nope. you're giving people false hope there.

my card i ter-deleted stuff before. i don't remember recovering 90% of it.

case by case.

+1 if no returns. don't ever call it investment. hobby is hobby. don't get mixed up.

Sniper did not misunderstand it at all because that's how English works.

when you say INVEST, it immediately has to do with INVESTMENT.

don't buy what you don't know. don't buy what you don't need. if you intend to buy what you WANT - make sure you don't end up eating grass.

there's more thing in life to spend on than photography gears.

aiyah don't go around simply recommending wireless flash to people la. not everyone is into wireless flash / strobing.

what do you mean clearer?

the viewfinder will be unchanged.

when you press DOF preview it will adjust the aperture based on your setting to show you the DOF. the narrower the DOF the darker it is on viewfinder.

let's say you use Av mode.

you point to 1 area. half press shutter, so it get metered.

then you press AE lock to log the setting. then you can point it to other place, the setting won't change.

the difference is you'll incur more steps. there's a reason why AE lock is available even up to pro grade cameras.

the purpose is to meter it based on one area but to use it on other area.

doesn't have to be taken 1 time.




you should.




when you have subjects or areas in the scene with huge variation in brightness.

merchant9 - you're right on that comment. the block alone drops the points a lot.

IMO the market closing one, is probably the best Vi King photo I've seen. I like the mood.

but this viking always post big big pictures wan. 3rd pic can see it's a little shaky already.

for me i prefer pics no wider than 500px on the longest end. i think 800 is still ok la. viking wan all 1024 widest side.

use RAW la.

that aside, you can use manual mode. even flash use manual power setting.

that's where RAW come in.

automation make people think less.

my 350D / 500D / 550D photos can put out on PRINT are good enough to impress world class judges to pass my MPA qualification.

one of the judges is Ryan Wong from Singapore, who is The MPA's Overseas Master Photographer of the Year 2010.

IMO that says enough about how good the entry-level bodies are.

if you think entry-level body is not good, think again.

what kind of question is this la?

RM 3k+ body vs RM 2k+ body. obviously the one you pay more is better in specs la.

why so?

kit lens not good enough for you? .......... but if you know it's not good enough for you then you should also know which lens to choose mah.

just use the 18-55 IS first la. it's a good lens.

I see no reason for you to spend RM 1k++ for that Tamron 17-50.

simply because this mine not be what you like. it could be that you like macro, or like long zooms. it could be you like wide.

then that $$$$ could be channeled there. get familiar with the range fist, then only decide how to spend.

DON'T BUY WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW.

you can auto-focus when recording. just press the button that you assigned to do the AF in video mode. bear in mind it's damn slow la.

i use manual focus for video.

i'm using the term auto-focus as in how we half-press and the camera focuses on subject based on AF point. in video mode you can do that when recording.

i'm not talking about the Nikon type subject tracking.

the more limiting the gear, the more you force yourself to think how to overcome the shortcomings.

+1

worry about shutter count is unnecessary. buy so expensive gear still want to worry about shutter count what for.

just go out happy shoot shoot away!