yaya.. smooth auto-focus motor.. but however, still got little sound.. just generally know as in-lens focus motor
SSM is in-lens supersonic focus motor (is fast and quiet)

muahaha i'm laughing..
yes please click..

remember to take your adapter from me when you return my filters.....

@kiet
sorry for keep you waiting..... nice dealing with you..... I'm in the rush to go home & can't really chat much with you.... enjoy your atx 116

Oh no! xD ... congrats kiet for your new Tokky

but since when a100 become mid range & a700 become prosumer :s

A100 got LV?

Is Sony a560 or a580 is in Malaysia already?

Not available yet :/ ...

can't even find a full review online

ahhh, u are now even more confused. LOL.

metering has 3 mode.
i) multi metering (or all zone metering, or wide metering, other brand will name it differently but its the same)
ii) center weighted metering (this take a small area of the middle zone, best for portraiture of subject in the middle where it will ignore strong backlight around the corners)
iii) spot metering (take 1 segment only, of ur AF point, this is the only metering that can move around... logically, wide/multi mean all segment, it can move, center weighted is CENTER weighted, so Spot is the only metering can move around and meter according to the selected point.)

sony uses 40 "honey comb shape" boxes, to evaluate the exposure. how? (actually i dunno the actual value) it take reading from each of the 40 segment, and get the AVERAGE(balanced EV) out of it, and calculate the setting to shoot.

it works the same way with 1200 zone metering. just that, with more 'zone/segment' the averaged unit is more accurate then just 40 segment. hence, when u shoot are with light source (light bulb) the 40segment sometimes will goes underexpose to control the light thinking it was overexposed. while 1200zone will detect more accurate metering by having more meter to average, it will have more balanced because it calculate better of how much did the lightsource overexposed the segment. but the weakness of the 40segment is also due to it uses penta mirror, if its penta prism, i believe its much better and the prism are brighter then the mirror.

go and try it out

conventional OVF is just OVF.
sony "quick" LV is diff from conventional LV. But, sony MF LV check is actually, same as conventional LV (or works the same way) jsut that, it wont try to AF when the mirror comes down.

how QuickLV focus is, the Mirror stay there like in OVF Mode. the mirror box is untouch or unaltered. it still reflect the image upward to the OVF area.... its just the OVF area of A300 (or any model that has QLV) is using Penta Mirror instead of Penta Prism, you will notice there model has much smaller OVF. the penta mirror is tilted slightly, reflecting the image from the Main Mirror below, into the QLV capturing sensor.
now, since the mirror box is unaltered, mean the AF module is still intact and able to still uses Phase Detection. hence with QLV, u still get fast AF then other conventional that, they need to Lift up the Main mirror, making the AF module below unable to work.

Didn't like a33 and a55 as it battery not good enough and don't even have battery grip...

Waiting fo a560/a580 or just get back to a550

wanna ask..i read review the tamron 10-24 heard alot compplains on soft ah??? i wonder if i get it will i encounter that issue?? anyone any review and poison.. i am liking it only for its range..else will go for sigma f3.5 10-20 though...

also damn hard to find uwa prices around worr

yo, i advise A560/580 no matter what. its a A550 replacement.

i) 15 af point
ii) HELL LOT faster AF detection and lock
iii) i heard from insider who tested A55 for a whole week, it focus marvelous in Pub, so i guess the A560/80 has better more sensitive night shooting.

as a photographer, u know those top 3 thing is more important then iso, megapixel or grip.

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Added on October 8, 2010, 1:02 amit is soft when u zoom in to 100% (friend send me samples) at F3.5, but the sharpness is okay at F5.6 and better at F8.

but if u resize the 10mp photo to 50% (5mp is still huge photo), it is tack sharp

This post has been edited by ieR: Oct 8 2010, 01:02 AM

ooo okie....well sometimes only use zoom in, but what if display on a 32" sony lcd tv ah? can see it soft ah?? damn looks like no choice have to get a smaller range lens lo

well, 32inch, if u dont zoom it, viewed on (let say fullHF) 1920x1080, thats hardly even 3mp... so 10mp scale down to 3mp, its compressing the pixel by 3 times, sure is VERY sharp lo

joke for the day, saw a post

[WTB] Sony hvl-f42am flash Rm250 and below..

i think he typo for HVL F20.... hahahaha...

rm250, he looking for a broken one har?

Minolta 100mm F2.8 macro lens im buying dis for 1100... is it ok?

if type won be 20 become 42 gua, will be like 22 or 40....

Minolta 100mm F2.8 macro lens vs Sigma 105mm F2.8 macro which is better?