i bought mine in Arab last year...my parents just got back from Mekah doing their Haj...they bought Nova 180 for my uncle...lowepro beg over there is dirt cheap i tell you...

wanna ask also about the below..

full frame lens  on apsc body

1. alot ppl say will have distortion...what kind of distortion should I look for??
2. how to check if got veryy bad distortion??

mitmivec giving around 1.1k. and the mellaca shop is giving 1050 for installment plan ~ thinking....

KJ lake

i still cant figure out how ppl snap sunset w/ surreal cloud colors.
im tried sunset, landscape and natural profile w/ saturation and contrast+2, but still outputs normal

zstan: Hmmm. Try picking a different color channel to make your black-and-white from? So it separates the background from the kid.

I'd prefer #3 from Caturday, to be cropped something like this, since there is the reflection:



Of course the tail is not in the picture and it doesn't look all that harmonious... but you get the idea. Look for geometry!

As for the i-city shot, why not crop it after the green, blue and orange tree?

Opps oh..
So Siggy vs Tammy 17-50 which one better?
Just to survey nao 4 budget next year.

The Tammy 17-50 f2.8 is a very popular among photographers due to the price & performance. Siggy is a lil bit more expensive but I think it loses a bit in performance. Not sure if you get HSM with that. Haha! My vote would go to the Tammy unless you need the OS for video, then turn to the Siggy =)

still not done

Ier, just wanna ask something, in your pic, how did u get to "hide" your popup flash from showing in the leaves pic?? I don't think 1/160 is fast enough to hide it?? or u got use a card to block the light from coming out? 

zstan: i'd avoid HSS if possible, even 160 to 200hss, the flash power was cutdown A LOT. talking bout hss, yesterday i really felt the limit of 1/160 sync... i wan more... i need 1/250 >.<