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Sony Alpha User List :

A100

A200

A300

A350

A700

A900


New Sony Alpha Line-up Userlist

A230

A330

A380

A500

A550

A850

p.m. me if you wanna add ur name

>>>Sony Alpha F.A.Q<<< courtesy of Ahmike

Common Kelvin White Balance Settings :
2500K - very strong orange tungsten light
2800K - strong orange tungsten light
3200K - yellowish tungsten light
4500K M6 - flourescent light (most flourescent tubes are green even though our eyes don't see it)
5500K - flash
6500K - daylight (or daylight-balanced flourescent light)
9900K - strong blue stage lighting or evening light

Xenon lighting is rare but that should be between 7000-9000K.

Whenever you enter a new situation that has different WB, just set your Kelvin WB again and test with one shot. You

should be able to do this with practice.

With the Sony A300 and A350, you can use Live View and see the effect of changing Kelvin WB... live!

M = Magenta
G = Green
2500K = Blue
9900K = Amber

Take a picture. Supposing the picture is very Green, you need to add the opposite which is Magenta. If the picture is

too Blue you need to go closer to Amber. So if the picture is very blue-green-ish, you will need to go closer to 9900K

M9.

To prevent the built-in flash from appearing in pictures when in wireless flash mode, you can use any of these

methods, or a combination of them:

- use a darker aperture (e.g. F11)
- use a lower ISO (e.g. ISO100)
- use a shutter speed faster than your flash sync speed so that High Speed Sync is activated (e.g. 1/320th of a

second)
- use a piece of exposed, developed negative film in front of your pop-up flash

Sony Alpha Lens Line-up : HERE courtesy of vcxv

Below are the official additional accessories* that comes with respective Sony Alpha camera :

Flash hotshoe cover (Sony FASHC1AM) - A100, A700, A900
Remote Commander clip - A100, A200, A300, A350, A700, A900
Eyepiece cover / flash hotshoe cover holder - A100, A200, A300, A350, A700
Cheap Sony neckstrap - A200, A300, A350
Good Sony neckstrap - A100, A700, A900
Wireless Infrared Remote Control - A700, A900

* list provided by albnok

Sony Alpha Support Page and Alpha User Manuals :



How to clean your Alpha sensor by albnok :



This post has been edited by amadeo: May 25 2010, 08:34 PM

as usual, Alpha users who wants the userbar..

Imageshack was unable to recover A200, A300, A350 & A700 userbars and as a result, new userbars were uploaded.. Those using the userbar, please update your URL..

A100 : image url : http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2687/alpha100cb9.png

A200 :
image url : http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/1922/a200.png

A300 :
image url : http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/2802/a300.png

A350 :
image url : http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/3761/a350.png

A700 :
image url : http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/7245/a700.png

A900 :
image url : http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/5185/alpha900wp4.png

New Alpha line-up userbar

A230 :
image url : http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/8318/a230.png

A330 :
image url : http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/4850/a330.png

A380 :
image url : http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/4733/a380.png

A550 :
image url : http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/2650/a550.png

A850 :
image url : http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/8928/a850.png


Some useful link :

Tamron/Sigma/Sony/Minolta 70-200mm F2.8 Shootout
http://www.glaringnotebook.com/default.asp?id=1243

Ultra Wide Comparison
http://www.glaringnotebook.com/default.asp?id=1324

Alpha street pricelist ***updated 30th April 2010***

Camera
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Sony A230 + 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 DT SAM = RM14xx
Sony A330 + 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 DT SAM = RM18xx
Sony A380 + 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 DT SAM = RM20xx
Sony A380 + 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 DT SAM + 55-200mm F4-5.6 DT SAM = RM24xx
Sony A700 + 18-70mm F3.5-5.6 DT = RM33xx
Sony A550 body only = RM21xx
Sony A500 + 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 DT SAM + 55-200mm F4-5.6 DT SAM = RM31xx
Sony A550 + 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 DT SAM = RM24xx
Sony A550 + 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DT = RM40xx
Sony A850 body only = RM61xx
Sony A900 body only = RM73xx (Studio Zaloon)

The following suffixes identify what lens comes with the camera body:

G = Sony 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 DT
K = Sony 18-70mm F3.5-5.6 DT
L = Sony 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 DT SAM
P = Sony 16-105mm F3.5-5.6 DT
Q = Sony 28-75mm F2.8 SAM
W = Sony 18-70mm F3.5-5.6 DT + Sony 75-300mm F4.5-5.6
X = Sony 18-70mm F3.5-5.6 DT + Sony 55-200mm F4-5.6 DT
Y = Sony 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 DT SAM + Sony 55-200mm F4-5.6 DT (2) SAM
Z = Sony Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 16-80mm F3.5-4.5 DT ZA


Battery Grip
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Sony VG-B30AM for A200/A300/A350 = RM6xx
Sony VG-C70AM battery grip for A700 = RM9xx
Sony VG-C90AM for A900 = RM9xx

Flash
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Sony HVL-F20AM = RM4xx
Sony HVL-F42AM = RM7xx
Sony HVL-F58AM = RM11xx

Sony/Minolta Used Lenses
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Minolta 28mm F2.8 = RM450-600
Minolta 35-70 F4 (mini beercan) = RM250-400
Minolta 50mm F1.4 = RM750-850
Minolta 50mm F1.7 = RM450-600
Sony 55-200mm F4-5.6 DT = RM450-550
Minolta 70-210mm F4 (beercan) = RM750-1100
Minolta 75-300mm F4.5-5.6 (big beercan) = RM1000-1500
Sony 75-300mm F4.5-5.6 = RM450-550

New APS-C / DT Crop Lenses
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Sony 11-18mm F4.5-5.6 DT = RM20xx
Sony Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 16-80mm F3.5-4.5 DT ZA = RM25xx
Sony 16-105mm F3.5-5.6 DT = RM16xx
Sony 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DT = RM16xx
Sony 30mm F2.8 DT SAM Macro = RM7xx (NEW)
Sony 50mm F1.8 DT SAM = RM5xx
Sigma 50-150mm F2.8 EX DC HSM Macro = RM30xx

New Full-Frame Lenses
---------------------------

Sony 16mm F2.8 Diagonal Fisheye = RM25xx
Sony 20mm F2.8 = RM19xx
Sony Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 16-35mm F2.8 SSM ZA = RM54xx
Sony Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 24-70mm F2.8 SSM ZA = RM54xx
Sony 24-105mm F3.5-4.5 = RM18xx
Sony 28mm F2.8 = RM8xx
Sony 28-75mm F2.8 SAM = RM26xx (NEW)
Sony 35mm F1.4G = RM45xx
Sony 50mm F1.4 = RM10xx
Sony 50mm F2.8 Macro = RM14xx
Tamron 70-200mm F2.8 Macro = RM30xx
Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG HSM Macro = RM38xx
Sony 70-200mm F2.8G SSM = RM54xx
Sony 70-300mm F4.5-5.6G SSM = RM25xx
Sony 70-400mm F4-5.6G SSM = RM54xx
Sony Carl Zeiss Planar T* 85mm F1.4 ZA = RM50xx
Sony 100mm F2.8 Macro = RM23xx
Sony Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 135mm F1.8 ZA = RM48xx
Sony 135mm F2.8/T4.5 Smooth Transition Focus = RM36xx
Sony 500mm F8.0 AF Reflex = RM25xx
Sony 300mm F2.8G SSM = RM20xxx
Sony 1.4x Teleconverter = RM15xx
Sony 2.0x Teleconverter = RM15xx

Nice finally new thread!

Mikeshashimi : No worries la. I guess the Phottix battery jsut can't take HSM. Hahaha. Should be alright for another 100+ shots kua.

@cassplayer
later ppl send u vacation ar~ forget last thread already??

do you guy cover an indoor event by just using the pop-up flash?? (because last weekend i saw someone from N brand and C brand photog cover event with kitty + pop up flash at klang parade)

that time no any sun yet la... ...stil very early..

Is it too saturated?

nice... ...stil ok..

I think is okay .... colors looks fine on two of my monitors

and yeah a new thread!!

it's nice, golden brown

haha. ok cool bro. anything just let me know.

Hi, everyone here using Crumpler Karachi Outpost? any comment? thanks

haih sifu still poisoning fisheye. Long neck dy waiting for my side job to pay. Once got definitely call you

let me join you guys...

so much fish eye poison..

how's the camera position?
u stand or sit?

I do not have fisheye to posion u guys but very nice photos, aqiera and cjlai

for a very long time i din post pic here...just to share my excitement with all the alpha bro and sis here.



mod, if u feel that this pic have some 18SX element, feel free to delete it...

This post has been edited by ahtsong: May 25 2010, 09:27 PM

congrats ahtsong

ahtsong : No nothing 18SX about that, it's a beautiful sight! XD

mastering89 : You sure the Crumpler "7MDH" you saw at digital mall is for RM220?

congrats

congrats!!! hope u will have a healthy baby.=)

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Added on May 25, 2010, 9:44 pmPuteri Harbour Shots. C & C gao gao please.=)

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This post has been edited by zstan: May 25 2010, 09:44 PM

lwliam, Moo, cjlai, zstan: thanks...

zstan: yup, healthy is more important than anything for a new born BB now-a-day, too much virus/disease floating around.

Kul | Mo0 : sure 100%,also crumpler 5mdh for rm199 (1st floor beside elevator)
color got blue and black. I'm not sure ori or not, but looks ok ok

make sure give ur wife eat more nutritious food..

dun kedekut. ..oops..a bit off topic here...><

street candid @ Central Market...





This post has been edited by hazril: May 25 2010, 09:51 PM

Nothing explicit, just that the burnt skin tone on the right isn't that appealing.

haha, from the day we know, until the day she deliver + confinement , estimated easily > A900 + CZ2470 + CZ1635

ouch...

maybe u can share how u feel with ier..he also sacrificed a G lens for a diamond ring...

mastering89 : Wow. Thanks. The "5MDH" is the single buckle or double buckle?

Kul | Mo0 : double. so its fake???

mastering89 : Most likely lo. Not sure. Cause last time I saw, it's "Senven Million Dollar Home". Hahaha will check it out tomorrow. (:

wow, 9/10 points!

u did PP or straight out from camera?

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Added on May 25, 2010, 10:21 pmhahaha, worth it! anyhow, i never liked sony's version of 70200 F2.8 G, its old design and tamron easily beat it with IQ (except for the speed)... but tamron also hidding the new 70200 USD... so it might beat the SAL70200G if sony do not plan to revise the unit. but rumoured sony/Alpha will have A LOT new lenses in photokina ^^ A and E mount


i see that vikingw2k is not a big fan of highlights... so next time i avoid posting pic with highlight, later he complain heheh

This post has been edited by ieR: May 25 2010, 10:21 PM

Kul | Mo0 : hey hey check only, no hauls

hazril : from CM jalan2 to where?? want to join next time

resize, crop, + pp on the face a bit to remove those pimples. No major PP

taken using a A700 remote without tripod (forgot to bring, just use 2 object to hold my A700 in vertical position) using 50mm 1.4, no flash fire, sun light from the window on the right thus color burn on my leg

u set the metering to overexpose or PP the level?

i mean the reason why is it so bright... but its really a nice vibe to it! u make me wan fast fast get married and take pic like those

I see that you still can't differentiate between high key shots and distracting burnt skin tone shots.

^ its okay..
sometimes a beautiful pic is defined by 'the moment'..
no EXIF can challenge that.. overburn, pverexposed, bad compo, unsharp, etc.. doesnt stand a chance against a pic with story..

pic spam for the day !



btw, the Alpha T-shirt design already change...please check..thanks !

I would say, composition is important, so does the overall photo elements e.g. exposure, sharpness, color. If you think capturing moments alone would suffice, you might as well just capture moments with Nokia phones. Reason why people upgrade to DSLR? Simple, better color, better sharpness, better exposure and metering, so why discard all these?

spot metering on face...with EV + 1, ISO 400, f2.8, 1/3sec thus make it bright

AHh ***** from Shrek~!

its just a taste of photography, no wrong or right.

btw, i said highlight, not highkey* =.= they are different thing. and i do know them.

if u wish it, then, 'vikingw2k dont like distracting burnt skin tone shots' so i better avoid those, muahahaha

?? I din watch shrek..so i dunno bout the character lolz

good shoot!

It'll be even nicer if you could rephrase it "ieR doesn't know how to differentiate burnt skin tone shots and nice highlight or whatever, so ieR better avoid these tills ieR could differentiate better in future."



This post has been edited by vikingw2k: May 25 2010, 10:37 PM

thanks...ya i like it to be bright thus use that setting

whoa..

i see things are getting heated up...

my pics totally kena ignore....much more improvements to do..

ier & vikingw2k : Chill la wei. What's with all the sarcasm? XD

Woahhahaha the word "P u S s Y " got Sensored~??? basically is a cat like this..same colour... cool caracther.... become fat in the latest episode.

No idea, perhaps someone took it too personal when I'm commenting on ahtsong's shot. No offense ahtsong, but the burnt skin tone is the very first thing that comes into my mind. Second thing is the leg being cut off. My sincere comment

This post has been edited by vikingw2k: May 25 2010, 10:41 PM

oh..haha...lolz..it is a censored word la..

btw, no comments on my shot? lolz...
same like u la zstan..i need to improve so that ppl will notice my pics...

Both watch too much "HOUSE" series

@d4rkholeang3

the expression of the cat very good!

This post has been edited by zstan: May 25 2010, 10:41 PM

c'mon la, he just wanted to share his happiness with all of us here, and you all go and make a ruckus out of it.... *shame on you, tsk tsk tsk*

comment jor...yaya..we gambate together...

wakao >.< why u so mean...

haha...thanks zstan..

when i took that shot, i sit down on the road with the cat..
and my mother was like ' are u nuts? sitting with the cat under hot sun? '

Not much I can comment.. a very basic shot... not much story behind the photos.. what i will like to comment is about ur Watermark... it will spoil even the best photos taken.. n why is it being cropped.... Try make it a little simpler i think will help.

good shot come from a patient photographer....keep it up

the photo is not cropped...
or are u talking bout the watermark?

"a very basic shot" is also a comment ma.

hmmm..so i should make my water mark more simpler?

being cropped?u mean my pictures? didn't crop lea.

Does that mean that one is not allowed to give genuine comments just because someone is sharing his happiness? Emotions at door please. This is a photography forum. I believe you guys are mature enough on how to differentiate genuine comments rather than getting emotional over one's comment.

lol, no la.. coz last time, u comment several ppl picture problem due to the highlight... so i just quote only =.= it seem u straight fire back (it also seem u fire almost anyone the same way)

i see that 'user' do not know how to diff 'issue1' and 'issue2'... isnt that rude too? as if u are master, other are useless ppl

ur cat is it? good patience

chill guys...

my watermark cropped? i dun understand.

Alright, let's discard it and back to photography.

it's not my cat...it's a wild cat at the lorong behind my house

aha..the cat so good keep let u take pic..any more pics?

Ahahha.. sorry got a bit confused here.. i am comment on D3rkholeang3l cat shot... the watermark seems a bit cropped at the side. Zstann don panic not toking bout u

@zstan : here's one more...this is just a normal shot in my opinion...haha



P/S : cat oso wanna jadi model ma...

This post has been edited by d4rkholeang3l: May 25 2010, 10:56 PM

ah, let's not quote my previous comments and mix up with coming ones. I comment based on what I see now. Nothing related to previous or what and I don't see anything wrong giving genuine comments on what I feel. Yes, you may counter me should you have different opinions, but in a more constructive way and not telling me stuff like "hey, people sharing happiness" or worse going too personal. Doesn't that sound as if I can't comment just because someone is sharing his happy shots? I believe everyone has their right to voice their personal opinion in this photography forum as long it's appropriate.

hahahha, ahtsong, feel sorry for u wehh.. ppl are just too cruel here... maternity shots dont come along often, do try to shoot more when there's an opportunity.

"hey, people sharing happiness" i didnt say that >.< u mistaken me for someone's quote issit???

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Added on May 25, 2010, 10:56 pmhaha okok~ let do in PM

This post has been edited by ieR: May 25 2010, 10:56 PM

:yawning: wah so fast isee belum habis taip oredy got popup saying 4 new posts since last visit ha ha.. a good (and hofefully settling already) argument is going on?

anyway, the cat pics.. there's no such thing as a 'normal' shot..
coz i dont know how to define a normal shot..
okay, tell me, what's a normal shot then?

This post has been edited by freddy manson: May 25 2010, 10:57 PM

lwliam, ieR: this is a public, we have no right to stop anyone posting here, but we have the right to ignore...

I feet even worse that someone couldn't differentiate sharing emotions and commenting on photography elements.

Nah, I was quoting you and moo together. Anyway let's not drag this further shall we? I had left my comments, whether one is able to accept it openly or take it emotional it's up to you guys. When people don't comment, people complaint. When people leave genuine comments, people still complained. Funny isn't it?

This post has been edited by vikingw2k: May 25 2010, 10:59 PM

@ freddy manson : well, may it's just me... a normal shot for me is like, a picture that dont show a story when ppl sees it... the story is indirect perhaps?

normal la... mouth ppl's one >.< but i scare u angry me for misunderstanding ma... but if i really offend u, i seriously dont mean it, i'll apology if i have to. we all kaki photo, sharing is caring ma

dark hole angel, what lens u're using for those cat shots?
seems like the bokeh is nicer than kitlens (im not assuming ur using kitlens, hence the question)

Non taken mate. I knew you were just kidding that's why I just fooled around with you but seems like others are taking it too serious about this so called heat. Come on guys, it's just a genuine comment from me. Take it or leave it. Don't make yourself sad just because you can't accept others comment.

no worry bro...i won be angry, but use to it since Sony Alpha Thread still < version 10.....

haha, let's put it this way, why ppl say normal shoot.... or why (sorry i need to quote u zstan) like zstan's photo of the marina bay seem no ump... ppl call it tourist photo, or PNS photo.

if u given a PNS, (okay with 10x zoom) can u replicate that picture(the cat)? if can, then... understand lor.

ppl with DSLR, ppl have high expectation to 'blow' others away. ppl expect angle never seen before, proper composition, special color or light effect cant be capture by PNS. hence... the so called 'normal photo'