Thanks..look like u love architectural shooting 

im a student who lives away from home. thats whats hard.

Nvm la I'll jalan jalan at the curve. (: Hope everybody will be there early la. =p

back from TT... fuh.. intimidated ...

ahahahha.. so got poisoned yet?.. i have just realized.. its the user problem on the kitties where i cannot get ultra sharp shots...

but of course, the tammy is good..

then again if u got loads of $$$ to dump around then CZ all the way mann..

that side talking about IT already...we still poisoning ourself....

hahhaa... and then change to business proposals and stuff.. 

lol.. first photo up also photo of me... aiyo.. haha.

the 'couple' shot was taken using 50mm 1.7... how much better/worse? that one is quite subjective... but price wise will be nearly doubled.. so i opted for the cheaper/slower glass, which serves me very well...

if only so....

if i get ur gf a 2k ring, she gonna get me a body same like urs?    heheheehehehe joking
Tainted: grab 50mm F1.8 (if u not planning for FF) for its 50mm, and F1.8 is enough, save the extra money to grab other lens... if u are bokeh freak, u can aim 70200F2.8

I think you should go for Sony's 55200 better 

depends i would say, let me give some enlightment.
do u prefer to shoot at night or daytime if it's portraiture? the answer is obvious:

if u prefer at night, the wide open F1.8 is what u need. stage show, event, low light, distance, natural light will benefit from the F1.8

but if u choose seldom to shoot at night, or u would use WLflash for night portraiture, and daylight... 55200 has better Bokeh at 200mm then F1.8 and nicer easier to control DOF. especially when u shoot at daylight, 55200 give decent speed shutter speed (then F1.8, where a lot of time will reach the limit 1/4000 and overexpose)
if money allows, grab boths.................... and a F58, and 1750F2.8, and CZ1680, and SP90, and 1118, and 70200G, and A550. then thats about it.

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Added on November 6, 2009, 9:22 ami find the video very erm,... funny, i dont like the way the guy talk, like we are in kindergarden...LOL, and 40% of the video are like trying to sell u things. LOL... anyway, it answer a lot of question people always ask, raw or jpeg, bounce or direct, F2.8 vs F5.6, AWB vs WB etc etc etc fast fast go watch...

*edit typo... later i attack the flash again... 

Tainted: The Sony 55-200mm F4-5.6 DT is the same just with a 55mm filter thread, same as your kit lens.

And yes, it would be optically better than the Tamron 70-300mm F4-5.6.

Tainted: I mean, the 18-70mm has a 55mm filter thread. So you could buy the same size filter for the 55-200mm. The 55-200mm is a fair bit better.