Sungai Tua - Revisited

Lama jugak tak post something pasal fotografi kan. sebenarnya dah lama jugak tak keluar outing.

So, bila member ajak aku outing ke Sg, Tua 23/9/12 yang lepas, aku pun join la outing untuk lepaskan gian. tak ramai pun, ada 4 orang je. Sungai Tua ni pulak dah boleh tahan banyak kali jugak la aku ambik gambar kat sini. jadi hari tu aku pergi lagi sekali dengan misi nak dapatkan gambar slow shutter yang tak payah nak guna filter ND. guna CPL je sudah.

Sungai Tua : KM 7D + KM1735 + B+W CPL

ND filter ni kalau sesapa yang tak tau, ialah Neutral Density filter maksudnya..kalau la korang shoot gunakan ND filter ni, amaun cahaya yang masuk dalam lens korang tu akan berkurang daripada yang sepatutnya. ramai yang gunakan ND filter ni untuk dapatkan bacaan shutter yang rendah. kiranya nak dapatkan slow shutter lah. kekuatan ND filter ni pulak berbagai. ada yang boleh reduce 1 stop, 3 stop dan seterusnya dan ada juga yang boleh reduce sampai 10 stop (ni jenis nak shoot slow shutter tengah2 hari la ni).

Apa la melalut cerita ND filter pulak ni. nanti la aku buat post pasal ND filter pulak. so ni aku nak share la sikit gambar yang aku dapat kat Sungai Tua hari tu. sorry le sebab gambar2 semuanya angle atas2 je sebab nak shoot low angle, kamera tua aku takde live view!

Tamron 18-270mm f3.5-6.3 Di II PZD for Sony/ Minolta (Part 1)

 I manage to get a 1 day testing of Tamron 18-270 f3.5-6.3 Di II PZD lens for Sony/ Minolta mount. This lens should be the longest superzoom range ever made for Sony/ Minolta mount to date as it beat Sony SAL 18-250mm f3.5-6.3 by only 20mm. While ‘Di’ is easily identified as digital, this new Tamron also bring ‘PZD’ tag with it. What is PZD? PZD stands for Piezo Drive; a newly developed motor design to give a smooth focusing operation compared to screw-driven motor used in previous version of lenses. I can give credit to this Piezo Drive because it was quite fast and silent too, although in low light condition, the lens struggle a bit to lock the subject (and it was expected). This lens didn’t come along with Vibration Compensation (VC) since Sony/ Minolta has their in-body stabilizer unlike Canon and Nikon. What’s in the box; the lens, petal hood and documents

And it comes with focus lock too. Very handy if you’re on travel

For comparison, it sits almost the same height with my Konica Minolta 17-35mm f2.8-4.0 lens, but at full length, the height was almost double from the original height. This lens has 62mm lens diameter, which is same as SAL 18-250mm f3.5-5.6 The aperture reading for this lens reads as follow:

18mm – min aperture is f3.5

24mm – f4.0

35mm – f4.5

50mm – f5.0

70mm – f5.6

150mm – f6.3

**end of Part 1. Wait for the second part; test shot using this lens.