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Pics of the places around the place which you're going, breath taking sceneries, lucky you get to stay there!!! I miss it so much

Love the greens on the water sifu cjlai

Hi FrozenRay, here are the pros and cons of each lens (which I could think of)

Sony 35mm f1.8
Pros
Light weight
Cheap (price)
New
35mm = 52.5mm in APS-C (50mm is the normal focal length of our eyes, so it might seem more natural)
its f1.8!

cons
Build feels cheap (plastic)
DT lens. When used in FF it will vignette (or the FF sensor will be tuned down to APS-C to accomodate the lens) not sure sry

Minolta 24mm f2.8
Pros
Built like a tank (metal mount)
might be hard to find a good copy (not so sure abt this lol)
Minolta colours! (saturated and vibrant!)
A bit wider than the 35mm f1.8
FF compatible

Cons
Old coating (might be prone to flare, like all minolta lens)
heard that its not that sharp at 2.8 might have to stop down for it to reach its maximum sharpness.
f2.8!

I would pick the 35mm as it would also serve as a good portrait lens =)

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Added on February 8, 2011, 10:20 pmHey thanks albnok and cjlai! Appreciate it!

This post has been edited by yuhi: Feb 8 2011, 10:20 PM

Thanks ieR , zstan, mikesashimi & 67zai


mikeshashimi : You'll need your UWA, the landscapes there are amazing! But the kit lens does a good job

67zai: its at Tasmania, beautiful place!

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Added on February 9, 2011, 9:18 amYeap, later if you found out the flash works but it has faulty hotshoe so it can't connect to your camera. Also if you find that if the flash can't sync properly with your camera shutter (ie. flashes after u press your shutter, resulting in underexposed pic, bring along an ink rubber and rub at the metal contacts of the hotshoe on your camera. Happened to me)

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Added on February 9, 2011, 9:19 amI love the silhouette!

This post has been edited by yuhi: Feb 9 2011, 09:19 AM

Erm, correct me if I'm wrong but i think your camera LCD has higher pixel density so your pics will be much more vibrant compared to your monitor. My pics all look damn chun on an Iphone. Hahaha! When I use my notebook to edit my pics, when I develop them into photos the results are not so pleasing as the colours will look damn fake as what I see in my uncalibrated monitor is not what it results in the photo. So now I have the uncanny habbit of never editing my pics as they usually fail miserably (and because I'm noob in photoshop ) I just add watermark

For the colours, make sure your white balance is set correctly. Its is one of the most important aspects of photography which a lot of people will miss out. Once you know how to set white balance, you will notice that the colours of your photos will be much more vibrant. Another things is that you could use circular polarizing filter to make your skies look blue and increase contrast when shooting landscape pics under the sun.

Both have different uses.

CPL filters block out certain wavelengths of light. They are the filters which makes sky deep blue and vivid and should be the ones you are looking for. Get 1 from a good brand or a thin 1 as cap ayam CPL are usually thicker and it will cause vignetting (corners become dark).

ND filters function to block out light so you can use slow shutter speeds in broad daylight to achieve certain effects such as moving clouds, misty waterfalls, blury ppl etc etc =)

Hope it helps =)

So sigma 24-70mm f2.8 up on sale???

likes this quote X10000000 LOL! Funny as hell....

Haha! Maybe they thought you were a spy or smth. Don't give out the wrong impression to other ppl lol!

Caturday! (Don't know if its still on or not... I'm so outdated...


This post has been edited by yuhi: Feb 12 2011, 03:30 PM

The 1st and most important thing... Low light performance lol! (less noise at higher iso)

This post has been edited by yuhi: Feb 13 2011, 10:52 PM

The multishot noise reduction thingy (hand held twilight?) helps alot in low light shooting, provided ur subject isn't moving...

No it won't, I can personally guarantee that. The battery can stand up to subzero temperatures. You might encounter problems in Antarctica but not places which are 3-7 degrees =)

8tvt: I have a pic with the same perspective as well! (pardon me for the lousy FB quality)

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Added on February 14, 2011, 9:12 pmCheck whether it is new 1 (take a pic and check shutter count), check pop up flash, check hotshoe, check buttons, dials, take a pic with a memory card and view the memory card to make sure that its dust free and the sensor is clean. I think that's most of it, hope it helps!

This post has been edited by yuhi: Feb 14 2011, 09:12 PM

Haha! Just trying out a diff perspective The palm tree was in itself boring lar. Hahaha!

Don't be influenced by what other people say, go with your own preference, do your own research so when you buy it you won't regret because it is you who made the choice. =)

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Added on February 14, 2011, 10:20 pmHope that Sony might think twice of making cameras with similar specs which are slightly cheaper. No point IMO

This post has been edited by yuhi: Feb 14 2011, 10:20 PM

Haha! I know well abt this since its Sony who puts rice in my bowls =) Just that its not from the dslr department

My i'm using the Marumi dhg cpl for my lens. It doesn't disapoint

Yes it does, I did use a cap ayam filter on my 50mm which resulted in a lot of unwanted flares I took it off and have been using it without a filter ever since. My friend also took off the fujiyama filter which came with her tammy 17-50 because it caused unwanted flares and replaced it with a hoya pro1D. You'll never know the difference until you experience it first hand.

Cheapo filters are cheap because you get what for the price you pay. High end filters such as the B+W, hoya, marumi, zeiss etc. have multi layers of coating to eliminate flare and some even have coating to enable easier cleaning (i.e. B+W, that's why lots of people love them). For your kit lens, I think just a normal hoya filter will surfice as you could easily get a 2nd kit lens for the price you are paying for a high end filter. Some cheapo filters absorb or reflect light away from the lens so there will be some effect on picture quality as the transmission of light to the sensor will be reduced more compared to a high end filter.

Get a grey card with a white side, its one of the best thing to set custom WB (I think).

Are you using a Skylight filter? They tend to warm the image up a little because they have a slight magenta tint to it

This post has been edited by yuhi: Feb 15 2011, 02:48 PM