Sony 50mm f1.4 locally. MSRP is RM1650/RM14xx!!!?? wat??? (fall down on the floor...)
not my affortable...   
need to keep money for flash!!!

Wah. If you think RM1300 for a F1.4 is not affordable... I don't think you'll be buying any "better" lenses. A Tamron 17-50mm F2.8 is around RM1400. A Tamron 90mm F2.8 Macro also around the same price. Those are very cheap already for what they can do.

If a Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 is RM3600, it sounds expensive, right? No, it's the cheapest of all F2.8 tele zooms currently!

yup, i agree for that...but I'm just compare between canon 50mm f1.8 with sony...since a lot cheaper...although i'm know that not fair to compare.
mayb not for now to purchase, hope can get it for future.   

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Added on February 14, 2008, 11:01 am
yup. I agreed..

what is your recommended?   
potrait lens 50mm F1.X take very good picture!!!   

mean that you still doing survey?
you mean it is more important than flash? 

do you thinksshould i get single kit lens 18-70mm or twin kit lens?
save money to get flash? 
ha....asked people pula!!! 
hope you don't mind... just thinking is happen in you!!! 

You mean if only one body one lense not complete ar?

5D + EF28-300 IS L? 

How about 1Ds mark IV + EF1200 f2.8 USM IS L? 

Bokeh not enought? Siao....

Even my 70-200 f2.8 at 200mm also very background blur liao... And you say 1200mm not enought ar... 

My Alien friends told me the bokeh of the EF1200 f2.8 USM IS L is fantastic! 

Wah, after following this thread for quite some time.

I think I'm also poisoned with Alpha 200.

you mean poisoning by other people?
I think without add any extra lens or flash, the DSLR camera should be always done a good jobs if compare with non-DSLR camera, right?   
ha......I just like take photo with more feature camera! very easy get boring when i purchase non-dslr camera setting although very good convenience.
who don't want to buy good lens kits if they affortable?
just no extra money to purchase more lens for now.     
mayb can purchase it without any upgrade...what do you think....??

gogo2 was replying to someone else. Here's my take: you should not be asking others what gear to buy: wide, tele, portrait or flash - it's all up to you! Nobody knows what photography you enjoy more than you yourself! If you travel a lot, wide angles will be most useful, followed by a tele lens (I think). If you like shooting indoors (perhaps you party all the time), then the kit 75-300 is pretty much useless - a 50mm f1.7 will definitely be useful. Flash? If you do landscapes, it'll be pretty useless. So ask yourself what kinda photos you wanna take more often.
That's b***s***!! Everyone has the right to enjoy photoraphy, regardless of their budgets!! Why else are there 400D, D40 and A200s on the market?! Canon is a firm believer in that - provding a wide variety of lenses for people with different budgets. Eg: Canon's 50mm primes come in f1.8, f1.4 USM and f1.2 USM L versions, depending how deep your pocket is. I'm sorry if your interest is solely in wildlife and sports photography - can't help you with that.

Not everyone will be willing to fork out RM1k for the Sony 50mm f1.4 over the Minolta f1.7. It's just a blardy 0.3 - that alone is not gonna make your pictures pop. Do a search on Flickr and you can see plenty of impressive pictures taken with a RM 250-350 piece of plastic toy, otherwise known as the Canon 50mm f1.8. But of course, if you shoot a lot of portraits and if you can afford it, why not?

damn, i also kena poison kao kao when i first touched the A200 in MV roadshow last month 

i will get the twin lens kit next month, currently still saving $$ for it!

gila.. A200 really accelerating this topic. i learn and see a lot from Canon units but A200 does amazed me a lot. got my unit yesterday and im very impressed with the image quality. personally, i do feel A200 produce better image compared to any other standard kit at this level. image produced using higher ISO (1600/3200) also not disappointing. will asked my fren from Kilang Sony Sunway to lend me some lenses and see how much A200 could stretched.  starting to love sony, sony give us too much for the price it asked for.

guys, got any noticeable difference use normal CF card compared to the CF 3 or ultra?

Aiyo..why CF card prices so expensive?
can i use the normal speed ones to save money?

because i use normal sd card for my D40 it is good enough for me,
now i'm wondering about the CF card for A200 because going to get one soon

She make hell lots of money from photography. At least one of the best paid and most money making photographer in town... I believe any event shooting (within a day) mean can get a L lense liao... because she always get her job done (not as easy as you think).

I am not her. I am a guy with a dxxk. So surely not her... And I cannot afford 1D series camera as well. Beside I take good care of my gears.

I forgot her name laio as I have bad memory... especially for auntie or non-pretty gals in general... 

Just kidding on that. 
I think most guys cannot do her job.... I am impressed to see how she actually shoot when I was shooting beside her. Siao... but get things done! 

thx...but not for now yet cause still searching and survey the DSLR camera.   
still not finalize yet. 

Yup, I know that...but Penang price still remain RM1999 with standard kit(single kit len). twin kit lens very difficuilt to find... 
Mayb next month will drop somemore cause I heard A300 and 450D will launch next month(the shop seller told me)...how true is it, not sure   
hope I can wait....still not let the DEVIL poison so much!!!