cause i feel it a bit soft at 1.4, or is my hand shaking? 

u forgotten that, the promotion for A550, they give u a photoprinter, that worth 499? or was it 599? that is, WOWWWWWW..... &#%$!< aiyo, the A7xx haven out, they poison us with printer summore... how? grab A550 or wait? LOL

buy ND for the 50mm prime?? i think u are the only one....quite creative way...

Dont think its THAT suitable le. ND normally for landscapes le.

ND is mainly use in landscape shooting to block lights in and make a few stop for the camera...
means like i wanna shoot in f22 5 secs but without ND the shots will be overexposed...so ND will do us a favor by reducing the lights coma into the camera...
then allow us to shoot in small aperture but long exposure time and will not overexposed the shot....
so if a ND on a 50mm means u need to shoot ppl using tripod every time...quite tedious..
i think CPL should do the job for u...

makes the color more saturated and cut-out reflections...
still it will reduce two-stop shutter speed....

If i buy an a550 standard package, do i need to prepare xtra $$$ for basic things like pouches, lens cap and straps? 

Does ExmorR really perform superbly compare to conventional CCDs?

PS: im seriously short of bucks here...gotto decide between a550 / a380  or wait for a450?

       

for me i will wait for a450 coz of the price....can foresee tht this camera body oni should lower than or equal to rm2000...y dont just wait a while...IQ should better than a2xx and a3xx....

50mm on FF damn suitbale for walk-around...

50mm on apsc is portrait lens dy....if u want 50mm FF on apsc...go for 28mm or 30mm...

chinese review for a450
http://dc.pconline.com.cn/pingce/smdfpcysr/1001/2022053.html