Recent content by renesis

Hi all, I'm going to be in Singapore in a couple of weeks and have been told that diamond rings may be cheaper in Singapore. I'm planning to buy an engagement ring for my girlfriend and wondering if my fellow CS'ers can recommend me a few shops for me to look at while I'm in Singapore? I'll be...

True at f1.4 the dof will be very important, but I guess it depends how far I am from my target. External flash probably won't be very nice to use in public, but then again I haven't done night market photography yet... Maybe 17-55 will fit, I'm swaying back and forth now...

In my dreams, haha! I may just get the sigma 30/1.4 and zoom with my feet.... I'm sure there would be plenty space for me to feet zoom, lol. As much as I like the 17-55 f2.8 I'm not sure how useful it'll be to me if all I'll be doing is using the 17mm end and then the 55mm end...

Hi technica, apart from the Tokina, I have a Sigma 17-70 and the Canon 50/1.8. I will probably keep the Canon 50/1.8 but will sell the Sigma 17-70 as I'm not happy with it's sharpness or focus accuracy. Hi FireZ, I've considered the 24-105 but I'm afraid it'll be too slow to be used for street...

Hi all, I was wondering if I could draw upon the collective wisdom of CS ;) I'm going on a trip to Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia in Feb and I'm having a tough time deciding on what lenses I need in addition to my Tokina 11-16. At the moment I've got a 400D but planning to upgrade to the...

Still no word on the Panasonic/Leica 14-150mm?

Just shows how much I know about taking photos :embrass: In any case thanks for everyone's help, I've taken the easy way out and I'm just going to get the 850IS. Thanks a lot, next time I visit I'll be asking about what things I can do in Singapore while I'm on a short break there.

Thanks for the info, but I probably won't have the patience to shoot in RAW and post process it, although if its like a landscape photo where I have many chances to take it then I don't see any note reason to shoot RAW, but if it's a social moment and you need to take a photo then maybe JPEG is...

If I was to make relatively small prints the watercolour effects and noise wouldn't be really noticeable in low light shots of ISO200-400 would they?

I think I've resigned myself to buy the camera when I visit Singapore next month because I just can't decide. But one thing stopping me is that I live in Australia. Are there any shops that sell cameras with international warranties?

Just wondering with all your great pics, do you guys do much post processing to your photos? I'm having such a hard time, and whenever I see these pics I wonder why people are complaining about noise and all. Does it take much effort to get good pictures out of the LX2?

Yep I'm too lazy to do post processing (besides I've heard you can get addicted to it). S80 looks interesting and it's a bit cheaper than the G7 in Australia, but it is quite an old model relatively speaking right? And supposedly some guy on DPreview has had problems with warranty and they've...

But then again getting a new camera before motor show isn't a must...... if its worth waiting for big price drops if I buy in Singapore in the cameras I'm interested in ;)

I was leaning towards the LX2 in the early days in my search for a new digicam but I was slightly put off by the 'watercolour' effect. Is it kind of annoying if you can't print out a proper wide screen photo without having white bars on the top and bottom? Decision so hard to make LX2 is...

Don't remember watching that movie, but thanks, yea wide is definitely interesting to have and it seems useful. Just not sure whether after I will I've had it will it wear off. RAW isn't important to me, quick and simple is better :)