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Tinkering with Luminar 4

Posted on 22 Jan 202023 Jan 2020   by CY

There’s been a lot of stories of late about the kind of extreme photo-editing that some social media influencers have gone to to make themselves look far better than there really are. There are even YouTube channels devoted to calling

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Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 Di III RXD

Posted on 5 Jan 202025 Jan 2024   by CY

There are two f2.8 zoom lenses that are widely considered mandatory items for professional and enthusiast photographers; a 24-70mm, and a 70-200mm. So, whenever there’s a new camera system launched, photographers all around would be particularly interested to see where

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15 Days in Kanagawa & Hokkaido – Post-Processing

Posted on 30 Dec 201931 Dec 2019   by CY

The singularly largest difference between the kind of pictures I took in the September trip against this December one was that a lot of pictures would see backdrops that are in snow. I severely underestimated the amount of exposure compensation

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15 Days in Kanagawa & Hokkaido – Equipment Comments

Posted on 30 Dec 201926 Dec 2022   by CY

After every major trip, I’d do a post commenting and making notes on how the various photographic and electronic gadgets that I brought along fared during the trip. A lot of stuff came along for this 15 day trip to

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Olympus E-PL9 – Part 3 – Taking Pictures

Posted on 24 Oct 201924 Oct 2019   by CY

Continued from the last post! I’m a comparatively recent convert to the Sony FE system, with the system change made last year in April when I picked up the Sony A73 and the first half-dozen native lenses for the system.

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Olympus E-PL9 – Part 2 – Handling Notes

Posted on 18 Oct 201920 Oct 2019   by CY

Continued from the last post – my early handling notes and first impressions of the new E-PL9! The normal retail price of the E-PL9 with the EZ14-42mm kit lens is SGD998, but it’s also just recently seen a significant price

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Olympus E-PL9 – Part 1 – Decisions

Posted on 16 Oct 201919 Oct 2019   by CY

One of my favorite set-ups for the m4/3 system has been the Olympus E-PL6 and 17mm f1.8 body and lens combo, and I’ve blogged several times now about how incredible the all-round package is in when taking photos of our

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Packing It In – Lowepro Passport Sling III

Posted on 14 Oct 201914 Oct 2019   by CY

A follow-up to a post from January this year when I wrote about a lightweight sling bag I’d picked up for general purpose use! The Billingham Hadley Pro and Sirui MyStory 13 has taken turns out of the country now

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DJI Osmo Pocket Time Lapses @ Fukuoka Tower

Posted on 5 Oct 20195 Oct 2019   by CY

The DJI Osmo Pocket came on its first major outing during my 11 day trip to Japan, and I recorded approximately 100GB of 4K 60fps video – 112 videos in all – using it. The Pocket performed perfectly. Well, almost,

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11 Days in Chūgoku & Kyushu – Equipment Comments

Posted on 29 Sep 20194 Oct 2019   by CY

At our last trip this year to the Maldives, I brought along a range of equipment: the Sony A73, two lenses (FE 24-105mm and Tamron 70-200mm f2.8), the Canon G7X II, the GoPro Hero 7 Black, Olympus TG-5, and the

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Sony FE 28mm f2

Posted on 12 Sep 201917 Sep 2019   by CY

Besides the 35mm primes, there’s another focal length that I really like for casual photography – and it’s 28mm. I didn’t own a 28mm prime during my Nikon DSLR days, but I had one such during over the 7 years

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DJI Osmo Pocket

Posted on 10 Sep 201910 Sep 2019   by CY

I haven’t been putting much attention on smartphone gimbals, despite having one in the drawer – a Zhiyun Smooth-Q 3 axis controller – for several years now. These three axis gimbals offer a degree of stabilisation that smartphones and the

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