thanks for the settings
will try it out tomorrow

bored.... go shoot sunrise... brb



mmm it looked over saturated isnt it?

This post has been edited by ieR: Feb 22 2010, 06:06 AM

i was reading the specs and hips about the a7x0..
very nice lah..
hope to get to see the HDvideo in action..

(hope the dual LiveView is better/still applicable in the video mode)

wow~~~ just 6 hours of sleep n i see 64 new posts... i'm rather attracted by the new CZ~~ keke....

Zeiss 24mm prime lens??!!!! Oh no! Now I dunno whether to get the 20mm prime or the Zeiss 24mm prime...

Sorry, been off the net for the CNY so missed all the excitement of the new announcements...

in low light condition on A550 DRO Lv.4 and Lv.5 wasn't so recommended because on the DRO level 4 and level 5 will increase much more noise and also color distortion

So in lowlight was good to stay the DRO Lv. on level 1 to level 3 as level 4 and 5 will increase more noise

woah...imma a slowpoke.
new alphas has already kick'd in.

why the smaller(not mini alphas) one looks so 'plain/empty'...

AVCHD...sony's favourite! One of the most troublesome format to be edited apart from H264.

wah been away from this thread already got the new 7xx series ya.

This post has been edited by Uzumaki NaruTo: Feb 22 2010, 10:46 AM

Lugia/Naruto, time to buy buy buy

This post has been edited by lwliam: Feb 22 2010, 10:42 AM

Halo everyone~ hmmm... i have few noob question here...
I'm using A380, 18-55, 55-250, and 50mm 1.8f lens

1. how to capture nice picture during night without using flash? lot of noise and it capture picture very very slow, wat setting i should use and how to set it?
2. the P,M,S,A setting how to use?
3. the manual focus how to use? and how to make the focus point clear bit?

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Added on February 22, 2010, 10:44 am4. why always no focus point then cannot capture pic zzzzz

This post has been edited by tmj: Feb 22 2010, 10:44 AM

See first how much does it cost for the 7xx replacement

@tmj : i think most of the questions you ask is inside the manual. While you wait everybody else answer why not read it up? Its better that way imho.

This post has been edited by Uzumaki NaruTo: Feb 22 2010, 10:49 AM

in the box the manual book seem din tell much d =.=" maybe i cant understand...

my ver. of answer:

1. use tripod. for your A380, highest with acceptable noise i would go is ISO400, 800 in certain situations. make use of your F/1.8.
2. u mean u've been using Auto mode all the while? temporarily forget P mode 1st, use A mode, set your aperture, then when u half press the shutter, u will notice a change in shutter speed, if u wish to use full M, transfer both the aperture value and shutter speed value to M and adjust from there. u will notice a bar moving left and right, the camera 'thinks' a proper exposure will fall in the 0 (zero) position.
3. manual means u need to turn the focusing ring to acquire focus. how to make focus point clearer ? buy A900.. BIG pentaprism = CLEAR view LOL
4. u also know how to say no focus point, then how can it take picture? the camera is not as smart as a human, it needs contrast edges to lock focus. if all else fail, use manual focus

This post has been edited by lwliam: Feb 22 2010, 10:57 AM

lol, cannot...juz got my a550 for less than 2 weeks...pocket drained, big time...

for the no.2
how to set both setting in a time? i only see can row the front botton by set 1 setting only neh =/ aperture and shutter speed how to set it both in the same time? =.=" the camera is on my gf there, she always use P or auto only and both of us still learning how to using it

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Added on February 22, 2010, 11:05 amsometimes i put something small infront of the table but the camera cant even focus it... need to pull the camera far abit only can focus... and the sky aso cant focus...

This post has been edited by tmj: Feb 22 2010, 11:05 AM

congrats lugia ... be sure to shoot like crzy

When you put your cam in M mode, the dial will set the aperture when you turn it. To set the shutter speed, you would need to press the AEL button and turn the dial (IINM - my a100 setting is like this. Dunno about the a380 though).

As for focussing you need to remember

1. All lenses have a MFD - minimum focussing distance. If object is too close to the lens, then it can't focus. You have to move back.

2. If there's not enough contrast on the object (e.g. blank wall or cloudless sky) then the AF would not be able to lock focus. You will need to use manual focus.

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials.htm
http://www.photography101.org/basics/index.html

Read them~ you need to understand how the Aperture, shutter speed and ISO works together in a triangle~
Remember~ dslr aint like your point-and-shoot compact digicam where it handles everything for you b4 you press the shutter button~

dude u really need to go thru ur manual again..it might b bored to read thru the whole book...but since u having issue with Av Pv M modes..just read the particular sections..it shd b easy enough to understand..at least the question in bold should be easily found in manual mode section..

for ur 2nd question..try what guoki said...try to understand the exposure triangle(iso/aperture/shutter speed)...the near/far issue was due to MFD..every lens has it own minimum distance to focus..if u wanna go nearer than that(without buying new lens)..u can try close up filter/raynox.....cant focus on sky??well..thats user issue and i thought lwliam just answered this question in his No.4 ?

p/s : btw..u can stil shoot if ur camera not focused..go to menu..change the priority to "release"..instead of "AF"

This post has been edited by achew: Feb 22 2010, 11:39 AM

Get both!