Klo-ee-lin - Pt 1

Posted by Jonathan Ng | Filed under Personal

It’s ironic that I always whine about being bored on weekday nights at home, but have hardly updated my blog. So here I about what led to “Klo-ee-lin”.

Well, about 3 weeks ago, I got my Sony A200 dSLR camera!! Unfortunately, I got it on a Sunday, so I didn’t have much of an opportunity to play with my new toy. I ended up camwhoring a bit at home..

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I also tested A200’s high ISO performance - it supports up to ISO 3200! I took the picture below of my uncle’s altar - almost in total darkness, except for the candle. ISO 800 produces pictures that are pretty usable and pictures at ISO 1600 are still acceptable. This one’s on ISO 800 - you’d hardly notice any noise on a PC screen, or on a 4R picture.

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You see, there’s a limited number of Sony Alpha SLR users, so the Alpha community’s pretty active. The weekend following my A200 purchase, there was a TT (teh tarik aka technology transfer) session at Starbucks Pavilion, followed by night shooting at Putrajaya. Met many great Alpha users there, including the Albert and Jason Goh.

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During the TT session, everyone was taking turns trying out Albert’s 200-400mm (coupled with a bunch of teleconverters) and Nic’s Carl Zeiss 135mm f1.8 lens. I didn’t try the 200-400mm, but I did try Nic’s 70-200mm G lens and the 135mm - I’m a fan of large apertures, not sniper lenses :p

When we got to Putrajaya, the more “senior” Alpha-ers were busy setting up their A700s for wireless trigerring to get the matrix effect. All I got was this picture. Should’ve taken it at a diffent angle to full capture the reflection. Hm, if I went much more to the left, I could’ve set the CZ at 80mm and if I walked right, close to the bridge, could’ve set the CZ at 16mm, damn!!

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Anyway, back to the TT session at Pavilion - I snapped this girl having coffee wit her friend using the 70-200mm and tried a little lomo like post processing..

Check out my flickr page for more photos :)

Then there’s this girl, Chloe - lucky girlfriend of Nic - so many lenses to borrow :p

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I don’t know why, but she keeps showing this face. Wonder if she’s smirking..

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Hm, perhaps it’s a facial muscle problem.. involuntary muscle twitch of some sort..

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Okay, “Klo-ee-lin” part 1, “Klo-ee” finished, “lin” coming up next :)

Permalink | March 24th, 2008

One Response to “Klo-ee-lin - Pt 1”

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    April 1st, 2008 at 11:11 pm

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