try ur luck for a700 used set...

85mm is longer so it'll be sharper if u can take the shots from a longer range, his/her body shots.. when she's running, etc etc
F1.4 and F1.8 wont give u as much different if ur still trying..
u should get one. but for IMHO, go for F1.8 and if u feels lke the range is comfortable to you then u can go on with F1.4 if u still think u need the aperture..
and, dont worry 50mm F1.8 sangat laku.. u'll be able to sell it later very fast..

haish went to Mid Valley CIty want sent my a350 for service but service centre closed...
so long try find parking, lastly juz sent to car wash...
Looks like cant "play" this week.. going ther next friday...

I see. Thx for the info.

I'm thinking of going back to the Sony centre and try to get the promotional package for the SAL50f18 which comes with the A550 camera for RM300. See see how..... 

Braindead_fr3ak/achew/V12kompressor : lol, thx 4 the corrections. I screwed up big time on that sensor thingy  Most probably thats bcoz i read on camcorders 1st b4 heading to alphas 

V12kompressor : haha, u've got a good point there. Too bad, i got no gf 

Kevinwcw : I thought of it too but i'm worried about the performance i'll get from the CCD. And that's why i asked the pros here 

Neo_lan : I wanted to wait for that model too. But, it seems like Sony had stripped off the tilting screen & smile shutter  [citation needed]

PS: thx 4 all the advice guys =D

you can try send it in at one of the service collection centre at The Curve, KLCC or Times Square.
They will help you to send it to the service center and hopefully by next monday you can get back your baby.

U meant this one 
free photo printer also 

~now just using my T900 only 

Yup. That's the one but Sibu doesn't have that promotion yet!!!!  They are still using the older promotion. 

singapore sony is not bringing in a450, wonder malaysia sony will bring in or not...

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Added on January 17, 2010, 1:20 pmand i tried out the a550, find that the shutter button is very sensitive...

U meant this one 
free photo printer also 

~now just using my T900 only 

V12kompressor : lol, seems like no matter what, a550 does come in handy =D

V12kompressor/neo_lan/kevinwcw : well, since im used to digital cams, i guess i need that LV 

PS: i read through the spec of a450...seems perfect xcept for the tilting screen/screen size/smile shutter/quick af lv 

u shooting wide open??i feel that its more on the soft side..might wan to step up a lil to get sharper image..also get the DoF deeper so that the flower would be focused better..composition wise i think its abit tight until a some part of it was out of the frame..

another thing..this is just my personal pref...i feel that there shdnt be too much captions in the picture..even if there is some words to put in..it shdnt take the attention away from the viewer(for eg..i'd read ur word first b4 i see ur photo...coz the words caught my attention first)...at the end of the day..the viewers shd understand the msg thru the photo..not the captions inside..

I did ask you all previously. Just that I was a super noob (and didn't understand much, and still AM a super noob) and the SAL18250 was under promotion so I grabbed that. I was thinking the SAL50f1.8 would be a cheaper alternative, then I can alternate between the SAL18250 and the SAL50f1.4.

Just a bit more poison for me  , would a 50mm lens f1.4 be much much better or f1.8 would be adequate....   (and why is 85mm better?)

hey, thanks bro, I'm using manual focus actually.. still learning 

shooting wide but not too wide

Sorry for the caption as I made it for my blog