pingko, nice one!

cyh, this is what all beginner will face. slowly you will learn how to focus and 'what' to focus. all AF system perform less effective with sufficient light. (thats where flash AF illuminator comes in handy!)

all focusing system is design to detect on contrast-y surface~ so u have to find something "contrast" for the AF to lock on.

then next, u will learn how to "see" the plane of DOF, where u know by pointing at area B, the area A will be in focus too~. so not necessary you need to point at A to be in focus.

macro spree?

underwater macro!

goldfries... its hard to say, you should know, EVF wins at some points, loses some points. there is situation where u wish it was a EVF and when u wish it was OVF.

i would say the current EVF is near mature compare to those evf 5 years back, even compare to the A55, the A57 has improved drastically in RGB tearing/refresh and lowlight feed.

in fact, EVF works best at night compare to daytime

i think i read this somewhere... also due to i fly very often with camera+laptop bag.

economy/business/airasia
flyer allows One hand Baggage not more then 8kg.
additional of One LaptopBag OR One Professional Camera/vid Bag. (aka electronic device bag)
*airasia case, the hand baggage+laptop/camera bag are not allowed total over 10kg* (warning from Airasia Japan, when i was carrying a 6kg camera bag + 5kg hand carry)

first class allow Two hand Baggage total not more then 15kg, + One laptopbag AND + One professional Camera bag.

ahpingko: i think is general commercial aviation rules eh... its all the airlines i ride before, generally laptop/camera bag + 1 hand baggage not more then 10kg. but hand baggage itself cannot more then 7/8kg at first place.

ehhh that one a bit over eh

best to keep everything on ur hand less then 10kg. and if carry a hand baggage, make sure itself dont pass 7kg lo.

lol, i did that many times... except airasia lcct, they keep looking at u if u carry the camera once u ready to shoot, they come over bising...(i guess it applies to lcct coz the only terminal u need to walk to your plane -____-)... but klia is the 'arm-walkway' thingie, u wont get to walk on tarmac,... so i doubt got issue with emirates since u board them with the 'arm-walkway' thingie

i think its base on the sun... so sun -3ev... still can blind u. so avoid using OVF at this situation... kakakaka

i still dont get it. tokina and tamron A mount is easy to find, its not that rare as u think so. infact, sony 2nd hand is plentiful in the market too. interkrome, u might misunderstood that sony lens is hard to find, or some 'knowledge-less' guy tried to brainwash u.

with sony system, DSLR/T lens, let it be FF or for APS-C lens, it can be used with APS-C or FF body with NO problem. its only Canon that the APS-C lens (EF-S) cant be used on their FF system. and for you to 'cross-mounting'... its pretty much pointless, waste of money, and the lens ability... unless is precious old gem like leica or zeiss.

what the hell happen? suddenly u have 52 unread post... -.-||| even albnok come out and play! so rare...

my balassss

lai lai lai... keep them coming!

iso6400 XD

this photo made it to my local newspaper, talk bout "doll fashion"

actually, i dunno whats the fuss about? the event is open to public whole 2 days. just the one register gets priority sitting for seminar/talks only. just come.. just maybe need to stand at the back for the opening only.

9am registration for the people who registered, they will have priority to register into classes.
10am, the convention starts and open to public. if the seminar/class/sharing still have space, then it will open to public to join.

see you guys there! btw, i will do photo sharing of my japan trip

the lens itself no DMF. body DMF is diff.

nope, 18135 is over 1k value lens, but 1855 is under 500 value, cant compare, its like kancil and (insert more expensive car)....

not sure, didnt follow... but usual thing lo... i do know it hell lot sharper, maybe new SAM, quiet and (slightttyyy) faster?