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5 Days in Shanghai – Shanghai Municipal History Museum

Posted on 11 Nov 201920 Nov 2019   by CY

The more famous museum in Shanghai seems to be the Shanghai Museum, located in the Huangpu District (I visited that in the 2012 China trip, and it was again included in our itinerary though I won’t be posting about this

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5 Days in Shanghai – Oriental Pearl Tower

Posted on 11 Nov 201920 Nov 2019   by CY

The Oriental Pearl Tower – longer name is Oriental Pearl Radio & Television Tower – was at 468m the one-time tallest structure in China, until 2007 when it was surpassed by new skyscrapers just beside it. Unlike many of the

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5 Days in Shanghai – The Bund @ Evening

Posted on 11 Nov 201920 Nov 2019   by CY

Ah! Shanghai’s most famous and popular sightseeing and photo-taking spot, that thankfully is also a huge area and free of admission fees. The waterfront stretch stretches roughly 1.6km, and the best spots for photography are undoubtedly squarely facing the modern

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5 Days in Shanghai – Zhujiajiao Water Town

Posted on 11 Nov 201920 Nov 2019   by CY

The first in my series of posts commenting on selected aspects of a 5 day trip to Shanghai. Just to put things in context too: this was a work and not leisure trip, and the itinerary was planned and arranged

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Kanagawa & Hokkaido/Japan 2019 – Itinerary

Posted on 29 Oct 20191 Dec 2024   by CY

It’s been three months since we’ve posted notes of our upcoming trip to Kanagawa/Hokkaido on account that the wife had been buried with marking, and myself with two work trips that’s taken place in the last few months – the

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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 – Reflections – Part 2

Posted on 3 Oct 201917 Feb 2024   by CY

Continued from my last post, and more random non-connected thoughts and casual observations I had this trip. There were two serious accidents involving Personal Mobility Devices (PMDs) back home in Singapore while I was away, both resulting in fatalities. In

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11 Days in Chūgoku & Kyushu – Reflections – Part 1

Posted on 30 Sep 20194 Oct 2019   by CY

I’ve got quite a few notes to jot down here, so my post-trip Reflections will span two posts. I did two trips to Japan previously in 2009 and 2010, blogged here and here. The first visit was also work-related where

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