FireFox 3

Yes FireFox 3 is out, ya I a bit slow, been busy for the last week, today is the last day of June, will be posting more if I'm free, This sat will be good, have a Mega Shootout @ Chinese Garden by AlphaDslr Guys...Looking forward for the shoot.

Night Photography @ Yishun Dam

Been a long time I had revisit Yishun Dam, suppose to capture sunset but I missed the time...hahaha, well I had taken some night shot of the Yishun Dam with tripod and wired shutter control, oversees the Orchid Country Club golf field....enjoy the picture

Shutter Priority, 5 sec exposure time, 18mm F22, ISO 1600

Shutter Priority, 30 sec exposure time, 18mm F22, ISO 1600


Shutter Priority, 5 sec exposure time, 70mm F7.1, ISO 100


Shutter Priority, 2.5 sec exposure time, 70mm F5.6, ISO 100




All shots taken by SONY ALPHA DSLR-A350

National Geographic Bag

Had been shopping for a new camera ever since I bought the Sony DSLR A350, need to be cheap and nice and most important can put in at least 3-4 lenses and my Asus eeepc 701 notebook, seen a lot of bags, none seems to attract me. Then came across National Geographic Channel on StarHub cable about photography, saw a very nice NGO bag those photographer carrying, wah, chio leh, dun koe will +5 to my photography skill or not....hahaha

So, just went around shopping for that bag, found it selling in Cathay Photo, ask the price, not bad $130, it also has a name, Earth Explorer Shoulder Bag - Medium, nice bag leh...

Huawei E169 USB Modem on Asus eeepc

I'm now officially on mobile Broadband wagon on the go...woohoo, now the cheapest with free modem is Singnet. I had read from Asus eeepc forum and found out the Huawei E220 work out of the box but not E169 the thumb drive shape modem for default Xandros Linux...jialet liao

Search through Google only found 1 blog (Dale Lane Blog) and read up on how to recompile the driver for default xandros, its a bitch to compile it, spent my whole Sunday just to understand and make it work...yes, I'm a noob on Linux and the ang mo english really need to read and reread many many times, well fear not, I had redone it in Asian Singapore English style, hope fellow Singaporeans can understand it...

Before you start, you need to download 2 files, USB ModeSwitch and replace the usb_modeswitch file found inside the zip with this one from here (Link remove, Please google to download the files). Because if you dun replace the file, you will keep getting "Floating point exception" sibei frustrating....however i did choose to delete all lines from the config file that didnt directly relate to the Huawei E169.

ok, now is the step by step with some dcreenshot to help those really noob people like me. First type "su" to make yourself "SuperUser" aka Administrator.

***UPDATES***

You dun need to redo the create new connection thingy, but you need to to type these 2 command everytime u shutdown ur eeepc. U can use the E169 on other laptop, be it windows or another Linux OS.

Please type them in SU mode

./usb_modeswitch -v -0x12d1 -p 0x1001 -d 1

./usb_modeswitch -v -0x12d1 -p 0x1001 -H 1


I will try to create a exec file when i'm free, just like windows double click only.


copy the usb_modeswitch.conf to /etc directory. Before you do that, you delete all those not relate to the Huawei E169, you will know, dun worry.




Next copy the usb_modeswitch to /sbin, before you do that, right click the file, go properties, tick all 9 boxes.


Then plug in the Huawei E169 modem and wait for it to blink blue led. Then type " ./usb_modeswitch -v 0x12d1 -p 0x1001 -d 1 ".


Type, " ./usb_modeswitch -v 0x12d1 -p 0x1001 -H 1 "


Go make a new connection, choose the GSM/3G/UTMS/HSDPA


Choose the first one. (I choose the first one and it works, so didnt bother the 2nd one)


Click Search.


Wait for a few seconds...


Choose the SingTel one, if other teleco, then choose other teleco lah...


Of cos, choose Singapore - SingTel, the below 3 setting dun bother, leave it as default.


Choose a name if you like.


And click Finish.


Choose the Mobile Data Connection to enable.


Wait for it to startup...




Woo hoo....Surfing on the go.....

Fundamental Digital SLR Handling Course (SDW course)

Today just attended the Sony Digital Workshop, "Fundamental Digital SLR Handling Course". Had a good understanding and knowledge of my Sony Alpha DSLR, taught by Julian W, Sony's Photographer...All right, I will give some inside detail of what I had learn from the course.

• Shutter Mode

Shutter Speed set to higher, picture become darker, so need to adjust ISO to a higher setting to make it brighter.
Press AEL to zoom in to view the sharpness of the picture after taken.

• Threshold of the shutter speed

Majority of the people had a threshold of handling shutter speed at 1/30 without the use of the SSS(Super Steady Shot). Sony SSS can only support up to 2 drop of the shutter speed, the rest is up to your fundamental of breathing before firing your shot.(Remind me of my M-16S1 Weapon fundamental handling during BMT...hehehe)

So to know your true threshold of your own steadiness, try this, switch your shutter speed to 1/30, turn off SSS, take 10 same shots, press AEL to zoom in to check your sharpness, drop 1 drop of the shutter speed and repeat till all your 8-10 shots are blur, that is your true threshold.

• D-Range Optimizer

When film is brought to a developer for processing, technicians adjust the photo lab printer to control the overall image density – balancing the exposure between highlight and shadow areas – to produce perfect images.

Now you can be your own technician to bring out the exposure between highlight and shadow areas!! Hows that for my Sony DSLR, but when taking bright object/subject, off the D-Range Optimizer or the picture when taken will be blown out the bright colors making it over contrast. Example, Red, Yellow....those bright colors

• Golden Tips:

Always on your D-Range Optimizer and set it to Plus (+).

• Aperture Mode

Aperture are very important in the essence of the photo you taken.

• Aperture Setting:-

• F/4 and below

Portraiture
Isolation of main subjects

• F/5.6-8

General Photography
Postcard Photography
Group Photography
Journalism/Blog

• F/11

Scenery/Landscape Photography*
Totally Sharp Photography*
*Note: Needs Tripod

• Golden Tip:

F/29: Nightshot with Tripod, Iso 100, 15 sec, can get starlight kind of effect from the lights from lamp post.

Always set to "Vivid" mode for better color shot.



**PS: This course and some of the setting mention above is meant for Sony Alpha DSLR only.

Call me Mr Zoom Man

Finally, after serious consideration between Tamron or Sigma 70-300mm zoom lens, I had settle on the Sony DT55-200mm f4-5.6 telephoto zoom lens, what make me settle for this lens, well , see some reviews from other website, the 70-300mm lens had some "SSS", "IS", "VR" or "OS"(Anti-Shake) problem at 300mm range and really needs a tripod but 200mm still can handheld. Of course the most important thing is that Sony had this ED (Extra-low Dispersion) Glass installed, which Tamron or Sigma dun have....Woo Hoo, you can call me Mr Zoom Man. Took some picture with this new zoom lens around my neighborhood.

You can check the spec at the Sony website, Its a cheap and good lens at its range, pictures are sharp, like the bokeh effect too but the AF is a bit slow and the lens are quite heavy, tats my reviews on this lens.

Building Shot






Bokeh Shot










Little Garden Shot






Kitty Shot






Stone Shot




All shots taken by SONY ALPHA DSLR-A350

My Best Buddy Wedding Day

My Best Buddy Wedding Day
My Neighbor, My Classmate in BEDOK ITE, My BMT CAMPMATE in 2BTS
and My Best Buddy
Congratz to Andy and Shuyan

The number of singles in my circle of friends had gradually becoming lesser & lesser as time goes by, from the 11 strong now becoming 7....all within 4 years, ratio become 1 per year. Soon all will not be single any longer....hahaha

My best buddy finally got married, dun koe why "black horse" always get married first.

The wedding car bears

"Knock, Knock", anyone in?? "I'm fetching my wife"

"Who you looking for?" "Who is your wife?"

"Do some push up", "Then I consider opening the gate"

"Brothers, lets show them WHOS MEN!!"

"Faster do, No Cheating hor", Do push up finish liao, eat some breakfast"

"WASABI SANDWICH BREAKFAST!!!"

"WOO HOO, SONGS"

"Lets bottoms up this super lemon lime juice"

"Open the gate leh...We finish the breakfast and the drink + push up liao" but the key are in the balloon...."

"Come come Brothers, lets find together"

"I swear by the moon
and the stars in the sky
and i swear like the
shadow that's by your side
i see the questions in your eyes
i know what's waiting on your mind
you can be sure i know my part
'cause i stand beside you through the years
you'll only cry those happy tears
and though i make mistakes
i'll never break your heart
and i swear by the moon
and the stars in the sky i'll be there
i swear like the shadow that's by your side
i'll be there for better or worse
till death do us part
i'll love you with every beat of my heart
and i swear"

"The Bride"






The Bridemates





The Brothers, but I'm not inside...hahaha

The Videographer, dun koe why i took his picture.

Act Cool...sitting at one cornor


Sisters getting ready to catach the hand flower, so who is the next "one"
...hehehe

"CUT!!", AIYA why you missed!!" NG NG, again take 1

"AIYA, you miss again"...
Missed, and fall down...hahaha
"CUT CUT CUT", the videographer shouted, NG NG take 2,


"Better buck up hor, no time liao hor....need to go to off liao hor"
The Videographer barked loudly

"YEAH, finally got it"


The Brothers and Sisters....
Well I'm not in the picture, cos I was the one taking their candid photos
.....hehehe





All shots taken by SONY ALPHA DSLR-A350