u shooting in macro or shallow DoF ?? usually small shaking by our hand(motion blur) shd be caused by slow shutter..so nomatter u AF/MF..slow shutter is still slow shutter..it wont change....unless ur blur = out of focus??

maybe u shd post a "blur" shot here so that we can understand better..

28th February 2010 a bunch of us were down at Signatures Food Court at KLCC for some geeking out!


Left to right: Peleng 8mm F3.5 circular fisheye (M42 mount), Samyang 8mm F3.5 diagonal fisheye (A-mount, APS-C only), Minolta 16mm F2.8 diagonal fisheye.


Here's my Opteka 85mm F1.4 on the left (which is really a rebadged Samyang) and the Samyang 8mm F3.5 diagonal fisheye with the lens hood.


Peleng 8mm F3.5 circular fisheye on the Sony Alpha 900.


Samyang 8mm F3.5 diagonal fisheye on the Sony Alpha 900. The lens hood forms the APS-C coverage rectangle.


And then, we went for Szetoo's Introduction To Travel And Street Photography Talk!

I have to say her pictures looked even better projected for some reason. Inspired, we set out to go outdoors to street shoot (but that will be in another post.)


Iqbal through the Minolta 50mm F1.4.


farex (sorry didn't get your real name).


It rained heavily so we resigned to another Teh Tarik session.

Left to right: A300/A350? with imitation A300 battery grip; A300/A350? with Sony VG-B30AM battery grip; A550 with imitation A550 battery grip; A700 with Sony VG-C70AM battery grip; A900 with imitation A900 battery grip.


And of course, the shot you guys have been waiting for!

This post has been edited by albnok: Mar 1 2010, 03:45 AM

some FE for show (not for C&S lah )




taket at sunset.. here it's 6.20pm




silhouette tidak menjadi coz.. the sky is still blue at sunset? eh?

Luv this shot... all kepala senget... haha

Thanks for posting the pictures bro.

On circular and diagonal fisheye... I think I prefer a diagonal FE
nb: "think" meaning... still not sure

This post has been edited by Banzai_san: Mar 1 2010, 11:32 AM

i actually hv v short time to run up n take a few shots bcoz my family was waiting for me.... "accidentally" shot her... not my fren

LOL, thx 4 the infos. I think i've got the AF assist to work in extreme darkness. I juz disabled n enable the AF again. Not sure why, but the AF starts to work fine in darkness =D

Hmm, strange OVF. Gotto find out more about it...

is Sony SAL16F28 fisheye a circular or diagonal FE ? What about the Samyang 8mm f3.5

Not many reviews of fisheye lenses in Dyxum

This post has been edited by Banzai_san: Mar 1 2010, 11:47 AM

SAL16 is diagonal FE.... 180° angle of view on FF & 110° angle of view on APS-C

samyang has 180° angle of view on on APS-C.... can b use on FF with a small mode.... or can oso use it with 2x teleconverter

Albert..very nice set! ...why i become waiter la....
and i dont wanna know what is bro rapla doing AHAHAHH

braindead_fr3ak : Why your group shot seems OOF?

Guys, if I want to do off-camera flash using a wired cord, what options do I have?

Don't want to get Sony brand as very expensive.....

moo : ... i think the center is in focus-ish... the sides are not... hahaha...erm.... i was inside the picture...was "sumone" else who took the shot..ahahahah

you can go to ...here
which is the Octopus FA-CC1AM+CS1AM Off Camera Shoe Cord For Sony alpha one pretty cheap alternative

This post has been edited by wingster: Mar 1 2010, 12:27 PM

That's what I want! Thx!

Using off-camera shoe cord also considered strobist ka? I wanna do strobist.....

seems like u have plans on upgrading ur flashgun

I wanna get the F58 for wireless flash but thinking to get the cheap shoe cord for testing first.....

lol, gratz, u jumped to the next level already... no wonder u say sony's price is friggin' expensive =D

freddy manson: I like #1.

Banzai_san: It has been slightly de-fished; the original has my head even bigger and the rest smaller.

I prefer a diagonal fisheye myself, as a circular fisheye is much harder to use as it is much, much wider!

Most fisheyes are diagonal except the Peleng 8mm F3.5 circular fisheye and Sigma 4.5mm F2.8 EX DC HSM circular fisheye.

cjlai: No need; the A850/A900 has APS-C mode, and the lens hood is useful for seeing the APS-C framing. However if you want to use an APS-C lens at 24 megapixels you can attach a 1.4x or 1.5x teleconverter.

I use my Peleng 8mm F3.5 with the 2x teleconverter to make it a diagonal fisheye.

braindead_fr3ak: LOL I was just testing the angle of view of both lenses.

This post has been edited by cjlai: Mar 2 2010, 05:03 AM

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