The lens database.. http://www.dyxum.com/lenses/index.asp

hmm??u mean STF??

STD = Sexually Transmitted Disease
or is it
STF = Smooth Transition Focus?

This post has been edited by freddy manson: Oct 23 2009, 11:39 PM

haha working till siaw d, yaya STF

I just got my SAL18250 yesterday and these are my first shots from this wonderful lens.



















Btw, is this the right place to post photos? Anyway, feel free to leave any comments.

This post has been edited by lightning69: Oct 24 2009, 12:04 AM

nice photos....pss..the boat also urs ar?
ahahhaha
if so..sponsor all of us here one 55-200

i will post up sum pics of my 70 - 300 tammy.....
it has sum PF issues though...but good lens nonetheless

=.= wow, when side to side compare, the 55200 seem like bad lens >.< oh no, poisoned with beercan.... btw, i assume the sal70200GF28 would even have softer bokeh?

Yup! The 18-250 is one fine lens. Just don't expect miracles from it and you will be fine. It's a superzoom after all and a pretty good one at that!

I will be away for a week. Going to Taiwan for travel. Hopefully can come back with lotsa nice pics! See you guys in a week's time!!

shootkk, safe journey and have fun~ shoot more taiwan mei mei back worrr... (food shooting there is the best, as they offer many many type of good food~ )

I also wish the boat is mine.

Why 55-200? Is it better than SAL18250?

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Added on October 24, 2009, 12:46 amThe 18250 is more than enough for noob like me!

This post has been edited by lightning69: Oct 24 2009, 12:46 AM

Thanks! Taiwan mei mei ar? Oklah... will try to skodeng some for you lar...

Skodeng and snipe those "pinang" girls.... all in bikinis and see thrus....!!

ahhahaha... yesh!... my 70 -300 will serve that purpose also
ehhehehehehhehehehehhehehe

lightning69: I am liking the pastel-ish color tones and bokeh-priority of your shots.

ieR: Well, the 55-200mm has its pros like weight, size, focusing speed and minimum focus distance.

hinika:

Flare spreads out from the lightsource and leaks onto the rest of the picture.

Ghosting is a 180 degree rotated image of the bright light.

Poor filters cause flare, good filters stop flare.

Poor filters have a lot of ghosting, good filters have little ghosting (but I haven't tried any filter that has no ghosting.) So if you get ghosting, you will have to remove the filter!

jimlim007: STD dangerous wei! We're talking about the STF LOL.

No, the 55-200mm has a different look from the 70-210mm F4. I would not call the 55-200mm painterly; it's more harsh.

What do you mean the background of the STF is superb sharp? You mean, it is not hazy like soft focus lenses are? A Soft Focus lens does this:



This is from the Minolta 100mm F2.8 Soft Focus lens.



Here's one from the Minolta 135mm F2.8/T4.5 Smooth Transition Focus lens. Notice what happened to the Sony 300mm F2.8G SSM in the background - normally, you would see the OOF shape more blockishly with any other lens.

Compare the beercan and the 55200, I like the beercan more. It's more sharper and faster than the 55200.

I feel that when the 55200 reaches 200mm, it's performance starts to drop. I'm using my beercan now most of the time for portrait at f4. With that, i get the nice amount of DOF to isolate my subject from the background. NICE!

The 55200 is now inside the box untouched.

Apart from that, I'm just having WB problem with my A300.

Albert@ Looking at your pictures, is the 55200 that contrasty compare to the beercan?

longpants: The framing was different for all shots but I shot in Aperture Priority, multi-segment metering. It may be different subjects that give the Minolta a brighter exposure - the Sony gets KLCC as a background, while the Minolta barely does and has a human (which meters darker than the surroundings.)

Since you have both lenses, you could do a quick one out in the sun. Both the 55-200mm and beercan are indeed contrasty lenses wide open. I don't have the 55-200mm.

Oh I see. Because i notice the skin tone created by the beercan made them look like Alienish Green. It's nothing to do with the WB right?

Yup. Both Sony and Minolta are contrasty. Anyway, it's been a long time since i used my 55200. Since I gotten the beercan, its like no return for the 55200!

Woa.. over 48 hours oredi.. still STF poison discussion ah?

STF poison will never fade la. Imagine there's a CZ STF. HOLY COW. Super steam right?

the STF makes my prime bokeh looks like shit..