albnok : I was shooting at ISO 200, aperture F5.6 for group shots but the place was quite dark and I cannot match Ahmike's shots for exposure when my F42 is blasting at full power whereas he was shooting a ISO 200 at aperture F8!!

Note : This reply to post on V17!!

Ahmike : No more F58 poison syndrome for me! Coz I tamed the cobra and now it's by my side ady! But I have to rip a big hole in my pocket to let it out!!!

kysham : Love your tree shot! Very nice. Very, very nice indeed!

kysham : Slowly lar bro.... Next poison, dun mind telling you is the A900 lar... but have to slowly mend my pocket hole first and get more paid jobs and work the cobra for all that's it's worth.

Then when (not if but when) I get my A900, I will put my 50mm on it and at last my fifty will have a place to call home like my 18250 lar.

Next on my list after the A900 is the CZ 24-70 F2.8 lor but this is further still down the road lor....

Then only the 70300G SSM. No worries, it's still there on the wish list just not so high up lar. Then after that can close shop and shoot until the cows come home! Hehehehehe..

Try looking for Albert Cheah of Cheah Cameras IINM. Next to Digicolor in Mutiara Complex, Jalan Ipoh. Heard he's great with older lenses.

Repeat after me...

Pixel peeping is bad for you!

As for the High ISO noise issue...

I find that if you watch your exposure, even ISO 800 on the A100 is acceptable and fine for 4R and even 8R sized prints.

How often do you print pics larger than that? Also how often do you really need to push ISO up to 800 or 1600? If you go back and look at all the pics you've taken, you will find that you maybe need ISO 800 and above only about 10% of the time so why fuss so much?

I would suggest the F42 coz it gives you more control when using with the F58 and Alpha 700. And it is so mobile/portable.

That's the reason I am NOT selling off my F42. Hehehehehehe....


signither : Unless you really, really feel the need to get a F58, stick with the F42. It's sufficient for normal use. Unless, you're like me lar... shoot at full power also not enough light.

jonrwg : I am going there but after work - meaning after 6pm lar... wanna buy a couple of things and shoot the models there.

If you wanna join me then PM me lar... dunno if can get good deal for Alpha there or not oh....

My contact no. --> maxis 311 forty two 18

Call me lar when you are there. After you buy, then can go for mini TT and I can poison...er... I mean show you how to use the cam ler.... hehehehehehe....

Haiseh! 012 ler.... got it?

A900 is a full frame camera that is in the same class as the Nikon D3 and D3x as well as the Canon 1Ds MkIII

You need to test whether the cam can take pics at all aperture settings.

- need to test if pop up flash is working.
- need to test if Steady Shot is working.
- need to test if wireless flash commander is working.
- need to test if cam can work with Minolta lens.
- need to test if flash hotshoe is working.
- need to test if kitlens is good copy or not.

Meaning got lots of things to test lar and most of them is poison, especially if I am around! Hehehehehehe... So dun forget to look for me ah, ok?

noprob & jonrwg : I should be there around 6.15pm ler.

Went to PC Fair last night. Not many models to shoot. Nice ones even lesser.

Met up with jonrwg for his A300 twin lens purchase. Tested out the cam with him but did not get to TT.

Here are some selected shots. Done on AWB (lazy to set lar), using 50mm F1.7 with pop up flash.
No PP - all straight from cam.

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You might wanna know that I do know how to tune the WB, just that at the time I was lazy to do so and I was just taking the pics purely for fun only. No emphasis on compo or WB or showing portraiture or whatever. Just snap and post for the rest to see only. I even decided not to do any PP on them.

Any more suggestions?

Ok! Time for some pre-wedding shots.

Ahmike posted some of his shots way earlier. Here are some of my shots.

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Ahmike & ahtsong : Thanks!

If by manification you mean crop factor, then yes, the Alpha 200/300/350 have a crop factor of 1.5x

Dunno about the Sony price but I bought Trancend 133x 8GB for RM80 oni.

Guys, I was THERE when Albert bought the CZ 135mm F1.8 and I was THERE when the shots were made.

No secrets, just took KJ's pics when he was standing in front of the Christmas tree which had those tiny little Christmas lights on it. Those big ring bokeh is rendered from those lights! That's the power of the 135mm on the A900. Damn nice, can? <-- imitating smashPop