You forgot Pentax

what are the flaws?

I owned quite a few 3rd party lenses before and they performed reliably throughout my ownership period.

Not until I got the Tamron 24-70mm I bought it used from a camera shop and within the first month both the rubbers of the zoom and focusing ring fell off (it was a really common issue for this lens after i did some Googling). Seller took the lens and sent it for replacement and the issue was solved.

And just on last Saturday while I was shooting some portraits for a friend, I kept on getting Err 01 on my 5D II. At first I thought it was something to do with dirty contacts or loose mounting so I took off the lens and remounted it for a few times. The problem kinda went away after a few tries.

It then came back yesterday evening, this time I managed to find out the reason behind the error. It happens when I am shooting past 35mm or so and with the aperture closed down to any value smaller than f2.8. Again I did some Googling and found out that its very likely the ribbon cable within the lens is snapped or broken. I did not drop the lens or damaged it in any way but somehow it just broke

Now im left with a lens that can shoot at any aperture for focal lengths between 24-35mm and only at f2.8 past 35mm. Hopefully its only the cable that is damaged and not the aperture/ diagram unit and the repair will not be costly.

a lot of people suffered the same thing with 24-105mm F4L too which is surprising and it costs around $200 to fix.

as for the Tamron it is not as common as I don't see that many results upon searching online, but it is really frustrating to deal with mechanical issues of a lens. All i can do now is pray that its a simple fix and won't cost me an arm and leg.

if you dont mind noisy autofocus (i think you are going to use manual focus most of the times anyway), the tamron 90mm f2.8 (old version with extending barrel when focusing) can be a nice upgrade. good condition used units are around rm600 if i remember correctly, not that easy to find one though.

the other option is the canon 100mm f2.8 USM, but its a more expensive lens as used ones are around rm1k.

Puddles are so handy when you are trying to get interesting foreground

Finally get to shoot light trails without worrying of getting robbed (took this in Kampar). Im finally returned to KL for holiday, anyone here interested to shoot some cityscapes?


Side note : Anyone here has suggested shop for cleaning fungus ?

This post has been edited by mingyuyu: Sep 25 2017, 05:20 PM

buy new 1100D or upgrade to newer bodies?

1100D doesn't worth that much for used unit, so I wouldn't recommend spending that much to fix it.

A used 450 exii should cost around rm500 (thats if you are ok with used items), generally I prefer Canon TTL flash over 3rd parties, due to it being more accurate in most conditions.

used 580 exii so cheap meh?

I thought it is around rm700-800 mostly.

nice price , its a good flash.

flash itself is legit, but the rm2.1k markup is plain BS, typical lazada tactic. i never used the flash itself but newer generations of Yongnuo products are quite robust and reliable. my 5 years old Yongnuo 560 II is still kicking strong even though it only costed rm250 when i bought it.

Some recent shots





Amazing sunsets thanks to the super hot weather and clear sky.

Interesting idea, by doing so you get a much larger screen (who doesn't love big screens anyway), but at the same time you get to keep the physical controls (all the dials and buttons). Canon's touch screen is one of the best in the industry, and the cameras will still be perfectly usable even without any physical controls.

Imagine shooting professional video without the need of external screen since you already have a large enough display.

Its all about how are they going to implement this idea into something acceptable, mainly the aesthetic part (the rendering shown is a nightmare).

never really heard anything about the a9 other than the initial hype

im not sure how is the 1dx2 when compared the a9, but for sure there are still quite a number of people out there that uses the Canon.

This post has been edited by mingyuyu: Oct 24 2017, 01:06 AM

even ancient FF like 5D II (my current camera) is still fantastic to use, and they are so cheap these days. Basically no point to upgrade from 6D to 6D II if you don't need the AF and flip screen.

your food pictures are always awesome

too bad its all about gear talks and not photography discussion these days

the m5/m6 are quite nice to use actually, tried them at camera shop and i quite liked it. too bad they are kinda overpriced, rm4k+ for the m5 is unacceptable.

i heard that canon is developing FF mirrorless? sounds exciting to me, especially when they already have really good AF for liveview.

at least the m100 is affordable, at around 2.2k only.

i don't understand why canon price the m5/m6 so high, probably got greedy and wanted to cover R&D costs through the easy way.

not fair to compare apsc to FF lah

unless u are comparing 2017 apsc with 2007 FF

Some new photos from last Saturday morning

they seemed quite underexposed i think?

5d3 for sure, unless you need the flipping screen and liveview autofocus of 6d2.

yet to see any good condition 5d2 under 2k, most are around 3k or 2.5k for higher SC units.

you posted it in GS?

meanwhile people are stilling selling 5dc for 1k+