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Got my 5D yesterday for $1299 at the Sony store at Suntec. It came with 2x 8gb SD cards, tripod, camera bag and Sony battery. Battery has no stock though so it was indicated on my invoice for collection at a later time. The battery was offered only when I asked and the sales person included it...

I voted Sigma. Both Tammy and Siggy have good lenses for different range. In the end, Siggy having an active service center locally wins it for me.

Thanks. I'll look out for a lighter and more portable tripod in this case. This is good! Have not heard of it before. I'll go find out more about this. Thanks! I don't expect my F2.8 to do everything without the tripod. I just wanted to understand if I have utilised its potential under...

Hi, thanks for the quick response. 2) Handheld because I'm not bringing my tripod for my overseas trips. I read on the forum regarding getting a fast lens to help in taking photos under low light(indoors of restaurants, etc.). 3) I'm using matrix metering. Hope I got this right. ;p

Hi, I own a D70s and have the Sigma F2.8 18-50mm lens. I have tried using this lens at dusk (i.e. ard 6pm - 7pm) and would like to bounce the following observations off the experienced photographers here to help in my understanding. The context of the observations is to take photos handheld in...

I like this pic. Post more pls. I'm heading there in Dec too!

Got it! Thanks everyone for explaining and setting my understanding right. :thumbsup:

Ok thanks. I noticed that if I set to 1/2 step, the F-stops go (for example) from F8 -> F9.5 -> F11 -> F13 -> F16. For setting at 1/3 step, the F-stops go from F8 -> F9 -> F10 -> F11 -> F13 -> F14 -> F16 on my camera. Is the 1/2 step here similar to the '1/2' stop from F8 to F16? A bit blur...

Post more pics pls! Nice captures!

Hi, I own the D70s DSLR. Lately, I've gone back to read my camera's manual in a bid to understand it's functions better for shooting in manual. I came across the section where is it shows the camera having the function in the menu to set the EV step to 1/2 or 1/3. Since this affects the...

#8 is my favourite!!! keep posting!

To add to the above. Should I test with A priority or M? For fast lens, I want to be able to use a reasonable handheld shutter speed(1/60 and above) with F2.8 under low light right to avoid a blurry image as much as possible?

Hi all, I'm reusing this thread to ask about testing lens at the shops. I'm planning to get the Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 HSM lens. So to test for sharpness, we can test at f8 to f11(since F16 will be too dark?). At this fstop, there should be uniform sharpness across the image right? If I put to...

Nice series! Enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing! Looks like Marche's has some interesting stuff in there besides the food huh!

Wet bench is a good shot! :thumbsup: