looks super thin.. wonder if an occasional drop/knock would shatter/crack the mirror?

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RazorVista: Make sure that you are not recomposing.

http://www.mhohner.de/recompose.php

Your A700 center AF sensor is made of two cross-type sensors and one F2.8 sensor, thus made out of a total of 5 line sensors. It can detect detail to focus on in both horizontal and vertical direction.

However the other sensors are line sensors which mean they can only detect detail best in one direction. If the line sensor is horizontal, you can focus on a vertical wall fine, but you might have problems using this same line sensor to focus on the edge of a horizontal table.

My A700 had backfocus on the center AF point. It would happen at further distances with my Minolta 50mm F1.4. This is one of two common cases - the other is backfocus with wide-angle lenses and the 16mm end of the Zeiss 16-80mm (which miraculously focuses fine at 18mm!)

evilhomura89: Thanks for finding the quote!

They might be able to fix battery life, come up with some hack for RGB, and 10 FPS live feed, but the aperture being F3.5, to me, seems to be pretty much set in stone. Though I don't see why they can't keep the aperture wider while using virtual F3.5, this could be done to remove focus shift. *

* focus shift is a characteristic of some bright aperture lenses, where if you've focused at F1.4, and stopped down to F8, your lens focus shifts. This happens on the Minolta 50mm F1.4 and Nikkor 50mm F1.4 AF-D, and is optically fixed on the Sigma 50mm F1.4 EX DG HSM. The Sony A230/A900 onwards seemed to have smarter firmware to compensate for this, but my A700 did not, hence I had backfocus with my Minolta 50mm F1.4.

@albnok

if given a chance, would you replace your a700 n use a55 as your main gear? or you would go for a580 instead?

This post has been edited by evilhomura89: Sep 12 2010, 11:26 PM

@zstan & Windy87
last time i do ask in past, but not getting answer. maybe not giving example..

@albnok
i tried tat time, with pop up flash and without.. both produce similar colour (violet blue) for the flower as well instead of purple

thanks for the tutorial..
nicely writen.
now over-blown pictures can be save..
hahhaa..

@albnok
thanks for the correction! so its just WB problem eh. got a shock when i saw the different colours.

hmm...the translucent mirror does indeed seem fragile~

one of my fav:

zstan, nice I like this shot, but erm the black wire on the floor bottom right very distracting and illusion looks like she is holding it.... using tamron on this??? quite sharp worr

haha. thanks. can't do anything about the wire though. its fixed. =/

yeapz tamron!

shot at f2.8 and iso 100 and 1/320 speed plus direct flash.

fansoption: Nice #2 though remove the tilt. Get #3 framed so that you can see what it is looking down at.

evilhomura89: I sold my A100 to get the A700, and sold my A700 to get the A900. Nope, I am not considering the A580 at all. If I knew about the A55 I might not have gotten the NEX-5. I have a Cybershot WX-1 for pocketability (but the color isn't quite like the NEX!)

I like having both FF and APS-C for reach and composition.

24mm on the A900 is a group shot wide-angle lens which also does close range well (because it is wide enough.)

24mm on the A55 is a 'regular' angle like your phone camera. The other benefit is that it is very versatile - if I wanted to take a shot of 4 people in a small room, I could still do it without switching lenses. At the same time, it is narrow enough to be able to frame one subject (plus, the Zeiss 24mm F2.0 goes much closer, like a digicam's macro!)

85mm on the A900 is superb for a shot of 2 people from a slight distance, while looking portrait-ish. It is also superb for getting a portrait of a person from head to waist.

85mm on the A55 is tight, but it picks out one person in a telephoto way. It is also perfect for stages.

With this combo, I can be shooting tele, and quickly switch to wide when needed. e-jump is having this perfect prime combo (28mm F1.8 + 85mm F1.4.)

hiansitt: Hmmm I have posted the link before (probably a few threads back hehe.)

zstan: Eh! I saw a bunch of photographers at Garden, The Curve! I didn't spot any Sony neckstraps though.

aiyo u were there a? i was the guy in red. using matin black strap ma

all like never see sony DSLR before.

goin for kampung photoshoot tmr wif my model...any advice?

well, u can't deny the fact that the N n C is more popular

do ur exam revision before shooting!

day shot? try to use flash if possible...or reflector would be better...

my today's photoshoot those photogs tot they could do wonders with just a 50mm lens alone when they are shooting a subject against a very bright background light. end up most who did not use flash had underexposed pictures.

haha...i tengah baca sejarah ni...it's morning shot...7am...

my 50mm is attached to my a230 when i send it for service.. haiz.. dattime i din bring body cap.bo pian lo...

tmr need to rely on 28mm and 75-300

too bad they can't do this!



flash bounced pointing towards the floor.

90 degrees down, 70 degrees forward IINM.

wow...i always see ppl bounce from upwards, but u bounce from downwards..haha.. new style..

but it creates shadow la...

purposely wan create the shadow one ma..

got a bit mysterious/dramatic feel..

not to mention, the eyes macam abit soft..got OOF ?
in fact, the whole picture looks soft..or maybe it's me after reading too much sejarah?

albnok: i see... so you'd place the a55 over the NEX... but of course im not THAT surprise... i would to if i didnt need the pocketability factor.

zstan: how come macam soft?

rayng: make sure take some 'sexy' shots!