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Today is a special day…4th Anniversary!

Posted on March 20th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.

Today is a special day…4th Anniversary of my marriage!

Thank you dear…no…I did not forget this time…and I bought a cake for you for surprise!

I bought the cake yesterday, after finishing work at my university. As usual…I went to Youme town for cake searching…but this time I want something different…so not from the usual visit cake stall…but another one with my dear’s favorite blueberries and raspberries.

I tahan till after 12midnight…then only brought out the cake as a surprise to my wife!

The cake melted earlier…and the raspberries slided to one side…but still tasty…because from the bottom of my heart mah…

Warning…DO NOT READ FURTHER IF YOU ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OLD!

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Digital Camera Focus Accuracy Test Method - INDEPTH FOCUS TEST

Posted on March 20th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Photography.

After testing over hundreds of lenses…I have come out with a focus test method that I felt is most convincing to myself. I call it:

INDEPTH FOCUS TEST

There are many focus test chart flying around in the internet, I have printed out some and test them using my Nikon D200 DSLR. However, I found those test chart to be NOT ACCURATE, as it mainly influenced by the position and accuracy of the focus sensor of your DSLR. Some DSLR tends to focus on the subject that is of higher contrast or nearer to the sensor. Some differs.

In order to eliminate the camera focusing sensor position “error”, I developed the INDEPTH Focus Test method, there the camera focus sensor will have no problem in locking focus onto the target, and can give accurate focus photo for evaluation.

Below is how I tested lenses that I ordered for my customers at ShaShinKi.com.

Put two cards (with wordings, eg. namecard, so that you can check sharpness of the wordings later) on your table, one with a lens cap at the bottom so that it is around 1cm higher than the other. Focus on the lower card and take a shot (make sure your shutter speed is above 1/200s, or use flash to freeze motion). Take another shot with focus on the upper card.

Distance between card is around 5mm, separated by a lens cap.

When you focus on Card A, Card B should be blurred (out of focus).

When you focused on Card B, Card A should be blurred (out of focus).

Check the sharpness of both shots. It should show sharp on your focused card and blur on the opposite one. Same as the second shot.

Repeat the above test at different focal length if your lens is a zoom.

After the close distance test, try take a few shots at infinity or far distance. Again, choose a subject which have some clear wordings on it so that you can check the sharpness and clarity on your camera LCD screen later.

If your lens is good, all should be sharp.

(Updated on 20th March 2008 with picture. A picture is worth a thousand words…)

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Canon EOS 40D + EF 24-105mm F4 L = Short Review!

Posted on March 20th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Photography.

Canon EOS 40D + EF 24-105mm F4 L

I have to chance to test this incredible combo recently, ordered by one of my customer and I was instructed to test the set making sure that they are in perfect condition before sending out to my customer.

No, I do not test the set intensively, but briefly within a hour of checking and testing several functions of the camera and lens.

This is really an incredible combo! The Canon EF24-105L lens is so very solidly built, very good to hold and produce stunning quality images!

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Just to share…Megumi sleeping…

Posted on March 19th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.

Just found a photo in my hardrive…not sure have posted it before or not…but I find it quite nice a memorable…so just to share…

Megumi likes to cover up her eyes when sleeping, even till now, must have a blanket to cover her eyes when she sleeps…I think even in her mother’s body…she already has this kind of posture…from the ultrasound scan that we saw…

Good rest…God bless!

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ゆめもくば

Posted on March 18th, 2008 by foong.
Categories: Family.

诺诺越来越大了。也越来越好动。第一次当妈妈的我还以为孩子越大我会越闲空，原来不是的。

不但要将她的生活起居饮食照料好，还要教育她学很多东西，陪她玩游戏，玩玩具，还要常常带她出去“结识”朋友。幸好，ゆめもくば就在我们家隔壁的超市，我每天都尽量争取时间带诺诺去那里玩一玩，那怕是30分钟也好。

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Giant 赤贝

Posted on March 18th, 2008 by foong.
Categories: Family.

有看过这么大的赤贝吗？我们马来西亚叫“蚶”。

我在日本很少很少看到新鲜的赤贝，更没见过这么大颗的赤贝。还很贵呢！100gram 要280 yen (RM9.24), 那1kg要RM92.40 咯！记得几年前在马来西亚的巴刹买过小蚶，1kg才RM1.50。 (如今可能更贵了，因为听说百物都涨价了。可是应该也没这个贵！RM92.40 ,1kg,离噻谱!)

可恶！ 竟然长得跟我的拳头一样大（或着更大)！那边有写是刺身用的。

除了有一次在电视节目看过人家做刺身吃之外，真的没见过。而且要弄成刺身，要处理得干干净净的，切除这切除那，剩下可以吃的部分都很少了。

今天又见识到日本人生活非常豪华的一面了！

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World’s First! Fujifilm F100FD Review (a short one… :P)

Posted on March 16th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Photography.

Fujifilm F100FD just released on yesterday in Japan and I have the privilege to be the among the first to get my hands on one!

The box…

Front view…

Rear view…

Ok…I knew the above are meaningless…I will update with some actual photo tests at various ISO later…getting tired already today…

For your information, the available ISO setting from Fujifilm F100FD are:

• ISO400
• ISO800
• ISO1600
• ISO3200

Wait for my update “tomorrow”…

Sorry for the late in updating, here’s the continuation of the review:

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A Defective Tokina AT-X 116 PRO 11-16mm Lens

Posted on March 16th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Photography.

I ordered a Tokina AT-X 116 PRO 11-16mm Lens for my customer few days ago.

As usual, I check every unit of lens before sending out to my customer. To my dismay, I found the Tokina AT-X 116 PRO 11-16mm Lens that I received on 13th March 2008 (Thursday) is defective. There are some defect or weird pattern on the front element coating. I showed it to my wife and she agreed on the “butterfly” pattern.

The defect is actually quite hard to notice, unless you put it under the correct light angle.

The photo below is under a slightly different angle (see the lens hood angle is different), and you can’t really see or detect the “butterfly” defect:

Here’s a closeup of the butterfly:

For me, it is NOT acceptable, though unlikely the defect is going to be shown on the final image.

Since my customer trusted on me on getting a good copy of Tokina lens, so I always put myself in my customer’s shoe. If I have to pay $$$ for a lens, I would expect it to be “perfect” or “near perfect”. Since I can’t accept this kind of defect myself, so I rejected the lens and returned it to my supplier. I shall receive a replacement on Tuesday or Wednesday.

My apologize to my customer for the delay of delivery by extra few days…

Yes, I sell the lens at ShaShinKi.com. The Tokina AT-X 116 PRO 11-16mm Lens can be ordered at:

http://shashinki.com/shop/…t-x+116&x=0&y=0

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Birthday cake…Megumi @ 9 months

Posted on March 16th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.

I went to buy two pieces of birthday cake “for” Megumi on 14th March 2008, celebrating her 9 months birthday as promised.

I went to a few stores, all have their cakes sold out. Later only I knew 14th March was the Japanese men’s valentine day…so all women went out and bought all the nice cakes for their love one.

So…now big round cake and I have to settled on the small cut cakes. Since Megumi is still not allowed to eat the cake…so nevermind lah…

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My baby…what’s in your mind?

Posted on March 16th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.

What is she thinking?…

Love…
Daddy

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Yummy yummy, fried Sotong!

Posted on March 16th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Foong Can Cook.

This is one of my love to eat dish! Fried sotong (hmm…what do you call it in English?)…Ok…I remember now…squid…

Not easy to fried till golden colour…sorry…I don’t know how…you will have to ask my wife…but I can tell you it tastes GREAT! Very crispy and chewy!

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How many email spams you received daily?

Posted on March 15th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.

Nowadays, spam is unavoidable in our email account.

How many email spams you received daily? I have been using my gmail account for around 3 years, and now…everyday I received around 150~200 spams in my gmail account. That’s more than 5 times of the actual emails in my inbox!

I have read some research conducted online that more than 90% of our daily emails are spams, with the left over 10% being the actual email that we would want to read.

How to deal with spams? It is possible to avoid spam?

There are NO LAW to shoot down spammers, but many server providers have strict rules that if your server are sending out spam emails, then your account will be suspended. This is especially true in USA servers, but if you notice the spam emails…most of them are NOT from the US server. There are still many grey area related to internet in many countries.

I have given up using outlook to read my email, as it can’t filter out spams accurately. Gmail is good, though occasionally some of my important emails are being marked as spam by them…but most of the time they are quite precise in marking those spams. I use Gmail exclusively nowadays. Not just because it is good with great interface, but of course the every growing space that outlast the grow of email I received daily. As of today, my email account space allocated by Gmail is 6520 MB! (currently using 2676 MB space).

Spam solution? Use Gmail.

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New Ads Design for ShaShinKi.com

Posted on March 15th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Photography.

I just did a new ads design for ShaShinKi.com.

230 x 260 pixels - 100kb

Yeah, it is a GIF animation ads. Linking to of course ShaShinKi.com.

I do hope to learn FLASH ads in future, but at the moment I have no idea of experience with FLASH…so can only stick to animated GIF or JPEG.

Comments welcome for the improvement of the ads design.

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Tamron SP 17-50mm F2.8 A16 for Pentax KA!

Posted on March 14th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Photography.

Yes, finally…eventually…at last…

Tamron has release the SP 17-50mm F2.8 lens in Pentax K mount!  Don’t believe it? Here’s the photos of the stock that I have already received!

There is a “for PENTAX” wording on the box. Click to view in larger size.

Can’t lie now… see the rear lens with Pentax design/pins on it.

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The morning of 9 months old…

Posted on March 14th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.

Took the photos this morning…Megumi at 9 months birthday…

She is enjoying her crackers…baby crackers…

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New ShaShinKi.com ads banner at PhotoMalaysia.com

Posted on March 14th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.

I have just edited and uploaded a new ShaShinKi.com ads banner advertised at PhotoMalaysia.com.

I just love the red…very pleasing red to me…

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14th March 2008 = 9 Months…

Posted on March 14th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.

Megumi is 9 months old as of today…time really flies…thank God for all the protection and care…having Megumi and Lydia in my life…

I shall get a birthday cake today…

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Another reason to LOVE Google…

Posted on March 13th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.

I have been using Google personalized homepage for quite some time…but recently I discovered that we can actually change the theme/colour of the header and your personal homepage!

Here’s what I am using at the moment. It will change automatically according to time…

I probably should be sleeping like the two bugs in the picture now…time to go to bed…happy Googling!

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我老公如何才会早点回家？

Posted on March 12th, 2008 by foong.
Categories: Family.

第一，早上给他做的便当，量减去20％。 出门前的早餐也不能煮太多，不然他会很迟才吃午餐。

这样，他肚子饿时就会想到是时候该回家吃饭了。

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实在无聊的下午

Posted on March 12th, 2008 by foong.
Categories: Family.

身为人家的女儿，我最主要的任务除了吃喝玩乐，然后，就是拉和睡。日复一日，月复一月，你们说我的生活会无聊吗？

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