damn i am in dilemna, should i get a uv filter or a giant blower??
this is for my 50mm f1.8

i notice the lens receeds inside so its likely the fingers might not touch them....so mayb no need a filter, but instead a giotto blower to blow  those dust which might touch it....what u all recomment??

SpOOkY: It's the color gamut. Purple is made of red and blue. It is plainly due to the camera's tendency to underexpose because it sees Full Blue (255) but and stops exposing there. If it exposes longer, blue will be clipped but red and green can come out.

Same thing for red - cameras tend to underexpose if it sees blown red, losing the green and blue channels.

You can of course pull out the missing channels.

One year later, a professional writes about the A900 he bought:

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/...-one-year.shtml

craziqbal: Thanks!

mcline_007: You can bring up the midtones in Levels and do a 22% 33 pixel USM.

clivengu: I can relate on the banana bit LOL.

But there's still another interesting 'problem'. After my wife set the camera to take pictures at 7M instead of 14M the filename for the files are now

_DSC1234.jpg

instead of the original

DSC01234.jpg.

Even setting it back to 14M mode doesn't make the files save as the original numbering. Any ideas on how to fix this little nuisance?

One year later, a professional writes about the A900 he bought:

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/...-one-year.shtml

just received a sms from sony service center about my flash not working. i call them and they claimed that the flash motor was spoiled. not sure what motor la. it cost me around RM490++....so i decide not to fix it

thinking of getting new flash then

HAPPY BELATED CHRISTMAS!!!! hahaha.. n oso ALPHA V35!!!  quite long din come back to check the thread oredi.
Just complete one job (no pay) taking my friend's wedding yesterday from morning 6am to 11pm... now legs are in pain cause squat a lot.. n my right hand is shaking...Good experience though.. i have been waiting for this kind of experience for sometime.

I am just the backup photographer. The main photographer is a more experience canon user, groom's relative. So many time i have to give priority for the main photographer n Videographer... & there are time when i missed the best moment  I missed the part where the groom finally manage to enter d bride's room!!!!.. i totally have no room to squeeze in.. but seeing how the main photographer guide the couple n ready for the each important moment...really good thing to learn... Im just a bit upset I dont know how to speak cantonese.. is hard to tell people what to do in mandarin.. (like weird) communication problem...

The night dinner in restaurant is still tricky with the lighting... still couldnt get the exact right way. I should get myself a colour gel.. Now i get all weird weird inconsistent white balance.... Luckily got A700 manage to push my iso up to 1000-1200 to cut down the need of flash power...

I brought my A100 along too but end up not using it... cause feel like all my photos taken r Blur, i think is the lcd resolution make me think so... n oso iso performance..Only can use 50mm f1.4 on it. So I carry my A100 with me so i can swap lens when needed.. i think i need to get a lowepro lens side pocket next time.. most of d time i just put my lens on the table n everywhere after i changed d lens.. so dangerous....

Really wish to take more wedding photos... any 1 needs backup assistant can ask me... for free 

Will post some photos here to share after im done editing them all... got almost 20GB of photos...1500 photos~ 

sonyx: Send it to the service center, seriously.

SpOOkY: Refer here; you most likely can recover the colors:
http://www.glaringnotebook.com/default.asp?id=1313

Clive, I too not good in speaking cantonese and had minor backup photographer experience for Chinese wedding. Having use A300 on Aperture priority is quite suffering and in the end I resort in using full manual mode for everything (including flash)

Come to think of it, it's actually quite fun to be backup photographer as we don't have to follow the bride and groom all the time; but can move more freely, taking pictures of 'heng tai' and 'chi muis' while the bride and groom were in the tea ceremony (where by main photographer handling it). That's where most of the interesting items happening with heng tai and chi muis. Tea Ceremony was quite boring and repetitive

sonyx: Er... I would rather get the F42 or F58, really... the F42 is a slight downgrade but I like how it is smaller and has more accurate flash exposure. It also recharges much faster after a full blast (4 seconds).

SpOOkY: As I said - overexpose! You'll see it all coming back.