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Added on February 10, 2009, 2:42 pm
how much kena for the batt grip bro?

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RM330 from Digital Mania.. not sure whether cheap.. but they give free battery, so I have 2 batts

Minor pet peeve: I get annoyed when people pronounce Ultra-Wide Angle as ooowaaa.

"Albert, which ooowaaa you think is good ah?"
"Huh ooowaaa?"
"Ooowaaa lah!"
"What how do you spell that?"

I don't get my Fish-Eye pronounced as FEEE, fortunately!

So don't say, "You think GP two seven oh oh mah good ah?"

hmm.. can share the EXIF data ??
i think u didnt use long enuff exposure time... dats why no light trail..
diff place = diff brightness = diff reading = diff setting..
use small aperture.. use M-mode.. try many shutter speed...
u might need to shoot couple of time to get it right..

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Added on February 10, 2009, 3:59 pmlol albert...
but i do pronounce it as yuwaaa~~

This post has been edited by dingenius3: Feb 10 2009, 04:17 PM

As requested, some samples taken..

How much bro for this grip?Free battery pulak tuuh.

he wrote on top RM330.

now i know why RAW is better. I have 2 pics shot under super bright day light. JPEG: the sky is totally washed out leaving it white in color. RAW: The sky is bluish and nice:)need more CF cards i guess...

This post has been edited by Sp00kY: Feb 10 2009, 04:34 PM

Check this out...

http://www.lelong.com.my/Auc/List/2009-02D...0_a300_a350.htm

can you show the 2 pictures in question?

compatible for A200

SpOOkY: Strange, shooting RAW+JPEG would give the same shutter speed and yet the JPEG should be underexposed (especially if DRO is on) because it will go into highlight-preservation mode.

If anything, you'll have to bring up the shadows in the RAW processor.

please tell me if i`m wrong thanks, wana learn more:)

those people are better LOL'ed at XD.
there is one bimbo i know; pronounced O.I.S. as 'ois'

hey bro albert, yeah i was quite surprised too, when i wasnt happy with the shot with jpeg because the sky will be overexposed and too bright, hence i try shooting at RAW hoping that i can adjust it when i`m back. To my surprise, the pic looks better after conversion, the colors are much nicer too, maybe its the way i shoot for the jpeg is wrong ....not sure though

last night, i tried shooting the moon, when i shot with jpeg, the moon is overexposed and the sky is black (wrong way of shooting.) when i shoot with RAW (wrong way of shooting too) the moon is overexposed too, but i can see white dots in the black sky..why ar?i deleted all pics coz its too ugly ..haha

The pictures are indeed strange - usually, you'll want to underexpose so you can bring the shadows up, but if you overexpose, highlights would be lost! So that must mean your camera has amazing highlight recovery.

Well I don't know, never tried to overexpose too much really. I end up underexposing and using Shadow Recovery instead of overexposing and setting a negative EV.

er, bro albert, can explain in a more layman term ar?

what do u mean by bring the shadows up?
highlights are?
highlight recovery?

saw i`m shooting portrait under super bright sun light, i have to overexpose the pic to get the correct exposure on the face, but then the sky will be washed out. can that be recovered by shadow recovey? what i will do is actually do bracketing, capture 1 with +2 ev, one with -2 ev and merge the pics:)

yeah since my cam is good, i dun need A700 adi hahahah...i will try shooting the moon agian tonight...

focus infinity, focal=70mm, f/11, -2 ev...lets see:)

This post has been edited by Sp00kY: Feb 10 2009, 05:42 PM

SpOOkY: No, if a highlight is too bright, you use Highlight Recovery. If a shadow is too dark, you use Shadow Recovery.

Traditionally we are told that highlights cannot be recovered as well as shadows, which is why it is good to check the histogram after shooting to note any blinking highlights/shadows.

dark lenanza: Yes, we seem to live near the Bermuda Triangle. All ships get lost there.

after almost a week using the siggy 24-70, i have one conclusion..

IT's FREAKING HUGE.. lol.. everywhere i go, i get those "special/weird" looks from people whenever i take out my cam.

IQ wise, my copy is pretty good. DOF at 2.8 is seriously shallow thus takes awhile to get used to focus. Most of the time i shoot in f4 and the pics are sharp with nice bokeh. Will put up some sample photos once my line is free to upload stuff. Colors is pretty vivid and warm just the way i like it.

The only headache i have with it is the slow focus. It hunts even in not so dark situation. Another thing that annoys me is when i already have my subject in focus, press the shutter and it goes to infinity focus and then refocus again. Really slows down the shooting.

can teach how to check the histogram ?
i see but i dun understand

Glad you liked this lens. Although I think your experience of slower AF speed is most probably caused by the body instead of the lens. I experienced no such slow AF speed on the A700 (so it is now time for you to upgrade to A700 *kysham LARI...... RACUN! * ). But yes you are right, it is one fine, sharp lens.....

DAMM YOU KYSHAM!!!! THOU SHALL NOT POISON ME..

I'm happy with my A200.. no more budget for this year for any upgrades. haha.

Budget is one good poison shield.