Ryzan76, vandechrome & raist86, yes, that was shot with the Sigma 24-70, that died in China. This was shot before the lens gave up on me.... I still misses that lens very much.

I'm still hoping it is salvageable. Not yet sent to claim warranty yet. Still waiting for reply from supplier. I love this lens a lot.

uhuk, uhuk! *vommit blood!*

Ini bukan termakan racun tikus, tapi termakan racun carl zeiss ni.....

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Added on February 11, 2009, 10:21 pmhah! i wish! you think they are so good?

This post has been edited by kysham: Feb 11 2009, 10:21 PM

It had turned into a giant vibrator towards the end of my trip to China!

hmm... yeah. it had some trouble in AF which I suspected was due to the cold weather (-2 to -5 degC). But towards the end of the trip, the AF simply gave up and the next thing I knew (when I turned off the camera), it had turned into a giant vibrator... which was not really good far "anything"....

Cannot wor.... can use to throw at dogs if they were chasing me though....

You should get the stand as well as the pouch together in the box of the F58. Did you get both items? Better go back and claim from them if don't have.....

Strictly for product / still life macro, I think the 50mm f2.8 macro should do very nicely. i saw someone selling one for RM750 (Minolta, used) over at alphanatics a while ago. not sure if it is still available or not....

I thought under bright sunlight, the WB should be around 5800k? Not really sure. Give it a try.

I thought I saw yghsin selling a brand new unit for RM1450 only? check him out in lelong.com lah. Quite a reliable seller.

Yes, that is one hidden advantage of having a bigger aperture lens mounted on your camera. You will notice that your camera will actually focus more accurately and locks on faster. Why? Because a bigger aperture lens will let in more light (remember the aperture is kept at the fully opened position during focusing, until you fire the shutter where it momentarily closes to your set aperture before opening back up ready for the next shot). More light will enable the AF system in the camera to work better (can "see" better mah....). And on the A700 & A900, the use of a lens with max aperture of f2.8 or more will also enable to camera to use the ultra-sensitive double cross AF sensor in the middle to even faster & more accurate AF.

But it is not true that is you have an f2.8 lens, you will never ever need a tripod. that is pure wishful thinking lah. you would probably need LESS use of the tripod, but definitely still want to bring a tripod along for night shots.

You think 72mm filter size is big? Try my Sigma 24-70mm for size..... 82mm

Actually to be honest, I'm not sure what exactly determines the final size of the filter thread at the front. I guess the internal design of the lens will more or less affects the final filter thread size? Just guessing. No idea if it was true or not.

A picture of what? The filter? No need lah. It is just a regular filter. The same shape, same look, only bigger sized nia....

(ok, ok, ok.. actually I'm a bit malas to take a photo of the filter! )

Oh? You want to see the lens attached to a camera? Err... ok. I remember I have a photo of this lens attached to an A300. Here you go:

hensem.... tapi rosak