ayyo, now you have made me worried
Im not sure if it is too strong than what used to, but before I didnot even notice any vibration.

In KKinabalu got sony service center ?


yup, so many POV
but at least Im doing it slightly different style than what I usually do with a snap and shoot camera
/me still trying to broaden my style, bit by bit... slowly but surely la.

Im still long way to go from the way those abstract photographers style.

I see.
I was not aware of any "trrr" sound and vibration when turning OFF my A550 before. I just notice them last nite... that's why so worried
But the trrrrr sound not long. Just a quick short trrrr and vibration. I guess its normal
I will try to visit sony shop in KK and try their A550 to see if there's the trrrrr sound and vibration when turning OFF the cam.
I might also bring my A550 to sony service in KK afterwards la

Does these things happen to other alphas too?

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Added on February 27, 2010, 6:32 pmsigni bro, nampak macam a holocaust... kena nuclear bom...

This post has been edited by Banzai_san: Feb 27 2010, 06:32 PM

Nice one fas. I like the picture very much.
IMHO it captured one beautiful moment of the Maulidur Rasul celebration... ie children eating
very typical in Malaysia, makan pakai tangan dalam tapau (polysterine container)

This post has been edited by Banzai_san: Feb 28 2010, 12:09 AM

Thanks bernama and wingster, that is very comforting to know that most problably the "trrr" sound of my A550 is normal
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Some flower spam... Location: Butterfly Park, KL.
Im still familiarising my A550 and learning to shoot simple objects
Donno the names of the flowers...



This post has been edited by Banzai_san: Feb 28 2010, 01:21 AM

Thank you for your comment.
Your mentioning the red, blue/green color is something new to me. Will have a look.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Me learn something new

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

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

haha... nice one
btw, is the photo underexposed ? I usually get photos of me like this.. ie skin color look too dark
Any advise ?

get the tammy

Nak tanya sikit la...
Do you guys (gals) often meddle with the Drive Modes (ie single shot, continuous shots etc) ?
For example when you go street photography or snapping photo of kids, pets etc... do you usually use continuous shots ?

Im coming from film photography background still finding it "uncomfortable" to use multiple shots... feel like "alahai, sayang nya nak buang filem negatif" ... that is why I usually use just the "single shot mode".

Also, when you shoot say street photography or pets/children... usually how many shots do you take for one scene ?

This post has been edited by Banzai_san: Mar 1 2010, 11:10 PM

Thanks for sharing your experience achew & wingster.

I feel that Im at this junction of keeping to the old school culture of "always shooting in single mode" (and not filling up my MemoryStick quickly) and being more courageous and explore "multiple/continuous shots" style...

Ive tried shooting kids... and somehow Im not getting the desired expression/attitude/pose that I usually see from others beautiful photos.

This post has been edited by Banzai_san: Mar 1 2010, 11:57 PM

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

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

I like the shaded photo

#2 & #6

Groovy nya rambut ...

I like this one better...
Im no an abstract person

My turn to spam...


Settings:
S : 1/3s, A : F22, ISO : 200, f : 16mm

This post has been edited by Banzai_san: Mar 3 2010, 04:14 PM

Im still learning... but IMHO food photography generally is to make the food look delicious (although at times, one may want to shoot the bad side (or fault) of the food).

In my opinion, a good food should look fresh not pale (eg green vegis should look fresh green, not pale and rotten), colorful not bland (note: colorful does not necessarily mean many colors. It may mean for example a sate ayam look "golden"ly delicious, not pale yellow ... etc), beautifully presented not cluncky and messy (eg bits of food arranged in beautiful arrangement... not berterabur or for example in your picture, the plate look messy )

Maybe some other can explain more

p/s: pls correct me if Im wrong...

This post has been edited by Banzai_san: Mar 3 2010, 05:27 PM

I like this one

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Added on March 3, 2010, 7:53 pm
I think need some correct white balance... coz too yellowish
Maybe wait for sifus to comment
I'd like to read their comments as I can learn too

btw mastering89, thanks for sharing your photos here

This post has been edited by Banzai_san: Mar 3 2010, 07:54 PM

My amateurish food photos

Photo #1: Ubi penyek... common malay cake / kuih


Photo #2: Tanimbu ... Sabah kampung dish


C & C appreciated

You are right on the spot
The ubi penyek is messy. Some already eaten by my cousins/uncles/auties

The tanimbu doesnot attract me either. hehe... It is actually a kampung dish. A poor man's dish (macam "shepard's pie" for English folks)
Simple soup + fresh water fish (eg talapia etc... but here, prawns were used) + some sour fruit (should be buah bambangan muda (a wild fruit) but here using the belimbing buluh) . The old kampung folks used to (in the olden time) bring this dish to the sawah bendang and have it during lunch .


hehe ...
it tasted quite ok actually... some similarity to laksa penang... without the spaghette/pasta. But laksa penang sourness comes from asam keping. This tanimbu get its sourness from sour fruit.

Its my first time heard of Tanimbu dish... I guess not many city boy sabahan like myself have heard of it either.

This post has been edited by Banzai_san: Mar 3 2010, 10:20 PM