This post has been edited by cjlai: Mar 2 2010, 05:10 AM

EV = exposure value
flash lower or higher mean? the power output? if so, at the flash compensation (for pop-up flash)

Where to change it? I cant find it.. Isit under the Fn Button?
And what are the differance between those flash? eg, rear,fill,wireless and so on...

This post has been edited by junior5417: Mar 2 2010, 12:54 AM

what flash? build in flash? u can -2 until +2..

+1ev = +1 stop


press menu and drop down to flash compens. there u can set + or -

fill flash.. normal flash.. the shutter speed is fixed depends on your focal length

slow sync the flash will be added to the calculated normal exposure for ambient light (if u use the A mode)

rear sync add flash to the rear of exposure of normal exposure of ambient light (if u use the A mode)

wireless.. can trigger external flashes

hope it helps

just play around it is nice and good to explore


cjlai : more poison from 85 1.4? haha.. funding mode customer..

This post has been edited by nashakir: Mar 2 2010, 01:01 AM

nice links u got there... thx~~

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Added on March 2, 2010, 1:00 amguys... do u have any reference tat u all recommend for topics in lens specs? such as distortion n all stuffs... i getting dizzy the more i read other ppl reviews~~ i think i messed up my understanding toward that...

This post has been edited by eddybeh: Mar 2 2010, 01:00 AM

i think its easier if you read the manual that comes with the camera 1st before asking. you at least need to know the basic and the buttons, or else you'd be lost when someone here tells u to press this, this and that.. learn how to operate your camera from the manual. it should be fairly easy to understand.

any1 know how to disable strobe mode?
mind just become always strobe mode
even while in manual setting... full blast 1/1
or multi setting set full blast or 1/2

press test.... trrreeeettttt (bling2 nonstop)

don really get wad u mean..but i think u can choose it..just hold ur FN button..

Ok thx, Found the the change the output...
If i am using Munual exposure all type of flashes are suit?

lwliam : fully agreed...

Ksano : hold fn, go to C05, set Test1

junior5417: what do you mean all type of flash? for wireless? only sony flashes

This post has been edited by nashakir: Mar 2 2010, 01:26 AM

well... let say like this...
plug in the battery... switch on the flash... press test button... and the bulb flash in strobe mode.. aka multi flash fired in high frequency...
actually even without holding the fn button for 4 sec we can set it to strobe mode by select the multi mode.. the bottom most right one (other than TTL and manual mode)
set free as high as possible and how many time you want it to blink... (but higher level will make it faster to stop firing because insufficient power)

even if I set to full power 1/1 .. when I press the test button.. It still flash in burst mode..

Problem solved hehe
now I understand... fn for 4 sec... and the option testm test1 test 3 is the setting for test button...
testm = the test button will become strobe... test1 = fire once... test 3 = fire 3 times...



This post has been edited by Ksano: Mar 2 2010, 01:43 AM

if u intend to play with lighting...manual sounds easier for me...if u only wan a "normal" nicely exposed shot..use AP shd b good enough..maybe with some EV or exposure lock..

i think it'd b easier for u to understand the exposure trio and familiar with the function with ur camera first b4 u start exploring in flash..

i just made it into black and white adjusting the tones to taste, then played with the tones a bit to give it some simple colors using color balance.

achew: Cool, something new from you!

Banzai_san: I am always in Drive (High) which is 5 FPS on the A700/A900. If I had an A550 I might be at 7 FPS. However I'd still click only one frame except when you see a possible series of expressions (or when a lot of people are walking past the subject, they may block the subject.) Sometimes it helps with candids as people tend to blink!

cjlai: I prefer the tonality of the buds - they look kinda wooden.

Ksano: TestM = Test Modelling Light. So it lights up for 4 seconds and you can move the flash about to see where the shadows will fall.

Thanks for sharing your opinion on the "Drive mode" (ie Single/Continuous shots) guys.


Ok. Understood. No wonder photos of me (which were taken recently), my skin look so dark... I was wearing a white dress.
One tiny qn, is it the appropriate approach to tackle the problem above by changing the DRO setting to higher say Lvl 3 etc... to make the skin fairer (whiter) ? rather than adjusting the eV setting?
Is that a proper way?


Ic. Thanks for the info.
I think I will try to be more courageous in exploring and using "continuous drive mode". Maybe follow your style... ie setting my default Drive Mode to High. 4-5 continuous shots is quite a lot for me at the moment. So, the Speed Priority Mode (ie 7fps) I will leave unused at this time

banzai : ..u were wearing a white DRESS?... hmmm.. owh well.. similiar-ish like this person?


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Now, for some street shooting, not necessarily of the street portraiture variety!


I came, I saw.


A tribute to Cyanide & Happiness!


Shaded.


farex and I ended up taking a detour through Sultan Ismail, coming to the front of Hard Rock Cafe. The Opteka 85mm F1.4 is nice to street-shoot with although I do feel like I cheated because it is tele.


The target destination was Dang Wangi LRT station.


Finally, the view I was looking for! Vivitar 24mm F2.0 at F2.0 because I could not set the aperture.

Banzai_san: Yes, DRO would help!

I meant I was wearing a white dress as in baju melayu (baju selangor) dress laa...

Hehe....

Haha..... have to come with a warning : Anybody within 100 miles please don't look at the flash or you might go blind!!!

Hope they come up with bounce card for it.....

Haha.... it was a joke la....

Joking bro...... on the flash part, not the sibu part.....

guys,how much is the remote commander and flash off cable...???it this one cheap...???

http://www.mudah.my/Remote-commander-and-f...pha-5236284.htm