wish for bday boy... may you have prosporous years ahead... 8^)
hence can buy buy buy some more... hehe

waaah... many veteran photogs... pity Im not in KL
but at least I will be safe from bro ianho's Canon FF poison... hehe

F20 ??? hmmm... somehow I smell a FF Sony haul in ieR's near horizon

This post has been edited by Banzai_san: Apr 17 2010, 07:51 AM

Just got back from dinner function at 1Borneo, KKinabalu. Managed to snap some photos of Marsha & Felix.

Last nite's show by Marsha & Felix, at 1Borneo's Ballroom.

Photo #1: Marsha


Photo #2: Marsha


Photo #3: Marsha duet with Felix


Photo #4: Marsha


Photo #5: Marsha


First time shooting event
My lighting (flash) and shadow problem
me still not comfortable using flash...

This post has been edited by Banzai_san: Apr 18 2010, 12:46 PM

lunch date???
launch ke?

uih??? nice...
70400G ke?

hmmm... you could be right.
I should try shooting without flash
Thanks for the tip.

btw, luv your new hairstyle...

Pix spam...
Im still learning taking events photos.

Date: Apr 20, 2010
Venue: Magellan Grand Ballroom, Magellan Sutera Hotel, Kota Kinabalu

Dinner function organised by SAFA + singing from Nora, Marsha, Rich and the Estrange with Abu Bakar Elah as the co-emcee.



This post has been edited by Banzai_san: Apr 21 2010, 03:13 AM

using ISO 3200s.
Weird in what sense?

Im trying out some suggestions by some brothers on events photoshoot.

ie. 1- try using high ISO eg 3200
2- use flash ceiling bounce
3- try using no flash ie just use the stage lights...

I think Im getting more quantities of nicer photos than before eg less distracting flash shadows etc.

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Added on April 21, 2010, 3:25 am
on the weird noise... I dont have any idea...

This post has been edited by Banzai_san: Apr 21 2010, 03:28 AM

Thanks ieR for your comments. I have to remember them...

The photos above Im using my 1680Z F3.5-4.5 lens. Hence no extra long zooms...

Yes, but not all.
I took some for afar as close to the stage were the VVIPs table. Hence, I dont want to show my "back" to Sabah's Chief Minister and other ministers... hehe
You have a very keen observation la achew san. Hawk's eye
I guess for a stage performance like this, a longer & brighter zoom would be very appropriate... *sigh* when will the day come that I'll have enough cash to buy the 70200G...

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addendum: Ive had a second thought. What bro achew mention I think is something very important for me to seriously take note in my next shooting such as this.
Before this I do not put much weight on too much cropping... but achew's comment really hit the nail on the head.
Thank you very much achew.

I hope to learn more from you and also others...

This post has been edited by Banzai_san: Apr 21 2010, 08:27 AM

ya loh... at the moment, I have to learn how to use my 1680Z F3.5-4.5 to get better / more acceptable photos.
I agree that with a well lighted stage, ISO1600 would be adequately bright enough, but a brighter lense (eg F2.8) would be very nice indeed. Nicer photos (ie isolating the subject from the distracting background) + can more easily freeze the subject's movement (by using faster shutter speed).
A 50mm lense reach for me is too short for my kind of stage shooting (ya loh... still noob lagi ni hehe). Even my longest lense can reach 80mm also I find not enough reach (but of course la, in the hands of experienced sifus here, they can get very good shots using shorter reach lenses )

One thing I learn is that, for events shooting, I have to learn to be comfortable changing various camera settings (eg ISO, Shutter Speed, Aperture, flash settings, WB settings, DRO/no DRO...). Some times I just use the same settings, and as events like this, the lighting can sometimes be of a challange, ie lighting changes). After snapping the photo, I preview the shots from the camera LCD, and find shots not properly exposed etc...

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Added on April 21, 2010, 7:52 am
Thank you very my cjlai...

This post has been edited by Banzai_san: Apr 21 2010, 07:52 AM

Donno...
High ISO NR is set to NORMAL.
Maybe due to heavy cropping that the photos are close to pixel level (hence the deteriorating IQ as mentioned by achew san).

ermm... I thought some of the photos are good (for my standard la) and the rest are "acceptable" but should improve more la...

Cropped I think maybe about 75%
Im still saving up for the 70200 F2.8 . Donno when can buy

This post has been edited by Banzai_san: Apr 21 2010, 09:47 AM

How much left? you mean the cropping or the savings up? Cropping left maybe 25% or less. Saving up maybe if go for Tamron 70200F2.8, hopefully sometime this year. If going for the 70200G... then kena tunggu lama lagi la... maybe next year .. donno...

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...

congrats moo bro
now go shoot and share with us your photos

maybe your A550 has a back (or front) focusing problem?
I think my A550 may has... but have not really check with the focus chart.