Oh No!!
I've put on 3 kg! I haven't changed my diet. In fact I've stopped taking late-night suppers and yet! Arrrggghhh.... Looks like I have to start exercising. Oh no!
Labels: Health
posted at 9/29/2004 06:24:00 PM
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Wednesday, September 29, 2004Sunday, September 26, 2004A New Telescope Owner
I bought the 2nd hand set of LXD55 mount and 8" Newtonian scope from a friend in Singastro. So 3 weeks back, I have no scope, now I suddenly have 3! A 3" Firstscope refractor, a 5" MCT and now a humongous 8" C-8N reflector. Oh boy!
But I'm going through the curse of being a new scope owner.... continuous lousy, cloudy, rainy weather. I managed to see the double-double and Albireo on my 1st night with the 5" MCT. That's about it. :( Most likely will trade the C8N for something smaller. It's too huge for me to lug around even though I drive. A more compact C5 ~ C8 SCT would be ideal. Haven't got much chance to test out the 20D fully. I was feeling lazy, partly due to the lousy weather. Waiting for the sunny weather to try Infrared with this baby. Labels: Astronomy posted at 9/26/2004 05:12:00 PM
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Wednesday, September 22, 2004Photomarathon is on!
The heat is on! Registration of the Photomarathon competition starts today. The prizes look good. Ttop prize is a 12" ibook + EOS 20D. It's not the prize (yeah sure.. hahaha). It's the process of interpreting the themes, rushing about and shooting that makes the event really fun. Gu went along to keep me company last year. I'm sure he's keen to take part himself this time round.
Ebbi is doing fine. In fact I think she has put on a bit of weight. Labels: Photography posted at 9/22/2004 10:27:00 AM
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Tuesday, September 21, 2004My New EOS 20D
Yup! Just received my set yesterday. Had to rush down to AP at Sim Lim Sq. during lunch. It's selling like hot cake. In fact I think AP has sold all it's body-only sets and is left with a few body+lens kits.
Have taken a few shots with it and I'm quite happy with it. The start-up time is almost nil. And the continuous frames mode is fantastic. I plan to do some mid-Autumn shoot at the Chinese Garden soon and get the photos printed. Read on Clubsnap forum that some encountered lock-up problems. Hope mine is ok. Will have to do a rigorous test over the weekend. Somehow there's a lot of complaints about AP (Alan Photo Trading) on Clubsnap. I've been buying my stuffs from there since 1998 and I never had problem. Did a wedding video shoot on Sunday. Roped Leon in for the photo part. But I intend to put video work on hold for the time being. Too busy with official work and family. Plus I want to spend whatever free-time I'm left with doing things that I really want to.... photography and astronomy. I recently bought a 5" MCT telescope. Looked at the crescent moon last Saturday. Beautiful sight! Made some new friends at Singastro too! I need to start exercising too. Imagine having two not-so-close friends telling me that I've put on weight! This Saturday will re-start my inline-blading. Labels: Photography posted at 9/21/2004 08:47:00 PM
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Wednesday, September 01, 2004Eagerly Waiting for Canon EOS 20D
My EOS D60 is getting kind of obselete. 3 models have been launched since I bought my D60 in April 2002 - EOS 10D, 300D and 1D-Mark II. The improvements in EOS10D aren't too drastic to catch my attention. I won a EOS 300D in October 2003's Photomarathon Competition but gave it away to my driver-porter-moralsupporter, Gu. EOS1D-Mark II makes me drool but the price tag of S$7,500.00 is way beyond me. I can't justify spending that amount for a hobby.
EOS20D is the one I'm going for. It will be launched this Friday and the units should arrive sometime next week. The reviews of pre-production models have been good and the estimated street price is US$1,500.00. I have already called Anthony of AP to reserve a set for me. I wonder whether there'll be another photomarathon contest this year. Last year's contest was the first of its kind here and I won the 1st prize and a merit prize for the 2nd theme. My entry for the 3rd theme was also shortlisted in the top 10. The write-up is still available at Computer Times site. The contest was a whole-day event. A total of 3 photo themes were given out, one at a time in intervals of 4 hours. Upon annoucement of the theme, all the contestants set off to shoot and returned in 3 hours to submit the photo and then wait for the next theme to be announced. We were only allowed to submit 1 photo per theme. Gu offered to be my driver for the day. So that saved me a lot of trouble on transport. It was fun to have a companion. My winning shot was for the theme "Colours of Life". We went to Orchard MRT underground linkway, where I remembered the blind street performer was. My intention was to shoot the blind with a slow shutter speed so that the people walking past him would be captured as colourful blurs. I think I spent about half an hour but somehow my shots didn't turn out the way I wanted. We decided to try another place as time was running out. We came to the base of the escalator leading out of the linkway and the idea just came to me. I quickly set up the tripod at the base of the centre aisle of the escalators, amid curious stares, composed and took my 1st shot. Nah, shutter speed was too fast. The people on the escalators were frozen in place and was too static. 2nd attempt, speed of 4 sec was just nice but composition was off. And the 3rd shot? Well, somehow I knew I had a winner then. 
All in I took home a EOS300D, eMac, 2 Canon photo-printers, Canon IXUS II. I decided to give the EOS 300D to Gu since I knew he was trying to save up for that DSLR. And really, without him, I wouldn't be able to get around so quickly. It was tiring but really fun. I certainly hope there'll be another one this year. Labels: Photography posted at 9/01/2004 10:52:00 PM
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