no. A700 is bigger. Have u looked into D90/50D before? i think almost same as these.

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what is that thing

lantern bug

STF ------>

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and the story:

The 135mm STF lens (more formally the 135mm f2.8 [T4.50] STF) is a truly unique lens. There is little information on this lens available on the web, and most of it is scattered, so this site is designed to provide a source of information on this incredible lens. Originally released by Minolta in 1999, and recently re-released under the Sony label (Sony took over the camera division of Konica Minolta in 2006), it's a lens worth getting acquainted with.

The STF is a manual focus lens, though designed for use on the auto-focus Minolta AF/Sony Alpha mount. It's engineered specifically to produce pictures with great bokeh (Bokeh is the name for the rendition of unsharp areas in the picture). When an image displays good bokeh, it is characterised by smooth transitions between sharp and unsharp areas... bad bokeh includes lines being doubled when unsharp, donut or hexagonal highlights. The 135 STF creates smooth, aesthetically pleasing out-of-focus backgrounds that make sharp-focus subjects stand out more vividly.

The STF (Smooth Transition Focus) telephoto lens incorporates an apodization optical element that distributes light rays to create smooth, aesthetically pleasing bokeh. The apodization element reduces light transmission by 1.5 stops, so actual brightness (transmissive) is expressed as T4.5. Manual exposure ring enables precise, continuous adjustment
from T4.5 to 6.7.

This post has been edited by jimlim007: Oct 25 2009, 02:16 PM

great info there jimlim.. so basically i can say STF lens is a bokeh lens.. correct?

stop stop
the Christmas light bokeh is so nice!!!!!

still the STF poison eh..

New family member added







So guys organize TT flash for noob

awwwwwww...anyone saw a 2nd hand set?? >.<



@mcline
congrats on the new hoot~! btw...the last photo like got a lil bit motion blur

dont think got ppl will sell it unless the person jump ship

achew cannot resist oredi..... hahhahaa.. d more u try to Resist the harder it will be... dont hold back! Release your desire & fullfill your Hunger~! wahahhaa

on the very least...i should look for 2nd hand set..hehe...more specifically..2nd hand set in malaysia..coz SG 2nd hand set is close to msia new set price..1.4ksgd vs 1.5k sgd..lol...

@jimlim
who knows..maybe ppl need funding for other stuff like FF..70200G..blablabla =p

achew. Year end i going SG le. If can tahan I can help you buy over here le. Should be cheaper right? The F58 I meant. (:

nope.. he's talking bout the STF lens lar Mo0

Oh oops. SG price cheaper than KL? Whatever it is I can still get for you ma. (:

seriously, i am the one just want start with beginner level and totally do not want spend my money into photograhpy stuff... but day getting longer and longer, by seeing the picture post by Amadeo (the Tulip flower shot by minolta 135mm f2.8) until the STF Dual aperture lens, my heart touch by both picture output

Warning! Poison photo detected! Closed your eye if you do not want to be affected !!!


i not sure what lens/camera will out by 2011 Q1, i will have around 6-7K that time and finish my part time study. not sure that time the STF or others will have price reduce or like achew say... a lot second hand STF

This post has been edited by jimlim007: Oct 25 2009, 07:08 PM

dont worry bro..
photography is not all about getting all the gears..
its about the pics that u take..

so take and take and take more pictures..
and hopely someday u'll get the chance to buy new gears, lenses, flash, etc etc etc

true, i know too. and fact is fact too... if you tell me km 50mm f1.7 can have that flower quality picture 95%, then i am okay. Problem is Km 50mm not capable to some thing beyond its capability just like STF painterly bokeh, i dont think ppl (eg: achew )can resist it if the person (again achew ) really like bokeh

Err.. SONY Camera BODY & lenses & FLASH are cheaper in Malaysia..
Bag, tripod and some accessories are cheaper in Sg.. what u want ?
If U take flight, u can have the 7% GST rebate, then price in SG is cheaper.