sigh... bought the syk5 to sync it with my f58.. but too bad the hot shoe converter sold at uncle chin there not working with the syk5.. any1 go better recommendation for hot shoe converter??

My 2 contrasting pics from Midvalley, friday night.



This post has been edited by nlik: Mar 11 2012, 12:18 AM

what time u went there? i was there about 5-7pm.

You sure is the SYK5 not compatible or just the unit you bought is defected?
You didn't test it before you buy?
Actually you can ask to test with your own flash or any of his flash which available to test!!
this is good about buying thing from Studio Zaloon that he have a lot of products for you to test!
Try go back to him and told him the problem. he will be more willing to help.

i went there around 1-2pm.. tested all of his hot shoe converter.. my f58 just cant sync with the syk5... used other syk5 unit also same thing.. but it can sync with uncle chin's nissin flash... it seems the hot shoe converter contact is kinda not firm tats y my flash cant sync.. need better hot shoe converter which is not seagull brand.. any suggestions??

Weird giant Bunga Raya..yet to bloom & another weird pineapple haha.. Taken wth ancient minota lens

anyone could recommend any filter for nex5n? just to protect the les from dust ect and will not effect the pic taken.

and is it possible to captured this waterfall scene with nex5n + 16mm @ 55mm lens?

because when I see the shutter to be slower, I can seem to adjust the apature@iso lower in order to decreese the light exposer..

p/s : real newbie with manual settings here

This post has been edited by anakrantau: Mar 11 2012, 10:42 PM

hi guys, I'm planning to get SONY NEX5N K.. done some research on the web for the pricing. And I found out that, Superbuy.my offering a very competitive price. Wonder if any of you guys ever buy camera from Superbuy?

And for NEX5N K, how long does it take to charge the batter from near blank to full??

I never heard anyone bought from superbuy. Price not bad. Maybe you can try and let us know! ^^

For battery, just charge until it auto stop.

I wonder any sifu can show the different between the default lens PQ vs 3rd party recommend lens..is it huge gap between them..

I bought used NEX5 for my girlfriend yesterday. Now she complaining say the liveview has a lot of noise. Is it setting wrong or what?

Nevermind.. I already checked and its normal.. She just being fussy..

This post has been edited by Amedion: Mar 12 2012, 04:42 PM

you need a ND filter..

anakrantau: Or, you could wait until it is not so bright.

u mean like shoot in the night?

@ zstan : ND Filter? ok noted. so this filter will help to reduce the light right?

you could shoot in the morning..or evening... that's when the good light comes...

yeap..reduce the light reaching your sensor..then you can get a longer shutter speed without having to stop down too hard on your aperture which may cause diffraction...

Yes. Here's my attempt 2 weeks ago with the old-5 + kit lens. Stuck the marumi CPL in front to reduce the brightness and to cut the water reflections. Expose for 1 second, iso 200 + some curve adjustments in gimp.


You can still test it. Change to Aperture mode and dial it up to something like F20. Then aim at the sky and take a pic. Point the camera at another cloud and take another pic. THis is one way to check if there's dust on the sensor or not.

This post has been edited by nlik: Mar 13 2012, 12:08 AM

CPL will reduce the water reflection but u want the water reflection in this particular pic right? coz its d reflection dat gives us the illusion dat water is moving. try another one with the cpl removed.

but again, cpl will cut the amount of light by 1/2, hence lengthen the exposure

Dear All sifus, wanna ask which one is better for my nex-c3? all can be fit with same adaptor right?

MINOLTA MC ROKKOR 55mm f1.7 manual lens
MINOLTA MC ROKKOR 58mm f1.4
MINOLTA MD 50mm f1.7 MANUAL LENS

Thanks

MD is lighter than the tank built MC and also newer. Some say MC PQ much better than MD but very personal.

Between F1.4 & F1.7, for sure F1.4 having bigger apperture and thus better bokehness but at F1.4, the focus area also reduced. So most of the time I'm using ~ F2 or evenF2.8 instead of F1.4..just like my flower photos above

Go for the 58mm. The slightly longer reach translates to 87mm equivalent focal length, much more pleasing for portraits and such.

1.4 would very useful for low light shots as well.

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Added on March 13, 2012, 11:06 amSo fast can use new knowledge already

This post has been edited by axii: Mar 13 2012, 11:06 AM