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My brother Tchung, sis-in-law Sharon and Ling were talking about during Hannah\u2019s birthday event at Lentor last weekend, and the conversation ventured into the merits and disadvantages of DSLRs versus compact cameras.<\/p>\n
Sharon used to lug around a pretty light DSLR, but even that was too much for her, what with her two nephews running about her too when they were out of home. So, she switched back to compact cameras and hasn\u2019t looked back. <\/p>\n
I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any dispute that DSLRs easily offer the best overall images, and superior handling. One disadvantage of the Olympus E-PL1 is that the type of autofocusing mechanism it uses isn\u2019t just different from that used in DSLRs, it\u2019s also significantly slower in reaching a satisfactory focus point when taking pictures of Hannah. That\u2019s why Ling \u2013 surprisingly \u2013 actually prefers to take pictures using my D300 than the E-PL1, heavy as it is.<\/p>\n
For myself, I\u2019m really fine with the D300\u2019s weight. The issue though is that when you\u2019re using a DSLR as large as that in the public, you\u2019re drawing a lot of attention. It\u2019s not an issue when you\u2019re in a place thick with tourists, but at a neighborhood mall like Hougang Mall, the security uncles will immediately conclude that you\u2019re up to no good – a professional photographer at best seeking to take pictures without consent, and a terrorist scoping the area at worst. <\/p>\n
That\u2019s one of the advantages of using the E-PL1. Out of the several thousands of pictures I\u2019ve taken of Hannah in her first year, only a small fraction of them have been out of home but that\u2019s changing slowly. Taking pictures of our dear girl in restaurants is easy: there\u2019s been a few online posts about restaurants frowning at their patrons taking pictures of their dishes, but by and large no one\u2019s told me to stop taking pictures of Hannah at the many restaurants we\u2019ve been to. The real challenge would be to take pictures out of those places where you\u2019re properly sequestered as a paying customer though, e.g. in front of a cake shop where Hannah looks curiously at. <\/p>\n
Still, I\u2019ve been trying my luck on occasion to see how far I can go. So, the above picture was taken at the escalator running up from the carpark to the basement level of Hougang Mall as a start. Then followed by the usual Hannah @ McDonalds\u2019 picture. She grumbled quite a bit this morning asking for a continuous stream of hotcake nibbles.:)<\/p>\n
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My brother Tchung, sis-in-law Sharon and Ling were talking about during Hannah\u2019s birthday event at Lentor last weekend, and the conversation ventured into the merits and disadvantages of DSLRs versus compact cameras. Sharon used to lug around a pretty light<\/p>\n