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the same girl with different outfit, one of my quick snapshot since a lot of people were taking her pictures.


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I am using the humble Tamron 70-200 non VC

the setting for sharpening i used is the default in LR, then if any further sharpening is needed i only sharpen it in PS. Flickr over sharpen most of my portraits

Loved the butterfly shot, purely edited with LR?

The lens is really superb in value, good sharpness with f2.8 in a light package. AF isn't that bad actually, tested it out at KLPF actually, performed a lot better than my expectation, most shots are tack sharp.

A few shots taken with the lens today

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1. It's hard to answer a question like that actually, different people have different preferences. For example myself, I didn't get those NEX at last even though I really liked it when I first saw it. This was because I knew I am going to be quite serious about photography and the NEX system simply isn't mature yet, lacks a lot of good lenses and also accessories. But for some people, they want convenience and light weight, so they bought the NEX. This doesn't mean the NEX is bad, but both DSLR and mirrorless have their pros and cons, it just depends on what the buyer needs.

2. Again, each brand has it's lineup of lenses and bodies. Any brand nowadays can makes good cameras, just that the marketing and fame of the brand are different. There are really many brands out there which are worth to consider. Actually you don't need to read tons of reviews to know which brand is better/worse, just go to any camera shop and try it out, if you really like the camera then go home and do some quick google search for further details before making the purchase.

3. If you are talking about DSLR, Canon has 100D, 1100D, 700D; Nikon has D3200, D5200; Sony has A37, A58(but it's DSLT, so not exactly a DSLR since it works in a different way compared to a real DSLR).

My quick advice is, knowing lesser is better when you first stepping into photography world. If you read too much about gears and settings, you will be really confused at the end even before you get your camera. People oftenly think too much about cameras. Simply get a camera you like first then learn step by step, practicing would help a lot compared to plain reading.

the EOS M is a lot smaller than the 100D, it's around the size if your smartphone if i am not wrong.

Adobe Camera RAW?

I can't really tell if it's the best, but I am really satisfied with it. Yeap, that was one of the reason I choose it over the Canon 70-200 F4 (even it's 1 stop slower, but better build quality and autofocus system), I really need it since my main photography field is macro.

Actually you will just feel really fun and syok when you try a lens that you dreamed for a long time and the effect lasts for a short period only after finding out that it is under your expectation

The vignetting on the photo looks abit too much? The girl looks like she can glows by herself now

It's been a long time since I use my 50mm for macro.


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The saturation of orange seems a bit over, try reducing it would get you better result imo. Also the vignetting looks a bit too "hard" to me, always scared to touch vignetting since sometimes it looks really weird and fake.

That's because it was set to Face Detection that time right?

Yep yep, just like those m4/3 cameras, really easy to use.

It was really frustrating when you keep doing minor adjustments to get the perfect focus during recording, that's why I was wondering if the 70D was really that perfect, seems like it was really good after hearing what you said.

So conclusion is it works really well once you master it and set the right control?

hmm... ok, still didn't use the camera before, but I was really amazed by what canon did this time, finally something that's revolutionary.

Haha because i live in a corner lot house, so there's quite a big area of compound to plant a lot of trees and plants. There's always some insects/bugs flying around, just that you need some time to look for them as they are still really tiny in size.

Yeap I saw that, they look good the 70D has the same focus system as the 7D right? Just that it can focus in video as well.

welcome welcome

mind to share any pics you taken with the camera?

welcome welcome

mind to share any pics you taken with the camera?

just ignore those guys, if they say can get at that price, just reply them "why don't you buy from other people?"

those people are just trying their luck to cheat unexperienced people.

Since it rained quite heavily just now, I decided to go out and try to get some water droplet shots. Turned out I get this picture just right before it started to rain again.


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I can pm, but most of my works are on Flickr, don't really take facebook seriously since it degrades the IQ too much and I just wanna share my images with my close friends.

i dont think you can transfer it into your computer, when you transfer it into your phone you need the apps right? quality should be the same as normal transfer using card reader or such, just that imagess will be smaller in size

Long shutter should result you a photo that looks really lack of contrast due to the steam that looks unclear?

it looked quite good to me

Love how you processed the colors, the sky now looks a little greenish compared to ordinary deep blue which really stands out imo.

Always wanted to take shots of beautiful ladybirds, finally bumped into one that had really striking red color on its body.


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