Anyone use the 8mm Samyang/falcon/etc fisheye lens?
I haven't seen may images from it...

Ps... The Green button is amazing... Read your manual!

Kinda depends on what I'm shooting...

I generally use centre-weighted metering but sometimes spot (uses centre AF-point)

If I have a person in the shot (ie; portrait) I meter off their cheek/face...

Landscapes I meter of the darkest thing I can see and if it's too bright I shoot it again a faster shutter; too dark I use a slower shutter...

If I'm using flash I ignore the meter altogether as my guess is usually pretty solid (this took a 'lot' of practice!!)


Basically... You need to decide what you want in terms of 'depth of field'...
Landscape - I want everything in the frame in focus so I shoot at f8 to f11ish - then adjust shutter til meter is at zero...
Portrait - I want eyes sharp and backgroung blured so I shoot between f1.4 and f4 - again adjusting the shutter til meter hits zero...

If I'm struggling to get a sharp shot - it's normally cos my shutter is too slow - At this point I raise my ISO...

Example... ISO-200 - f4 - 1/15th of a second... But I want say 1/60th... So I need to raise the ISO by 2 stops (each ISO increment is a stop of light - raising it increases the sensors sensitivity to light)

Hope this helps... From your post I'm unsure if you have a handle on how exposure works(?)

They have a box of random assorted filters in the Camera Exchange Dave... Might be worth an ask next time you walk past...

Just finished my 'final' essay for university... Just need to print and submit in the morning...
Officially a student until the 25th... Suppose I should think about rejoining the 'real' world...

Eugh...

How many DA-Ltd's can you get for the price of a FA31-Ltd and the sale of of the 17-70?

Just planting seeds...

A nice full-prime set-up with the DA18-135 as your WR and travel-zoom back-up...

Again... Just planting seeds...

Reckon you'll ever take it off the camera?

The guy who's brought them in appears to want quick sales... At least I thought they were all very 'reasonably' priced... Wonder how long the K20 sits there...

They've had 2 Samsung-version K10s in for as long as I can remember... there now under the counter rather than in the display window!

There was a Kenko-AF teleconverter in that caught my eye as well... Doubt that'll be there the next time I've got some cash to play with...

Yep... next thing you know you're bidding on an MEsuper because it's sporting a 1.7... Then you get a taste for 35mm film cameras... You buy a couple... Need lenses for them too... Suddenly you need an AF 35mm body and some nice F-glass to go with that... You have a shelf for camera stuff... You buy more and realize that the books now live in piles because the bookcase is now a camera/lens display unit... You walk to work as you spent your petrol money on a macro lens... Oh yes... Oh yes... 50 f2 is how it starts all right... 50 f2 is how it starts...

If it wasn't for the fact that I'd bought an FA35 2 weeks since I would've nabbed it!
2 AF lenses in 2 weeks means I'm now very poor and have to walk more as I can't afford petrol!

I am a tad jealous though...