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

hmmmm UWA talk.... yummy.... i want one too!!

Wah... nice price for the 1680 set! waaaaa.... tempting la... hm... but notice that if I do get a550, it's going to be a love-hate relationship with it...
Chris! what're u waiting for! BUY BUY BUY!!!!

Whats with the love-hate relationship? Got some features stripped?

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..

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

duno wooo... somehow not to keen on LV... that's why I chose the a200 from the a300/a350 last time... also, I'm more in love with how the a100/a200/a700/a850/a900 body feel and looks in my hands... so, I'm more eager to know the price for the a700 replacement.

how i wish i have a simple live view on my a850..it doesnt has to be fast..or accurate..just let me have a rough idea on my focus on compassion would do..  TT_TT

sometimes even i willing to go down on the floor..but it either wet/dirty..or the space is too small.. >.<

Fellas , got one really noob question. When shooting in LV mode with external flash gun attached are there any way to 'trick' the LV thinking that we're going to use lower shutter speed so that we can view the composition at the LV. So far if indoor shoot try to use LV (shutter speed 1/80 f5.6) In LV is too dark.

If there is a section of this explanation in the manual i am truly sorry. Tried looking about this in both of the manual. But didn't find any (or so i think :\ ).

change to shutter priority use slow shutter..u should be able to see something...thats what i always do..when shooting danbo with flash...99% im shooting in manual flash power + manual exposure on my a300...so i couldnt see anything from my LV...i always go go shutter priority to check my focus n compo..den back to manual to shoot =p

Bro, live view on Alpha cams can be switched off via a simple button only.....

I oso rarely use LV on my A300, but its very useful to capture images at very strange angles (i took a street view at the grass tip level, u cant do that on OVF unless u lay prone on the grass in the middle of the road)... need to find that pic to explain, but i think u get what i mean...

So, apart from the live view which u totally dont need to use (but nice to have when u really need it), whats stopping u?? I dont think the replacement A7XX will appear before end of the year.... and no indication on prices yet either...

hi bro..wanna ask something about lcd and the colour....somehow my A550 the lcd display things more vivid than on my laptop lcd (I cant calibrate my laptop lcd but i assume it's as close as the real colour) Maybe can I show some bro's here and see if u see my problem??

Problem =  A550 LCD shows pics more VIVID than the actual picture displayed on my computer

I have taken some pics using my T70 to illustrate what I am trying to say.

Pic 1 = Actual pic from A550 (beautiful isn't it?)


Pic 2 = Taken from T70 the overall pic


Pic 3 = T70 point at A550 LCD in review mode (the same pic review as in Pic 1 above)


Pic 4 = T70 point at A550 LCD in review mode (with FLASH on T70) - this pic seems to show/catch the VIVID-ness that I am seeing

Overall the pics from T70 is almost as close but maybe about 10% +/- in colour variance.

ah.. just got myself a beercan yesterday (Minolta.. not Heinekien)...