for those what wan backfire me, save it, i am explaining to him only.

hi 8tvt,

the iso800 is triggered,

i. he zoomed to max, let it be 55mm kitlens ot 70mm oldkitlens or 80mm cz, the min shutter speed will not be less then 1/60
ii. as long as the iso can be auto-bump before it maxed out at the default setting (1600 for A550)
iii. orchid hates direct sun whole day, assume its under a big shade, F5.6 is dark under shade.

some new info for u to interpret.

wow, good idea! why i never think of that??? hahah hotel shower cap is packed so small, easy to carry

easy way to answer u, everytime u go to the beach and come back, do u felt ur Hair is rougher? that is cause by sand particle...

the word particle is the keyword... its smaller then grain

beach, which has No Tree On the SEA, mean expose to sun, heats up, sea water become vapour+sand particle. add wind,... u get sand particle in ur camera.

(not to screw up everyone, but its actually salt particle, but seem everyone call it sand particle, i follow along...)

hahaha, beach connect to sea ma~~ haha, then u ask how can a mroe dense sand particle can be 'flying' then falling down ma, so to explain, sea dont have tree (well sarcasm a bit), so the sun will make sea water into vapour (the reason wind is created too) hence, the wind blow blow till the beach, the wind contact 'salt' from sea water lor...

(i did quote, ppl use the word sand particle instead of salt particle, since everyone use sand particle, (not that i wan to correct anyone...) so i use 'sand particle' too... btw, beach sand contain 80% salt, not soil... hence, its sand partical still a lot of salt, but serious, i hope noone kesi kesi pin point ppl mistake, sendiri understand what we are talking about is good enough peaceee)


and i 101% agree with
most of us shoot beach beach before, some bad experience, some really enjoyed themself. anyhow, i wish ur trip is the great ones jsut shoot, i use my kitty too when i go KK islands to shoot, i even walk 10 meter into the sea to shoot my sis and gf playing water... my A300 40k+ shutter and counting

This post has been edited by ieR: May 19 2010, 09:51 PM

haiyo, i didnt ask u walk into the sea >.< i say i did only ma... LOL!!!

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Added on May 19, 2010, 9:52 pmsummore, after KK island, i go mountain area,... the moisture up 100% LOL... more then sea... where got chance to find drybox to put inside... and it was a year ago,... camera still running!

This post has been edited by ieR: May 19 2010, 09:53 PM

go RMA, it suppose to 'lock' like putting on camera body hotshoe.

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Added on May 19, 2010, 10:59 pmi did took some low angle, summore i add CPL, can see inside water

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william: congrats!


another pic spam from me, click like if u like (hahahaha, too much facebook)

for that, the price, reconsider benro travel angel series, google it and utube it, very poisonessssss... i dislike how manfrotto is over priced because of the brand, quality and durability wise, they are same but benro cheaper.

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

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

u see, when u get a tripod/head with 12kg load, not because of tahan the camera gear itself(as if a gear can go up to 12kg, a bag of rice),...
the uses ball head with 12kg load, so u can loosen the friction so u can swivel with ease.... if u have a 3kg gear on 4kg head, when u slang it at 80degree, it will fall itself to 90++ degree even at tighten friction/lock.
as for the tripod load limit, its not about the head+gear,... its about how u wan to stabilize the pod too, by adding weight to the pod, (yes, add weight, not during u carry, when u deploy it) by hooking ur BAG (more heavy then ur gear i believe), hence the 12kg limit~~ u wont wan ur 3kg gear on top of the pod making the pod unstable and fall right?

i always advise ppl to jump to 12kg load, coz, alang alang u buy 8kg, next time spend money to upgrade summore. tripod is something u can do just 1 time investment instead of repeating investment, pick a right one, it last for generations (seriously,... generations)


Banzai_san, wingster: hahaha CF of coz light lor, but lighter by 30% but spend 2-3 times the amount yo! so comes the next question, does it really worth it? if u goes mountain hiking, yes, coz u will be walking with it for 2-7 hours, lighter better. but, 90% of us here, throw in car bah... LOL!
i aaallmmmoosttt brought this (rm1.8k), CF version of Travel Angel

lucky didnt, coz it'd burn deep my pocket hahaha, but still, my dream tripod

zeipher: read my reply for banzai san above... why 12kg, or some ppl can settle for 8kg

guys, u have to understand, tripod itself, when u buy those manfrotto or benro, which are designed much lighter then china ones hehe, they are so light, when u mount 2kg stuff at 1 meter height, it will still becomes unstable~ do u wan to risk ur gears??? hence, the 'hook' for u to hook ur bags, but if u bag is 5kg(with all the other toys inside), will u still get a 4kg pod?

if u have the money, straight go for rm600-700 12kg load pod (A-268m8+BH-1 is less then 700 actually) .... there is a reason i like to promote the travel angel series, its compact and nice for ppl like me... i wan to bring my tripod in flight, not check in, 3 of my friend who fly, required to check in their tripod due to too big, and 2 of them coz the airline broke their tripod!

if u dont have the money, and need a pod or something to stable it, u can
i) buy a cheap pod under rm200 for temporary use until u can afford pod like A-268m8+BH-1
ii) get a beanbag, its less then rm20, and u can get 10 of them with rm200

somehow, i felt like i just shared a gearhead opinion... LOL, but its a humble 2 cent. getting a proper gear is important, but many still survive with what they have in their hand... i am still using my gf's father tripod which is older then me.

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Added on May 21, 2010, 2:23 amhey albert, hehehe, well, its was a good experience to shoot like that. learn a lot bout how light/flash react at diff angle

hey i called u just now for 2 very crazy idea/question i have in my head (u know i have all the hardest to answer question )

i) if i snoot my flash, does the distance increase? or its still the same? (i think it suppose to stay the same right?) just wondering, if i can boost the 105mm flash head zoom to even further distance by adding snot. (of coz a careful designed snoot, wont wan to risk overheating the head... lol)

ii)if i add a 1.4x (or 1.7x) tc to crop lens, and attach to FF. let say tamron 17-50mm, (1.4x) it becomes ~24-70, but, does it works like 24-70FF lens(more or less)? F stop sure will increase by 1 stop, and how will the vigneting be? will it be like crop sensor on 35mm(FF) where the barrel still show up, or it will have FF view without barrel or some minor barrel/vignetting? i mean, the possible of the idea?

This post has been edited by ieR: May 21 2010, 02:27 AM

hazril: YUP. ^^; hence, 85mm F1.4 has higher bokeh(shallow dof) then 50mm F1.4

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Added on May 21, 2010, 2:54 amwell, that is the sad part... rm400 BH from manfrotto chokes? =.= might as well get the benro that dont choke right? (dare not to compare with photoclam or arca swiss la... those are like buying aeroplane parts... haha super expensive) but some ppl advise to put rm100 more to go from benro to photoclam (the cheapest is rm5xx i think, with 30kg load if i recall)

*edit: i mean my friends rm400 BH... if size and weight is problem, really, travel angel ^^ ~~ hahaha i spread poison like crazy

This post has been edited by ieR: May 21 2010, 02:56 AM

snoot design, i will do a little study.

and yay for the tc concept! so it does works...

opps: now i am confuse, F4 at 18mm same frame with 50mm, will have same DOF? this i really need to try, if like that, then i dont need to zoom to 50 to get bokeh lor? later i do a test... hahaha...

eh, i tested it now, and find out, at zoom, the bokeh is stronger (as in more blurer, because i put text behind the subject, the text is more unreadable at zoom at same F)... i agree the amount of DOF is the same. but bokeh is nicer at zoom? confuse myself... mean, with a longer length zoom, u get nicer bokeh?(then wide angle)

can i conclude the DOF is the same, but bokeh is nicer? i going to test with 18/50/100/200/400mm later... shower first hahahaha

hello, i am a wedding shooter, i only use kitlens, and it works wonderfully. go online to flips through weddings photo... that way, it gives u idea what to shoot. not which lens to use.

mike, it snoot the flash, meaning, make the flash fires at tigher angle, hence, it travel futher.

if u are official photog, go front! well because

1. dinner room always dark
2. ur flash dont really work like charm at pass 100mm zoom's photo.
3. flash preferable if its working distance of 3meter - 8meter, 55-200 let u shoot headshot of 3 meter @55, but wouldnt allow u to shoot group photo.
4. u wont like keep changing of lens

the wedding common photog setup is,

1st photoG use wide-short tele, or kitlens range
2nd photog use bright lens (28/35/50/85mm)
3rd photog use tele.

so, u get the idea, tele is the last options choice of lens? (the photoG can be replace as 'camera body' if u have 3 bodies)

oh? now i think i get it.

same distance, diff zoom length, but same DOF? confuse confuse LOL, but nevermind, wan nicer bokeh, go zoom? haha, btw, would u be free next week end?

boeing? okok, next sunday i go kacau the promoter...

canon PNS uses sony sensors too.
canon flash is built by panasonic (same as our alpha flash head)

memang 'u help me, i help u' world today, where can survive alone?