Merry Christmas @ Admiralty #01

"Bells"... the main theme of Swire @ Admiralty

First glance to smell the Christmas in Hong Kong!

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Ice-cream car

The weather is cold in Hong Kong, and it is an excellent time to have a short photo trip for christmas. However, there are tons of photos and I need a considerable time to sort them out...

In the meanwhile, I saw another traditional stuff that will be probably diminished in Hong Kong in the coming future... the ICE-CREAM car!!!! Full of childhood memories~~

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Lung Mun Restaurant - another disappearing landmark in Hong Kong

Everything have been coming fast and going fast in Hong Kong. Nothing can be "sustained" in the society. People, Buildings, Culture, all are the same. Here is another famous restaurant that have gone in the last month-end, the "Lung Mun" Restaurant.

It is used to be one of the most famous Chinese restaurant in Hong Kong, located in the past coastline. The old tramway still indicates the historical feeling of this restaurant.

Old restaurant has common styles of menus in Chinese characters, as well as a dragon in the front door, styles of the 1970s in Hong Kong as well.

Here is the LungMun Restaurant at night. The Leon night is still as beautiful as the others, even though it's going to last soon...

The final face, an endless sadness.

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Outside the windows

Taking pictures outside the window is an interesting thing. Nothing can remain constant in the world now. Everything's changing and changing... When will the world take rest? The time that we are in the heaven?

I treasure everything outside the window. I mean it.

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Rumors: Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS II

Source: http://www.canonrumors.com/2009/11/ef-70-200-f2-8l-is-ii-announcement-cr2/

WOW!!!! After a couple of weeks, this rumor is getting closer and closer!!!

Quoted from source: "Canon announcement on November, 24, 2009 in regards to a new 70-200 f/2.8L IS II"

Hoping that it is a Hybrid IS... I tried the 7D with 70-200 2.8 (non-IS), I find that it is quite easy to have handshake... maybe the resolution is too high for 7D :D

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Ma Wan Park, Sunset, Hong Kong

Got a new RVP 50 roll, I can't wait and go to the Ma Wan Park downstairs and test it... WOW... This kind of color saturation... is never come from any DSLR...

Of course, the bird village is also very beautiful~~

I feel so happy after taking these photos. The sunset is so beautiful that it is hardly forget.

Thanks for reading. Enjoy!

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Tsuen Wan West, Hong Kong

I get some junk time a few days ago and therefore go down to Tsuen Wan West and take junk snap... Sunset is always beautiful.

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My busy LEGO street at home

HAHA... It's so boring today, and I pick up my camera to take several photos... my LEGO street at home!!! Enjoy!!!

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Rumors: new (4/3) exmor sensor and Full HD video recording, from Sony!

Source: http://sonyalpharumors.com/sr5-sony-will-launch-a-new-camera-on-november-18/

Quoted from source:
"Sony will launch a direct GH1 competitor on mid November. This will be the first Sony camera with Video recording! We do not know if the camera will be the first model of a mirrorless system."

2 weeks more!!! Will there be a new 4/3 camera? When will N/C launch their mirrorless APS-C as well? Let's look and see...

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DPreview on EOS 7D

Source: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos7d/

This is the answer from Canon to fight back the DSLR APS-C market. It is good, and it is even better than D300s. I like this 7D. When I get it on hand, I have no incentive to get the 5DII anymore. The viewfinder is so bright that you can never imagine that it is just a APS-C gear!

This world famous DPreview totally agrees with these points. You can see a long long list of "pros", with only 4 items in "cons". There seems no doubt that this product is a successful fight back...

But then?

It cannot take back the fans who moved to Nikon in these years, because of the following 2 reasons

1) Flash. Even the flash from SB-900 is better than your own 580 EXII. How can I use this gear to take protrait?
2) Wide lens. The king Nikon 14-24 beats all of the Canon L lens in the world at the moment. Then why should I choose Canon for landscape? Even though Canon did the best APS-C lens 10-22 in the world, but no one rewards it for landscape.

Without resolving these 2 questions, I cannot see why those N guys will move back to C.

PS: I'm C ppl, but I'm not C fans. Good is good, bad is bad.

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RVP 100 @ Noah's Ark

Noah's Ark is one of the best place to take pictures for the Tsing Ma bridge, one of the landmark in Hong Kong. This time I'll use the RVP 100 + CPL. WOW ~~ Vivid colors of blue, green and yellow!!!

Equipment: EOS 300 DATE + 24-105 @ 24 + RVP 100 + CPL

Taking this kind of photo is comparatively easy. All we need is a simple film camera, and a good weather. YEAH!!! As you may imagine, it is very difficult to have good weather with few dust in Hong Kong, and I'm so lucky that I get a good dauy. Thanks god.

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Olympus E-P2 released!!!

Source: http://www.dcfever.com/

Finally we have the new E-P2 released. To our disappointment, it has few enhancements only...

The most featured items are
1) new EVF
2) AF Tracking/i-Enhance

3) Art filters: Diorama and Cross Process (E-to-C)

As you may see in the pictures, the new EVF looks cool~~ However, the LCD has no enhancements, and I don't think that ppl will like to use the EVF to take their pictures if using the EP-2. The art filters look good, but not really very useful. As a photographer, I look forward to the performance of the enhanced AF-tracking as well.

Anyway it is a new spot light but it is quite clear that they'll be beaten by C/N/S very soon if no more real enhancements are done.

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Car trails~~

I love taking car trail photos. There are tons of scenic cityscape photos over the world, but it is obvious that Hong Kong is one of the most popular places for this kind of photos. The reason is simple, yes, you need lots of cars...

I don't like the crowded cars in Hong Kong, but I have to admit that this traffic situations offer good opportunities for taking car trails...

Words are meaningless, here are the photos...

Setting: EOS 450D + 24-105L, ISO 100, F/8

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Rumors: EP-2!!!

Source: http://43rumors.com/ft2-e-p2-price-ad-specs/

Here are the highlighted improvements. Even though some of them are false, but they are very close to the new one from trusted sources as well...


1) True Pic V+
2) External EVF 1.44mp
3) 3″ LCD 460k
4) 1080p 30fps
5) Flash Sync 1/180 or 1/250 and below
6) 3.5 ~ 4 fps shooting speed”


Seems that the release date of this EP-2 is very very close...

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Rumors: Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS II

Source: http://www.canonrumors.com/2009/10/canon-ef-70-200-f2-8l-is-ii-cr1/

This rumors has been repeating many many times in the web, and here it comes with a closer date... Within this year!!! It'll be so excited to all C fans because Canon finally works on one of its KING zoom lens in the world...!!!

I'm so looking forward to it as well!!!

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Star Ferry - Hong Kong

Star ferry was one of the most important sea transportation in the 1970s. Even though it has been retiring very soon, it is still one of the landmarks that almost all tourists will visit in Hong Kong. And, here it is:

I use tiltshift for this photo before I'm pretty sure that you can get the original photo from the Internet within a minute!

http://tiltshiftmaker.com/

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Butterfly @ Hong Kong Park

Even though Hong Kong is a highly civilized city, there are still places for butterflies to live with! I dragged around the Hong Kong Park during lunch today and have a few nice shots. Enjoy!!~

In order to take a good butterfly photo, I tried a lot of combination of flash setting. Even though X-sync flash is more stable, high speed flash is preferred all the time. Try it out!

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HDR... HDR in Hong Kong !!!

After a punch of trials, I finally get some correctly done HDR photos...!!! I feel so excited today!!! This is "Central" in Hong Kong!!!

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Light of Christ

Light of Christ is everywhere, really. It appears at every moment, every location in the world, and every important moments in our heart, of course.

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Rumors: Nikon AF-S 100-500mm f/4-5.6 IF-ED VR

Even though I'm a C ppl. I quite like Nikon Gears and their lens. I'm impressed by this rumor:

Nikon AF-S 100-500mm f/4-5.6 IF-ED VR lens: this lens should be released first or second quarter of 2010.

WOW!!! I'm expecting Canon will head crash with this stuff... finally N ppl has superb lens for all the ranges!!!!

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Butterfly @ San Tau (Lantau)

There are few butterflies in Hong Kong, and San Tau is one of the most popular places for photographers to take photos with butterfly in Hong Kong.

Equipment used: EOS 450D + 55-250mm (APS-C x1.6) @250mm, 430 EXII flash

This butterfly gets hurt, as you may discover it at the bottom-left of it. I feel so sad, even though it is beautiful though.


Even though this kind of picture is boring, but it is never easy to take:

1) You need a lens with at least 300mm or above. Some ppl may try to use a 1xxmm macro lens, but these lens are only for flowers, not for insects for most cases

2) Shutter speed! How fast should be enough? Usually you need a shutter with 1/200 or higher (You may need a flash with FP)... photos with 1/60 or lower, no hope

3) A flash. Yes, a flash. An external flash is one of the most important thing in insect photos. You'll not see any detail of the butterfly without an external flash

4) Last but not least, the EV. Insects are usually darker in color, hence you need to lower the EV to -1/3 in order to make a correct exposure.



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A flash to a monster ~^^~

Source Photo: http://canonfieldreviews.com/canon-1d-markiv/

Even though I have no idea (and I guess that I can never have) about how this monster works. It is really so exciting when I see a movie setup of the 1DmarkIV like this... huh!

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The traditional boat in Hong Kong!!

I have been a Hong Kong citizen for more than 20 years. This is my first time to see this traditional boat in Hong Kong!!!! So excited!!! Even though I just have my lensbaby on hand, this is a rare chance to have a close catch up with this...!!!!

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Rumors: Nikon D800!!!!

Source:
1) http://www.nikonrumors.com/
2) PhotographyBay

Nikon may not be updating the D700, but instead will release a completely new model – Nikon D800 with the following specs:

• Video mode 1080p video recording (full HD)
• High resolution 24.5 MP
• High frame rate: 7 fps without battery grip (similar to D300s)
• 51-area Nikon Multi-CAM 3500FX (same technology as D3X)
• Expected to be released before the end of the year

So look forward for this DSLR as well!!!

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D3s vs 1DMarkIV!!!

Source:
http://www.adorama.com/

Feature	Canon EOS-1 Mark IV	Nikon D3s
Resolution	16MP	12MP
ISO Range	100-12,800	200-12,800
Top “Hi” ISO	102,400	102,400
Video	1080p HD, 24, 25 or 30fps	720p, 24fps
Sensor	CMOS, APS-H (1.3x crop)	CMOS, 35mm “FX” format
AF System	45 Point, 39 cross-type	51 Point, 15 cross-type
Pixel size	5.7 microns	8.45 microns
LCD resolution	920k pixels, 3 inches	921k pixels, 3 inches
Burst rate	10fps	9fps (full frame) 11 fps (DX crop)
Shutter speeds	30-1/8000 sec, 0.3, 0.5, 1 stops	30-1/8000 sec, 1/3 stops
Flash sync	1/300 sec	1/250 sec
Meter	63 zone	1005 pixel, auto scene recognition
Card slots	1 CF, 1 SD slot	2 CF slots
A/D conversion	14-bit	16-bit (?)
Cool	Auto copyright info in EXIF	Quiet Shutter Mode
Pseudo-HDR	Auto Light Optimizer	Active D-Lighting
Build Quality	Weatherized; Magnesium alloy	Magnesium alloy
Battery	Li-on LP-34 rechargeable	EN-EL4/4a Li-ion rechargealbe
Size	6.2×6.2×3.1 inches	6.3×6.2×3.4 inches
Weight	2.6 lb	2.7 lb
Price (USD)	$4,999.00	$5,199.95

Cannot wait to see real shots comparison, especially at ISO 102,400.

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