focus and recompose works most of the time, but when shooting wide open f2.8 or smaller, things will get OOF quite easily. no $$ for 5d II, i am thinking 5D since it costs almost the same for me to sell my 550d kit.

still not sure yet, since i just got into photography for only 1 year. but i shoot pictures almost everyday, slowly finding out what kind of things i like to shoot. didn't really use the 18-135mm much now since it is quite slow and i like shooting with prime lenses more and more. what do you mean by beware of dust though? and is the LCD on the 5D that bad? since it is only 230k compared to those newer cameras with 921k.

Does focusing window helps a lot? I was thinking to get some f1.4 lenses

hmm ok. different focal length lenses will have different DOF right? lets say getting everything in focus with a UWA will be a lot easier than a 85mm lens?

bumped into a question today. mounting extension tubes on a lens and use it for macro shooting will result in worse IQ? read somewhere saying some lenses' IQ will degrade in closer focus distance compare to far. so does it affect the IQ when mounted with extension tube?

I think won't be too expensive? I am looking for a unit too, but it's quite rare.

I would say wait the 70D, I don't really suggest people getting XXXD bodies anymore after seeing what Canon did in last few years. Basically if you buy the 700D(which is totally the same with the 650D except the 360 degrees rotatable mode dial, plain stupid), the 750D will out in probably a half year to 1 year period. However as the XXD is the semi-pro DSLR, it will hold it's value better, more useful features too. And try to hold the 700D, if you find it too small, then don't buy it, because after holding a small DSLR for a long time, your hand won't feel comfortable.

haha i felt the opposite with you i liked the bigger grip for example the 60D more. didn't encounter into the grip problem at first, but after sometimes i do feel that the 550d is really too small, wondering if adding a battery grip would help.

haha both the 10-22 and 17-55 are heavy lenses. wonder how about those who brought 70-200 to travel

how about just bring a 50mm prime and maybe a wide prime?

hmm yeah thinking the same, why no UWA prime for crop? the widest i can think about is the samyang 14mm only, but still after x1.6, it isn't that wide.

i thought even after cropped it's still fisheye?

Used the lens on a 60D before, it's still fisheye even cropped.

sorry for mistaken that as a heavy lens, since my impression for it was that it was a quite big looking lens, didn't think that it was going to be that light. A rm2k lens feel like a toy?

oh... i'm fooled by the size of the hood, checked just now, it is even smaller than the 16-35, which is quite small and light too imo.

haha yeah yeah, sometimes toy feel doesn't mean bad. i still like using my 50mm although many people complain about the toy build quality and bad focus ring, but i found myself using the focus ring just fine in manual focus. same to the weight, so light until mount on camera almost feel nothing.

hmm maybe, i didn't use the AF most of the time XD it was so noisy and slow to lock, i rather use MF. most of the time i just reverse it and hold it with my hands for macros, works wonder. just that sometimes the pentagon looking bokeh is annoying.

nice picture, love the tone and the expression of the subjects

Anyone knows places in KL or Selangor which sells cheap or reasonably priced lighting accessories?

Saw these quite cheap selling at B&H

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/2530...Duty_Light.html

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/9082...robros_Kit.html

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/3976...i_Boom_Arm.html

and i wanted to ask, buying these things from US will get taxed anot?

I went there almost everyday, but the price isn't that low imo, or i am expecting too much?

haha you are lucky to meet those Kpop groups, they are so crazily famous nowadays almost everywhere in the world.

Still dreaming if I can meet SNSD someday