wow, car boot some more. If say in cupboard/bag/drybox/table, still forgivable. This is called haram d.. Keel on sight.. Send in for quoting. Its the transparent led panel that got fried, most likely by the heat when kept in boot too long

sell to me for rm500, i go IR it.. No need focus point also nvm, can figure it out easily.

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Added on July 23, 2010, 6:22 pm8tvt, your 'somewhere' would be the manual that came with the camera.

This post has been edited by lwliam: Jul 23 2010, 06:22 PM

sig, im guessing its the pocket rocket too...

This post has been edited by lwliam: Jul 23 2010, 06:45 PM

8tvt, alphanatics just got upped a 28mm 2.8.. fresh from the oven

those studio lights works the same way as nikon speedlights are able to be triggered by sony flashes when in SU4 mode. most likely that the studio lights detector did not detect your pop up flash's signal. using the f58, the power is much higher and gives a wider coverage, thus making detection easier.

cjlai, yea... test sheet wise, the NEX beat the crap out of the G2...

This post has been edited by lwliam: Jul 23 2010, 10:49 PM

such a slow night, everyone's out for a drink?

Camera SONY DSLR-A700
Exposure 0.067 sec (1/15)
Aperture f/4.0
Focal Length 200 mm (beercan)
ISO Speed 2000
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash Off, Did not fire

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Added on July 23, 2010, 11:56 pmtemporarily, ini pun jadi la... now, to find a color laser printer

http://orephotoroad.sakura.ne.jp/papercraf...c_NEX5_body.pdf

http://orephotoroad.sakura.ne.jp/papercraf..._NEX5_18-55.pdf

This post has been edited by lwliam: Jul 23 2010, 11:56 PM

why the expression? so is it good or bad?

my guesstimate

keylight: 90 degrees camera right. straight on medium softbox diffused from head level

gold reflected/diffused fill light on camera left

This post has been edited by lwliam: Jul 24 2010, 12:20 AM

Camera SONY DSLR-A700
Exposure 0.05 sec (1/20)
Aperture f/4.0
Focal Length 24 mm
ISO Speed 2000
Exposure Bias +1.7 EV
Flash Off, Did not fire



Camera SONY DSLR-A700
Exposure 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture f/4.5
Focal Length 11 mm
ISO Speed 2500
Exposure Bias +1.3 EV
Flash On, Fired

This post has been edited by lwliam: Jul 24 2010, 02:51 AM

thanks albert

i set as shutter priority, so get as much ambient, ntg to do with gears. I could bump up shutter, jz flash would fire harder, thats all

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Added on July 24, 2010, 9:58 amits not always about gears viking

This post has been edited by lwliam: Jul 24 2010, 09:58 AM

then why not just get a PnS? its cheaper and is much smaller, so you can put it in your jacket or bag easier

yes, lighting is seriously haywire... as i nearly always shoot jpg, its a test of skill shooting there.. inside there are very cool temperature violet tube lights, warmer flood lights and if flash, will be at 5500K which doesnt fall in either of the 2 temperatures, at the reception there's warmer than usual tungsten, and huge 20meter ground to ceiling skylight window giving diffused sunlight from the side and suddenly the there's a wall blocking the sunlight, so tungsten light dominates again, all in the vicinity of a reception table..

7 meters is nothing, even calculating bounce distance, is only 14 meters, there's still plenty of juice from the flash... adding with ISO 1600 (lets say), then it would be even further. i've successfully lit up a subject nearly 50 meters away, and it was nearly overexposed. and that was using my A100

after 1 hour, presumably every shot they take was with flash, battery could be slower to charge up the flash capacitors, so, if me, i'd use direct flash for a lesser discharge, thus more accurate flash power at every subsequent shot

edit: miscalculation, 7 meters high doesnt mean 14meters bounced, as that would mean firing straight up.. if 70 degrees angle up, would mean 7.45 meters diagonally, which means 14.9meters, about 15 meters bounce.. which this could mean (and this is fact usually very few ppl take into consideration when bouncing the flash) that the subject distance is approx. 5 meters away

This post has been edited by lwliam: Jul 24 2010, 03:48 PM

i feel its better if u diffused the light instead... aka bounced

the highlights are all clipped

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Added on July 24, 2010, 3:51 pmi ONLY use AWB when outdoors in bright sunlight.. else, its always custom.. be it manually setting the Kelvin values, or using a white/grey card, in fact, even when outdoors, i'd still custom it to prevent different color shifts in a set of photos. AWB can be a bit hit or miss sometimes.

why 2 hours? how is the lens arriving?

This post has been edited by lwliam: Jul 24 2010, 03:54 PM

zstan,

hint: google map

going pang sai now, oops..

Anyway, fansoption, nice set. Looks like the sp90's bokeh is quite good.

use the rule of reflection. the angle of incidence equals to the angle of reflection. so another words, the flash should be directed to somewhere in the centre of you and subject given that the flash is in bounce. i usually use A in normal shooting, and S if i want my shutter to stay at around 1/25 ~ 1/40 to take in ambient light. manual in cases where both the former modes give wonky metering results.

what u mean by flash, then WB becomes unbalanced? are u on AWB or flash WB? on AWB, the camera will detect that you have a Sony flash (only works on f42 and f58) attached, then it will set the body's WB to flash WB. so it should give about the same result as flash WB. i dont really fancy using flash WB as it makes it a bit too warm. in that case, i'd set the custom WB to 5400K, +1 Magenta. then tune the kelvin to taste depending on the incident lighting.

another factor is the surface you are bouncing off. if the wall/ceiling is painted a deeper color, the bounced light will bring in some of the color of the paint. usually, custom WB will keep things constant. if all hell breaks loose, there's still RAW/cRAW

holy smokes batman! ISO5000 and its like my ISO400... mummy, can i have a NEX for my birthday please?

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Added on July 24, 2010, 7:35 pmwith that kind of noise processing on the NEX's CMOS, the coming new alphas seems to be VERY VERY promising. but i'll hold my judgement till when it actually comes out

This post has been edited by lwliam: Jul 24 2010, 07:45 PM

lolz, macro the moon? *despicable me*

who knows, setup tripod kat mamak?

did i hear someone say Gorillapod?