Sunway Lagoon 2009

I had won 13 tickets to Sunway Lagoon theme park through a Nuffnang Blogging contest which includes all 5 parks. I spent the tickets on its expiry date or else it will be a waste. Took my wife and son and spent the whole day at the park. Since my Canon 1000D is still under servicing for  unable to Autofocus and Err99, I took all these pics on my Benq compact camera.

Whats The Price Of The Camera Bag?

Last weekend I went out window shopping at Pertama Complex. My goal is to shop around for a camera bag with laptop compartment. At Low Yatt there are the higher end bag that comes with names and cost a whopping amount which is not within my budget. I am not a professional and apart of that I just own one DSLR kit camera. So I do not need that glamouruous look hanging on my back when I go out strolling in Bukit Bintang or any other places. I am not a reporter or a photographer. Just a photography enthusiast.

There was a popular photo shop at Pertama. I saw one bag - brand: Winner. Definitely China Made. It has some space for my 10 inch netbook but I wanted to make sure that the compartment really fits my netbook before making a buy. Its quite expensive for such a brand. The tag reads RM 399. As usual just RM 1 lower or else its RM400. That is the deceiving factor to sell products. We always see the first figure and make our decision on the price of an item. We always see this at fast food outlets. BTW, I have boycott fast food outlets in support of the innocent Palestinians. You know why.

Back to the bag. I ask to inspect the bag and the salesman said that the price can be reduced to RM350.00. Well its not within my budget. I was giving all excuses because I am not going to buy the bag yet but just survey the price. Then the price drops to RM250. I still give excuses telling him that I want to bring my netbook to try if it fits, then only I will buy. When I was leaving the shop the price drops to RM 200. Well, RM200 is a decent price and I can consider that. Since I am not going to buy as yet, I just walk away and he insist that if I want to buy I can come again to his shop. Of course I said yes.

I walk into another photoshop and this one is also one of the first tenant at the Complex. I saw the bag again and there was no tag. A salesman approached me and when I ask him the price, he gave some figure but I can't remember it. But I think it was somewhere in the RM200 range. I gave him the same excuse as at the previous shop. Then he gave me another offer. He said the lowest he can give is RM100. Well, now you can compare this price and the price at the first shop that I went in. Now there is a difference of RM 100 for the floor price between them. However if you compare the price tag and the floor price there's a difference of RM299. Can you see the cut throat price if one is not careful and buy things hastily.

A word of advice: Shop around before buying. If you have the ability to bargain, just bargain.

Harvesting Season In Kedah

These two pictures was taken at Padang Hang near Alor Setar. It was the harvesting season and this scenery is a normal view during the season. The sea of green during the planting season gradually turn yellowish and golden yellow when the padi plant starts to ripen and ready for harvesting.

Most of the fields were harvested and in the background is the Gunong Keriang. Gunung Keriang is a limestone hill and the only hill on the vast flat paddy land. Folklore has it to say that this hill was a ship that was cursed by a bird "Sang Kelembai" who gets angry because his hand to offer marriage was turned down. Therefore this ship was cursed at dock while a marriage ceremony was in process. If one were to climb the hill there can be found caves and one of them is the "Gua Pelamin" or the wedding throne cave. 

Once communities around this hill can borrow cutlery and coooking utensils from the cave for wedding ceremonies but due to people who are not sincere, these utensils turn into stones. 

Both pictures above was taken using Canon 1000D.

Humanitarian Message

Beautiful Models?

These are pictures I took during the International Extreme Auto Show at Bukit Jalil last December. Its only picture of miniature cars on display and taken using my Benq DC E800 Compact Digital Camera with 8.1 megapixel.

Above: Shutter speed 1/402s  Aperture value f2.9  ISO 80 Focal length 5.7 mm Auto white balance and flash did not fire.

Above: Shutter speed 1/365s  Aperture value f2.9  ISO 80 Focal length 5.7 mm  Auto white balance and flash did not fire

Above : Shutter speed 1/226s  Aperture value f2.6  ISO 80  Focal length 5.7 mm  Auto white balance and flash did not fire

Above : Shutter speed 1/402s  Aperture value  f2.9  ISO 80    Focal length 5.7mm  Auto white balance and flash did not fire.

Testing The Canon

These are more test using the newly bought Canon to get myself familiarise with the toy. After all it takes time to master. 

Shutter Speed 1.64s / Aperture f/5 / ISO 400 / Focal length 42mm

Shutter Speed 1/128s / Aperture value f/8 / ISO 100 / Focal length 55mm

Shutter Speed 1/166s / Aperture value f/9.1 / ISO100 / Focal length 55mm

After All I Bought A Canon

At last I bought a DSLR camera that I have been planning for sometimes. Eventhough at first I was aiming for the Nikon 40D but I ended up buying a Canon 1000D because of a better deal. There isnot much different between both models in term of the package offered. I opted for the Canon firstly for its higher megapixels (10.1) compared to 6.1 megapixels. Then the image stabiliser and of course the price. Its RRP is RM 1999 and most shop that I went to was selling the camera at the RRP. I bought mine at RM 1700 without the SD card which I turn down because I already have the card from my present camera. 

Picture below: This is the Canon 1000D that I bought. 

Below: This is the first trial I did after getting hold on the camera. A first time user with DSLR.

Ooooppssss, I did it again.

After I bought the camera, this is another try outdoor. Maybe the quality is not that good. After all a beginner using DSLR. 

The two pictures below are the test for macro. The first is the test I tried out at the shop while the second at my house. 

Happy New Year 2009

GOOD BYE 2008

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009. WISHING A POSPERUOUS YEAR AHEAD

Picture Credit : Mstar online

What's My Theme?

Now that I decided to go back to photography, I will have to decide the theme for my involvement. I've never had a theme before and what I sawthru my camera lens are varied. I shoot close-ups, sceneries, sunsets, plants, women etc., etc., etc. whatever that comes into my path. 

To be more profesional of course I have to have a theme for my hobby and till now I still have not made up my mind. Maybe I will still stay with whatever comes attitude. 

Returning To Photography

Today 30th December 2008 I start this blog to cater everything about photography. I am not a professional photographer but take this as a hobby. I will post poctures taken through my camera lens and hope will get response and feedback from readers. I don't mind negative feedbacks because whatever I get is always a new knowledge to me. 

I started photography in the 60s with a box camera which if I am not mistaken just cost me less than RM 20.00. Then I proceed buying new cameras until I graduated to an SLR in the 80s. I left a vacuum in photography a few years after that until I started blogging the interest in photography has return. 

Now I am thinking of buying another Digital SLR.