derek87

Hey guys, I have just sign myself up on tumblr. I know there are not a lot of you here following me. Just in case, any of you were wondering where the hell did i go? Yea, that's right, tumblr. haha..

Peace off guys!

Oops!! my tumblr link.

dereklim.tumblr.com/

Cheers!
Derek

Hey guys,

Im currently staying at Melbourne, Australia for a week already. I gotta say, that one week was really tired. I had to get my bank account done, my mobile number, had to look for a new apartment to rent, etc. So many things to do,so many things to worry, and no time for me to touch my photos.

I have gone through a few apartment inspections around Melbourne city, and finally applied for one that I really liked which will be at Drummond Street, i was so worried that I couldn't get a nice place before I have to vacate my current place which will be on the 9th of July and I seriously do not want to simply just rent a place and be stuck there for a year.

So the agent called me earlier today, told me that we got the apartment. I was so happy and couldn't wait to move. Now I gotta start searching for used house appliances such as fridge and washing machine AND some furnitures from IKEA.

I AM REALLY SO SICK of using my laptop. I brought my desktop(well the parts in the CPU) over to Melbourne all the way from Malaysia. I really cant wait to get my hands fixing it up and also buy new parts for it, like the Asus p5q3 which uses DDR3 ram modules, just so sexy!

I really want to start editing the photos I took before I got here. It was a rig shot of a New Mercedes C class 200 Kompressor and a few still shots of it too. I got one done already, but will only post it out in a bunch when I get the rest done too. I really CANT WAIT!

So guys, not that im inactive already. I am just too busy with my life right now. haha.. So Stay tuned alright!

Derek.

Should i subscribe to deviantart? What's the good? haha..

I sold my tokina 12-24mm for RM1500(US$416), and got a one year old second hand superb condition sigma 10-20mm for RM1400(US$388).(brand new RM2050+)(US$569) Not bad huh? The sigma is a good lens, im quite happy with the results which came out from the lens, just that it's not that sharp with the aperture wide open, oh well...

Here's a recent shot using the sigma 10-20mm, the details from the lens is superb I would say.

"Dry" derek87.deviantart.com/art/Dry…

And Yay for no more CA, no more strange flares and wide wider widest!

There will be more pictures taken from the Sigma 10-20mm, will upload them when im done processing. Takes time.

TatA!

Im very very confused whether should I be selling my tokina 12-24mm, and get a sigma 10-20mm.

One of the main reasons is, when im shooting directly to the sun, i get very strange flares.. and sometimes on areas with high contrast, i get bad CAs but this can be easily corrected with photoshop/lightroom. Flares all over in my picture is really a bad thing, sometimes it ruins the whole picture.

So here's the good and bad of the Tokina.
Good
Sharp, well built, constant f4, well controlled distortion, not bad colours

BAD
CA, strange flares, 12mm vs 10mm of sigma.

And the good and bad of Sigma 10-20mm
Good
Will the flares i usually get from the tokina be gone when i use the sigma? This is something i really need to find out. But what i read was, the flare and CA is well controlled in this one. , 2mm wider = This is a lot wider when it comes to comparing wideys.

BAD
Noisy focusing, aperture F4-F5.6, not as sharp as the Tokina, bad body finish( starts to peel after sometime).

What will you do if you're me? keep it? or change... i need help here..