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15-10-2007, 09:53 AM

do you clean your tanks often or for the photofraphy? they are super duper clean!!! Seen your gallery ... many nice pics!

**marshy** · 15-10-2007, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by ROOT

it's amazing!! i still can't part with my few thousand dollars

so am considering the G9 for now... it has the hot shoe which would still allow me to play with lighting.. what do u think??

read up a little - question is which flash to get? the 430 or 580? of course 580 is better, but on the G9, it seems very heavy! so will 430 suffice for aquatic photgrapahy?

and i can't help asking, where did u buy yr 40D and also where did u get the off camera shoe cable?

if comments are good i'll get the G9 this week!!

If you are considering the G9, might I suggest for you to look at the S5IS as a possibility also.
It has hotshoe for flash, the LCD can tilt (very useful capability!), extremely good macro capabilities (better than G9), has optical image stabilisation in lens plus longer zoom.

aromatix · 15-10-2007, 11:16 AM

magic happens when the wizard discovers a more powerful wand

beautiful images - thanks for sharing bro amiidea

ROOT · 15-10-2007, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by marshy

If you are considering the G9, might I suggest for you to look at the S5IS as a possibility also.
It has hotshoe for flash, the LCD can tilt (very useful capability!), extremely good macro capabilities (better than G9), has optical image stabilisation in lens plus longer zoom.

hi marshy, yes i did compare these 2 models as options.. but i chose G9 since it's much more compact/lighter and hence handy for holidays.. during which i make the most out of my camera..

but i was at the Canon shop at Vivo on sunday and the guy there told me the macro capabilities are exactly the same??

and G9 has IS in lens too right? yes, i'll have to give up the longer zoom...

GOT LOBANG FOR AF MEMBERS???

**amiidae** · 15-10-2007, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Helppppp

bro amiidae, actually how many tanks and fish u have?

a few 422, 322 & some smaller ones

Quote:

Originally Posted by ROOT

it's amazing!! i still can't part with my few thousand dollars

so am considering the G9 for now... it has the hot shoe which would still allow me to play with lighting.. what do u think??

read up a little - question is which flash to get? the 430 or 580? of course 580 is better, but on the G9, it seems very heavy! so will 430 suffice for aquatic photgrapahy?

and i can't help asking, where did u buy yr 40D and also where did u get the off camera shoe cable?

if comments are good i'll get the G9 this week!!

if you may look at my current AF gallery, all the pix were taken with canon A70 followed by G6.

G series is a good start but DSLR is even better. Trust me !!

I can't comment much abt the flash part as I took all those shots with a cheapo $75 flash even up to today but I understand shooting with canon original flash can be much painless.

* Got my set fm MS color in AMK and those cables etc fm those photography pro shop in Peninsular Plaza

**amiidae** · 15-10-2007, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by chaq

do you clean your tanks often or for the photofraphy? they are super duper clean!!! Seen your gallery ... many nice pics!

Thanks for liking the pix.

I do WC / some glass cleaning once a week and I believed that they look "cleaner" as I don't usually over stock my tanks.

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Originally Posted by aromatix

magic happens when the wizard discovers a more powerful wand

beautiful images - thanks for sharing bro amiidea

LOL !! Thanks

ROOT · 15-10-2007, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by amiidae

if you may look at my current AF gallery, all the pix were taken with canon A70 followed by G6.

G series is a good start but DSLR is even better. Trust me !!

I can't comment much abt the flash part as I took all those shots with a cheapo $75 flash even up to today but I understand shooting with canon original flash can be much painless.

* Got my set fm MS color in AMK and those cables etc fm those photography pro shop in Peninsular Plaza

of course DSLR is better! but my pocket's not so deep..

anyway, i've bought the G9 this evening, took some trial shots before reading the manuals.. too eager..

**amiidae** · 15-10-2007, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ROOT

of course DSLR is better! but my pocket's not so deep..

anyway, i've bought the G9 this evening, took some trial shots before reading the manuals.. too eager..

Cool !! Marshy gonna be very pleased with your new purchase.

Go and start a new thread to show off some pix taken with your G9

so which flash have you decided to get ?

ROOT · 15-10-2007, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by amiidae

Cool !! Marshy gonna be very pleased with your new purchase.

Go and start a new thread to show off some pix taken with your G9

so which flash have you decided to get ?

hehe, yes, more bonus for him, but it's a G9, not a 40D...

took hundred over only few can make it.. will post in new thread... but still need lots of time to play with the flash and camera settings...

bought the 430, prob more suitable for G9...

**amiidae** · 15-10-2007, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by ROOT

took hundred over only few can make it.. will post in new thread... but still need lots of time to play with the flash and camera settings...

bought the 430, prob more suitable for G9...

no worry lah, most of us are first a fishkeeper then a half bucket photographer

did you pick up any off-camera flash cord or ST-E2 transmitter for the flash ?

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aromatix Dragon Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2,330	great photography magic happens when the wizard discovers a more powerful wand beautiful images - thanks for sharing bro amiidea

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