why not consider the oly 12-40 f2.8 instead? what's the point of mounting a 4/3 lens onto a m4/3 lens and you need an adapter too to mount the 4/3 lens.

and sacrifice quality? how many people need the FF ness? using a larger sensor wont create a better photo. high iso also m43 lose like 1 stop or close to apsc, so what quality losing? DOF isn't everything in photography again, f2.8 in every picture doesn't mean better picture.

compare a em1 + 12-40 with a d7100 + 17-55. price wise they are close, size and weight? you decide yourself.

well... it isn't made for cheaper market compared to the previous generation

1 : no such thing as default exposure, setting a exposure totally depends on the scene, if it's bright or dark.

2 : reduce the amount of light coming in by speeding up shutter speed / decrease iso / close down the aperture.

3 : there's something called metering in your camera. the thing -2...-1...0...+1...+2 most of the time if it's 0 then the exposure is theorically correct. however in backlighted situation or any tricky lighting, it's best to take a test shot then adjust the exposure compensation.

Good picture! the face expression of the dog is a little creepy though to me

canon's biggest weakness is the dynamic range, if they manage to come out a new sensor (rumours saying the Foveon from Sigma which is crazy good) and 4k, then it will stay ahead from nikon already (sorry to say so).

sold mine for rm1.5k (if you using canon la haha)

no complaints la for the price, 1.5k u get 70-200 f2.8.

night performance autofocus quite weak la, but it has no VC so i don't think many will use it at low light although the f2.8. in bright light quite fast actually, the noisy motor makes it look and sound slower. sharpness wise, i would say on par with canon 70-200 f2.8 IS or even better (based on my experience with the L lens for a day).

depends on your hand. Like myself having steady hands (since i shoot a lot of macro), i can shoot at 200mm with 1/60s and still get sharp shots.

it takes some time to fully understand a camera/ lens combo regarding the steadiest supporting point. once you know where to hold, it's quite easy to get sharp results. of course, your hands must not be too tiring if not you will never get steady result

but still la, not every day i can get results like that. find things to support are most recommended

for example this shot was taken at 1/50, iso 3200 200mm and f2.8

IMG_0050 by tuna97, on Flickr

Not to forgot the lens was also one of my main carry around lens for macro/ birding.

IMG_4800 by tuna97, on Flickr

IMG_6324 by tuna97, on Flickr

both of these shots are taken with 1/200 at 200mm too.

This post has been edited by mingyuyu: Aug 6 2014, 06:48 PM

goldfires sifu of food photography.

tamron for sure, so much better than the sigma.

I think I saw someone in forum selling Rm5850 only it's Allen camera in something. quite cheap tho, little more expensive than the d600 when it first launched.

I have both too. Flickr is used as a image hosting site for instead of proper photography website, was using imageshack before until it fak up.

500px has a lot of awesome works and inspiration there, always visits to gain inspiration and new ideas.

Woah, didn't know about the bot thingy. I managed to get quite a few of my pics with rating of 90+ before, one of them even got 99.5 ( my famous hedgehog portrait). I did notice some bad pictures having high amount of rating though. I guess same thing happens on every website when it involves Likes/ Views as a standard of quality, deviantart is kinda the same.

This post has been edited by mingyuyu: Sep 30 2014, 12:29 PM

how possible it is for a DSLR to become mirrorless, the term DSLR itself stands for Digital Single Lens Reflex, which already means the camera will be having mirror to reflect light into focusing mechanism and viewfinder

there are many good cameras out there, not only 3 as you listed.

DSLR will exist for a long time I think, just like even film is yesteryear technology, it still exist because there are some hardcore fans supporting it. same thing will happen to dslr, mirrorless still need some time to get 5D/ 1D kind of quality (not just image, but overall user experience/ stability/ lens choice and such).

He over exaggerated some points, but still his points are quite clear, he's saying things that matter to him anyways. I thought all A7 series cameras are weather sealed? I saw one landscape photographer using a7R for all his shots taken around sandy/ cold areas, the camera survived. compared to d4s, it might still not as tanky but we are comparing camera that's totally different league and pricepoint.

the EVF takes some time to get used to, you can notice some moire and drops in sharpness when you pan the camera around (at least on my olympus), but the exposure preview works really well, save you a lot of time from retaking shots with wrong exposure incase the metering failed in strong backlight or large white area. One big letdown is that when you turn to M and change settings for flash, you can't see anything on the EVF anymore until you try to focus where the camera lights up then darken again after getting focus.

for stabilization, why not on sensor stabilization? i never used sony SLT, but the stabilization on olympus cameras work like a charm. you get stabilization on every lens, even super wide angle or fisheye or telephoto like 300mm or 400mm. cons is it drains the battery a lot and the mechanism is quite noisy.

i photographed the same species of fly before, the detail you can get from the light colored body is incredible!

https://500px.com/photo/58902280/housefly-b...-yong?from=user

This post has been edited by mingyuyu: Oct 31 2014, 12:21 AM

Can I know what's your usual working distance? I'm kinda struggling to go high magnification because of always scaring the bugs away, even worse when there's light modifier.

oh i get it, looks like crop really gives a lot of space and convenience for macro. I always go for max magnification and end up scaring those bugs away.

looks like i really need a proper macro lens, the current 0.6x magnification from the oly 1240 doesn't satisfy me, I cant crop much from m4/3 also.

PA050272 by tuna97, on Flickr

it's the same species right?

photographed it at FRIM earlier, imagine it falling onto you or coming near, would be really scary.

not really, the d750 is more expensive than the 7D II. it's a lot slower in comparison too, since the 7D has AF across the whole frame, more fps. you just can't compare a crop with a full frame. quite sure the 7D's price will drop very soon as it's a little too expensive imo.

yeah, now the d600 is around 3k only, compared to how much it is 1 year ago is a big difference.

This post has been edited by mingyuyu: Nov 12 2014, 09:22 PM

would be awesome to see that, but nikon doesn't seem like willing to join the fight? (the d700 successor was rumored for a long time until the d750 which isn't actually a d700 replacement, same thing with d300s).

haha I don't even wanna get close to that creature at first, since it's larger than my palm but at last to get the shot I went really close to the web. Not something I would like to do again

This post has been edited by mingyuyu: Nov 12 2014, 11:55 PM