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Super GT Round 4 Malaysia 2009
Last year I'm able to visit the Sepang F1 Circuit pit lane. It was an awesome experience to me as I can get very close to the machines and of course, race queens... Read More...
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D.I.Y. Fisheye Lens
Since I bought my E-500, I had been dreaming of a fisheye lens. But until now, I still cannot afford one. What I like about the fisheye lens are the effect of the round distortion and it can cover super ultra wide angle of sight... Read More...
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Lomo Smena 8m
The word "Smena" (Cmeha) is roughly translated into "Young Generation" in English. True to its name, the Smena line of cameras were designed to provide inexpensive, accessible, and excellent photography tools to the hard-working young Soviets of the time... Read More...
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Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park
Not long after i bought the Olympus Macro Flash System, I went to Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park to test out the system for outdoor macro photography... Read More...

2008-11-29

OM Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f/1.8 Lens

Just bought an OM Zuiko 50mm f/1.8 lens to add into my lens collection. It's a prime and manual lens, where it has no zoom and focussing has to be manually done. But the real attraction to me is it's aperture number of f/1.8!!! The fastest lens in my collection to-date...

Measuring just 32mm and weighs merely 165g (5.8 oz), this standard lens is extremely compact and it is the most lightweight version among all ZUIKO standard lenses. Naturally, it is also the most affordable in this series and has sold in big numbers over the years as a bundled lense for any new purchase of a OM SLR. With a simple, straight forward optical formulation of 6 elements in 5 groups, Its optical design provides superb definition for maximum edge-to-edge sharp images throughout the focusing range. Its closest focusing distance is maintained at 0.45m throughout the years since its introduction. Other than it can be used as a high performance day to day lense for general photography, many OM photographers also take advantage of its high resolving power as a good, cheap alternative bellow lense for close-up photography. (Source: mir.com.my)


OM Zuiko 50mm f/1.8 lens...




OM to Four-Thirds Adapter needed to connect the OM lens with Four-Thirds system DSLR...

Some test shots from the OM lens...



















So far, quite satisfied with the result. I think Zuiko Digital lens can get better result compared to this OM lens. As this OM lens can give you vintage colour on your images... :D

2008-11-24

Cameron Highlands, My Trip: Part 4

Cameron Highlands, My Trip: Part 1
Cameron Highlands, My Trip: Part 2
Cameron Highlands, My Trip: Part 3

On the second day, we went to visit tea plantation. We did not go to the infamous Boh Tea Plantation because of time constraint, but went to Bharath Tea Plantation which located between Tanah Rata and Ringlet...


Tea Plantation 1...


Tea Plantation 2...


Tea Plantation 3...


The resthouse...

And our final stop in Cameron Highlands was Cactus Valley at Brinchang. Some of us did not enter the valley, but we visited other nurseries around the valley...


The main entrance...


Cactus Valley entrance...


Carnivore plant...


Blue flower...


Yellow hibiscus...


Colourful cactus...


Pink-flowered cactus...


Hydroponic plant 1...


Hydroponic plant 2...

Then, we continued our journey to Ipoh. We spent a night there and had a good chit-chat session among our long lost coursemates. In Ipoh, we visited the infamous cave temples and some popular food stalls (no photos on food :/ )...


Cave temple 1...


"Gold-coined Frog"...


"4 Heavenly King"...


Cave temple 2...


Closeup of cave temple 2...


Twilight in Ipoh...


Dim Sum breakfast in Ipoh...

That's all for this trip. Hope you enjoy all the photos here... :D

The End...

2008-11-18

Cameron Highlands, My Trip: Part 3

Cameron Highlands, My Trip: Part 1
Cameron Highlands, My Trip: Part 2

After the visit of reptilian/amphibian, cactus and botanical sections in Butterfly Farm, we proceed to the main section, Butterfly Section. I expect to see many species of butterfly, but unfortunately, all the butterflies are species of Rajah Brooke...


Butterfly Section...


Butterflies on the wall...


Rajah Brooke 1...


Rajah Brooke 2...


Nice flower 1...


Rhino-beetle...

After the visit to Butterfly Farm, we walked to another destination called Honey Bee Farm. On the way to the farm, there are many roadside stall selling vegetables and fruits. From one of the stalls, I found out that Cameron Highlands were capable of planting orange and apple (that's what the stall owner told me...don't know can believe or not...)


Orange and apple...


Honey Bee Farm...


Nice flower 2...


Honey bee house...

Then, we proceed to Strawberry Farm located beside of Equatorial Hotel and also to KEA Farm...


A worker guarding the farm...


Strawberry 1...


Strawberry 2...


Sweet corns at KEA Farm...


Souvenirs at KEA Farm...

On the way to our dinner destination in Brinchang, we stucked in traffic jam for almost one hour. We learned a lesson - No vacation to Cameron Highlands during public holiday...


Steamboat dinner, which I don't really like...


Brinchang infamous Pasar Malam (Night market)...

Did not shoot much in the pasar malam because battery nearing empty... :(


Cameron Highlands, My Trip: Part 4

2008-11-13

Cameron Highlands, My Trip: Part 2


After everyone gathered at the entrance and tickets were bought, we headed into the Butterfly Farm. The Butterfly Farm was not really a butterfly farm, where 1/5 of the farm consist of Reptilian/amphibian, big cactus and botanical sections.



Welcome...


Frog...


Snake 1...


Spider...


Lizard...


Snake 2...


Cactus vandalism...


Cute cactus...


Huge vegetable farm at the backyard...


It's called "Buddha's Hand"...


Pretty flower...


Red Hibiscus...


"Heavenly Bird" flower...


Pineapple flower?...