Using Autofocus is like betting on lottery on those scenario. You may want to use Auto when you are shooting sports and etc with AI servo on.

First pic, auto focus hit the cage metal, not the subject pet.
2nd pic, auto focus might hit part of ya pet but still it's not a perfect one.

You may want to review the pic on ya cam for which AF point it use on those pic and try to get some idea why it look soo funny/ no in focus.

Anyway, learn to manually set the focus point, you have either 11 or 9 AF point... so explore and play with it. Get yourself familiar composing using different AF point on your viewfinder. As you progress, you might use wunna use center AF with focus /recompose technique.

For me the later F and R works better as my 5d2 had extra 6 assist AF point surrounding the center AF.

lol thank you, my album had been stagnant for quite sometime. hmmm I use mixture of 50 F1.8, 90F2.8, 135F2L, 24-105L, 70-200L. Sooo .. i had no idea, cant really recall unless I dig back the Exif lol. But mostly 135.

Buy gear pay gold, sell out macam selling empty tin can ... might as well keep it as toy for my 1 year old dotter
Btw not selling or buying anything as current gears is more then enuff for my requirement. Also I don't see any upgrade in another 3~5 year time unless the body kong first.

If your works requires it just go ahead since you cari makan with photography


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long time tarak spam, meet my big boss.

IMG_05692 by nicotine [braindead], on Flickr

she's 1 year.

poison is one thing, hard to use is another...not a easy lens to use if you come from zoom. This lens requires you to think/leg zoom before you press the trigger hehehe. I nearly give up on the first few weeks of usage.


she don't really like to smile, perhaps she inherit some of my bad habit

1) I don't really shoot "leng mo" nowdays, I shoot mostly my dotter. Btw, I don't do those expensive indoor stuff which you had on ya flickr, I'll get into serious trouble with my HM later

2) You won't learn a thing from those outing, those outing were more like practical session to apply stuff which you already know. For learning best is to join workshop, you'll learn something handy from those workshop and of course it's all down to who's the speaker. Alternately you may find tutorials from the web such as editing and etc.

3) I don't have any talent contact, how to organize ? Also I don't mind learn a thing a two from you.

I call it butt itchy or self poisoning syndrome, friends have I must have, forumer's have I must have it. Been through that.

Anyway as I progress, I put more effort on how to execute the shot rather then being so picky on gears. Infact nowadays I shot mostly with the unholy plastic 50F1.8 leaving all the Lansi lens inside dry cab

@Jet23sky,

I'm not bashing you..

You should just go out and shot more post what ever you think it's best here and ask for critic. If you are confident enough, post it over POTN and Photomalaysia for feedback also.

From there we can know where's your current progress. Just like what mention by Sifu Kentang Emas... No one really give a hoot bout bokeh. If you tell people you gonna shoot portrait @ f1.4. Pro's most prolly will laugh at you. Ever heard of F8 and be there ?

Shooting at F2 with 50mm in close range get oof ear. oof eye brow, oof face that some what blend with the background, PP is tedious for these kind of pic just to bring back the details.

lol, bad for health and wallet.
btw his PP god level, the amount of details he bring out with pp... fuhh. Gua kasi satu like.

This post has been edited by nicotine: Oct 20 2014, 06:26 PM

no hal bro everyone perception/style is different.

bro mind to explain on this frequency separation ? what does it do ?

something new, might be handy when dealing with not so perfect skin

thank you.