IF the Zeiss 24mm f2 is really around RM 3k then I'm definitely saving up for it!

Else the 85mm f2.8 is also tempting. If that one is sub RM 1k then I'm definitely getting one. Poor man's portrait prime... LOL.. I'm not fisherman so will have to do ler.

Can't wait to see what the 85mm IQ is like. Heard that it's sharp. Hope that's true. Too bad it's SAM. I'd have preferred it to be screw drive but then beggars can't be choosers, no?

Made the mistake of looking at the Zeiss 24mm pre-production samples!!! I am poisoned now!!!!

Damn!! There's hardly any distortion and it looks so good at f8!!!!

Help!!!!! Need... antidote....

The 20mm is fine but I feel that the 24mm hits more of the sweet spot with me. Plus the 20mm has serious distortions around the corners. I have always wanted a 24mm prime but it's kinda hard to find a Minolta 24mm so I settled for a 20mm prime.

When you don't need to correct for distortion or crop so much, it makes for way faster PP time.

If the 24mm Zeiss price is right, it's bye-bye 20mm and helloooo Zeiss!!! But that's at least another year away lar..

Let's all hope!

The A550 is more or less comparable to the Nikon D90. Only thing is the A550 has no video. The A700 is comparable to Nikon D300 ler... Now waiting for A7xx to see what suprises Sony has in store for us.

The 85mm f2.8 lens is looking real good. Hopefully the price is even better... hehehehehehe....

ahpingko : The 85mm is not macro lens. It's just a normal lens. If the price comes to sub RM 1k then it's a bargain no matter which way you look at it.

Plus points:

- It's compact! You can slip in into your pocket!
- It's f2.8 - not the brightest but heck at its price it's as good as it gets.
- It's reported to perform well, even wide open.

Minus points:

- It's plastic so build quality is so-so.
- Looks like an el-cheapo kit lens!

I'm looking forward to testing this lens when it hits the shops.

This post has been edited by shootkk: Jul 29 2010, 03:14 PM

zstan : It has a 55mm filter thread. how big can it get? From the pics you can see that it's almost the same size as the 35mm lens and I think you'll be hard pressed to tell it apart from the 50mm f1.8 from a distance.

Don't compare with NEX pancake lens lar of course... but it's still small for a 85mm lens.

Maybe Sony wants to change it's tagline from make.believe to getting.you.closer

First generation of Alpha? You mean the A100 and the A700? I never faced any problems with my A100 and I'm still shooting with it ocassionally.

Kit lens? Which one? The 18-70mm or the 18-55mm? The most common problem is the gear stripping with the 18-70mm kit lens but that happens because the later generations alpha screw drive is a bit too fast for the plastic gearings...

Anyone planning to go to PC Fair next week?

I'm planning to go there and see if I can get some CF cards. Eyeing Sandisk 16GB card. Also go there shoot the 'leng lui' promoters... LOL!

lwliam : I am planning to go on both Friday and Saturday. Friday maybe in the afternoon after I settle some things in the morning. Saturday - maybe in the morning lar... no concrete plans yet.

Anyone for TT on any of the days?

ahpingko : Haiyah! You must tell your girl-girl that you use the other girls for practice mah! Then after many, many practices and got uber skills ady, then you can take her pics and all will come out nice, nice one lor! <--- Blatant lie no. 1

lwliam : If you want then Saturday morning 9.30am around KLCC lor...

Anyone else for TT?

zstan : Aiyah! Want to shoot 'leng lui' then just say want to shoot 'leng lui' lar. No one will eat you wan lar... After all those leng lui are there for show mah... You take their pic, they happy, you happy, every one happy so why not wor? You think I really go there purposely want to buy stuff meh? Hehehehehe... A chance to shoot leng lui and also get my cam out for some shutter exercise ler...

cassplayer : What low class, high class? Got different one meh? Shooting is shooting lar no matter where you shoot. Shoot real model need to fork out money and pay the model. Sometimes even pay also model like 'kayu' only then how?

Those who say this is like fanboys with expensive gears lar... say people with less expensive gears = low class

cassplayer : PC Fair always crowded one lar... photogs or no photogs also crowded like hell one. Why blame anyone? You go to pasar malam also crowded what?

I've been to enough PC Fair to tell you that the crowd is always there lar. I've been going since they were holding them at the PWTC! I've seen how the PC Fair has gone from a showcase for new products plus some cash and carry thing to a pasar malam fair to now where camera brands have like half the booth in those halls! The crowd never seem to lessen.

ianho : Hahaha! I know lar the prices are same like in Low Yat Plaza but going to the PC Fair has been like a tradition to me lar. Even before I have a camera I have been going to the fair!

ahpingko : HOW COME??!!! Bro... that's one of the plus points for Sony Alpha DLSRs lar! It has wireless flash capabilities BUILT-IN straight out of the box for every alpha body. All you need is one other external flash gun and you're set for wireless flash experience.

Except for A900/A850 where there's no pop up flash.

What the heck do you think I have 3 external flashes for?

This post has been edited by shootkk: Jul 30 2010, 04:48 PM

ahpingko : Of course got wireless mode lar for F42 and F58. F20 is just a pop-up flash for the A900/A850.

How to get wireless flash:

Step 1.
Set your A550 to wireless flash and set your external flash gun to wireless flash mode.

Step 2.
Raise your pop-up flash.

Step 3.
Fire away!!!

It's that simple!

8tvt : As long as the flashes are set to the same channel and as long as they can receive the signal from your pop-up flash, there's no limit on how many flashes you can trigger with your body.

zstan : Nope. You can put it behind objects and as long as the signal can reach it (via bouncing or otherwise), the flash will fire.

Signal is infrared

8tvt : If channel is same then yes, it will be triggered.

This post has been edited by shootkk: Jul 30 2010, 05:10 PM