well i din really use auto.. instead mostly use landscape and "P", and tried a bit "M" too. Also i play with Metering and white balance too. But well... i realised not so easy..

kinkikids, first of all, welcome to the world of ALPHA! Now, dslr is a completely different camera compared to a normal compact camera. There are many things that you need to learn as you move along before you can start producing good photos. So... let the learning begins. Anyway, to answer your question: Landscape shots benefits the most from the VIVID creative style as it tends to boost the saturation of the greens, yellows and blues. Use this mode in a portrait shot, and you will get too much saturation, making the model look a bit unnatural. And in VIVID mode, you will notice that you can actually also tweak the Contrast, Saturation & Sharpness further. How much is enough? I can't tell you that because that is a user preference that differs from one person to the next. You gotta experiment by yourself to find a setting that suits you the most. All the best in your testing and do share your photos here more often so that we can help each other to grow in photography.

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This post has been edited by Zeegon: Mar 2 2009, 01:32 AM

base on your name....ur idol is Kinki Kids??
the two guys japanese team??

anyone tried shashinki pop up flash diffuser ?
how is it ?

http://shashinki.com/shop/shashinki-flash-...ser-p-1726.html
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what camera bag does you guys recommend for :
- an alpha+lens
- 1 or 2 extra lens
- 1 extra flash
- an 15.4" laptop

budget : 200-300 if possible

This post has been edited by lehtung: Mar 2 2009, 02:27 AM

wht lens??? did u do PP? or boost up saturation?

This doesn't fit ynos ahpla

Kata DR467
but i think the price has increased now to $340 ~ $360

This post has been edited by hokc77: Mar 2 2009, 08:32 AM

thanks for the tips ... I will try in my next indoor shoot .. ...


As above, thanks. ..

btw, is konica minolta 50mm f1.7 is a good lens? prime lens?

update from my journey, my melaka shoot was not good but johor one look good on camera screen. No time to transfer into laptop. Will post some of them once I back to KL tomorrow .. ..

This post has been edited by Seng_Kiat: Mar 2 2009, 08:58 AM

i will become a300 user...

another alternative to try reduce camera shake is to use the timer release to release the shutter
this will help prevent shakes from pressing the shutter button

hey .. i got a sigma 70-300 lens with macro (200-300) .. the word macro make me wonder something .. is the lens can be set in macro mode at 200-300mm and it really performs macro?

Technically it's not macro because the lens could only reproduce images at 1:2 ratio.
If you're interested to take some macro pix you're better off buying a real macro lens. The sharpness of a real macro lens will make you go "wow".
But nothing's stopping you to take some interesting closeup pix with your current lens. Have fun

Edit:

in case you're wondering, by flicking the switch, the lens allows you to focus closer than 2m (iinm) to get to the 1:2 magnification ratio.

This post has been edited by ernie ball: Mar 2 2009, 09:21 AM

if it is exactly same as mine.. than.. try stop before 300mm... softness issue..
u will notice the focusing ring could be turn MORE when u switch on the macro...
see the marking on the focusing ring.. it will state 1:2 at the most bottom..

if u wanna take macro.. fix it like that... turn of SSS.... n move urself until got sharp image..

donut r fr 500mm Reflex....

start r from Industar-61....

the lamp tat looks normal r fr beercan....

all fresh fr my alpha.... no pp or wat so ever

Thanks for your welcome message hopefully i can get it right asap. And after reading some previous post, realised that CPL filter is the trick, is that true? Well do hope to get myself into the sony intro class soon (this month fully booked )



thanks, but outdoor mostly flattern... -.-

yeah! that's them. I had used this nick for bout 8 years already.

when taking these kind of photos, best to think that... you can perform photomerge later, so try to use the same settings (press the AEL to lock the exposure for the next shot)

this is the best I can do in few minutes based on different exposure on the 2 photos



photos looks distorted because I'm trying not to cut too much on top
could be better if I have more top space

whoaa!!the color looks vivid!..how's ur workshop?

more minutes in photoshop