QUOTE(AlphaBeta @ Jul 6 2009, 01:55 AM)
yes 16105 longer reach and wider too...1680 more contrast and colour vivid. Quality i think both ok la..it could be better with SSM..but not. Minolta lenses...i dono man..but definitely need to get it second hand..lol. A900/d700? i think ur next target is Canon 5d 2...
5d mkII ka? hahaha.. isnt d700 faster than 5dmkII? next what 1Ds mkIII, d3x? hahahaha..i know i cant go for FF anytime soon.. unless i found a gold mine behind my house..
Added on July 6, 2009, 2:14 amQUOTE(albnok @ Jul 6 2009, 02:03 AM)
AlphaBeta: The SB-900 can, of course, point its flash head at the same position.
However, the built-in white card will not face forward when in portrait orientation! That's what the F58 lets you do.
I use only the built-in white card as a diffuser and that is all you need, really.

Top: F58 using only the built-in bounce card in portrait ceiling bounce mode
Bottom: traditional-rotating F42, using a whaletail clone

If you don't use a whaletail/DEMB or its clone you'll end up with something like the picture on the right, in portrait ceiling bounce mode.
alpha_company: If you don't need the range, nothing wrong with the Tamron 17-50mm F2.8 - though I do like the 16-105mm's range.
Also note that the A700 has a F2.8 sensor, for higher accuracy and faster focus detection... so yes, you might prefer to put a F2.8 lens on it.
There isn't a Minolta lens that has a good range for APS-C; Minolta only had the 18-70mm, 11-18mm and 18-200mm (all rebadged into Sony.) Unless you count the Minolta 17-35mm F2.8-4 lah.
Yeah, you understood my question in the d40 thread exactly. Perfect answer.
The main nagging problem or should i say inconvenience (at least for me la) that I found out while shooting weddings with SB600 flash is that I need to change the placing of the white card when I turn to portrait orientation and then need to change it again when I shoot in landscape mode (can't use the built in white card because of this problem). This in turn makes my work slower. Hmm...
I don't know that there's a whaletail/demb solution but looking at the picture above, even with the demb/whaletail solution I still need to manually change the orientation of the demb thingy if each time I turn to portrait-landscape-portrait right?
Bro albnok What is the downside of 1680CZ? Saw some comments in other forums saying that it has a lower quality build as opposed to 16105. Is it true? This is "Dyxum's comment:
Many lens samples have issues with AF (wide angle) so try before buy or at least good exchange policy is recommended when purchasing. "
This post has been edited by alpha_company: Jul 6 2009, 02:33 AM