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Best smartphone for my budget

geckookceg — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:07:46 +0800

hello.. i decided to replace my few years old sony xperia x10.. my budget is around 1.1-1.4k.. would like to know what is the best smartphone i can get for this budget.. if can, can i know the list of best smartphones in these range.. thank you in advance

new to photography

geckookceg — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:58:37 +0800

Day 1

Landscape_Day_1 by Ravin Sinnasami, on Flickr

Day 2

Landscape_Day_2 by Ravin Sinnasami, on Flickr

Day 3

Landscape_Day_3 by Ravin Sinnasami, on Flickr

All three taken with canon 600D + 18-55mm lens.. post-processed in lightroom..

telephoto zoom

geckookceg — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 09:24:47 +0800

Hello sifus,

recently i have ventured into sports photography, mainly basketball and soccer.. however, limited by my 17-50mm tamron and 50mm canon lens + 600D.. Decided to add a telephoto zoom lens.. Budget around 2k..

Read that ideally for sport photography, a large aperture (somewhere between f2.8 to f4) and a range of at least 200mm is good enough.. so,thought of getting 70-200mm canon lens, however, its much more expensive.. Can sifus recommend me a good tele zoom lens for this purpose.. Thanks.

Optical fibre

geckookceg — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 03:52:46 +0800

Hello sifus..

can anyone tell recommend me where to get optical fibres? Want to try as the link below..

Faking Firework in Tabletop Photography

and, what alternative material would be best to replace light reflectors? would cereal cardboards be good enough?

Thanks.

Upgrade dslr equipment

geckookceg — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:12:56 +0800

Hello sifus, i need recommendation in the following sections..

1) Flashgun (Budget roughly 600-800)
im planning to buy a flashgun.. choices between nissin di622 MKII, nissin di866 MKII and YN568EX.. Di622 vs Di866, Di866 seems a better choice.. with its increased functions, Sub-flash and function as master n slave.. Any
opinion in the YN568EX sifus.. certain people tell go for Di866 MKII better as it is an improved version..

2) Kit lens (Budget roughly 2k)
Currently using 18-55mm kit lens on Canon 600D.. planning to upgrade it.. Can sifus suggest any good lens... is it better to have two set of lens eg 24-70mm and 70-300mm? I found some review that for 70-300mm lens,
Tamron 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD Lens is a good option.. However, this lens will be bought later on as an extension if needed.. most importantly need something to replace the 18-55mm (primarily y walk-around-lens).. the
canon EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM seems bit expensive... how does the EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM and EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM?

3) Light sources
For providing light sources to subject, what types of sources does sifu use? apart from natural lighting? lets say for product or food photography? i saw several DIYs that uses energy saving lightbulb with DIY softbox as
light sources.. any setup guides sifu?

4) Bagpack (Budget 200-250)
Currently still using canon dslr bag as i only have 600D body, 18-55mm kit lens, 50mm f1.8 prime and tokina 11-16mm (arriving soon ).. can sifus recommend me a bagpack that fit all the mentioned plus some extra room for
upcoming lenses? Ability to mount tripod to the side/back of the bag is a must.. i notice some bags cannot hold tripod..

5) Memory Card
Planning on buying 2-3 memory card as mine getting eaten up quite quickly is it safer to have smaller sizes compared to larger sized mem cards? what is the optimum size and speed class sifus?

appreciate any comments/suggestions/advice from sifus.. Thanks