hi blur, congrat on getting A330 and welcome to the orange world.

may i know what is your purpose of getting an all range lens? i used to think like that too, one lens, cover all. but didnt i realise that, a lot of shoot are done with dedicate lenses. there are a lot of lens to consider.

to cut it short, SAL18250 F3.5:6.3 is the lens u are looking for, RM1999 from sonystyle, but can get a little cheaper on the street. and since u are new to photography, i would give u an advise, dont get desperate to shoot at night, the 18250 F6.3 is very 'dark'. if possible, i advise u to do a little research on flash too. (or skip everything and mark my word, grab F58, no turning back)

@.@ my fault? sorrrrryyyyyyyy.... but it was good poison bah...

well, 55200, bring to sepang is ngam ngam to shoot girls and everything else. 55 can shoot 3 girls together. and it has better bokeh then any 70mm to 105mm at F5.6.

13-140 design is too complicated. because anything bigger then 18mm is already troublesome to design. so we must be thankful that sony able to come out 2 16mm-??? zoom lens, both are superior lens.

A550 worrrrrrrrrrr.... ISO1600 worrrrrrrrrrrrr.... the speed gain is soooo much, easy easy shot nia at low light without flash, summore the processing, made the photo very bright and sharp one.

porkchop down, 1 down... 9 more to go... need prepare more poison dart already.... if manage to poison 10ppl, maybe sony discount me A550 at half price....

yup, u are on the right track, on other hand instead of 55200, u may wan to reconsider beercan for it's F4 constant

since u got the 50 F1.8, u should know how aperture helps in low light shooting, and 1750 is the right way, else, like achew said, 16-35 F2.8(although 35 is limited)

*edit: doubleposted.

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Added on November 6, 2009, 11:15 pmshoot one with DRO off , DRO auto, and DRO level3 / 5.... choose the one u like not everyone like the heavy dro

Porkchop: try find the glass type screen protector, it protects really well, wont get scratch like hard plastic, and its 100% see throught, and best of all, soft wipe can remove oil. summore it's harder to crack too

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sigh, i type a long reply then my IE crashed. forgotten what i type.

the photo is nice, the vividness looks good on my pc lcd. (achew, what u think? u using a mac )

the DRO, usually works better in the daylight, because the sun and shed have huge diff in highlights and shadows. so that is where DRO5 kicks in best. but while indoor, DRO dont do well, because of the minor difference in highlight (shadow all stay darks)... DRO5 will make the shadow area look wierd. so low DRO is recommended at lowlight shooting, so there is no one DRO for all, it's like u have to set it everytime u shoot on diff light situation (ohhh that why they include AUTO... hahah use it! the same reason DRO1 kicks in for night shot... daytime bigger DRO will kick in, dunno true or not, that is my experince from using A550, maybe sifu albnok going to shoot me for misguiding ppl again.. hahaha)

have u tested the HDR? damn SUIIII i tell u. for night, use around 1ev,.... daytime/light, use 3EV to get the max output.

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Added on November 6, 2009, 11:50 pmi DIY my strap...how? RM15 + few riggit will do. RM15 for a guitar strap. few riggit for the keyring and hookclips. walaaa... comfortable long strap...

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Added on November 6, 2009, 11:51 pmi cant show u the photo tonight, my camera with my friend doing a function...

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loud? i think is fast, not loud? i love the sound, to me is softer then my A300 which sound like a whole spring is trying to attack the mirror. lol

oh i recall what i wan to ask u to do,....
shoot one DRO off, one DRO auto, one DRO 1 /3/ 5 then compare side by side, daylight and shade, and indoor. u'll get the general idea which DRO to shoot at ur preferences.


*edit: i didnt use padding, the strap is long and big, A300 is not that heavy and the weight is divided anyway summore my strap soooooo colorful, everyone always look at me when i walk around... lol... i might wan to find those 'scout' pin to pin the strap.. and maybe blink blink my camera (gf's idea).... like stealth... LOL,... so next time ppl wont dare to ask, what camera model u using? ( i'll gonna BLINK them blind)

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john, nice toys! and niceee color!! 50 F1.8?? nice bokeh too.... catching up really fast


porkchop: well, if u know my story, i just brought A300!... okay joking,... i am unlucky that i brought a bad calibrated body. send to sony twice, they never did any calibration. so i took the case onto my own hand, open it up and calibrate myself(friends from miri, if u wan me to check ur calibration, come nudge me) now my camera got calibrated properly, now it focused really sharp, really really really SHARP, that it's like a new camera, and so it's like a new limit to be break or discover.... so it kinda kept me busy and anti poison is good.

but i did went to my local sonystore to molest the A550 kaokao... hahaha, but molest until forgot to take photo of it... hahaha, but still, A300 is just nice...

(food for thought: i walk around the street of photographer, infact, most of them are semi pros, they shot marvelous photoes... then i wonder, what body they are using. they are using 20D, 30D, 350D, D70, D40x, D200, all of them are older body and has terrible iso passing 400, but how did they creates the master piece?)

This post has been edited by ieR: Nov 7 2009, 01:05 AM

good job! hahaha DIY is fun, and VERY satisfaction then just buy buy buy hahaha, and u get to understand how ur gear works better

btw, where did u get the MCD band?
or do anyone know or have extra bands to sell? coz i search high low in my hometown, i think they just vanish overnight, cant find them in my town... totally extinct... lol

Albnok: yea, i assume the auto goes up to DRO3 max too

erm... the noise reduction algorithm is better then any existing alpha. use it! hahaha, u cant say its fair or not, because, every camera on the market, they use noise reduction also anyway... so let the noise reduction kick in and do his job wont it be nice to know that the high noise reduction did such a great job in cleaning the 3200/6400/12k iso?

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Added on November 7, 2009, 1:20 amA300 is Off, DRO, DRO+


the DRO+ i dont even think it's up to DRO+3 on A700

*edit: double posted

This post has been edited by ieR: Nov 7 2009, 01:20 AM

miri sarawak... hahahaha, i have one friend from kl told me those nike shop sell nike one.... RM35 for 2... what the....

and i recall last time the WWJD band sell for rm3.5 each... wat the...

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so quiet today, everyone went for workshop?

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rumor is rumor, wait till the official announcement.

JAG: welcome to alpha community. i cant help much, but as far as i know, 28-75 definately cant compare to CZ lenses. but it is a decent for fullframe i guess, you'll get what u pay. sigma and tamron in other hand, i never seen the sal2875, but i suspect that it is a copy of tamron 2875, need albnok to verify.

wow, very well done HDR, better then many who overcook thier beef... lol

and, the compose is great! 16mm?

11mm FF? or crop? so = 16mmFF? hahaha kidding. nice shot

she ate prawn pizza after she got BCG... lol. this happens, some people blood are allergic to BCG and the body autoimmune system attack the BCG. i have few pretty girls friends have same thing, i guess it happen to girls more?

i think u shot at iso above iso800 and activated the NR on high iso, thus it delays about 1-2 maybe 3 second on saving.

marco filter, not really, marco adapter like raynox, great. but best and superior still the whole lens itself.

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Added on November 9, 2009, 12:32 amwow, pic05 bad distrotion, but nice composition!

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ohh, unlucky for u for gotten a bad card. grab one new one then, there is alot other reliable and affordable then sandisk. i personally uses a cheap brandless one, but the speed is acceptable (test compare with sony's ori card, its about the same speed)

maybe he is talking bout u? since he doesnt know the guy in blue is u...

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Added on November 9, 2009, 1:19 amlol, this is what achew sees when he is sleeping and dooze off to dreaming....

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thanatos: dont worry, first 10k shot usually is spam.. stay around longer with achew u will learn how to do composition shots.

no ma, even me have to bow down to you, u always surprise us with crazy bokeh and nice compo shots...