let me know if u happen to come down jb la...hahaha..if i pay ticket to kl just to buy the camera alone...the cost is almost same as buying here liao..lol...btw buy from u able to convert to the tourist limited warranty thingy?

ok..im officially a 2470 owner..collecting on monday =)  rm5199

+-RM6k??
that is like rm1.5k cheaper than A900 only
anyone here has tried it on hand or have purchased??
would like to know the high iso noise level comparing to A900

Aiyoooooo, taht day u say rm5500 leh. I go tell Ahmike to buy from u, he got all excited straight call me up just now to ask. Now u say rm5900 pulak. Poor Ahmike potong stim oredi. 

Ahmike only uses 1 lens. Carl Zeiss 135mm. He no likeeeeeeeee other lenses.

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Added on September 12, 2009, 6:25 pm
Ahmike only uses 1 lens. Carl Zeiss 135mm. He no likeeeeeeeee other lenses.

The sony reseller in Muar told me he's selling RM6K. I told him back, it can be lowered to RM5.8 ro RM5.9K. He did check with his calculator but did not update me.

A700, SAL1870. ISO200, f5.6, 0.6"...... handheld

What: Hartamas TT
When: 7pm 17th September 2009 (Thursday)
Where: Bestari (next to 7-Eleven), Desa Sri Hartamas

Who's Coming:
1) Mo0
2) clivengu
3) millenia3000
4) albnok
5) RaplaJingga
6) ohzmygod
7) kysham
8) AaronFrank - *Need carpool*
9) signither
10) Zeegon
11) craziqbal
12) danz

What prizes? 

plan to keep as my backup body..wont b able to sell alot anyway..might as well keep it =) and my gf did ask me to teach her a lil bit..but too bad i myself is too noob to teach her anything..lol

I agree. I've used just about every brand there is except Nikon. Nothing from Nikon's got me excited so far. Saying every1 ends up with Nikon eventually is just a lil too fanboyish ler. I cud go out n buy a D3 or even D3X right now but like I said it doesn't get me excited coz Nikon is very conservative n doesn't innovate.

Besides that, how come so many ppl don't realize A lot of the Nikons have a Sony heart inside? 

ianho: Yes, Hartblei tilt-shift lenses with Optics by Carl Zeiss exist for the Alpha mount:

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0903/09032403hartbleizeiss.asp

The nature of tilt-shifts is that you'd want to see what it is focusing on at F8, at F8 in the viewfinder (like pressing the DOF Preview button all the time.)

An OEM tilt-shift lens offers the benefit of being able to manually focus wide open (e.g. F2.8) while setting the aperture at F8, but if you understand how tilt-shifts work this feature is not needed.

Funny thing is, I find Nikon far more exciting than Canon. I find the Pentax K-7 far more exciting though in APS-C land.

David Kilpatrick has experience with an ARAX tilt adaptor: (note that this article is dated January 2009, while the DPReview link is dated March 2009.)

http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2009/01/09/t...ll-frame-dslrs/

clivengu: Tilt-shift lenses using rise/shift compensate for your inability to get the camera at a angle where there is least distortion. So what I do is stand back, shoot wider and crop.

Yes, the 11-18mm at 18mm is less distorted than the 18-70mm at 18mm.

Wonka: The A550 at high ISO will blow you away. It certainly blew an ex-D90 owner away! Plus a swivel screen for hard-to-reach angles. Also, you would usually shoot food with flash, so there is no need to use high ISO...

shootkk: Interesting how you blend the shoe shot with the couple shot though I'd rather they be separate shots. I like how evenly lit the couple is in some shots, but wish the consistency would extend to all of them. I would crop #8 tighter though I love the 2-flash setup where it hits the bride nicely.

hkhk: Show us samples?

vcvx: Cute! I think I will go out and have satay for dinner. Then again the satay dude nearby might be raya-ing.

clivengu: Bring both, you'll be glad that you did. The A100 + 18-70mm + flash; the A700 + 50mm F1.4.

achew: There is one problem with shooting at higher ISO in low light - if there is a bright light say a lamppost, the camera will underexpose. When you bring up the exposure, you need to recalculate your ISO already.

You can only test high ISO with correctly exposed setting whether it is in low light or bright light.

MemorableStudios: The samples are found online.

http://www.lenstip.com/1753-news-Sony_Alph...ple_images.html
http://www.dcfever.com/news/readnews.php?id=3281
http://www.klubkm.pl/forum/showpost.php?p=...4&postcount=422

However I would wait for a production version model before sharing any samples!

clivengu: All tilt-shift lenses are expensive due to them being specialist tools.

You can shoot the 40mm in 4 shots and stitch them, to get a 20mm-like wide-angle (on full-frame.)

You'll only use the DOF Preview button on macro, mostly... but if you shoot macro you'd already know what aperture to use after some experience. So the DOF Preview button is not all that useful.

Yes, 50mm F1.4 with the A700, since the A100 gets to use the flash. You can switch midway if you find that the other way works better.

Ksano: Good advice! There's often nice ambient light, and not-nice ambient light.

hkhk: The A550 will be in Malaysia in October.

Looks like Sony IDC interprets Sharpness +3 differently...

talking about high iso..my hands were a lil bit itchy to tryout..

the first shot was taken at iso3200..."standard" creative style@ +1,+3,-2,+1...DRO OFF..long exp NR off...high iso NR off...

i could only resize it 3200x2133 from the orig(60xx x 4xxx)...somehow it would take me ages to upload the orig size(11mb)..well done streamyx..
huge image warning~

this is the 100% crop from the orig size AFTER noise reduction done in PP..

WOW WEEEEEE~~~~~~ awesome!
wat do u mean by lost lotsa details? keep it at max resolution then?? 
even if u capture by RAW.. u will still need to save it as JPEG for sharing purposes..

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Added on September 27, 2009, 10:37 pm
or u can use "bracketed" shots with JPEG..
choose either -+0.3 or -+0.7

Ahahahaha... now you know how difficult it is being a wedding photographer eh?

Here's some tips that I use myself:

1. High ceiling and no diffuser? Search for a blank A4 or any white paper, fold it in half and strap it to your flash head. Makes for a bigger area to bounce light off from.  Trying to bounce from a high ceiling is pointless and battery sucking. Don't try to be machine gunner to get your shots. Try to be more like sniper with one shot, one kill. Anticipate the events and be prepared. You can more or less know what's gonna happen next if you stay on your toes and keep your eyes on the couple and not on your cam. Try not to chimp too much.

2. ISO 800 on the A100 can still be used. Just try overexposing your shots a little. There's some noise but viewed full screen on PC is still ok. Noise will be even less noticeable on prints.

3. Even if you have a F2.8 constant aperture lens, you will find that you cannot use F2.8 all the time no? Group shots will need you to stop down a little or the narrow DOF will find some faces OOF.