Buying a DSLR

The first time I read his site for dslr, I was fascinated! I learnt more on the functions of dslr and envious of the great pictures found in his site.

After owning my dslr for more than half a year, I revisited his site today. And I felt that his site is more than just an advertising ground for canon and nikon.

Making absolute statements without knowing the facts are deceiving to those whom like me went to his site, for honest review before buying a dslr. Making a statement for canon 5D mark II as the highest reso and no other dslr beats it in more than 3 x of it's price is rubbish. It only shows the shallowness of the reviewer that he is only residing between canon and nikon, forgetting about the rest of the camera makers. Sony had 2 dslr with 24.6 MP effectively and nikon has one, the D3X. And Sony A850 cost half as much as 5DMII. Barely facts.

If it's true, Canon made their cams from pros' advice/request. Now if u tailored to the pros, it wouldn't mean it would fit the floor. So importantly, before getting a dslr, one must try it out for themselves. I chose Sony for the ergonomics, menu navigation ease, and price of the system.

Forget reliability! Electronics are a hit or miss thing! Do u happen to get a device u love so much and after buying it back home, it's not working with a new set?
Simply go for an exchange if u get a defected set.

High quality pictures doesn't fall proportionately with How many megapixels your camera has. A common mid conception among consumers as they seem more beautiful in their LCD screens. MP gives us resolution to blowup our pictures to larger prints without seeing our pictures pixelated. 2 MP is good enough for 4R prints. 10MP can go up to A3 size.

Budget is the main concern when getting a dslr. Do take yourself to check out the whole camera system and what lenses you might be purchasing/ targetting. This would leave you yo be a satisfied consumer at the end of the day. Cheers.

The byakugan Eyes - Naruto edition

The essence of this picture lies on the veins that popped out when activating the White Eyes- the Hyuuga Clan in Naruto. It is my first attempt to create such effects, drawing and painting over several layers and blending to make it looks natural and realistic. The saturation and contrast of this image makes the eyes very real and eyecatching!

Sharingan Eyes - Naruto edition

Shot with a wide angle lens and cropped after post processed and photoshop.
Love the feel of this pic, emphasizing on the eyes make this picture looks very alive.

Sony DSLR

Hi All,

I have stepped into the World of DSLR since last year October 2009.

It had been a long time since I last used or touch a camera; since it was rather long ago that I had seen my Uncle using a SLR to take film photographs of my siblings and I, I had nearly forgotten about the age of films.

Reaching my Secondary school days, I were persuaded by my good friends to join the Audio and Visual Club and was exposed to videography as well as photography.

To be frank, we did not do much for the videography, as there wasn't really convenient tools (or PC) to do video editting. Instead, it was photography outings that I treasured most.

I can still vividly remembered the days of using a SLR to take shots during an outing with my fellow club-mates. We got to note down the settings and try to get what we were assigned to take during the outing. We have lots of fun especially when we got to the panning technique to try and take a car running past the road with shadow trails.

Back at the club, we will get a debrief session after our films had been washed out for reviews.

And now, at this digital age, after using my handphone camera and pocket digital camera for quite a while and in my travels, I decided I should go into DSLR and really take what I love, wherever and whenever I am.

I hope people and friends out there who love taking photos will share my same sentiments.

Love All.

And especially a big thank you to my Dearest, Karen, for her great support on my interest.

Diamonds report

Recently I have been looking into information on diamonds.

Namely the 4Cs or 5Cs we will talk about will be discussed briefly as follows:
Carat,
The size and weight of a diamond, bigger it is the larger it is.
Colour,
D to F refers to the white/clear zone, G and below will be termed as discoloured type and usually refered to as lower grade diamonds.
Clarity,
Flawless, Internally flawless, very very small, very small inclusions are the typical choices, frankly, very small inclusion range is good enough as you will not see the inclusion unless with a 10x loop magnifying glass.
Cut,
Cut grade depends on other aspects such as polish and symmetry of the diamond, besides the shape of the diamond, cut grades also determines to shine of the diamond. I will emphasize this for shining diamonds.
(Cost)
Cost of diamond , another important factor. Buy within your budget and get good quality as far as possible.

There is a lot more in determining what is an overpriced diamond.

There is a rap-chart which determines the per-carat-value of a range of size diamond.
With very little inclusion and fine cut grades the value of diamond can go up to twice their rap-price (tip-top).

Undermining this, one needs to know how much "overprice" are you paying for some of the reknown cosmetic cuts or fancy cuts.

A gauge is Tiffany rings often is twice or thrice the amount that you could get from the market value of a norm ring. Destinee is about twice of market value. Brilliant rose is a bit more than twice.

So for value-for-money chooser, one will steer off these cosmetic design.

One important factor to take note, is that a diamond does not really "shines" greater with more facet, cuts. It also depends on the symmetry and proportion, polish etc.
More facet could means more small sparkle instead of a bright sparks too.

This depends on individual preference for something different.

Q-ing up at Watson @AMK

I just visited the Watson store outside amk hub tonight. When I was queuing up, there are 3 ladies in front of me each having a wafer ice cream on their hand. Only one of them is buying something.

When it was their turn to make payment, the first one tried to open her handbag to grab her wallet out with one hand... So the second girl helped to take out the wallet then they continue to "struggle" to take out the money......

Even the cashier looks in disgust waiting for them to pay up....

I was definitely buay tahan.

My coffee break.

Taking coffee at office is like taking drugs to sustain your mental awareness on bosses sneaking up on you.

Nose injury

This is what happen when excessive squeezing for white heads is done. Just nice got myself a rudolf nose!