Wow, nice portrait lens!
Where did you buy it and for how much?

Bought from a photographer with RM550, very pristine since used twice ~
As i know, common price RM690 in malaysia. Cheapest should be japan RM480, will RM580 if u get forwarding agent service.

Really nice lens, love its sharpness =w=

tq! will hold up for the 5100, hopefully price will drop a bit more. the a6000 is a big for my liking

straight to a6000 ~ since doesnt much gap of price with a5100

haha like i said, its a bit big for my liking, wanna keep it as small as possible...

Not very much bigger than the A5000/5100 also la...

You'll appreciate it when you hold the grip

The alphanetics one issit? I missed my Japan purchase chance already as my friend couldn't find any Black units (a surprisingly common problem with Sigma lenses in E-mount in shops over there), maybe wait later if I get a chance to go over as I malas wanna setup forwarding.

But yeah, nice shallow DOF and good sharpness. Are those samples shot wide open?

And the A5k of course cannot compare to the NEX5. Despite the "5" in its name, the A5k is the replacement for the NEX3 rite?

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Feb 24 2015, 10:11 PM

Yup, bought in alphanetics ~

Yeah, all at 2.8 =w=

i think a5k is setting between nex 3 and 5, and a6000 is setting between nex 6 and 7.

p/s : example of f11

DSC01819 by xisashi, on Flickr

This post has been edited by eDwanD: Feb 25 2015, 09:18 AM

Test shoot with Mitakon Creator 35 F2

Noob question here, is there a way to view the battery level on the f43 flash? I read the manual but it just stated it will only pop out the symbol when battery is low, which is highly inconvenient

typo error? do u mean a6000?

to be frank, i never thought this before. better spare some battery in case

Unfortunately, you'll have to rely on a very old-school method:

1) switch to manual power, 1/1 power
2) wait for orange light to come on
3) press the TEST button
4) wait for the orange light to come on again

It should take 3-4 seconds on fresh AA batteries, on pretty much every flash since the HVL-F42AM onwards.

edited。 typo, thanks XD

a little good thing about NIMH is the behavior. unlike akaline battery has a steady drop in voltage that you can feel the cycle time drops slower and slower... the NiMH (most LCD rechargable) are design to retain 1.2v until the last 10% where it will drastically drop in voltage, which affect cycle time drastically too. so when you notice it take about 6-8 sec to cycle, its very well under 10%(or ~20%).

the graph is from eneloop website, but its not 100% representation, but it works something like this... you can google many graphs similar to it.

**warning, very very huge picture

**warning, very very huge picture

This post has been edited by edpaul: Feb 25 2015, 01:51 PM

eh, crap, how to reduce the size? @.@ post baru know its so big...

*spoiler added to pic

This post has been edited by edpaul: Feb 25 2015, 01:52 PM

Thanks for the feedback and guide , i guess i'll have to rely on cycle time then.

if u shoot a lot event, u will learn to feel it easily. suddenly u got 2 dark frame with your usual shooting habits... then u know time to swap out for fresh one.

should we spend more on FF lenses to be use on crop sensor (for FF lens + Crop censor junkie)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDbUIfB5YUc

This post has been edited by sallehsi: Feb 26 2015, 04:07 PM

this 1 good buy?

Sony E 24mm F1.8 Sonnar T* ZA Lens

http://www.lazada.com.my/sony-e-24mm-f18-s...ns-1064513.html