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The three musketeers…
Posted on November 29th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Photography.
I merged these three musketeers into one photo…feel free to use it if you like but please remain the credit to ShaShinKi.com. 
ShaShinKi.com Christmas Logo
Posted on November 27th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Church, Photography.
Just spent some time for the Christmas logo design of ShaShinKi.com. Not the greatest, but at least meaningful to me.
This logo will be available both at ShaShinKi.com front page and in shop.
Megumi’s morning meal
Posted on November 26th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.
Everyday, my wife will prepare some porridge for Megumi the night before, and cook the porridge in a glass bowl together with the rice for our next day meal. It is not an easy job, as my wife will first cook some soup with carrots and small fishes (ikan bilis) in the soup, just to get some extra nutrition for the porridge that she prepared for Megumi.
The work is a lot…but the porridge is only very small bowl, but with lots of love from mother.
Feeding time with morning sunlight shinning through the windows…
Saw the Hello Kitty plastic thingy? Used to use just cloth, but Lydia said very difficult to clean, so we went to Diamond City, Babies “R” Us to buy the thingy above.
Megumi is enjoying her meal for sure…
So delicious…wah..lerr…eh…
Let’s have another BIG BITE! “ARMMmmm!”
Megumi:”enough shooting lah…don’t record all my eating ugly shots…”
Will record another round of eating again in future…
Malaysia Embassy, Tokyo
Posted on November 26th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.
Our main purpose to Tokyo in November 2007, to renew Foong’s passport and to make Megumi’s birth certificates and passport.
Here’s some photos of the embassy:
Front view of the building (the building is grey in colour, roof top is green):
Can see Megumi is so tired…sleeping already…
The is the view of the counter where we do our passport and birth certificate documents:
We managed to get both passports (Lydia’s and Megumi’s) and Megumi’s birth certificate within the same day. Thanks to the staffs working there, they are definitely helpful.
Dinner in Tokyo
Posted on November 26th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.
My wife love the dinner that we took in Tokyo on 6th November 2007 in a Korean (?) restaurant. That was around 9pm at night, after windows shopping at Shinjuku.
We ordered some extra foods, all were on metal hot plates. The meats are raw and got cook on the hot plates after being served. It is a very nice dinner, though a bit rush eating due to Megumi becomes a bit impatient and tired.
Here’s some photos to share.
Olympus E-3 AutoFocus - WOW!
Posted on November 26th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Photography.
I have the chance to try out Olympus E-3 professional DSLR today in DEODEO electronic superstore in Japan. That was a surprised actually, as my main purpose going there wasn’t for the E-3 (didn’t expect they have one) but Nikon D300.
I spent some time checking out Nikon D300, while finding subjects to focus…I spotted the E-3. After fiddling the D300 for an extra minute, I went to take up the E-3 and ON the power.
I remember Olympus users talking about E-3 having the world’s fastest Autofocus system…I thought that was just a marketing gimmick until I tried it out myself just now.
Just how fast is it?
LIGHTNING FAST!!!
I test the E-3 by focusing to close and then to far subjects, making sure that the camera and lens have to travel some “long” distance in order to get focus. The result is just amazing! The lens snap into focus almost instantly!
I can’t remember which lens was mounted on the E-3, if I am not mistaken, it should be the “12-60mm F2.8-4.0 SWD” (confirmed the lens, just update with photo). The lens extend quite long (almost double the original length after zoom to telephoto).
Bare in mind that I was just testing the D300 with AFS 18-200mm lens before trying out the E-3. If I can explain the speed of E-3 AF better…it is like the sound of Zop while D300 is like ZOoooop. Yes, the difference is very obvious. On the viewfinder of E-3, you can see the focus change is instantly. You don’t see from blur to sharp in progress…but instantly change!
To be honest, I must say I am impressed with the E-3 AF system. Definitely deserves the title of “among the world’s fastest AF” if not already the world’s fastest!
On the side note of E-3 physical built, the camera does feel good in hand with firm grip design. It is definitely a very big size camera as compared to the E-510 or other E-DSLR. There are lots of buttons at the back of the E-3…which I am not familiar of, so I didn’t try it out. The Flippable LCD screen actually makes the E-3 looks a bit cheap…discount the professional feel of the E-3 in my humble opinion. Of course, this is just my personal feel, in terms of practical use, it is definitely better than those fixed LCD. Yeah, imagine shooting from above your head or on the ground.
That’s all from my few minutes try of the E-3. If I got the time, I will go try it out again. By the way, I notice the price of E-3 is around RM1k cheaper than Nikon D300, so it is definitely a very good competitor to the Nikon system.
Nikon D300 First Impression and ISO Tests (versus D200)
Posted on November 26th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Photography.
I went to a local electronic shop in Japan today - DeoDeo. Main purpose is to try out the Nikon D300 system but I have found another surprised of Olympus E-3 professional DSLR.
Thanks to my wife, she helped me to take care of Megumi for nearly an hour, so I have the time to try out the D300 and pull out my D200 and insert my memory card into the D300 to test and get the photos I want.
(I find the photo below kinda cool…D300 is considered as a little brother to Nikon D3, sharing many similarities.)
Before I go to the ISO comparison shots, let’s share a bit of how I feel about the D300.
BCG mark after 1 month
Posted on November 21st, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.
Megumi took BCG vaccine injection on 03 Oct 2007. This is the mark after exactly one month (photo taken on 03 November 2007).
Baby Minnie
Posted on November 21st, 2007 by foong.
Categories: Family.
诺诺到现在头顶上还是稀稀疏疏的, 她外婆说像足诺诺她妈妈小时候, 三岁了才长头发. (我的天, 这个不要像我啦).
冬天到了, 头发要长也长来不及了, 只好给诺诺买几顶帽子…
Tomotachi to de atta
Posted on November 20th, 2007 by foong.
Categories: Family.
Our friend, Misty Sargent, who we have not met her since I gave birth to Megumi on June. She has given birth to a baby girl, Joanna, on August 2007. We met them last Saturday at the Hiroshima Diamond City. (more…)
Photo taken by Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T30
Posted on November 20th, 2007 by foong.
Categories: Family.
Sometimes I do read the posts in Photomalaysia forum and other forums set up by my husband. There are so many professional photographers sharing their great photos with technical explaination, particularly the equipments they used to take the photos, how to set their equipments in order to have such effects, etc etc..
Mirror Lock Up - How useful in handholding shots?
Posted on November 19th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Photography.
Previously in the film days, only the best Nikon SLR has mirror lock up (MLU) feature. That’s in the Nikon single digit F series. Even the F100 which is considered as the little brother of F5 doesn’t has MLU feature.
So, how useful is MLU?
With the advancement and convenient of digital photography, I can now take shots and experiment shots easily. Nikon now has MLU in their single digit D series and also in the Nikon D200 (D80, D70, D100…etc. all doesn’t have MLU). So, now the question is…how useful is MLU?
Many people have the mis-conception that MLU is only used when you have your camera on tripod. Quite true during the film days where one have to turn a lock manually to lock up the mirror manually, and this required quite big movement and will definitely change/move your subject composition. However, now with better technology and design, Nikon MLU shots can’t be done any easier!
On my Nikon D200, change the drive mode to MLU (there are S, Cs, Ch, Timer…etc. and MLU is on the farthest right on the dial - not seen in the picture below, but is just next to the timer symbol).
When you have set your drive mode to MLU, then the rest is easy. Half press your shutter button to focus, then full press your shutter button to Lock Up the Mirror. Full press again to then take the actual exposure, the mirror will go down after taking the exposure.
So, how does mirror lock up helps in taking photos?
When taking a shot in SLR (Single lens reflex) camera, the reflex mirror will go up, the shutter blade will then open to expose the film/sensor to the light. After that, it shutter blades close and mirror return down.
My “cool” mouse! Logitech / Logicool MX Revolution
Posted on November 18th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.
Just to share with you guys the mouse that I am using (bought on 19th Dec 2006, costs me around RM350 or US$95 in Japan):
Logitech® MX™ Revolution
More info at:
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2135,CONTENTID=12134
My first wireless mouse. Took me quite some time to finally decided on a wireless mouse. I kinda worry of the hassle having to charge the mouse every few days…but after using a cheapo wireless mouse few months ago, I am hooked.
For me, mouse is one of the most important item in PC components, as a unresponsive mouse will make you crazy.
In Japan, they call it LOGICOOL! Yes, it is such a COOL mouse! 
Traveling
One thing about wireless mouse is that it is not so convenient when traveling. Though the battery of the mouse can last for nearly 5 days (12 hours use a day), still if you went for long holiday, then you will need to bring the charging unit together. Not so convenient and normally I will just bring a small wired mouse that power directly from my notebook USB port. (more…)
Animated avatar
Posted on November 16th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.
I just created TWO Avatars for myself. I like animated avatar so that it gives more LIVE feel than just static avatar, here’s to share/show:
How to do it? The original avatar is creation is from:
http://www.sp-studio.de/
I then added the background and camera+flash myself. Added glowing light around the body too.
Then create another copy with closed eyes. Everything else is the same.
Then merge these two photos using animation studio, set the timing, duplicate some.
Done.
Repeat the same steps for flash light effect.
Beauty & the Beast?
Posted on November 14th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.
Who is the Beauty? Who is the Beast?
Children Blessing Service - Megumi Church (Japan)
Posted on November 12th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Church, Family.
Today (Sunday - 11 November 2007) we have a Children Blessing Service in our church. All children of Primary 6 and below are going on stage to get blessed/prayer by the pastor. This is done after the message preaching by our Pastor with Bible verses below:
Mark 10:13-16 (King James Version)
10:13 And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
10:14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
10:15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
10:16 And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
Here’s some photos of Megumi and Mum (Lydia) and Pastor Kato to share:
from the ticket to the inside…
Posted on November 10th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.
Even the ticket is so beautiful also!
More to come later…