My other trip to Japan this year on account of work, and specifically for an educational and learning conference in Tokuyama. And since I also had quite a bit more annual leave to clear for the year, I worked out
We got royally cooked by the sun during our Maldives trip in June. In fact, our girl quips that Daddy turned into crispy bacon, while she herself was fried into well-done steak – a reference to our respective Chinese zodiac
Continuing from my previous posts: here, here and here. Those incredible, bezel-less displays these days on a number of manufacturer flagships come at the cost of a design compromise: their front-facing selfie cameras now have to go elsewhere. The rapid
Continuing from the last two posts – here and here – my first week impressions of the Oppo Reno 10x zoom phone! It’s also becoming standard inclusion for Android phone manufacturers for their phones to come with factory-installed film-type screen
Continuing from the last post and impressions coming out of the first week of use! My notes on the Oppo Reno 10x Zoom will be coming out of a head to head comparison with the Samsung Galaxy Note 9. Design-wise:
The general feeling among most industry watchers and smartphone enthusiasts in this part of the world is that you really shouldn’t be going with a telco’s bundled phone + mobile subscription plan option, as you’re getting locked into a two
I’ve been staying clear off 360 cameras since the Samsung Gear 360 that I picked up two years for our Western Australia trip in June 2017. That has been largely on account that the video stitched from the Samsung Gear
The Maldives trip was my first extensive sojourn into taking underwater stills of marine life, so it was a real eye-opener. I’ve commented on my experiences using the different equipment that I carted along for the trip, so here’s a
Equipment wise, the Maldives trip turned out to be quite a varied experience: I bought just two lenses for the Sony A73 – the FE 24-105mm and Tamron 70-200mm f2.8 – and not unexpectedly, used the former far more than
Back in January this year, our local travel agent for our private island segment exclaimed in surprise when she learned that we were planning for a ten day trip to the Maldives. She asked if we were absolutely certain of
Before we began planning for our Maldives trip, a stay at a water villa at an all-inclusive private island was the bucket list item. So, in a sense, the planning for our 10 day trip was first largely centered around
The third in my series of posts covering Olhuveli by day, night, and finally – at sunrise. The lightweight Sirui T-024X Carbon Fiber Tripod and C-10S Ball Head was carted along for this Maldives trip. And after two earlier attempts
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