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!

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

anyone going for the rynn lim concert shoot? if you're a member of the alpha forum, make sure you register yourself

and if any of you are going the the My Chemical Romance Concert, say hello if you see me!

i'm the official photographer for the concert

Thanks soulfly..therefore, there's no different between a200 and a300 except for the liveview and probably slighly better af..heh..like this i can go buy tommorow lor...

Which shop got all the item above, wanna go buy tmorow if possible...sg wang ?

I'll take the a200 single kit..then buy Sigma 70-300APO with Macro + 50mm F1.4 for potrait..then bags + cf...no need speedlight yet until i master how to take good picture without flash...any other must have filter that i need ? Hood compulsory ?

Hmm...wonder if 5k enough or not.

5k will be just nice I think.

Personally I don't really believe in "UV filter"... but I'd get a CPL filter for landscape use. The kit lens will use 55mm filter. I believe the 50mm f1.4 also use the same size.

By the way, AF speed between a200 and a300 should be the same I believe.

The batt grip not nice ler..ahaaha..looks bulky to me..i just wanna hang the camera around neck and walk walk shoot shoot..lol..and skodeng too

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Added on February 9, 2008, 10:58 pmOK..fast fast...where is the one stop centre that i should go to buy all my stuff. And the shop must open tommorow ler.

Tommorow morning la...we must be the first customer then can nego kaw kaw...ahaha..lets exploits the typical believe, first customer must sell + CNY spirit Or izzit the other way round...lol

Heh, thanx guys, tommorow will visit Tarita, any secret code for getting low discount by using any of sifu name here ..heh...

Ahmike, gimme a call 0122648363 in the morning, we'll go hunt together

No problem ma...let the gurls call me for potrait shoot ..FOC model..ahahah

Basically there are 3 metering pattern on an Alpha,multi-segment, center-weighted and spot-metering. Other DSLR might have different kind of metering pattern. multi-segment counts average light from the whole frame, center-weight takes average in the center of the frame, and spot metering meters according to which point you want to meter.

Then when you look into the viewfinder, there's an exposure meter. Based on this exposure meter, you'll need to adjust shutterspeed and aperture to create a proper exposure. You might wanna change the ISO as well.

We want samples after you wake up. 

You gotta be serious. Pls confirm coz I need that lens too.

Eheheheh...time to get wide lense also, eyy..any model shooting outing ? I wanna follow !!! Cuci both mata and my lense