Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
I lugged the Tamron 70-200mm f2.8 lens all the way from Singapore to Japan just to take close-ups at Asahiyama Zoo, and the two hour visit – short as it was – netted a tidy number of keepers. We didn’t
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
Some of the most stunning pictures one can get out of a Maldives trip would be ones taken on sand banks. These are tiny little islands with white sand, and little else – no vegetation, no shrubbery and tree cover.
Given the various challenges our party of noob snorkelers experienced on Day 2 – including Peter who didn’t want to give it another go – our host @ The Sunrise Huraa, Sameer, proposed that we go to an easier location
There were more than a few occasions this Taiwan trip where I was invited to join the kids and Ling in taking part in our itinerary activities: e.g. strawberry and grape fruit picking, or a dip into the hot springs
Every trip we go with two young kids means we have to populate the itinerary with the kind of activities we know they would enjoy – for sure. That really just means two activity types: playgrounds, and animals. The Taipei
Towards the last stretch of Tamsui Old Street, the Tamron 70-200mm f2.8 + MC-11 came out to play. A couple of pictures taken over the 10 minutes I had before our driver Checo came to pick us up again for
The Taroko Gorge, inside the National Park, is among the three most talked about and rated ‘must visits’ when sightseeing in Taiwan, with the other two being Sun Moon Lake, and Alishan. This trip we’ve settled for two out of
A visit to the grape farm wasn’t on the arranged itinerary with our driver’s company, so this was a really nice and much-appreciated bonus. I was initially worried if we’d actually have enough time for another round of fruit-picking, but
Before departure, I collated a weather projection over the twelve days we’d be in Taiwan, and it didn’t look encouraging: the weather was going to be a mix of fierce overcasts and various degrees of rain. We had to keep
My journey to decide and buy a 70-200mm f2.8 lens for my Sony A73 has been interesting! From the start, I had to discount the Sony versions: their GM 70-200mm f2.8 lens lists an eye-watering recommended retail price of SGD3,899.
It’s been nearly a month since the Sony A7 III was released on retail. And likely because of overwhelming demand for it, there are still stores, especially in the United States, where the camera is still backordered and out of
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