wow..nice macro photo there! ^^, poor bee...it's not its day.XD

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@Old Town Aman Puri

do your own research, find out what are the differences in all the camera that is within your budget. see which function you need, and what you don't need (but nowadays, all dSLRs are on par).

if u have the chance, try the different cameras yourself and see which feels the best for you.

i'm afraid i can't help you on that as the Kenko is not mine.
i don't have any proper macro gears of my own

when i get my alpha350 all the shops also dun suggest me to take sony they say it sucks this and that but once i bought it i fell so happy with and and never regret, and almost all DSLR are the same now maybe nikon is slightly better in term of the picture quality but who care about the little diffrence in picture.

one more thing that sony can beat the rest of the brand is the features, if u have friend using nikon or canon try bring them under klcc tower and see how they take picture,with alpha we just use live view and pull the screen then job done but they cant..

thanks, its an old picture though
submitted and won consolation prize from Sunway Photograpy thingy

try the cameras in your hand first... see if you like them. for around 2k, you can try sony A230, A330, nikon D3000, D5000, canon 1000D, 450D... while you're at it, try pentax k-x and olympus E620 too.

after that, buy 1 that u like the handling the most. there isn't any major difference in terms of picture quality anyway... especially if you r not printing your photos in poster size but only posting online in facebook, blogs or flickr.

use the kit for a while and you'll start to know what kind of photo you shoot the most, what kind of feature suits you most, what limitation that you dislike about your camera, what features you can live with/without... then only see if you wanna jump ship or stay with you existing kit.

aiyah then ask ur fren to buy for you lah..
he he u see everyone here have incredibly superb pics kan? (at least the ones they/us showing)
does it takes any certain camera brand to do that?
NO... and it stays that way..

if u prefer a230, and like it in ur grip.. then go for it!

the same like buying a car. if u can afford a vios. and u fell comfortable with it..
then, are u gonna listen to ur frens saying kancil is better because its cheaper and more variety accessories?

sleep on it dude.. make up ur mind.. there's a lot of reviews in the internet.. XD read 'em

this is lovely

Ahaks, ok then. Hand really itching for a macro lens. By the way where did you go for macro outing?

just got my 55mm +10 filter from ahmike last week..
it fits any lens with that thread size.. the SAL1870 or SAL55200

so if the kenko is 55mm then sure it'll fits..

go for macro!

Thanks i like d narrowing hallway like feel...

well i can say A230 is really not bad at all...i have friends using nikon D60 and canon 1000D and frankly when we compared what we shot,it's not much differences...but with my budget,which is d price of 2k that barely afford the other 2 cameras of my frens i can get more, a nice bag and other accessory for myself...but still u gotta hold them in ur hand to tell if u're comfortable with it...just my humble opinion

Cool. How much does it costs?

hehe thanks for the warm welcome..already registered at alphanatics..i bought my a300 from a forumer there actually
i would definitely join one of those workshops to learn more..but can onli do so after mid december due to exams haih..

hi there..when i first considered sony,my frens too advised against it..say canon and nikon more established and lens cheaper(50mm 1.8),but i see those pics posted in this thread and compared to those in the canon and nikon thread i just cant help feeling that the pics in this thread are awesome..and they are taken by sony dslrs!!

anyway heres wat i think,since the a230 is a comparably cheap entry level dslr..u could just go ahead and get it if it attracts u..u can sell it off without losing too much if u realize u dun like it after some time..go to some shops or sony centre and try out d a230 cukup cukup if u think its ok for then buy it!!

so far this two days of playing around with my a300 i think sony aint dat bad afterall

send my 1680 to service dy....they said 7 working days to get it back...dunno true anot??

i wouldnt say you're wrong about the statement, but you have greatly mistaken, photos no matter how good or bad it is, is taken by the homosapien holding the camera and NOT by the camera itself. the camera is a tool, the same goes, you credit leonardo da vinci for the mona lisa, not the brush that da vinci used to paint the mona lisa...

extension tube is not a filter and it does not depends on ur filter size.... in fact it will increase ur magnification power w/o loosing much in your IQ.... bcoz it does not contains any glass inside.....

http://www.edbergphoto.com/pages/Tip-macro-tools.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extension_tube

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Added on November 22, 2009, 10:16 pmthis one is nice

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Added on November 22, 2009, 10:18 pmmost important is u r the one using the camera not ur fren..... go try it out and trust ur own feeling.....

This post has been edited by cjlai: Nov 22 2009, 10:19 PM

just helped my friend to purchase an a550...the 7fps is really wow~~ hahaha...and i think the HDR thingy is kinda fun too..but what i dont like..or rather not used to it..its the buttons layout..and the menu..lol..took me awhile to find out how to set those settings..

very true..

i was just trying to point out that sony dslrs are not as bad as wat others say bout it since so many great pictures are created using them..to some degree the cameras helped rite? however i do strongly agree that in the end its the pictures that are important and that the cameras are onli the tools to create the final product that u wan..

my bad

guys, quick check,
can any of our flash 9F36,F56,F42,F58) be triggered by other brand camera,
example, can a F56 triggered by Nikon D90...
thanks in advance

if u r good n creative photographer..u produce wonders even if u r shooting with digital PnS...if u know nuts about photography..u produce shits even if u r using Dx3..

i had to agree that the tools help to a certain degree(otherwise y would we buy dslr anyway)..but the biggest factor is stil the man behind the camera..