Newbie into Candied & Portrait shots

[Chow Yun Fatt]

yea wad. u want candied shots, u gotta feed sugar. or else no candy.

and 70-200 f/1.2? wow really is the fatt gor. even canon no release this lens for us yet.

help me get one?

Sorry lar, my mistake...f2.8...ARRRGGGHHHH...:sweat:

 

[Chow Yun Fatt]

just to check is 35 f1.8 "fast" enough to shoot kids indoors without flash?

I really want to help you, but I'm truly unqualified to advise...

But I can tell you this, with my kit lens 15-85mm, I usually set to Shutter P when I'm indoors & just fire away...so far, so good...can freeze the image...but then again, I dunno want terror quality you are expecting, so you must try try...:bsmilie:

 

[hoho85]

the real FATT kor is actually a gd photographer, saw some of his works previously.

we have a common fren but i haven't met him thou, saw his pics thru tht common fren

I wanna see the photos taken by chow yun fatt!
i mean the real one

 

[Chow Yun Fatt]

Hmm.... I must say, Mr Chow Yun Fatt's newbie welcome thread must be one of the longer (if not the longest) newbie welcome threads in CS.
Well, the next Mr Chow's thread may just be the $2million block buster, breaking even Avatar's record.

Oeii Hello, you dun come here & let go story...:bsmilie:

 

[Chow Yun Fatt]

Hmm.... I must say, Mr Chow Yun Fatt's newbie welcome thread must be one of the longer (if not the longest) newbie welcome threads in CS.
Well, the next Mr Chow's thread may just be the $2million block buster, breaking even Avatar's record.

Oeii Lau Chiao...I got a question...I got this Aperture 2 on my Mac, but to down load just a 100 pictures is like taking forever, more than 1 hr...am I doing something wrong?

Sorry hor, another newbie question...;p

 

[Chow Yun Fatt]

I wanna see the photos taken by chow yun fatt!
i mean the real one

You are in the wrong place...I'm the Pirated Version...:bsmilie:

 

[limwhow]

Oeii Hello, you dun come here & let go story...:bsmilie:

Haha... never let go story lah. I'm one of the most friendly people around!
In fact, as you have noticed earlier, I welcomed you warmly into the forum already mah...
With your nick, maybe you might just as well upload Chow YF's most gung-ho photo as your Avatar once you have fulfilled the required number of posts to qualify for customised Avatar.
And then, just keep going online to CS every night and don't disappear lah. :bsmilie:
Welcome, welcome again!

 

[limwhow]

Oeii Lau Chiao...I got a question...I got this Aperture 2 on my Mac, but to down load just a 100 pictures is like taking forever, more than 1 hr...am I doing something wrong?

Sorry hor, another newbie question...;p

OK... finally a chance for me to show my colour... hehehe...
What are you shooting with? RAW or jpeg?

 

[Chow Yun Fatt]

OK... finally a chance for me to show my colour... hehehe...
What are you shooting with? RAW or jpeg?

jpeg...I'm down loading from my Ex-Hard Drive...Will it be faster if I did it straight from my CF card?

Just don't show me your Under Wear Colour...& don't tell me you don't wear any cos thats my LINE...:sticktong

 

[Chow Yun Fatt]

Haha... never let go story lah. I'm one of the most friendly people around!
In fact, as you have noticed earlier, I welcomed you warmly into the forum already mah...
With your nick, maybe you might just as well upload Chow YF's most gung-ho photo as your Avatar once you have fulfilled the required number of posts to qualify for customised Avatar.
And then, just keep going online to CS every night and don't disappear lah. :bsmilie:
Welcome, welcome again!

Basket...you keep saying welcome here, welcome there...But I don't see any Welcome Drink or Door Gift leh...:sticktong

 

[limwhow]

jpeg...I'm down loading from my Ex-Hard Drive...Will it be faster if I did it straight from my CF card?

Just don't show me your Under Wear Colour...& don't tell me you don't wear any cos thats my LINE...:sticktong

Haha...
Sounds like you must be shooting RAW. It would be around 15-16Mb per picture (with 7D).
A fast CF card with a good card reader would certainly download faster.
My personal experience is: if I download say, 260 RAW (19-20Mb with 5DMkII) photos directly from camera to laptop, it would take me about 15-20 minutes (an estimate).

Downloading from external hard disk plus converting to DNG (if you have enabled that) would certainly make it slower.

EDIT: Sorry, I missed out your post on the jPEg part. Yah, if it's just Jpeg, then 1 hour is certainly very slow. Something to do with your external hard-disk or your computer? I find 1 hour quite a long time... strange.

 

[Chow Yun Fatt]

Haha...
Sounds like you must be shooting RAW. It would be around 15-16Mb per picture (with 7D).
A fast CF card with a good card reader would certainly download faster.
My personal experience is: if I download say, 260 RAW (19-20Mb with 5DMkII) photos directly from camera to laptop, it would take me about 15-20 minutes (an estimate).

Downloading from external hard disk plus converting to DNG (if you have enabled that) would certainly make it slower.

EDIT: Sorry, I missed out your post on the jPEg part. Yah, if it's just Jpeg, then 1 hour is certainly very slow. Something to do with your external hard-disk or your computer? I find 1 hour quite a long time... strange.

Gam Xia...tomorrow I try to download from CF card...Let us pray it works...Pay $300 plus for software come back like this still kena Wife "SWAN" a bit 'bang balls'...:sweatsm:

 

[limwhow]

Gam Xia...tomorrow I try to download from CF card...Let us pray it works...Pay $300 plus for software come back like this still kena Wife "SWAN" a bit 'bang balls'...:sweatsm:

No problem.
For a self-proclaimed newbie, I must say your gears and softwares are no where near newbie category.
7D + 35 f/1.8 + 70-200 f/2.8L + Aperture... quite a bit of spending there.
Can't blame your wife for making a little bit of fuss.

 

[Chow Yun Fatt]

No problem.
For a self-proclaimed newbie, I must say your gears and softwares are no where near newbie category.
7D + 35 f/1.8 + 70-200 f/2.8L + Aperture... quite a bit of spending there.
Can't blame your wife for making a little bit of fuss.

What?!...Now you taking her side?!...Basket...You WOMEN are all the same...:bsmilie:

Its actually worse...its a 85mm f1.2, not a 35mm...the distance of the 85mm is perfect protection for the Lens from my kid's itchy hands...:bsmilie:

Good night Sifu...

 

[limwhow]

不敢当，不敢当。
Good night.

 

[Chow Yun Fatt]

不敢当，不敢当。
Good night.

Oeii SiFu, if I'm going to chase my kids around to take pictures of them, what is a good & reliable Flash to use on my 7D....

What is the advantage I will get against my Pop-Up with Diffuser?

Should I just Stick to my Pop-Up?

Gam Xia.

 

[jopwork]

What?!...Now you taking her side?!...Basket...You WOMEN are all the same...:bsmilie:

Its actually worse...its a 85mm f1.2, not a 35mm...the distance of the 85mm is perfect protection for the Lens from my kid's itchy hands...:bsmilie:

Good night Sifu...

You've got real expensive pro gear for a newbie!

I find it hard to believe that you are not the real Chow Yun Fatt!

 

[limwhow]

Oeii SiFu, if I'm going to chase my kids around to take pictures of them, what is a good & reliable Flash to use on my 7D....

What is the advantage I will get against my Pop-Up with Diffuser?

Should I just Stick to my Pop-Up?

Gam Xia.

For you, seriously consider the 580ExII.
Very fast recharge time.
Powerful.
Advantage is, an external flash is always one up against the built-in Pop up flashes because of their power, and the ability to trigger them off shoe.

Pop up flash will give you that "in-the-face" glaring look. Not so pleasing lah.
My humble opinion.

 

[Chow Yun Fatt]

You've got real expensive pro gear for a newbie!

I find it hard to believe that you are not the real Chow Yun Fatt!

Believe it...:bsmilie:...

Expensive?...Basket, you mean got cheaper ones har? I newbie, so I really not sure cheap or expensive.

 

[Chow Yun Fatt]

For you, seriously consider the 580ExII.
Very fast recharge time.
Powerful.
Advantage is, an external flash is always one up against the built-in Pop up flashes because of their power, and the ability to trigger them off shoe.

Pop up flash will give you that "in-the-face" glaring look. Not so pleasing lah.
My humble opinion.

I understand where you'er coming from, but what abt Ring Flashs, any comments?
Are they easier to use since they don't cast as much shadow?