My turn!

wonka, I got mine RM310 from GOPS in lelong, COD at my house
i notice alot seller now selling them for RM250- rm280 do search them in trade lyn and lelong..u should be able to get good deal

for those who r still undecided whether to go for A550, photoclubalpha.com juz posted a hands-on review on tis model. check it out guys...

those who got the new A550 can compare with me did u all get Made in thailand or Made in Japan??

the reviewer is not happy with it..

hey nice product shot...~

tat day saw a 2nd hand sal 1118...
the front cap is wording "Sony" instead of yours alpha logo...

erm...can i said that this 2nd hand sal 1118 is a very old batch...
or just the seller simply change another front cap due to the old had lost....

I believe its the old batch le .(:

mainly due to ISO200 consistency n lack of MLU. i dun use MLU but i use ISO200 very oftenly. coupled with lack of steadyshot button, my option is to look forward to A700 replacement. but, A550 did score marks on hi ISO, AF, HDR n manual check LV.

u mean this cap??

wah..so many ppl hv UWA..lol

Yarlo, its like UWA buying spree.. Damn.. I wish I had the money.. haha..

BUY BUY BUY!...

for now my 16-105 is already my wide angle lens. so, UWA poison shield is still up..

but my camera body upgrade poison shield is seriously down... kenot tahan the poison...

a550? a850? or a7x0?.... hopefully the a700 replacement model comes out before the end of the year...

This post has been edited by Braynumb: Nov 19 2009, 09:26 AM

ya,excatly this 1..
wats the different with the alpha front cap???
earlier batch???

not sure myself
but the box is silver and orange..
my 18250 box is white and orange..
not sure which one is newer batch..

v1rtual: I would rather get a F58 + F42 for studio use. The quick swivel is of not much use on a light stand. The strobe function doesn't work wirelessly. The F42 is also smaller and lighter, so it makes a good backup for shooting events.

However, if I wanted 3, I would get a F58 + F58 + F42. The A700/A850/A900 can use one F58 on camera to control three groups:

CTRL (on-camera)
RMT (off-camera group 1)
RMT2 (off-camera group 2)

The F42 has no custom function to select whether it is in RMT or RMT2 so it is always in RMT.

The F58 has the option so it can be in RMT or RMT2.

Obviously, in order to have 2 off-camera groups, one of them needs to be in RMT2, and it can only be a F58.

So:

A700/A850/A900 + F58 in CTRL+ mode, power set by the CTRL ratio
F42 in WL mode, power set by the RMT ratio
F58 in WL mode in RMT2 group, power set by the RMT2 ratio

The only time I can imagine having two F58s (or a F58 and F56) is for event work, where I use the Sony FA-EB1AM battery pack and need to flash repeatedly quickly. It takes 6 AAs and plugs into the F56 or F58, to enable faster recharge times. I would say a 1/1 blast goes from 3.5-4 seconds (without battery pack) to 3-3.5 seconds (with battery pack). Of course, if you point direct you surely will not use a 1/1 blast.

Kul | Mo0: If you can ever come down to Laundry on a Thursday, I could get one of my friends with the Sigma 30mm F1.4 to come over and you can see what it's for.

achew: Congratulations on getting the effect you wanted!

Soony: Oh, but the Sigma 30mm F1.4 has superb contrast and color wide open! It even looks great on FF despite the vignetting.

lwliam: Happy birthday! And get yourself a Tamron 10-24mm F3.5-4.5 if you need the range and aperture. The argument of "I'm using one you should too" could come from a Canon/Nikon buddy.

Tamron 10-24mm F3.5-4.5 DiII versus Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 DC versus Konica Minolta 11-18mm F4.5-5.6 DT

signither: Silver trim is old batch.

albert: its very tempting, but it's still an RM300 difference. with that, i can use to get a CPL for the big ass 77mm thread. furthermore, the 2nd hand im referring to is a showroom unit, so not exactly battlefield scarred just yet.
the aperture, well, could or could not make the difference, but hey, life's not always fair LOL.. i'm meeting up the dude tonight to COD on the 1118, so we'll see.. if i manage to get it, i'll do the 'product shot' of it tonight itself

Guys regarding the A550 body at RM2300, it seems the shop is not offering it at that price, so the forrumer at photo malaysia is one lucky guy, the current pricing is as follows.

rm2620 for body
a550+ CZ1680= RM4670
a550+ SAL18250 = RM 4020

This is at Sony Centre UG floor Low yat plaza, have to look for Scott CHin

That day when I buying my UWA at Bo Eing, they showed me the Sony cap for UWA and I requested for a new stock. In the end they gave me the 1 with Alpha cap.

self-birthday-gift eh?
go go go for ultra wide!

// just got my +10 filter from ahmike..
but last night i perasan sumthing..
(almost) all the pic that i took, the color doesnt look the same when viewing it at the camera body but upon transfering to PC its the same as the real thing..

is it the camera's body fault? the LCD fault di? haiya...
cause i'd poke around to change settings but the color is still not as vibrant as the real thing
tried different ISO but still, the image color looks the same only in PC but quite 'dull' in the LCD..