New EVIL Player

Electronics giant Sony has jumped into the EVIL fray with their NEX series.

The little fella is definitely born of the Sony stable, compact and stylish. Paired with the 16mm lens, it looks cool. Lots of potential with image quality

This picture supposedly at ISO 12800 looks pretty impressive.

Previews available at DPreview and Digital Photography School




Ricoh has a lot to catch up with, the NEX has 3 fully functioning lens out of the stable, plus possibly an attachment to use the full range of Alpha lenses. The intriguing part is the flash is actually an external accessory, Sony must really be confident of the camera or its totally an aesthetic rationale. Although from what I have seen so far, the NEX user interface is more "fun", less "professional" than Ricoh's. Lots of menu tree to plough through, albeit icon based.

The size of the lens, except for the 16 mm, makes the whole setup a little awkward, it might make more sense to shape it like a bazooka. Enter the E-mount HD camcorder. Sony has noticed the trend of DSLR wielding HD film makers, and thought "Hey let's screw the E-mount onto a video camera".

Coming back to our favourite little, small camera maker, I wonder what will they pick up the next time they go shopping at Sony's. Will Sony release the E-mount to them? Doubtful with Sony's past behaviour, unless Ricoh comes out with dazzling optics for them.

Final question, do I still want a GXR? YES....er...well...ok....maybe. I know Sony will screw something up like Apple always does, there will be that one or two annoying flaw that spoils a perfect device. Still, the Fanboy is starting to question his loyalty.

Labour Day Leisure

Lunch at Bugis Junction

BBQ Sotong. Absolutely smothered in a thick creamy coconut sauce. You can also choose chicken and sting ray to be bathed in the same sauce.  Some may find it a little too oily, but it is fragrant with the Indonesian style spice mix.



Dessert at The Coffee Connoisseur


French Earl Grey. This is better than their Russian Earl Grey, but still a step down from my favourite at the Coffee Club. A little bit light with the distinctive citrus flavour.


Snowy Espresso. The snow peaks being white chocolate with whipped cream.


Ebon Forest Cake. Their take on the Black Forest Cake. The white durian thorns are a delicate sugary icing.

HCM Fried Rice

Dinner recorded with GX100.  Had a brief fight between hunger and obsession with camera, but decided to go for both. A quick snap and down to savour dinner.

Porridge

New at Marina Square Food Court
A1 Porridge House.


Dried scallops, with Century eggs and minced pork.

Breakfast

The most important meal of the day. So they say.

Nasi Lemak is a Singaporean favourite, though I am not too partial to this particular version. Somehow it should be wrapped up in banana leaf with the sweet savoury spicy chili paste sandwiched between two smaller pieces of said leaf.


Food Republic Suntec City

Toasted Multigrain bread with jam and butter from Dome.

Real Passion

It's really amazing what people driven by passion can do
Burrard-Lucas Wildlife Photography

Their Beetlecam project looks like a love child between Wall.e and Rover (Planet 51) in combat fatigue. Wonder what the Canon 400D looks like after being a lion chew toy!

You have ads

I have been approved! Now you my friends are going to get blasted with advertisements.

Looking forward to receiving checks from Google. Do they still give one cent checks?

Night of Art at the Museum

Parts of an art performance in front of the National Museum. Taken in 2008

On the menu

More home cooked meal.
This is my favourite, salty steamed chicken. Made with a marinade of wine, salt and sugar to taste then steamed with slivers of ginger.

Home Cooked Meal

After a long day, it is nice enjoy something simple but made with love.

Massive Food Gawk

From the food section of the New York Times
"First Camera, then Fork"
Apparently there are people far more obsessed in recording every single morsel that they eat.
I hope I don't end up doing this though :

Photographing meals becomes pathological, however, if it interferes with careers or relationships or there’s anxiety associated with not doing it. “I’d have to ask if they would feel O.K. if they didn’t do it,” said Tracy Foose, a psychiatrist at the University of California, San Francisco, who treats patients with obsessive-compulsive disorders. “Could they resist the urge to do it?”

Joe Catterson, the general manager of Alinea restaurant in Chicago, said that, increasingly, people can’t. “One guy arrived with the wrong lens or something on his camera and left his wife sitting at the table for an hour while he went home to get it,” he said.  - New York Times

Gawking the gawkers
It's one massive wall of food photography from readers. Yummy. There is also a short lists of hints for would be food snap-ers

Spring Time

If we actually have a change of season.

Sith Lord of Shoppers

The dark side wants you to shop.
Movie Mania showing off at the Illuma.



Resistance is futile shoppers.

Blue Skies

Clear blue skies are not always available here despite being an island near the equator. There is always a thin veil of clouds hanging high up. Today we can really see the beautiful blue. Unfortunately we get the equatorial sun blazing down too.

Black and white works well

It's a repeat, but also my favourite photo of the day.

On the Circle Line

Previewing the new MRT line.

Flowers

Biggest Loser Nightmare

More food.
First is actually from the good old Ricoh R5.

I don't normally react too well to extra caffeine, but a good cup of Espresso has all the flavour without the heart racing kick.










A good healthy sandwich, if you can resist the accompanying french fries.

Or this

Travel Photos

Some from an old GX100 collection

Finger Foods

Appetizer

Not picking on the English, since I no good enough, but I think having this big sign on the table just does not say "Welcome".