read the replies before will help?

FF isn't the best of everything la, unless you buy d4 or d800 grade camera straightaway. the 6D and d600 are actually quite basic camera with a FX sensor only, the buffer and focusing are quite basic also. there are advantages of each system, you can't say IQ = everything. lets say if someone likes to shoot street, no point asking him to get a d600/ d800 just for street right? a smaller camera can do the job better. not saying FF is bad, just you need to save and buy what you need and what you want, not because it's the best image quality camera.

woah your HDR are getting nicer everyday. anyways, i think the bottom shot could looks better in a darker exposure. because the colors aren't that nice on the bright part imo.

woah you managed to meet him? where is the event btw, he's one of my "idol" in photography haha

oh... i thought in KL or something.

if it is in KL and i missed it then i will be really sad haha

really? damnnnnn i feel so sad now for missing it.

one top tip, never take any videos of them seriously. i watch them for fun mostly, since not really much of helpful things inside other than stating out the obvious spec sheets.

no need to feel bad because you aren't as rich la.

sharpen your skills and take better pictures instead. i already used my kit lens to take a lot of "good" (well at least i think they are ) pictures, instead of envying my friends who have a lot of L glass.

it's good to have larger cards, but that does not mean that you need to shoot everything to fill it up. a larger card's biggest benefits would be saving time from copying pictures into computer everytime you shoot something to prevent from filling the card imo. lets say if you went for a trip and filled up the 16gb cards in just a few days, imagine reaching home and processing those 16gb or images, trust me it isn't fun at all

i don't think you need to read any books imo. i started last year with LR (before that I was using PS), it will be hard at first, because a lot of people will feel insecure to edit their pictures (worrying what is the correct adjustment/ too much editing... etc), but after some time of using it, you can master the basic settings quite easily.

just keep trial and error, that's the best way of learning imo.

how about samyang? i heard that the 14mm and 24mm from them are fantastic lenses.

no af, but i think the MF should be quite easy to hit, wide angles have really big DOF that you can MF easily. furthermore samyang lenses are made for MF, so the mechanism should be quite easy to operate compared to modern AF lenses (with small focusing ring and short turn).

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