altho i had no chance(always wanted to do this but nobody wants me >.< )....but i think its good to tag along with a experienced photographer for some times..u can learn lots of stuff from them...not only in photography aspect..but also how they handle most of the unexpected situation....

take note the light transmission is 4.5..not 2.8
tried once..the bokeh is mind blowing..but its a tricky lens to use imo..well..maybe im not used to it yet...

if i remember correctly..its like the Depth of field is @ F/2.8 while the light transmission is @ F/4.5(T4.5) due to the apodization element..something like that..

its not-so-cat-eye on crop sensor....the cat-eye bokeh is due to optical vignetting...so when your bokeh light source is at certain degree/direction to your lens..it'd get blocked and create cat-eye shape.....when u stop down your aperture..it would disappear as the aperture opening become smaller....so generally if u using F/1.8@ 1.8 and u r not getting cat eye..u use F/1.4@ 1.8..u wont get cat eye also....


correct me if im wrong

This post has been edited by achew: Jul 14 2010, 04:03 PM

nah..135 @1.8

i dont have one..lol...maybe someone can sponsor me??? XD

errr..i don pixel peep that much la..unless looking for dust to clone out la..lol....

plug in my a850 to my usb cable..feel the connection quite loose..and indeed..my macbookpro cant detect my camera anymore =.= hopefully it is the cable issue..not my camera..zzz....now got to buy a CF reader..sigh..

i hope it was usb cable issue rather than my a850 usb slot issue..zzz...
need to work during national day..lol....

u r in singapore now?im working on saturday nite n sunday nite...so will be sleeping whole sunday n monday..lol..well..people like me dont really have any public holliday..hahaz

take note both imageshack n photobucket compress your photo(at least it did at the last few times i checked)...u can try upload it..and download the photo again...the file size reduced significantly...

for flickr...u can upload more than 200 with free account...just that it only show u the latest 200 photos...the rest are "hidden" away from u..however if u link it to other website...the link still works...it wont delete any of your image..

flickr(for free account) will resize your photo if its larger than 1024px too...what i mean is that lets say i just uploaded a 500kb 800x600 photo...after i download the photo back from that website...it would be compressed and the file size maybe left 100-200kb only..whereas for flickr it'd remain at 500kb..just the file name different thats all..

if i not wrong..tumblr/devianart dont compress your photo too

i tried picasa 2years ago(b4 i got poisoned by photography..lol)..during that time..yes...they did compress..however....now im not sure whether they still do it..

its either u edit it yourself..or camera edit it for it...whats the diff??
however if its jsut saturation..contrast etc..u can always adjust the setting in your camera...so does it count as "edit" ?? lol...actually..as long as the outcome please your eyes...y so particular about editing...

i also need a card reader...and its selling damn exp in singapore..those semi transparent no brand reader also need 20sgd..zzz..