deejay220989,

that normal, all my blister pack BOME from pa come like yours condition.

Nice..the box also nice..I just got my FF Play Arts Arms yesterday..the figure box also koyak -.-
And they fold the top part of the box..
No protection was given..no bubble wraps..no styrofoams..



Btw..OT question..

How do you guys take your pictures?? Any tactics??
Do you use flash? All the pics I take are blurry when I view in full size..not nice colour..but it will be nice if I use flash! -.-
Example of pics below..
The first one is without flash..second one is with flash..



Please click on the thumbnails to view full size. I hope you can see the difference..

So..is there anyway I can improve on my photographing skills?? How to get rid of the blurs?

wow the box really in bad condition

I use my own setup that's similar to a light tent that is use for product shots, with 2 lights source, a reflector and a difusser. A piece of paper is use as background. I don't use flash coz the light from the flash is too harsh.
Always shoot in macro mode, i am not sure what cause the blur, but you can try using a mini tripod and use timer to shoot instead of hand held and see if that get rid of the blur

@Aeon_Clock~we usually buy online from places like Hobby Search, HLJ and Play-Asia. For local shop you can try out xl-shop

Nice..the box also nice..I just got my FF Play Arts Arms yesterday..the figure box also koyak -.-
And they fold the top part of the box..
No protection was given..no bubble wraps..no styrofoams..

Thanks bro!

Btw..when you take pics of your figures..and you view them full size (in my case its 2048x1536), it is very clear or is it something like my pic?

It seems that my pics look clear if I reduce the size to monitor size but it looks blurry when I view it full size..

yeah at full size its slightly blur and get sharper as u reduce the size, not really sure why, its the same thing for another friend that uses the same camera as mine. Never really look into it

Thank you for contacting Play-Asia.com.

We are very sorry to see the top part of the package has been folded. Once again we certainly understand your current feeling and frustration. It is our apology about the way of handling this order for you in this case.

Please be confirmed that we have reported this case to our Warehouse Manager already. The Warehouse Manager will instruct our warehouse colleague to handle the similiar packaging items more carefully by using a bigger box and not folding the top part for your favourite. We believe your future order will arrive in good condition.

May we confirm whether all items in the Weapons Set for Final Fantasy Play Arts in this order are in good condition? If unfortunately all items have no problem, how about if we add US$4 value on your unused US$5 shopping coupon, for your future purchase from us, for the compensation to you this time?

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

Best regards,

Joe
Play-Asia.com

http://www.hlj.com, http://www.play-asia.com, http://www.xl-shop.com, http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/

@Aeon_Clock~we usually buy online from places like Hobby Search, HLJ and Play-Asia. For local shop you can try out xl-shop

besides online shops and XL...are there any others? Some models are quite old and I can't find them online. So was hoping to see them in shops around PJ/KL

btw, usually how much extra you guys have to pay for postage?

come come
all have a photography meet/TT

@valho
manage to take apart my shelf, now the stage is much bigger, so much easier to maneuvar around
haven taken proper pics coz busy these few days, but hopefully it'll be much nicer
and yes...i've tried wif a reflector, does help a lot reducing the shadow

haha need to find a good place to take photos for that

yeah bigger space to work with is better, can move things around easier also a reflector good at reducing and soften the shadow. now just need to try diffuser to soften the light

Penang..why?

still can't think of where huh
my place oso dun have a garden
one day next 1-2 weeks time we gather for a TT/meet-up lah

yeap, gonna get tracing paper after this

anyway, i've sent the CF forms off 2 days ago, once got confirmation, then we can start planning properly liao

@deejay220989
where are u from again?

Penang..why?

oh
no lah, i thought u are KL, then can come join us mar

@valho
btw, do u recalibrate the white balance everytime u start shooting a figure?
coz for mine, if i don't, the figure's colors seem to affect the balance a lil
maybe the light bounces on the figure and shine on the bg, too lil until we can't notice but the camera can
so i have to calibrate it with the figure on the stage

ok, once confirm need to see how to arrange stuff and wat we need to get

yeah every figure I will recalibrate the white balance, sometimes if i change background or position of the light i'll recalibrate as well. Currently my setup allow me to directly save the pic into my pc, so i can check the color on the fly rather than after finish shooting
After making a custom white balance i'll do some test shots with the figure on stage as well, to make sure the color is correct.

i was wondering, 1 HS box is too high, wat bout we cut it in half?
ah, okai, coz pics of ayu seems reddish if i calibrate without her on the stage, coz of her wings
yea, the ease of using a dslr i have to bet on my lcd

Aha..thanks bro!

Btw..here's the reply from PA -.-