hi...which lense is better for a200?..sony SAL70300,or sony SAL50200 or tamron 70-300mm F4-5.6 Di Macro?...thinking of buying zoom lense but dunno which one...

Er, the SAL70300G is not the same as the SAL75300 (which is the tele kit lens for the A100/A200.)

In order from best to worst:

Sony 70-300mm F4.5-5.6G SSM
Sony 55-200mm F4-5.6 DT
Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6
Sony 75-300mm F4.5-5.6

Note that I reduce the score of the Sigma because it has a plastic geartrain inside, causing it to get the common gear stripping case. The Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 EX DG Macro non-HSM is also prone to this.

which crocodile farm? jong's?

yup!
Jong's crocodile farm in Kuching..

HAHA. i knew it. sarawakian as well?

just got an email from sony:


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tanjq87, the quick and lazy (but time-consuming) way is to shoot RAW and fix WB later.

The more tedious way is to make use of the Auto mode, which resets everything each time you use it.

Flourescent light flickers and so it's better you use a fast shutter speed and rely on the flash to light indoors. If not you get a greenish cast which is not consistent unless the shutter speed is slow enough.

Try 18mm F3.5 ISO3200 with drive mode set to burst mode. Fire away in a flourescent-lit room. See what happens?

Anyway, you can then set your camera to M mode with flash, with the WB set for tungsten light (anywhere between 2500-3200K). Now, turn to Auto. Notice how it changes to AWB? Now, turn to M. Notice how it remembers the WB setting earlier!

So that's one quick way to switch between two "profiles".

Alternatively, you could use a tungsten gel, and shoot in flourescent light at tungsten WB (but at a fast shutter speed and dark aperture to kill the flouro flicker) while using tungsten WB for tungsten light also. This doesn't require any switching modes.

Looks like the street price will be below 2K then..

u from KK too? me also..

tanjq87: Yes, oversaturation or 'flat colors' are due to wrong white balance. Don't use AWB on tungsten, it's baaad. I'd still suggest Auto with AWB for flourescent and quickly switch to P/A with tungsten WB for tungsten.

Banzai_san: The A300 originally sold for RM2499 retail with single kit lens if I remember correctly.

you can consider sigma 70-300 f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro 
since Sony DSLR got SSS . thats the extra advantage, so the lens no need have IS/VR/VC/OS 

Banzai_san: The A300 originally sold for RM2499 retail with single kit lens if I remember correctly.