About the contest, stamps and co-jornalist

Just a little reminder; no submitions, no priiiiices ^^ Happy new year

New Years Eve-contest
Looks like most of you are positive to the New Years Eve-contest that we mentioned in our journal, and we're glad to see this Now, since New Years Eve is coming up, we'll give you all the information you need about the contest

Submitting
Submitting pictures to the contest goes as normal submitting, only, from Tuesday, the 30th of December, until Sunday, the 4th of January, we will not submit anything else than contest-related stuff.

Theme
Well, pretty much anything, as long as it’s New Years Eve-related. Fireworks, 09-signs, parties ( New Years Eve-related or whatever you would find suitable for a contest like this

Prizes
Features:
The first, second and third place will get featured in the clubs journal, 41010’s journal and Kvekke’s journal.
We would also appreciate if some of our members would feature the winners
Subscription
1st place, three months subscription
2nd place, one month subscription

Questions? Scream out! ^^

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Stamps
As you might have noticed, we uploaded two “Sony Alpha Club” stamps today (which you are more than welcome to use), and we just wanted to inform you all that we’ll also upload your stamps. So if you have a Sony Alpha-stamp of some sort, that other Alphaers could use, you’re very welcome to submit it ^^


Co-journalist
As  you also might have noticed, some journals ago (and still showing), we had a lil “review” about the HVL-F56AM external flash, where we encouraged you to write some words that we could post in our journal. The response hasn’t been overwhelming in any way (), but we really hope that one of you will throw yourself in it, and perhaps break the ice for the rest of the members.
You want us to be a bit more specific about what we want, you said? Oh, sure: Your personal opinion and perhaps some technical specifications (of importance) around a lens, a filter, a flash, a memory card or whatever you want, and that’s pretty much it
So, feel totally free to be our co-journalist! ^^


41010 and Kvekke

If you want to say anything about a product you've tried or own, send us a note, and we'll give you a go at this the next time we update the journal! ^^ This is not supposed to be a professional announcement or reviwe, it's just some few words, making co-Alpha-shooters aware of the product and it's advantages/disadvantage


HVL-F56AM external flash, by 41010

When I bought my first DSLR, the Alpha 100, I though "wtf? External flash? I don't need that!", couldn't be more wrong...

Having a simple external flash like the HVL-F56AM is great! Its way better than our built-in flash, you’re able to play with the shadows, since its wireless and we don't get the annoying shadow from the sunshade-thing.

If you haven’t tried it you might think “how and what do I do if I’m shooting with my lens on 18mm VS 70mm, e.g., do I have to change something to get the right light?” Nopes, the thing thinks itself, and by reading some fancy information, it knows whether you’re at 18 or 70mm, and reduce/increases whatever it has to reduce/increase to get a perfect shot.

I also mentioned that the flash is wireless, and this is true, however, I don’t know how far away it stays wireless, but I’ve manage to have it 10 meters away from my camera when shooting, and it went off, and I really don’t think you need more then that anyway
You’re also able to shoot with both your built-in flash and the external, if wanted, and that’s always fun

In some cases, the flash is a bit strong, usually at 18mm, and if you have that problem, you can A) increase/reduce the angle of the flash, 45-90° or B) you can reduce the light through the menu.

So, conclusion: A must have item! You’ll see that photographing with this by your side, or on your camera, for that matter, is something totally different!

If you do have any questions or something along that line, I’ll try my best to answer them!