all the events will mostly be taking place in KL itself, the 6th of Nov is out, talked to the organizers and they can't allocate me one more media pass.

Coming Saturday 10th November there will be a hitz.fm Challenge at Sunway Pyramid, Ford 4 x 4 challenge. Feel free to come by and take some action.

Also on the 14 - 18th of November, hitz.fm will be having an event at 1 Utama New Wing. HP Dares you Enter The Dragon with hitz.fm

so yea, if you wanna take pictures of Radio Deejays come on 18th Nov at 4 pm

Wow, so many events there in KL, so envy you all!

how do i post a video on this forum?

This post has been edited by [Raven]: Oct 30 2007, 11:40 PM

Man, how I wish I'm in the peninsular too... Too much work, too little time. *Sigh*

no worries, there's always holidays, unless you're working, then there's always LEAVE
lol

Hi Jin,

Just curious can you share why you take sony a700 then the rest like (canon 40d, nikon) ?



I don't hope to turn into a flame war or something but i think you have a700 that can share with us the strong points of it by exp on it so far.

Hi Ahmike,

first thing's first, i got an Alpha A100 to begin with. Rather affordable and i got it at a good price (really good price) with a 50 f1.4 and 2 other lenses including the kit.

Also the Super Steady Shot features really help when you are taking pictures in a moderately dim light. Picture Quality wise, i adjust my saturation/contrast/sharpness on my camera so i get what i want. and normally i do get what i want. All those years of wondering how ppl take such nicely saturated pictures and contrasting pictures, i have it in the palm of my hand.

Why the SONY? it looks good, wouldn't you agree? and it works good too.

the thing i like about the Alpha A100 is how it ergonomically fits to the palms of my hand, i have big hands by the way. Another thing i like about the Camera was it has a built in CCD Censor cleaner, or something like that which helps clean the censor when needed.

No doubt Nikon and Canon are the best buys in the market when it comes to photography, but buying the best camera wont necessarily get you the best pictures at all.

Overall the A100 is promising, and a great camera to begin with especially when you are new into the DSLR world.

Now coming to the A700, ever since i got the A100 i've been covering events. Weddings/concerts etc etc. So i knew, i needed a fast camera. If i had known that the A700 was coming out i wouldn't have gotten the A100 and just wait for a few more months, but then again i got a good deal on the camera.

The A700 marks a tremendous improvement to the Alpha series in terms of Noise levels at high ISO. If you read the reviews done by international sites, this baby is contending against some of the top models in the market. and already beating them in some aspects (not all)

One words explains this camera, SPEED. Its super fast and built tough. well it should be since its a semi pro DSLR. 12.2 megapixels woot!

So summing up why i got the A700
Speed
improved SSS
Design
Ergonomically accommodating
Low noise levels at high ISO Sensitivity
3.5 inch screen
User Friendly
Picture Quality (of course, depending on the lenses you use)

so get yours today!

This post has been edited by [Raven]: Oct 31 2007, 11:31 PM

Sony should pay you for advertising for them.. Hahaha.. they lack of advertising thats why is not well-known like canon..They need more advertisement, Promotion, roadshow etc.. and Alpha Guy like to promote their products..

Anyway.. just to come in to drop a word... Need to sleep now.. is 3am and i just back from office... Really hoping i can be released during weekend to go get my Alpha

Wow thanks Jin for the feedback...by the way there is a *NEW* FIRMWARE for Alpha700 just saw it a dpreview.com

One thing is i can't find much info on the range of lens it has for alpha700 on the sony website.

though the range of lenses might be limited, you can still use Konica Minolta Lenses as well. I have 2 Konica Minolta Lenses. No doubt Sony will be releasing more lenses in future. Just be patient.

There are some 3rd party lenses that you can consider as well!

The reason why Sony didn't promote the Alpha like what Canon does is because Sony has a wide range of product to be advertised....for instance their core product, their Bravia TV. They sell huge numbers of units daily, in the other hand, Alpha is just a newly taken over product from KM and there's no rush for them to stretch wide in photography line...

that's true, they have too many things to focus on.

I think it's an understatement of Sony NOT having a wide-range of lens....

-->

http://www.dcviews.com/lenses/Minolta-lenses.htm
(Seeing that, it's all only Minolta lens not accounting to 3rd party yet)

And people who wants to venture into DSLR should do more research that Sony has brought over Konica Minolta and that Minolta AF lens do fits the Alpha series...

And [Raven],
You should put more additional feature in that ads of yours
--> Because CARL ZEISS is producing lens for SONY, (at least this is one of my main reason y i'm using the a100 instead of other brand of line).
(Though not many ppl may afford CZ/ZA - but hey, at least i'm still hoping i will be able to buy them one day)

EDIT: http://www.photodo.com/products.html?mount...name=Minolta+AF (variety of lens including 3rd party)

This post has been edited by vX-2: Nov 1 2007, 10:16 PM

List of compatible lenses for Sony DSLR http://www.dyxum.com/lenses/index.asp

This post has been edited by soulfly: Nov 1 2007, 10:27 PM

Jin...

Can you PM your price of the body DSLR you gotten?

SOny website showing 5.4k .

pm replied

I am also keen. Can PM to me as well?

Thank you in advance.

pm replied

raven, u bought ur a700 with its kit lense? Carl zeiss lens ~ damn good.. 5k with kit lense?