my tip: then use autofocus! haha. i just use autofocus unless it cant properly focus on what i want..then change to manual. but very seldom la..most of the time i get what i want, juz change the focus point

A n S mode only control exposure...or how much light come in. they dont have anything to do with colour.

i dont have my lx3 with me now (my sis borrow 1 week plus already ) but if u want to play with the colours, go into P mode (A, S, M can also), press down the joystick thing, and in the 1st column (got standard, dynamic, b&w, etc) select custom n play around with it. but this stuff actually u can do in PP...i prefer to shoot in standard so i can choose what effect i want later in lightroom....

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Dec 10 2009, 11:34 PM

AF doesnt work if we want to focus very near like in ur photo. this is when we need MF

u meant in the camera, the 'thingy' looks clear but when u shoot, suddenly the PM become clear?

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Added on December 11, 2009, 1:04 amon a totally irrelevant note... http://gizmodo.com/5423240/panasonic-buys-...r-its-batteries

lets hope this new battery tech makes its way into lumix

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Dec 11 2009, 01:04 AM

i got question... adjusting ISO is adjusting the sensitivity of the sensor to get a brighter picture right.. so how does Exposure composition works? is it just the software making the picture more bright/dark (like what we can do in photoshop) or got theory behind it?

oh sorry, the other word just appeared while i was typing yes compensation. it does it by changing aperture or shutter speed?

thx 4 the clear answer

they give u pendrive? not SD card?

so rajin read from 1st page to last! Sony T series memang all for show ma...n i, for one, feel touchscreen camera is too slow to change settings n such. maybe it's just me

ooh..i dunno pendrive got make SDHC hehe

aiyah i used to own T7 ;p but rosak already

what do u guys use to cover the hotshoe?

thanks for the link! but im wondering is there any retail shop i can buy the hotshoe cover? preferable arnd BB area

ooo okeh. will try to find later

ahmike89 the grain is from PP is it?

is there any way to turn down the saturation of the screen? quite a few times already i take photo and a face looks very red on the camera's screen...but when viewed on my notebook it appears ok...

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Dec 16 2009, 01:25 PM

good point... was thinking of selling mine as well, but macro shots is really LX3's strength... can focus very near. will be missing that if i did hehe tq

oh ya..the lenspen i always see u guys talking about...

i asked my bro to buy me one the other day... i juz say "lenspen" cuz i didnt know got other models. he bought me the lenspen digiklear for RM50, supposedly used to clean LCD displays

is it ok to use this to clean my lens?

the lenspen i bought looks the same as the one in the pic shown cleaning the lens... juz the body is gray colour..

im juz scared if it's too rough to clean my lens...well maybe btter than using microfiber cloth ;p

sorry out of topic... u have a nice keyboard but ur mouse... aiyah not matching haha

why do u prefer the original lens cap?

actually i juz like the look of the string attached from the side of the LX3 body to the lens cap.... looks like monocle heheh..

i juz got this problem while shooting at a wedding yesterday hehe.. lucky i brought my lenspen. thinking of getting a UV filter as well :S

umm guys, i've just starting shooting RAW on my camera, and when i import them into lightroom 2.5... performance dropped a lot compared to dealing with JPEGs (of the same picture/resolution). i'm aware that RAW files contain more info n such...but do u guys suffer any substantial lag when dealing with RAW files? my specs are as below, using 9600m gt.

put in Aperture priority mode, set as 2.0 then focus on the model. take ur photo from an angle so that the person is furthest away from the background. the further the background is, the blurrier it gets.

u can also try to zoom to maximum (60mm) and set to the lowest aperture (2.8), take from the same angle. but this one u have to stand back a bit. see which one u like this is better if u wanna use flash cuz the flash wont be too harsh on the model

quite rugi to install another lens in front of the beautiful leica. but pana has a 18mm equiv. wide angle lens converter around rm600+. very nice to shoot landscapes

i'd avoid the cheap stuff (e.g. pandabase brand). why pay for worse quality photos

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Dec 28 2009, 02:55 PM