even in marketing strategy speaking. It's just a naming scheme.

back then it was like this...
A100 vs D80

so it wouldn't be a surprise if...
A500 vs D90

im using 50mm 1.4
what is the best setting for potrait using A mode + ISO?

guys,

35-70 f4 seems cheap, how good is the optics compared to the kit ?

thanks