Guys, im pulling out from this outing. Reason is I have an urgent job for saturday and sunday. Sorry to wjie20 that i could not fetch him on that day =/

vincent: take me off the list pls.

unless you're getting a 2nd hand camera, it isnt important to check the shutter count.

so guys, how was the outing at the zoo today?

17-40L roxors im eying on that lens, and the 12-24 from sigma, and the 24-105L then my kit will be complete

eh, my kit wont be complete until i include the EOS 5D in it XD

This post has been edited by R a D ! c 4 L: Jan 6 2008, 02:29 PM

if im not wrong, FotoKem does this kind of installment thingy with 0% installment. That is if u pay it up in time.

^go to FTZ, you'll find good bargains there!

Okay guys, though its not something big, but here's a really good photography who's really good at taking panoramas using the 350D.

Have a look and be amazed, if im not wrong he only uses the kit lens.
http://robertmekis.com/?kateg=photos&subkateg=landscape

Oh yea, he uses ND grads too.

Hope that this will be a good inspiration for you all

This post has been edited by R a D ! c 4 L: Jan 7 2008, 11:48 PM

lol, high f number plus a little sharpening will do d. Usually around f11 is the sharpest for the kit lens. But shud try f16, more depth. But since its a panorama i think f11 will do

I have the equipments but laziness took a big toll if u're staying in KL i know where to get those cokin grad filters and manfrotto tripods at a decent price.

IMO Its not a must, its something essential


true about the polarizer part

ND filter just cut down the amount of light that goes through your lens. It wont produce more rich colors, in fact the polarizer does that while the ND dont. The thing with ND filter is it only extends your exposure time. With a good ND filter you can even do a 30 min exposure during broad day light.

ND Graduated filter is something different. It helps even out exposure for a scene, like for instance where u're having problem trying to get the right exposure:

exposed for sky: foreground too dark
exposed for ground: sky washed out.

A example if u put an ND grad for a somewhat tricky scene:


ND grads rox but he's using Grad Grays.. I do not know how they worked though, its just plain gray right?

The dude from pbase rox man o_O nice shots!

er... for the 1st pic i believe u didnt went through the tone mapping process. Its a must if u wan to get stunning HDR pictures. Unless you want to leave it as natural as it seemed. U need a program called Photomatix if u wanna do tone mapping.

for the last pic, its because the lights from the sky and the street lights fooled your sensor into under exposing your scene. Sometimes its better to take a few shots with different exposures to get the desired results. An easy way to do it is to use the bracketing method provided by the rebel. 1 over, 1 under, 1 0. Most likely the under and over 1 will work fine, but it all depends on the scene.

for me the 2nd pic is the one that i'd go for if you ask me to chose between the two.

This post has been edited by R a D ! c 4 L: Jan 8 2008, 01:24 AM

Go here, inside there's details about that place.

I bought my Manfrotto 190 X-PRO-B + 804 RC2 Manfrotto tripod head for around RM580+ after a 20%(normal price around 700+) discount given by them.

For all cokin the will give u a 20% discount too. Im looking forward to get the Cokin z-pro series from them but currently they don have stock. So i only have the p-series now. You could give them a call just to find out, the people there are friendly, so no worries.

so far i have no regrets using those filters and the tripod! best 1st tripod that i have

He used the CPL filter to deepen the blue skies, ND filter will only cut the light going through the lens. Though a CPL does cut down the light too, approx 2-stops.

I guess the lake is calm because there's no wind that time? he's just at the right moment at that time.


note that for every shot he posted some of the details about the shot he took. Like what filter did he used and stuffs like that.

check out this one
http://robertmekis.com/?kateg=photos&subka...bsah=photo155a1

here's the basic information for the shot:
Panorama: 7 vertical pieces
Camera:Canon EOS 300D (Digital Rebel, Digital Kiss)
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55 / F3.5-5.6 (SET)
Flash: --
Flash mode: --
Shutter speed: 1/50 sec.
Aperture: 11
ISO: 100
Focal length: 18 mm
35mm equivalent: 29 mm
Tripod: Manfrotto 055 PRO B
Head: Manfrotto 329 RC 4

Filters:
Cokin Circular Polarizer (Gray) A164
Cokin Graduated Gray (neutral) A120
Cokin Graduated Gray (neutral) A121

the info is just at the left side of the photo

And obviously his shots had undergone post processing, but i dont think its HDR. Still those are pretty nice shots, let's not talk about pp and stuffs, aint those composition good?

btw, here's another photographter who uses the rebel for her works. Most of her works are high quality, mainly portraits too, she excels in taking self portrait and fashion portraits. Another good inspiration
Her gears:

Link: Lara Jade
oh yeah, she's 19 this year.

This post has been edited by R a D ! c 4 L: Jan 8 2008, 02:42 PM

The reason why i could not attend the zoo outing last saturday

A collaboration with a student fashion designer. Im trying to ask permission to post the photos online. So I hope that she approves =/

Seems like J-One offers the best price for it

the 50mm im using is my bro's 1 haha... the only lens that i own is the kit lens great great lens, but im looking forward to replace it with the 17-40L if i have the cash =)

Im using a used kit as well, got the battery grip plus a original battery along with only just Rm2000

and the good thing is 7k shutter only with 6 months warranty left

Don have to get a hood la, lens + filter enough. The thing is during the buy make sure that you do a few test shots to check everything up, the autofocus also must be checked. And then set to MF, turn the focusing ring around to feel if there's any abnormalities on it. Check the front and back of the lens to see whether there's scratches on it too. Best if that there's still warranty left.

easy, just see whether the glass elements at the front and the back of the lens got scratches or not lo. Don have to do anything special, just check only, like how you check your LCD got scratch or not

When i say turn the focusing, you check by turning the focusing ring out and back, and try to "feel" if there's anything inside the lens blocking the gears inside.

Oh yeah, 1 more thing to add, during the check, make sure there's no fungus or mold inside, you can do this by checking through the view finder, and point your camera towards a bright scene and see whether there's any black spots on the lens.

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Added on January 9, 2008, 1:06 pmim not a fan of tele-zooms. So i'd go for the 24-105.

This post has been edited by R a D ! c 4 L: Jan 9 2008, 01:06 PM

of course its good

if there's warranty, selling at 1200 is cheap already make sure there's nothing wrong with it la =D

if im not wrong, that's the OS kicking in

^1 battery also can use the battery grip

^dude where did u get that?

i often use my built in flash for my model shooting cuz i find it out performs my 580EX in some situations. That's the thing that i need in the future