You bought a raynox? Grats =) haha..
Better prepare lo , after getting married you might not have a chance to spend on gears d =P

siggy, u still not yet tell what was your latest haul...

alex_cyw1985: Nice side light! It looks like the cat is curious to what the light is.

braindead_fr3ak: The VC version doesn't exist for A-mount but you don't need it anyway. If the VC version of the A-mount one has the Tamron micromotor then it would suck (the screw-drive 17-50mm focuses faster, quieter and more accurately, when comparing the Nikon F-mount original and New (for D40) versions.)

I believe there are some accounts of the Zeiss focusing faster than the Tamron.

You sure about the poor IQ and inconsistency of the Sigmas? Make an educated decision, go try the lenses out first!

The WB on the car is a bit off though.

gizmo_pony: Strictly speaking the A900/A850 has the best sports performance (dual cross sensors and a F2.8 sensor in the middle, which the A550 does not have.) Also has 11 focus assist points not found in any other Alpha.

bought raynox long time dy la
ya lor, after getting married, everything must need financial advisor's approval

later la i post some pics.. now in office lor

so A550 wasn't perform well at F2.8 for fast motion?

Haha.. wao.. cool.. so you better buy what you want to buy now.. haha
I didn't quite catch up with this forum for quite a long time already. paiseh

Anyway , does buying from australia cheaper or buying from malaysia?

wingster: It does not have an F2.8 sensor, for greater accuracy and focus-finding with F2.8 lenses.


The A550 has 30% faster focus and 30% better accuracy than the A350 according to this Sony presentation by a Sony Singapore representative.

However the A850/A900 has 9 AF points, with 11 AF assist points (hidden, only active using Wide Area AF) and a two sets of cross sensors in the middle as well as a F2.8 sensor.

The A700 has 11 AF points, two sets of cross sensors in the middle, and a F2.8 sensor.

So that makes FIVE sensors in the middle for the A700/A850/A900. (Canon's maximum is 3, while Nikon's is 2.) My A900 is definitely better at AF-C tracking than the A700 - the A700 can only properly track using the center point since it has five times the power. However the A900 is helped by the invisible 11 AF points placed in between the 9 AF points whereas with the A700, if the subject is off-center but not touching any of the other sensors, it will struggle.

ieR: Er, where are these claims of the A550 having the best AF coming from? It is definitely better but not the best of the Alphas.

not sure wor.. left aussie long time before started photography

Well I just started mine.. haha =)
Anyone here in australia also?

i'm so noob

After using my dSLR for more than 2 years, i just realised yesterday that when i do manual focus, i can use the "round dot" in the bottom of my viewfinder for focus confirmation. no wonder i suck at manual focus

I think you need to read back your manual

Can someone enlighten me on the Performance and IQ when using the 70300G with the a850?? enlighten me pleaseeee...

that makes 2 of us... im worse, 4 years......

really??? then that makes 3 of us! there's a focus confirmation dot in the viewfinder??? didn't know that!! Seriously...

So, if we use the STF/Samyang Lenses (8mm f3.5/85mm f1.4 with chip mod), we can use the dot to confirm focus??

AWESOMENESS!!!!

This post has been edited by Braynumb: Feb 11 2010, 12:04 PM

what dot? haha.. tho ive been using mine for 6 months.

My first contribution.
Took these shots at MidValley ~ 8:10pm. Chinese trapeezes putting some nice show

C&C pls.



No PP. Only cropped and resized.

Braynumb: Yes, the dot can be used with a chipped MF lens.

Bear in mind that it is not as accurate as you'd like it to be - the tolerance for 'in-focus' is wide. I find I prefer coming from the MFD side and shooting the moment the dot comes in. Your results may vary.

for MF, i usually calibrate my OVF corrected to my eyesight, then manually focus till i reach the focus that i want.

in view finder.. the one dot at the bottom left screen... it appears to tell that subject in focus...

gosh.... wakakakaka

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Added on February 11, 2010, 12:20 pm

the no 6 picture... the guy's face expression... priceless ghehehehe.....

I guess freezing the subject with higher shutter speed is better for my opinion

This post has been edited by Ksano: Feb 11 2010, 12:20 PM

there is a GREEN Dot....

in AF, it show ((o)), when in focus confirm it teetee with only the green 'o'.

when in MF, the ((o)) dissappear, and a MF word appear, when infocus confirm, the green 'o' appear.


opps, why not? especially the face detect in LV mode (hahaha joking, but if the LV were to take into account, wont it get more points?) (i kena scold adeee >.<)

one more thing to ask, since the A550 AF sensor is in box shaped, meaning it detect the contrast in vertical and horinzontal rite? instead of older AF sensor which is | and \ / shape....? doesnt that helps a lot more?