52mm on FF, it is like our eyesight field of view, thats why some ppl said 28mm-35mm is very normal view but this range is excellent for street photography.

beercan > sigma apo

Hehehe... I might have a problem as my next goverment support instalment is in what, April? I AM still a student after all....

And at that time already exam time, so time shut down the craze for a while, followed by plans to go to Sarawak in June... Maybe I'll just keep the money and straight COD with soulfly at during the trip (will be dropping down in Miri for a while)...

Hopefully there will still be a few good beercans and 50mm KM lenses left then...

I know, and as people who have done it can confirm: holding it is the ultimate poison... Trust me...

The moment I held albnok's beercan, I knew I just HAD to get one... By hook or by crook... It's probably love at first touch...

But RM640 for a 70-300 APO Macro is quite a steal... And that's for a new lens, vs the 2nd hand beercan...

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Feb 26 2008, 11:30 PM

Sorry was kena poison buy ian , albnok ,nic and few more... with DARN !!! PLENTY OF LENS!!!! Vomitting out poison now...

OMG... BEERCAN..The build frame...!!! WHITE LENS..Darn heavy super fast zoom lens!!!! FISH EYE ...errr ok this 1 not my type...!!!CZ 135/F1.8... the Size....... You get me???


CZ.....CZ...Cz


Yeah Looking for Tripod (maybe will cut down on budget no more manfrotto..something cheaper), route money to flash & lens...

This post has been edited by Ahmike: Feb 26 2008, 11:38 PM

nice gadgets...

Here's a couple of pics I took on the way out for another Alpha gathering. Gila oredi this Alpha ppl 1 week can have 1 million gatherings 1.












Messing around with sum effects shot while waiting at traffic light. Actually I was entering warp speed 9.













Now here comes the POISON!!!!!!!!! nic_chm was the biggest devil today. jsut look at all those lenses he brought out. Sum of them belong to albnok too.













This 1 is shot with my iPhone coz we put all our Alphas there for the pic. there's 4 units of A200 n 3 units of A700 there.











Now we all can have sweet dreams of that big white lens after seeing nic's.

This post has been edited by ianho: Feb 27 2008, 12:08 AM

* Over dose *

how much RM roughly can get the 'beercan' lens ah?

Less than 1k around oh.. check with soulfly..

My take on F2.8 lenses:

A pro could use a 16-35mm F2.8 (rumored CZ), 24-70mm F2.8, 70-200mm F2.8 and maybe a 50mm F1.4 and 135mm F1.8 on full-frame. For the stuff he is paid to shoot, F2.8 will be bright enough. There will be enough space in his bag, and he might add a battery grip, handstrap and monopod for stability. No overlaps.

A hobbyist can pick lighter, cheaper lenses, and make do with compromises. Some days, I don't bring a tele; instead I bring my 50mm F1.4 + teleconverters. It has a different, but interesting, look.

nic_chm: Then, the 75-300mm will almost get there. You can bird with a 300mm! Go slow on them lenses. The 35mm F1.4G is rare indeed, in the sense that very few people have that or have considered it... and since you're getting the A900, the 50mm F1.4 is 'normal' again... and the 35mm becomes kinda wide and not as nice honestly.

No wonder people don't buy it. It's meant for the older photographers who understands the skill of bringing out one lens... but then these older photographers will skip this lens and buy a full-frame. Somemore the A900 is A700-sized, and the 50mm F1.4 is much smaller than the 35mm F1.4.

The Sigma 30mm F1.4 is APS-C only, and is muuuch cheaper. soulfly sells one for RM1450.

If you can find your old Minolta with the 50mm lens, that 'feels' more streetshooter because of its T-shaped look and feel.

dark lenanza: Leos Trading, 1st floor, next to the escalator in Ampang Park, has all the Tamron lenses in Sony mount.

Eiraku: Without a doubt, the beercan. It does 210mm at F4! If you add a 1.4x teleconverter it makes a 100-300mm F5.6.

weee, I was there!
right after I get my new A200

great to see you guys,
hope to learn more in the future.

(:

This post has been edited by ewin: Feb 27 2008, 12:25 AM

hehe. How can u sleep without the CF card leh?

He getting it tomorrow... Until then he need to charge up his battery also what..

OMG OMG.. look at all those lenses and cameras.. How i wish to get mine now =( too bad i ll have to wait till may or june =( sigh..
May i ask.. is getting 2gb cf car enough for a dslr camera?? its like RM 240 for a 133x 4gb cf card.. haix..

Kingston 4gb 133x at lowyat RM149 eh

Previously i was actually thinking of getting a full frame body (Nikon D3), knowing and tested the camera, for some reason i put it down, and went straight for A700.

You have actually put my thoughts into words that i don't know how to explain all these while =/ but it's true that i thought of getting a full frame pair with the 35mm, but didn't think that it might have that kind of problem (Picture might turned out different from what i think).

I'm not rushing to 35mm tho, the lense is just "it's nice to have one" to me now =P

Let's just hope the a900 won't be priced at 17 ~ 20k =/

AS For our outing, i'm glad to meet up all of you again =) And hopefully the next outing we'll be going somewhere to do some shooting and learning outdoor~

That time we can hire models ...

1 hour quick charge enuf d lor. 1 hour charge takes it up to about 75%. 4 hours is for 100% charge. I cannot tahan waiting 1. If I bought the camera n no CF to play the same day, I will pengsan. That's y I wait for my new lens to arrive from US oso wait until neck long oredi. I gonna launch 1 bomb at New York city at the shop for taking so long to send me the lens.

OMG , really? i just check through the nets for the prices.. didnt really go n bother asking shops in reality.. LoL..
I ll wait for PC fair then.. kingston or sandisk better?? LoL.. is 4gb really enough??

nic_chm n Ahmike, nonid models lar. Next time we can go outside the BBP there n take those breakdancers. free models. hehe

Ya la.. like buying new car (dream car) without fuel to test drive loh.. hahaha..