take 2 fat lens and put them on both tripod lo...

test which one can tahan better at extreme angles..

ok maybe got other better way...

I've read the region (generalization) for portraiture. 50mm on cropped sensor would be tight and suited best for shoulder / head shot while the 85mm would be better for half body shoot. But then there's the 30mm where on a cropped body it is similar to 50mm (saw the calculation somewhere). But now most of them suggests to grab both (50 or 30) and 85. . The moolah is there but need to make sure its worth it.

Fisheye on the other hand is a fun lens

Bro, i think tats max load capacity? already mentioned in the spec of the tripod mah.. then about the durability, vr hard to test woah..

errrr.... how did u make out that 50mm for shoulder and 85mm for half body.... that don't make sense

urgg, u are a little misleading my brother.... but that generalization is bad. but u can apply to ur own ideal not everyone will follow.

i use F4 up to F8 on my 50mm for portraiture, half body, headshot and full body. i will do the same with i have 85, but 85 will increase the shallow-ness of the DOF

I see. There's an article i stumbled that describes what are the better purpose of the types of prime.

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Added on May 20, 2010, 11:30 pmI see. Thanks for correcting that. The different focus prime also have different mfd right?

This post has been edited by Uzumaki NaruTo: May 20 2010, 11:30 PM

Uzumaki NaruTo : Get the Minolta 200mm f2.8 la. Damn bloody poisonous piece of metal!

haul king is here...

naruto, buy buy buy.. buy d come TT let us try try try

durability?

repeat my test for one month.

if not convinced then one year. yea..quite long..but not impossible..

few months back (when i still have plenty of money) i was looking for tripod.. i've always been dislike manfrotto for their overprice stuff :/ one day, a close friend brought one set (all together rm900+ 8kg load max) and i got to play with it, and i am very very very dissapointed at the plasticky feeling of it... it got worst when i start using his 5dmkii (yea he is gearhead, i have plenty rich gearhead friends) and the 8kg load head cant swivel properly, it like 'choke choke' when i tighten lighty the 'friction', loosen a bit, the whole thing loosen up >.<

RM900...what can u do with that money....(i cant even imagine those who brought rm400 manfrotto!)

A-268m8+BH-1 around RM700.. 12 kg limit load, and google the video, u will be surprise. the BH-1, is decent size, and smoother IMHO. but u prepare another rm80-100 for the 'plate' the head dont come with plate.

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Added on May 20, 2010, 11:35 pmthe durability also the locking machanism, every 3-4 month, need to check the bolt+nut to tighten it....

benro travel angle? it dont need the screw tighten monthly check... haha google it and u know the poison, and it is water resistant!

This post has been edited by ieR: May 20 2010, 11:36 PM

Then theres no more money left for my first year anniversary outing.If Got all of the 1337 lens but still stuck at the same spot also useless la

Bro, i think the manfrotto u mentioned is BH problem probably la, since u mentioned tat it choke when try to swivel around.. because the 190XPROB is like batu d woah.. should be lasting for quite some time, IMHO. But my prob with tat tripod is the weight and length.. Tats why i choose 190CXPRO4, working fine But yeah, as u mentioned, need to check the screw once a while

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This post has been edited by fansoption: May 21 2010, 12:38 AM

OK... Im considering

For DSLR + 70200F2.8 lens + VG + flash gun... which benro (tripod + head) should I look at?

FYI,
A550 ~ 599g (without battery)
70200G ~ 1500g (incl tripod mount)
VG-B50AM ~ 290g (without battery)
HVL-F58AM - ~440g (without battery)

Batteries:
NP-FM500H 2 pcs ~ 78g x 2 = 156g (2 pcs)
Eneloop AA 4 pcs ~ 150g (4 pcs) nb: I think should be 15g for 4 pcs... not sure.

Total weight ~ (599 + 1500 + 290 + 440 + 156 + 150)g
= ~ 3135g <--- maybe wrong as wrong AA battery weight... but roughly slightly above ~3kg


Hence, which Benro Tripod and Ballhead should I choose? and how much?

Also, can anyone suggest a good seller so that I can order via phone or email or private msg ?

Thanks

This post has been edited by Banzai_san: May 21 2010, 12:56 AM

3kg worth of stuffs.. worth like 10k ooooo
kaya lah lu brader...

Manfrotto 190XPROB + 488C2 were suggested to me for my requirement ie weight slightly above 3kg.
And I was told that the 190XPROB (not the CX carbon fibre model) is very light (compared to other manfrotto aluminium tripod).

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Added on May 21, 2010, 12:50 am
belum beli lagi la bro... tu dlm wish list...
Just preparing for the future. Getting a tripod + ballhead for the future

I thought I might as well assume the maximum weight that I may put on the tripod

This post has been edited by Banzai_san: May 21 2010, 01:02 AM

nupe bro ... is seriously heavy compare to the CX

no money to buy the carbon fibre

then just get used with the heavy weight ... or perhaps as what ieR suggested ... go for Benro

lost my lense caps... sigh...