Wow! Lucky I'm not able to make it to the TT.. if not sure die of poisoning. Just the other day an evil thought crossed my mind.. I was wondering if it was worthwhile getting the 135mm STF...

soket : I dun wan to tanya.. coz I know the answer is sure worthwhile to buy... problem is I don't think I will be using the lens often enough to justify the price tag... T.T

Plus it's big...
and heavy...
and I use the 85mm more...

... actually trying to convince myself not to buy............

Wah! Crap! What the heck happened??!! I go home for the weekend and all hell broke loose?? Just have to blame my internet connection at home for being down for nearly 2 weeks now!

edpaul : Ehh? You seemed familiar but then again I might be mistaken....

lwliam : Aiyo... see lah... now you frighten away another newcomer....


Anyway... it all might be too late now but still... I have some advise for moonwalk if you are still here.....

1. Don't go dropping names
You should listen to yourself talk. Every few sentences there's a name that's a somebody in the photography world. Why? Do you really need their credentials so that you can be confident enough in your own pics?

2. Listen without prejudice
Different people have different ways of getting the message across. We need to be objective and see what's the real content. If there's truth in those content then we should acknowledge them.

You know, you are not entirely blameless in this whole flame fest. Everytime someone comments that your pics need more attention, you would reply with something like : "Sifu so and so told me that's the way it should be so that how my pic is!"

To be honest, that's kinda rude.


Well, I better stop my 'uncle rants' ler.. hahahaha...


Who got event to join? Please let me know lar... I am turning into a rock at home ler... no internet connection and no event to shoot...

Dafuq!! Cannot lah! Not able to apply leave on such short notice!

hazril : Wah! Your boy boy must have gotten his trollface from you!

Haha! But on a serious note - cute baby!

Decent?! You call the 35mm f1.4G bokeh as DECENT?!! Wah!! What will you call a good bokeh then? STF lens is not applicable.. LOL!

Then again 35mm is not wide in my books.

All my gear lust is gone for now. Haven't really had any decent shoots for a while now... blame partly on Diablo III and partly on a bad streak of luck in life. My son has just been recently discharged from hospital. The bill took away a Zeiss 24mm f2.0 SSM...

fansoption : Wah! I like your new style! Can make into wallpaper! LIKE +100

Thanks for your concern. He's ok now. Back to his mischievous old self. Well, I'm lucky Diablo III is not such a good game. Helps to cut down playing time. Now feel a bit bored playing ady... Dun think I want to start playing any other games. Haha.

You know, I would give up all the Zeiss lens just to see him smiling and healthy. I bet you would do the same too!

I'm sure in time my gear lust will return... now looking forward to 3rd week of August for Animagaki. Codyx promised to give me a tour and shoot lots of cosplayers!!

If age is unknown then I would suggest that you skip it. The f56 is at least 4 years old if not more. Top up your budget for another 200 bucks and you could get a new f43 with swivel head action!

Buying used flash is risky because:

1. You do not know how heavily the flash has been used. The bulb might be close to expiring.
2. Old flash units will affect the WB as flash tends to turn warmer the older they get.

Unless you are buying the flash to use for wireless and not as your main flash, I would suggest people to buy a new unit.

Bigger? As if medium format? Hassie? Mamiya?

Now oni you guys know what 50mm on FF feels like... slowpoke lah you guys all.. LOL

Wokeh... anyone has any event to shoot? Best if free event.. me cheapskate bugger so like to avoid paying..

Feel all rusty ady as long time no touch camera.

lwliam : I not lc lah... just that I bit the bullet early. Haha. Told you guys to get FF long time ago mah...

You still got more gears gears than me.. how to beat you wor?

jimlim007 : That shot is probably one from the reject pile. kysham did say that it was for a magazine so I doubt he will be able to release the selected pics before the mag article is published.

ieR : Hmm... what theme is this? Bondage? Zombie?

The cameraman in the background is quite distracting? That's the understatement of the year! It's like a freaking pink elephant in the room! Once you see that, you cannot 'unsee' it.

My opinion is that the cameraman really RUINED the whole shot. Sorry about that but that how I felt.

Agreed with ieR. No need to spend so much money buying diffusers. I hardly use anything other than the built-in bounce card on my F58 flash.

- Big diffusers are a pain to carry around. They are bulky and you will have a hard time trying to fit them in your bag.

- They are a pain to setup, especially for the demb. So many separate parts and you need to flip here, flip there and if you're in a hurry, you can kiss your photo op goodbye if you fiddle with your diffuser.

- If the ceiling is low enough to bounce, then bounce works just a well. If the ceiling is too high for bounce, then diffusers also lose their effectiveness. They do depend on bounced light too.

Just my thoughts.

Haha. Most times MF = looking like pro but actually dunno what he's doing.

To be honest, I do not really use MF. I like AF. For me, my justification is that if I have to pay through my nose to get a camera with AF then I'm darn well going to make use of it!

I have always said that macro is not on the list of what I normally shoot so no need MF loh... and also I don't even have freaking live view on my cam so peaking mode is definitely alien to me.

Maybe when Sony has released the A99 and I have decided that the price is right, I may dabble with that peaking mode. As for now.. AF all the way! Haha.

Dunno what to comment wor... shot looks ok but seems like a little bit overexposed. I also dunno what lens you use but sharpness seems ok.

Do tell what lens you're using...

I like this shot. At first glance it looked like some kind of sci-fi film's machinery.

Wokeh.. who's going to Animagaki in the Sunway Pyramid Convention Center this Saturday / Sunday?

I am going but not sure which day yet.

Codyx how do I contact you? I know you are going.

Been long time since I had a shoot.

BTW, entrance is RM 15 for one day pass and RM 25 for 2 day pass.

Depends on where your cam hits when you go over bumps. If it hit against your body only then I don't think there will be much damage. If it hits against the handlebars or other metal bike parts then all bets are off.

Unless of course you leave the cam powered on. That might just push the steady shot mechanism over the edge.