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~ 

mind sharing why isit suffering to use A mode on A300?

i like the colors

i think u shud understand how ur A/M mode works with flash.
i am one that will always recommend M mode if you are using your flash as the main light..
however, for daytime fill flash, i will recommend one to use A mode...
just a personal preference perhaps..

wha7ever: You can enable Manual Power flash while in Aperture Priority - it's a custom function on your F42. Refer to your manual on how to activate it.

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.

coolio2199, be careful about filter. There are a lot of Cap Ayam filter in the market and the shops will try to con as much as they can with it.

For SAL1870 filter, I wouldn't spend anything more than RM50.

everyone sure wan UWA... so 1635 F2.8
kitlens?  F2.8.. there goes 24-70
tele,... 70200G...
need flash also lerrr... F58 + F20 to trigger it for WL ^^.

A850 cheapest in market....

20k? sure or not

wha7ever: I do think so at times, though if you want a 16-35mm/70-200mm combo you'll probably be looking at 2 bodies.

p/s: oh ya..suddenly remind me of something ...for those who frequently shoot wedding here...did u sign any form of "contract" with ur customers?stating whats included in ur package..and the rights of the photo belongs to which party...i dunno how it works in msia but in singapore..the moment u accept payment from the couples..be it 1dollar or 10grand..the rights automatically belong to the couples..and u shdnt publish their stuff unless there was an agreement made....i know not much people care about the rights thingy..but just wanted to know how things supposed to go..

Number 7 and 9 is somewhat draconian imho. Dealt with candidsyndrome during my wedding and they don't have this clause. Once everything is paid they give me all the full sized photo. Its better that way to me. so i can have my wedding pictures as computer background or whatnot.

i'm sure not often that wedding photographers use rule #7

To be fair it is up to the photographers.If he's a 'god-like' kind who turn everything into gold why not right? and its the markets that decides whether they want to choose them based on the conditions.

yea..if u have the demand..u can affort to put in any clauses u want..lol..afterall sometimes the more demanding u r..the more ur customers think highly of u...LOL

but those r for business-minded photographer...if u r those intrinsic photographer..u'd probably be happier if the client truely loves ur work..price doesnt really matters as long as it wont starve u...art > money at any time..lol..

both have their own market segment i guess..