Tadaaa....

TQ Along

Last Saturday we had our gathering  for iftar Ramadhan (break - fast) with my family. Thank you so much for my eldest sis (Along) for sponsoring the pizzas as the main menu for the day. Also highlighted in pictures below are the main attractions during the iftar.

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and lastly, but surely not food, zafran's toy.. hehe

My Minolta 50mm f 1.7....

Here comes my newest member to my camera family. Minolta 50mm f1.7. I bought it as a secondhand from newly met friends from Cyberjaya on 26th July 2010. Thanks to him, i got free HOYA HMC 49mm filter, which is so hard to find nowadays. 

Most reference were saying that this lens is a must for a photographer, thus i so i had my chance to bring this gem to my trip to Jakarta & Bandung to test it.

And here are some shots with this lens:

daylight indoor with f1.7.. very shallow depth of field

another daylight with fluorescent lighting, f 1.7

night indoor, f 1.7

indoor portraiture, with minimum focal distance of 450mm

another indoor daylight portraiture

daylight outdoor on flower

late evening macro shot on flowers

night landscape, f22 on tripod

my nephew, on iso3200

As a result, this lens has been my favourite, so far. i really like the sharpness, autofocus speed and it is lightweight. 

In contra, this lens has some built in hood which i think no value added to it. and of course, with is 50mm focal length, its just serve you enough space for 1 subject, not like any wide angle prime, which is my next target.:)

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::picture of my sony a300, most of the time with minolta 50mm f1.7::