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~

Actually A100 still can be used... just that psychologically the lcd give me the impression that the photos are blur haha. I usually used it with my 50mm without flash. but if time allows, i'll still switch it to A700 because the slightly higher resolution n better noise control allow me to crop later.

Actually im not the official photographer... so i just check from the side.. what he did.. n I do some side candid shot... Yeah.. 3 Photographers i think will be most ideal. I think should set up a team among Alphas can work together next time


I usually use M mode.. & control the aperture n shutter speed let say i know the slowest shutter speed i can handle is 1/50 sec... then i set tat, n the flash to Auto..letting the flash to judge how much more light is required. One thing i find extremely helpful in the A700 is the Custom 1,2,3... allow me to set before hand. example...

C1 = iso 1000, 1/60 sec, F2.8, WB 5500k on my Tamron 1750 , with flash on.... usually for single/double candid shot
C2= iso 1250, 1/50 sec, F5.6, WB 5500k on my Tamron 1750, with flash on.... usually for group photo
C3= iso 800 1/60 sec, F2, WB 3400k on my 50mm F1.4 without flash.... for pinpoint candid shot.

Work tat way n It really save me a lot of trouble...

Yeah looking back my photos.. i would say luckily im just the backup photographer.. because i can get a lot of interesting shot from the side. n i can oso zoom in to give a more bokeh background/foreground. If im the main photographer infront of the bride/groom... im pretty sure i hv to use a wider angle.. and yeah many shots will be repetitive especially Tea Ceremony n it bcome the main photographer responsibility to take every each of them... while im just working on getting the most artistic view around ... i actually still can run around.. missing some of the tea session.



Love this one.. sharp n the colour n warm for my liking


i having both lens.... n LOVE THIS combination... they gonna be my favourite pair for wedding shooting of all time 50mm for the details. 1750 for the general...Not enough zoom.. i actually crop a little n is done.

Both my A100 n A700 i registered online fail. Have to call.. n its done in no time.

where is the 70300G??? if cheap i might interested. im not too satisfy with the beercan sharpness.

That is bad. But i heard that all the photos we posted in FB will be under FB properties oredi.. thats why my friend dont want to post his favourite shot in fb.... but without posting in FB is very hard to share photos with others... flickr doesnt work as good though it does maintain max quality...


Hey I wanna share a Wedding Slideshow i took for my friend.... but i not really know how to post the youtube video in the thread leh.. can somehow help?

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Added on January 5, 2010, 2:19 am
okey i think i figure out... this is my first attempt to shoot a complete wedding ceremony...(morning session)... & make a complete slideshow for my friend... for FREEE~ C&C welcome!
The worst regret is unable to capture the scene when bride n groom kissing in the bride's room...




This post has been edited by clivengu: Jan 5 2010, 02:28 AM

Wow you guys are late owl like i am hahaha...

Eddy cjlai: Thanks.. i captured 1500 photos and only filter 500 to give to the bride. and choose another 70+ photos out of the 500 to make into slideshow... 2/3 of my photos are junks hahaa.. wish can do better...

lildardevil: hahaha.. I love my tammy ... unless i change to FF only will get the CZ because of the distance haha. The F2.8 is excellent n sharp.. n gives the extra bokeh tat is important to throw away many distractions ( relatives heads + pns cameras + hands etc)

Hahaha. yeah... is actually the body problem.. long story... Sony really have to keep up with the quality control...But i do heard a lot of tammy 1750 F2.8 backfocusing problem before i bought mine.. so i thought is the lens problem... end up is my new body problem.. bad bad period of time during that time.. but now im very happy with my A700 + Tammy


u mean 50mm F1.8, yaya. it bcome very obvious if u like to shoot with large aperture. After changing to A700 body... i realise the 50mm isnt really very sharp at f1.4.. quite soft...


Thanks Finejava.. Lets show the general public Alpha can also do what N & C can do too!! hahaha

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Added on January 5, 2010, 2:09 pmyalo.. im getting sick of waiting the A700 replacement.. luckily din wait. i thought A750 coming out soon? FF?

This post has been edited by clivengu: Jan 5 2010, 02:09 PM

Like the 2,3 n especially 4.. very nice!


I love the composition n simplicity of the 2# one.... it will b better if the sticks are removed leaving the unique Batu stand out from the rest of the smaller rocks...

Wow did u took that? n pp the line?

Btw... interesting discussion on Cash vs CC vs Debitcard.. hahaa.. i only use CC for installment.. so that way... the credit limit will prevent me to further overspent..

Finally manage to upload my video on facebook & youtube. was removed twice from fb because of somekind of copyright violation on the music i used.. but was restored after i write to them. I repost the morning session video so it is a complete full day photos... im looking forward to do more of this kind of shooting... Thinking to do another four more shootings for free b4 im confident enough to start charging hehe. now i charge rm 50 just for my fuel allowance.. reasonable ?

Samuel & Wai Wai Wedding Morning ceremony:




Samuel & Wai Wai Wedding dinner:

Using Proshow gold... first time using.. Last time use the windows movie maker but the bad thing is couldnt render high resolution...

What Alpha Pro Shop is it? how come I missed the news....tell me more

My location in Damansara. Near One Utama Mall. Your wedding? CONGRATS!! Sure i'll be interested make me as the backup PG. but where is ur location? can pm me


wow.. enjoy yo! im feeling old oredi.. long time din club.

Any TT recently... ? Moo u planning to sell ur beercan ah? next time i wanna compare ur beercan n mine.. i still feel my beercan doesnt meet my expectation in sharpness at F4.. wanna compare with urs see is it because of mine not as sharp...

The 70200F2.8 vs 70300G... quite a hard choice for me.... mainly because of the f2.8 weight...

Very nice bnw... with sky detail...

As expected from hokc77 always share nice photo with us.. just one personal comment for picture 1. I will prefer it to compose with more room towards the bottom (where the reflection are)... so it balance up n draw more attention to the reflection which i believe is your intention in d photo... mayb can tipu brighten up the reflection slightly nvrtheless.. great shots! i wish to do this kind of shooting... any tips how to start?

This post has been edited by clivengu: Jan 10 2010, 10:38 PM

Ic..So only direct position that the Flash can use HSS up to 1/8000s.. No wonder I cant increase my shutterspeed when using flash under sunlight... last time i shoot potrait in PD. Learn something today



Very nice.. love ur energetic spirit! hahaa... did u manage to catch the bottle & the bag after it landed?? or directly throw down the hill..hahaha

Woa.. good thing u are all right.. but your poor accord... remember i tumpang your car last time..nice car.. but i think luckily your car is solid enough to take that knock.. if like a myvi (without a butt) .. i think it could be real dangerous to the passenger oredi.. The Satria is badly damage... omg.. hope the girl is okey... Accident like this really wanna avoid also difficult... i don understand how could that bully guy could stop his car n WALK to the fast lane? he wants to be knock over? really idiot.. should knock him down.


Scary.. but i think the photo shows is the break/steering fuid.. looking at the colour n the way it flows.

Yeah.. worth it ..hahaha.. worth every cent... n is cheap!

hahaha. yeah.. thinking to get 1118.... but have to save money this few months... early of the year is bad business for me..The main purpose of getting 1118 is preparing for my europe trip in July... still quite sometime..hehe.. was thinking shall i get the 70300G first... no no.. shouldnt be poisoned by any lens... arrrghhh

except for the last pictures.. the first three are kind a horrifying too.. in mood... white japan lady with laughing crown.. hohoho.. reminds me of some horror ghost movie..

WElcome to Alpha , Impulse Zaku!

What i heard is.. The IS/VR advantages is that.. it actually stabilise what you see in the viewfinder too... for SSS it doesnt stabilise what u see.. I think if want to test.. u can try get a zoom lens with VR n another zoom lens on Alpha n on the SSS.. zoom to lets say 200mm.. then try to hold it still... see if there is any difference... i nvr try b4...


Hahaha.. i have guessed so... usually photographer not in the photos.. btw another nice set of photos...

Oh.. is this true? okey will go install cs4 after i format my pc.. hehe planning to jump to win7 64bit + 1tb hdd + 2gb of ram

Wow.. tats scary.. your avatar look exactly like how u must be experiencing now... i guess u'll need to bring the lens for service.. do u have other lens u can try see if the same problem happened?

Very nice

Im trying to solve the colour white balance difference when using flashgun in a tungsten environment hall... What is the best way to make a colour gel for my F42? Can any1 show me how to make theirs? stick the yellow or orange transparent paper infront of the flash?