well, habib, those jewelry, is rmxxx 'onwards', those with 3 figure, usually are 'IS' quality diamond, and color I and below. i saw the 0.57 carat, H VS2, call them up to ask bout cutting, G G G only, i am looking for VGVGVG

and habib, when u buy the diamond, althought its 200-300 cheaper, they will chop u when make the band(friend's experience)

my diamond will reach wed or thursday. will do some shooting to share, now researching how to bring out diamond sparkle

This post has been edited by ieR: May 1 2010, 08:47 PM

where did you order?
it'll be interesting and challenging to shoot the stone

This post has been edited by electron: May 1 2010, 10:16 PM

need to use jewelry stores those special light bulbs one. our normal ones cannot really make it sparkle.

that's why you see at store very sparkling, go home looks so normal...my experience lar..haha...

other people's experience may vary..

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Added on May 1, 2010, 11:06 pmwow! congrats!!! she accepted?

all diamonds are certified.

This post has been edited by zstan: May 1 2010, 11:06 PM

Alright guys, this is Sony thread. Refrain from spamming if you don't have anything to contribute. Next offender gets 3 days off.

vikingw2k : Chill la bro! XD

Everyone who has a Minolta 28mm : How does this lens perform ar? Can give me some poison? XD

I'm always chill, else few of them would be serving their holidays by now. Sometimes I don't really mind slight OT, but when things start to get too OT and the obvious ones still making themselves obvious, I got no choice especially when some of them start sending PM to complain to me.

From this evening concert at One U

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sigh, vacation here vacation there vacation vacation everywhere.. Old macdonald had a swine, ee i ee ai oh...
Back ON TOPIC, Mo0, i've got the minolta 28mm. Why u looking into that lens? The 'poisons' that normally come out from that lens are food photos. Using my mobile to type this now, see when i can get my hands on a comp that time i find some pics to see if u still need them.

I wonder, who complained...

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Added on May 2, 2010, 1:39 am
I like photo #3

This post has been edited by Banzai_san: May 2 2010, 01:39 AM

moo asked because someone is selling that lens in alphanatics i believe. i thought no more shopping for moo

waa now use macbook as song list....
anyway ier, try halogen light....those shops seems to have plenty of those around

row,row,row ur boat gently up the stream...merrily,merrily,merrily....take the head and smack against a tree....hiap dusshh!!!

some spam for tonite....





banzai_san : somebody who is jealous with our community la kot....

sorry Viking, and my apologies to the person who complain.

okay, stick back a little on the diamond, but with photography term~

now i officially turn my diamond topic to 'how to shoot diamond' and share the knowlegde i gathered so far from other people.

diamond, well, depend on CUT, it Will sparkle on its own, that's the beauty of diamond, and only the low CUTting diamond do not shine as good. shooting it directly under halogen light will have too much sparkle, u cant capture the 'cutting' diamond photography is about 'cutting' not just sparkle. even a nice cutting shot is better then a over sparkled pic.

when u shot it with flash, the sparkle might spoil the whole picture, best is to have the room naturally lit up (bouncing around) or have a light as low(angle) as the diamond from one corner. where it pushes the lightwave to the other side...

mmmm i will try it out then share it out to u guys, anyone has idea or contribution to share? maybe anyone who shoot jewelry or accessories subject before?

Viking. We now talk product shots. Hee.
Halogen lights. That's the way to go.
Based on what I see, talk only, no practical, maybe needs it to be diffused as well
not head on shine.

I went popular bookshop and saw there was. Rm60 book on how to do product shots
it's in Chinese though. Even I banana but still buy cos lots of pics of setup. Now thst would be v helpful kan?

Pssst: anyone still interested in the beercan? Minolta 70-210 f4? I still holding onto one and wants to let go. PM me please for fast deal.

ha ha ha everybody know mo0 kenot stop hauling.. whether its new or used, import or local.. its still hauling eh..
for any possible reason he's surely hauling eh..

angle is also very important.. never done that but maybe gonna try later. borrow my sis's diamond.. he he

i tried shooting before, albeit with a PnS back then
natural lighting i think won't cut it
you'll need more focused lighting to bring out the shine and subdue to background
white LED should be a good source IMHO

Wa ask also cannot? You guys ar. If I wanna get a prime also f1.8 and below le.

prime f1.8 and below?
u mean f1.4 and f1.2.. and below?
ha ha ha~

f1.0

@hokc77
thanks you for enlightening me on who on earth tokio hotel is.nice shots!