Went to KLPF earlier today and managed to get a chance to test a few lenses and body. Tested Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 and its really good i must say. Solid build quality with awesome optical performance. Got to try Sigma 35mm F1.4 aswell and wow this really the racunsssss

So anyways here's a related pic



Taken with 35mm F2D tough and yes i know pic is noisy, old camera mah

Tralala~ RM400 for a lens plus extension tube.   Some more used pulak tu...

But hor, if after splashing then you see the outcome hor, really worth it, right boss??

no spending = no return in this case. the moment you purchase a dslr, be ready to splash a lot more money in the future.

Once you tried the new sigma 35mm 1.4 for sure you feel like wanna change. well i did

NUS got a lot of snails wan. And tupai also got. Lu bawak lu mia D5100 and some gooding lens and shoot lohh. Pasti lu hepi.

So far I experienced before ahh, when shooting flowers that time got some NUS amois approach me and ask why am I taking photographs of the flowers.    

Spending more money on photography is just you succumbing to your gear lust only   (Not that I'm free of it lah, I'm upgrading to FX what )

But yeah, 400+ for an autofocusing macro set that can reach lifesize is one of the cheapest combo you can get.
I already used quite a few times before since silverfire has it before he jumped to canon

Its very good just too bad all the photos i've taken with the lens are bad

What kind of lens is suitable for macro photography? Is there any special signs? Like if the lens has a constant focal length, it is a sign of a prime lens, this kind of signs?

Macro photography sounds very interesting indeed.

Normally macro lenses have the words macro included with their specifications, but not all lenses are true macro ones lah.

Most macro lenses are primes, rarely are there zoom designs that can reach true macro ranges.

True macro lenses can reach lifesize magnification AKA  1:1. Just look for this denomination if you're looking for a true macro lens.

But really, for starters, just stick to the 50mm+extension can d. 

You can really get good answers for most questions with just a quick google search. All zoom lenses can't achieve high magnification even with Macro label on it (except the Canon 24-70 F4L which can achieve 0.72x magnification compared to 1:1 magnification on true macro lenses). Generally, a macro lens will have a fixed focal length, bright f2.8 aperture. There are quite a lot of choices for good macro lenses actually, the Tamron SP 90mm macro is one of the best value macro lens, costing around 1k brand new though. Nikon produces the 105mm VR but the price is really high (2-3k i think?). These lenses are made for Full Frame camera, the DX macro lenses generally would be 40mm-60mm depending on manufacture.

Google can give you instant answer la instead of waiting for us to do it 

LOL, no, big apertures don't represent macro lenses.

Like I said, just look for 1:1 magnification, this alone will be enough to tell you that the lens is a true macro

For examples:

Tamron AF 60mm f/2.0 SP DI II LD IF 1:1 Macro Lens

Tamron AF 90mm f/2.8 Di SP A/M 1:1 Macro Lens

Nikon AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G (Nikon's 1:1 representation is the word "MICRO")

wah, how can you think like that? people are helping just because they are kind, don't ever take that for granted. 

A macro lens should have big aperture.
A lens with big aperture doesn't mean it is macro lens.

Understand?

Nah same girl on different outfit this afternoon



The lighting was too harsh at OMD booth

Below, my contribution from this afternoon but different event.

All photos not PS yet. Using my 35mm f1.8. No Flash.

Would love to hear your comments ya

Tralala~ How to shoot those?????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Ada aku tanye???

exquisite_markas

RM60 only. Can go clean your 70-300.  

Low ISO like 100 or 50 then long exposure like 3 to 5 seconds with smaller aperture like f5.6 to f11. Photoshop to clean up the image then upload!

singapore duno, but nikon SC in KL clean sensor on biody is rm60

ACDSee I pon tak tau guna.    

Shoot RAW you won't feel ma fan wan mehh? Have to open in PS lahh, then edit here and there lahh, then save lahh, after that only can view on tablet or semakfon.