So nice!

Selamat Hari Raya to muslim brothers & sisters! Maaf Zahir Batin if I've said anything wrong or offensive here.




This post has been edited by poolcarpet: Aug 16 2012, 01:10 PM

i don't know about the photos man, but i really like where you've been traveling!!!

Speaking of batteries, I'm thinking to get this from ebay to try. Anyone used or bought from this seller fotocola before? Great deal below USD10.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Decoded-NP-FW50-ba...=item27c8b43fcc

Anyone interested in an EOS-NEX adapter? Will be useful to anyone who would like to use Canon EF lens with Sony NEX E mount.

Never tried with EFS lens but vignetting might occur as EFS is for 1.6x crop and Sony NEX is 1.5x crop...

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=2495450

This post has been edited by poolcarpet: Sep 4 2012, 02:12 PM

WOW.... anyone want to buy second hand 9 month old SEL1855 and SEL16F28?

on the SEL35F18 and SELP1650

Agreed with this - one of the cheapest way. Canon EF 50mm F1.8 is around RM290 new, and I also have an EOS-NEX adapter for sale for anyone interested. Have tried it and with the peaking level it's easy to focus.

However, one big big drawback is you can't control the aperture so you're basically shooting wide open all the time at F1.8

There is another type of EOS-NEX adapter (I think >RM100) where they include a 'fake' aperture, so you can turn that to control the aperture but it's not the same as the one in the lens.

Another way is to go for even older Canon FD lens, I think sevenor is selling, and you can then play with aperture and focus.

And agreed also with the final point, if $ no concern go for SEL50F18

I bought one from ebay fotocola seller. Less than rm40. Tested no prob 61% remain still can shoot 60 mins of video (29x2). It weighs lesser than ori though. Ori is 60gm this is only 40gm haha... And i don't really dare charge it unattended dont know will catch fire or not you know lah china made stuff.

But it's good enough as backup, if ori batt flat, charge that and use this temporarily.

Goto ebay.com search for "5n battery decoded" , seller is fotocola.

So far ok for me,but i don't know anything more about this seller. First time buying something from him/her. Do your own research and buy at own caution. I think someone else is also selling nex batteries here in lowyat, do a search and look for that.

Just to share with NEX users, esp those interested in manual lens - I just got an old new Canon FD 50mm F/1.8 lens from LYN seller sevenor here. It's a great deal, a fraction of the cost of the Sony SEL50F18 but obviously this is old lens and manual focus/aperture. For those who are still using kit lens (SEL1855 and SEL16F28), you have got to give this a try. The lens is soooo unbelievably new, totally clean and I won't believe it's an old lens even after holding and using it.

I just tried it and focusing is easy with focus peaking mode and continuous drive mode (shoot non stop while minor adjustment of focus ring). Managed to get very nice sharp photos, and so much better than the SEL1855

Obviously though, if you are willing to go for the SEL50F18, I think that's best with autofocus and nicer bokeh (this Canon FD is 5 blade aperture, but still very nice!!).

Just thought of sharing this info - sevenor is extremely helpful and very patient in explaining the manual lens concept, and doing test shots.

This post has been edited by poolcarpet: Sep 20 2012, 05:32 PM

Price listed in his sales thread.

Sample photo - took some of people and looks much better than kit lens but don't want to share publicly. Here are 2 test shots, still need to get used to the manual focus...



This post has been edited by poolcarpet: Sep 21 2012, 12:12 PM

Yeah peaking works, but I find it very hard to keep it steady and focus and shoot at the same time.

So I've configured drive mode to be continuous shutter priority mode, then basically I let the shutter rip and take 10-20 shots while adjusting focus slightly. Then take sharpest/best out of these lot.

LOL! What a way to take photos!!! I will surely draw a lot of attention to myself considering the NEX shutter is not exactly the quiet type

william really sifu!!!

to geek8585, here are two fantastic tutorials on rule of thirds. it's something which is all over in nature, God's creation and masterpiece. and also if you studied mathematics, then this is related to fibonacci's number. just amazing.

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials...e-of-thirds.htm
http://digital-photography-school.com/divi...rds-on-steroids

RM3.52 here....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/high-quality-67mm-...=item19d506f12c

i just got a 32GB Sandisk SDHC Class 4 for less than RM70! super cheap works just fine.

For 720p video, class 4 is more than enough. Class 4 will give you min. 4MB/s write speed, and that is way above the bitrate for 720p video.
For 5N, I think the max video bitrate is about 28Mbit/s, which is still below Class 4 minimum write speed so it is enough even for 5N.

Please correct me if wrong.

of course, if you're talking about transfering definitely class 10 will be faster and take less time.

if not willing to wait or really need to transfer a lot, then go for class 10 or even high speed memory stick but just have to pay $$$ can't have best of everything...

I have class 4 and class 6 SDHCs and did benchmark before, as you can see class 6 definitely can read/write faster at higher cost $$





Maybe someone can test their class 10 and share for comparison sake. At 12Mb/s vs 18Mb/s read speed, we can easily understand why it takes longer to copy from fully loaded 32GB class 4 vs class 6 or 10.




This post has been edited by poolcarpet: Sep 28 2012, 11:57 PM

US Sony Store already listing the 5R and 6....

5R with 16-50 $799.99
5R body only $649.99
5R with 18-55 $749.99
6 with 16-50 $999.99
6 body only $849.99

and 5N with 18-55 super cheap sale $499.99 only

If i'm not wrong this may not be sony malaysia set. Find out clearly first...

Anyone happened to be looking for the 16mm SEL16F28?

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=ST&f=225&t=2542105

For those who really really like the 180 deg flip LCD on F3, here's a 3rd party solution for C3/5N folks... lol