old DSLR cant seeing lcd screen and snap photo. normally digital camera can do that la.

but now most new model of DSLR can work in screen to snap photo. but remember, there are few type of autofocus in live view, sony and canon also different

with liveview, you can also

1. use the flip lcd to raise your hand high to shoot when got obstacle or people blocking you
2. use the flip lcd to maintain eye level when shooting portraits, or kids
3. also can use for macro when the small small screen hard to see
4. easier to set white balance, can just preview on the liveview

and err... many more which I duwan to think right now

live view use more battery power

what's the difference between beercan and beercan cross x version?

those buddies here with flash...

how am i suppose to fire my external flash wirelessly without firing the built-in one???

if i remember correctly, you can't...

bump

I think can rite?
But need an external transmitter and receiver. Go shashinki...i think they got sell..

har??den doesnt it sound a bit stupid??lets say i wanna create some kind of lighting effect where i only wan my light source to come from 1 direction....so it cant b done?

try reducing the internal flash exposure... maybe at -2
i've read somewhere you can use an old film and cover the internal flash...

achew, there are many ways to reduce the effect of the on-body flash signal.

1) use a shutter speed that is faster than the flash sync speed of your body, thus triggering HSS (1/200s would be sure for the A200/A300/A350)
2) use a piece of overexposed, developed film negative over your pop-up flash
3) use a darker aperture e.g. F11
4) use a lower ISO e.g. ISO100

The moment you enter HSS mode, the signal is totally not captured by the camera. Of course, the downside is the fast shutter speed, which will reduce ambient light... but you can do 1/200s F1.4 ISO1600 to bring up the ambient light.

On the other hand, you can make daylight appear to be night, using 1/800s F11 ISO100...

If you can find a strip of exposed negative (usually the black end of a film) you won't need to do any of the steps above.

albnok, i think u can answer my question
tell me more about beercan version?
minolta, minolta maxxum, minolta ma"XX"um?
which is the earliest and best copy?

as i'm aware of, there is only ONE beercan version that is Minolta 70-210mm F4
no other lens is called beercan

EXCEPT... big beercan and small beercan

what is the different between F42 and F58 (other than its head can move)? btw, I am talking about flash.

bro , maybe this can help ... http://www.alphastrobist.com/

but how come some are with maxxum word in front of the lens?
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tanjq87: The crossed XX version is the first version to come out, which is supposedly sharper. ExxonMobil sued Minolta for using the crossed XX so newer versions came with the XX separated.

Crossed XX is rarer and commands a collector value.

The crossed XX version of the 50mm F1.7 is prone to sticky aperture blades; don't know about other lenses though.

yo boss..thanks for the tips ya.....seems like its slightly more troublesome than i thought..haha....previously i thought this could b easily done with some setting on the camera/flash..lol..btw..does other brand's flash also need to do the same thing???


i think no1 is probably more suitable for me..lol..since i wanna try to shoot at dark enviroment..and jsut wanted my flash to send light from a certain direction =)

ooic... then how about beercan without the maxxum word? I just bought a beercan without the maxxum word today.
i compared side by side kitlens at 70mm f5.6, beercan at 70mm f4 and 16105 at 70mm f5.6, the order of sharpness is 16105>kitlens>beercan, is it normal for beercan less sharp than kitlens? but by very little, almost cannot differentiate those type, but the 16105 is much sharper than the other two.

achew, all Canons require that you have a 580EX I/II or a ST-E2 transmitter on the camera, to trigger an off-camera flash.

I'm not sure about Nikon and how easy it is to remove the popup flash from showing, but the D40/D40x/D50/D60 do not have wireless commander capability.

tanjq87, the beercan should be pretty sharp. I've felt it to be sharper than the kit lens but never did any formal tests. If your 16-105mm is indeed sharper, then it might hint that it is, indeed, based on the Zeiss 16-80mm design...