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i am hahah..

pc fair tomorrow!

Felt abit too old tonight, to be taking portraits of adolescent sales girls @ pcfair haha.. leave that to the younger guys here


So headed out to the fountains, ...

(After crop, sparkle and softglow in GIMP)

This post has been edited by nlik: Dec 7 2012, 11:43 PM

I can't find an official DOF indicator in the manual or searching in the menu's. However, If you have focus peaking on I guess that could roughly serve as a visual DOF indicator??

There's something fishy about Nex-6 AF with the PZ1650. I just tested shot after shot using M mode (35mm,1/20,iso 800) , S-AF, Center weight with DMF, and I always get sharper results with manual focus as opposed to letting the camera AF. This is daytime with the window curtains 1/2 open.

I toggled Setup >Phase Detect AF Area , metering center or Multi and the results still the same. There's a Setup > AF Micro Adj. but I am not sure yet what does it do.



So, for those who think their NEX-6 Lens itself is not sharp, try DMF or manual focus to test it out first before concluding.

This post has been edited by nlik: Dec 9 2012, 12:53 PM

hmm..and i just found that the AF micro adj. is only used with LA-EA adapters. so probably not affecting the focus with the PZ1650

No worries man.. the ambiguous name of that settings can really be misleading.

I've run amok shooting around the house haha.. my right eye abit uncomfortable squinting in the EVF. But i've concluded that the AF is not always 100% reliable. Sometimes it get's the same sharpness as MF but generally MF beats it, even though will be much slower. Granted there are already well known scenarios where AF will be fooled, but I'm curious though, if the color of the subject will affect the AF accuracy.


Cool.

Don't be shy, get closer to take their pics



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Anyway, here's a pic of aperture blades in a very old Makinon lens which I've just cleaned up haha.




This post has been edited by nlik: Dec 9 2012, 10:12 PM

Nex-6'ers.. can anyone take a dark scene.. like in an outdoor parking lot where there will be alot of 'black areas in the scene'

Then, review the picture and press DISP until you see the histograms. Do you also see the overly bright or dark areas BLINKING?!!

Thanks.

Syok wei ! . TTL can do with this new flash??

Haha.. Solympus . Mine is Sonsin

well... yea.. let's all do this. I'm sure we've seen each other at workshops before.

Hmm.. Pandai pandai la, roughly the areas..
Central: KL, Selangor, Negeri 9
North: Penang, Perlis, Perak
South: Johor, Melaka
East: Pahang, Terengganu, Kelantan
East Malaysia: Sabah, Sarawak, Labuan.

Remarks.. : just wanna minum, or wanna include location shoot first then only minum? or whatever u think is appropriate. Maybe can just add your ID and ignore the location,date, remarks if you are not so particular.

I think no need all regions to meet at the same time lah. If your believe your region has enough persons can jalan first.

Region Central >>
Lowyat ID:
Suggested Location:
Preferred Date:
Remarks:

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Region East >>
Lowyat ID:
Suggested Location:
Preferred Date:
Remarks:

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Region North >>
Lowyat ID:
Suggested Location:
Preferred Date:
Remarks:

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Region South. >>
Lowyat ID:
Suggested Location:
Preferred Date:
Remarks:

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Region East Malaysia:
Lowyat ID:
Suggested Location:
Preferred Date:
Remarks:

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Boleh ka??? THANKS!!

This post has been edited by nlik: Dec 13 2012, 09:52 PM

Ok .. so Central, first location is Studio Zaloon, Pudu Plaza. I have just ping'd Kevin Ng Nex, and he's cool to join us if he's free

This post has been edited by nlik: Dec 13 2012, 11:47 PM

Yea.. Teh Tarik session. Talk Talk, Tengok Tengok.. tekan tekan..

Maybe good to organize it somewhere near an LRT station or something.. easier for some of us. I also take the trains daily , But KTM Kommuter is a no no.

Allright ...so.. KLCC, KL Bird Park, Petaling street.

Honestly, i'm feeling more to KLCC. There will be a Comic Fiesta to be held on 21st and 22nd December at KLCC convention center. There should be opportunities there to catch some Cosplay, which haha.. i think seems to be mls_gamer's forte. So I'm thinking these 2 days lah. ok???

Anyway, if Gangnam could awaken the world silly and Social networks could topple a government, I believe the 'forum' itself has powers to make great things workout!!

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On another note..Hmm.. I feel tonight, as of now my photography is at a stage of staleness and mediocrity.

It seems each of us has our natural way of looking at things and a 'trend' of your style slowly emerges and becomes apparent. It get's more obvious as you take more pics and review what you have taken. Have you gone through such a phase before??

This post has been edited by nlik: Dec 15 2012, 01:24 AM

Seems there is a 5 to 7 seconds delay for the new power zoom1650 lens to retract and power off on a NEX-7 . Current firmware 1.01 doesn't solve it.

NEX-6 takes less than 2 seconds to retract lens n power off. Similar 1++ seconds to start up

Testing Picture attachment. Testing and Experimenting with Heart shape bokeh, sorry for the boring subject . It's not perfect yet as I'm just using paper cardboard, but will refine it.



Otherwise, we actually upload to sites like Flickr or Photobucket and then link it here with the 'IMG' tag.

This post has been edited by nlik: Dec 17 2012, 12:01 AM

I've placed the Tutorial Link on the 1st page. But anyway the formula seems to be focal length/ aperture. So mine is 35mm f1.8 (nikon), where is 35/1.8 is 1.9444 cm which should be the max size of the shape. But for this experiment, i cut out 1.2cm X 1.2 cm in the middle only.

I haven't tried on the Zoom lens let.. 50/5.6 =0.89 cm... haha..

This post has been edited by nlik: Dec 17 2012, 01:33 AM

Thanks. Nikon DX 35mm f1.8. I hope the e-mount 35mm f1.8 can do the same or better!, then i can sell this one and change to the e-mount version.


Try resizing before uploading to photobucket.. and use lower ISO values when shoot.



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Anyway, tonight's attempt at 'heart bokeh' haha.. at least abit more story that yesterday's. I have another idea i'm itching to try, but it'll have to wait till tomorrow night.





Dedicated to the ppl driving back missing their loved one's .. or missing their dinners .. ahahaa


This post has been edited by nlik: Dec 17 2012, 10:32 PM

Sorrie , i think i accidentally clicked a wrong button .. when accessing this thread on the phone yesterday. causing it to close temporarily.


Anyway, central region TT :

Date: 22nd December 2012
Venue: KLCC Convention center , Comic Fiesta 2012 main entrance.
Time: suggest to meet at 2.30pm at the fiesta entrance, until 4pm. Then 4pm we go KLCC yum char TT. ok??

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This post has been edited by nlik: Dec 19 2012, 10:26 AM