Chicken Rice Anyone?

i like this chicken rice. the stall may just below the jalan loke yew flyover, but the taste was second to none. if you want to test it, you can come to Pak Harun Stall near the Loke Yew roundabout. you can see many food stall there. go and search for Pak Harun stall. but you have to be there before 2pm coz normally it sold out after that!

(C)an (Z)hat be True!

This is 1680ZA lens. produce by the legendary Carl Zeiss (CZ) company exclusively for sony alpha range. its full name: SAL16-80 f3.5-4.5ZA


this is the best APSC zoom lens for sony alpha camera. i have to say, i was impressed with its sharpness, color and the range was really useful. since my A550 was sold, it was no point i should keep this lens, although it was the first CZ lens i ever own. so i have to say goodbye to this also...

*i may buy this lens again if i ever bought an APSC camera again. only time will tell

Goodbye : A550

last month, i have to sold off my gear to my friend. it was my A550 that have to make way. although it was hard to let it go, i have to since i really that money to fund for another thing. just before it was sold to my friend, i manage to take a few shot of my ex-camera


it was my 5th DSLR camera that i bought (now i only have one!) and i must say this camera has a good reputation. it was the fastest fps camera i ever own (at 7fps), good handling of high ISO and what i will miss most is the tilting LCD that help me lot especially during a nature outing


what make it stand out compared to earlier Alpha's DSLR is the ON and OFF switch was changed from left side of camera body to its shutter button. almost like nikon camera.


it also has the HDMI port, in which i never use!


unlike earlier Alpha, this camera use SD card and Memory stick (MS) as its medium of storage. lucky me, i have my MS during my purchase of A850, so i dont need to buy another MS.


from top, you can see all the button (almost!) are placed at the right side of camera. for me this is good as i can access the button in one hand only. the magic function that i admire most is MF Check LV. this is really useful for extreme closeup photo that require spot on focus. for macro lovers, this feature are to good to be missed


one thing for sure, i definitely miss my camera so much. lucky the buyer was my officemate. so i may get a chance to keep hold of it again!

Minolta 28153 f4-4.5 : The so-called "Hidden G" - My review

over the past week, i have a chance to own this lens, better known as Secret Handshake among Minolta users. at first, i refuse to close the deal, as i think my current lens served me well. after a while, i think i have to reshuffle my lineup again and this lens comes to my mind. this lens didn't cost me a single RM since i trade it with another stuff but straight away i feel i made a good decision that i wish i never regret!



the lens was very solid as it was made by metal. lucky me the lens was in good condition even the age of this lens might be as old as me! it weight around 750g (quite heavy compare to other lens in it range)





















the lens will extend when zooming, but the filter will not rotate when focusing; made it suitable for CPL filter to be used






















i put it next to my HVL-F56 flash. it was almost the same height as my flash








it has a macro mode, although the magnification is not that great (maybe 1:2 or smaller). but honestly i enjoy the macro mode the most. the only downside is, it cannot fit equipments like raynox dcr250 coz the filter size was 72mm






what i like the most is, the grip was not like the current sony lenses grip which are dust magnet. i can easily get rid of any dirt that sticks on the grip compare to sony lenses grip











it has 5 contact points compared to newer lens that have 7 contact points. prior to this, the lens are not working in ADI flash mode. only the one with 7 contact points will work with ADI flash mode








the blue line indicate the lens are in macro mode. how to switch it? just push the macro switch upwards while rotate the zoom ring beyond the 28mm limit. while using macro mode, the lens cannot work in AF but just in MF. you can see the MFD of this lens is around 1.5m, but in macro mode, the lens can get as near as 25cm! to release the macro mode, simply push the macro switch upwards again and turn the zoom ring into 28mm limit









some say this lens are prone to flare. this because of there are no hood provided. even the hood thread are not there unless you use the screw hood. but so far, the flare didnt cause me a big trouble






need more? wait for my part 2 review. for the next review, i will try this lens for some photographic test. stay tune...