bro...i tried the DxO....can i know the way to get the most accurate default color?? coz i felt bit yellowish....

Which one has nicer IQ between Minolta 24mm and 28mm? Would 24mm b too wide ah? Cause I plan to change my setup to all primes. Optimus primes. Hahahah~

wonka : 24mm will not be too wide. It will be approx. 36mm on an APS-C so that is ok. I still prefer wider but that's just me.

I have no idea on their IQ though. Check out the reviews on dyxum.

hi albnok, well no budget for the new sigma at the momentlo, so can catch anything would b good........

wonka, i think i like the 20mm better, and also depends u use FF or APSC

I still want your 20mm. Sell to me when ur not using it anymore. Hahahahahah~!

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Added on April 21, 2010, 2:30 pmIm using APSC still but not planning to upgrade to FF anytime soon.

This post has been edited by Wonka: Apr 21 2010, 02:30 PM

The ceiling is not very high but due to the distance to the subject, when using ceiling bounce... the distance travel to the ceiling + ceiling to subject... that is quite a distance too.
I was using ceiling bounce + the F58 built in bounce card... I dont know if the built in bounce card was much help... but some photos looked OK (ie nice to my novice standard la)


Thanks for correcting me on the Estranged correct spelling
The original picture I shot the whole group... but unfortunately got 1 service waitress's head entered the frame... thus I purposely cropped thighter... hehe

Also thanks for the suggestion Minolta 135mm F2.8. I need to read about that lens. Sound interesting...

hey guys...when do we use a bounce card and diffuser? or when is a bounce more preferred to a diffuser?a bit confused on this issue.

A bounce card and a diffuser serves the same purpose - to diffuse the light hitting your subject to reduce hard shadows.

If you have a diffuser then use that. If not, you can fashion a bounce card simply out of a folded piece of blank white paper and strap it to the back of your flash head.

Most times it's better to just bounce the flash as it creates a bigger area of reflected light that will light up your subjet more evenly. Having a small bounce card when bouncing the flash will help to give your subject some catchlights in his/her eyes as the card will reflect some light directly onto the eyes as you bounce the flash.

neo_lam: Eh same lah like every RAW converter, you need to adjust the WB yourself.

Wonka: Since you're on APS-C, obviously even the 24mm is not wide enough for group shots in a crowded room! 20mm is wide enough to be close to your kit lens.

porkchop: It's still a good focal length and aperture!

Banzai_san: Given that your 16-80mm already reaches 80mm... telling you to look at the Opteka/Samyang 85mm F1.4 would not give you more reach. Just that you don't have to pump up ISO as much. The next longest bright prime would be the Minolta 100mm F2.0 but that is very rare.

If you still want a zoom, I'd prefer the Sigma 50-150mm F2.8 EX DC HSM II - it's light, 780 grams only, and sized like the beercan. The 70-200mm F2.8 lenses are all 1.4kg monsters!

while in the time waiting you, i finally figure out the settings of color and WB....
now trying its famous noise reduction....

This post has been edited by neo_lam: Apr 21 2010, 03:10 PM

It should b enough for a walk around lens rite? Cause 50mm is a little too tight. Hmm.

letting go my A700 & jump to 7D soon ....

might sell around 2.5k

y suddenly jump??

waaa alot of people jumping

kena poison

canon or minolta?

nonaC 7D.

Boring.

The Canon 7D and Nikon D300s will be the highlight of current APS-C cameras... until the A700 replacement comes out.

When will that be announced? I have been waiting. No news.

I already know how the 7D does video and their orientation-detecting zone focusing (which was a major disappointment), and how the D300s is. They have the same noise performance as the A550 by the way.

Compare that to the phase-detect-on-main-sensor patents that Sony have registered, and I would say potentially, Sony has a true APS-C video dSLR killer which gives smooth AF in video.

If you want jello shake (rolling shutter), manual focus video and jumpy auto-exposure, you can buy the EOS7D/D300s now.