Archive for January, 2006

Gung Hey Fat Choi

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Good Health to Everyone and Every Living Things - hmmm, those viruses though….
End World Hunger, Peace on Earth.

300/2.8 AFS VR,
18-200 VR (reached - 03Feb’06),
17-55/2.8 (no longer needed - 03Feb’06).
ehhh… Not too much to ask for, are they?

Happy Chinese New Year!

DC Trade Off

All these years, new cameras have not exactly been upgraded. Just having several subsets of features from the full featured imaginary perfect camera been trading around different models. You get some set of features with the one and some other set of features with another. Gain some lose some.

One of the latest Olympus Stylus, the 720SW have many more steps in the right direction but, unfortunately, again a few steps back.

Image Stabilization coupled with a max ISO of 1600, the awesome BrightCapture technology the can focus and frame in almost complete darkness, waterproof to 3m, 20.4mm slim body, and histogram in both shooting and playback mode…. making it not only great for land, but also superb for underwater.

Losses are, f3.5 35mm, and 7cm poor macro capability.

Frankly, I don’t care for the xD card either.

If the image quality has also been improved and shutter lag been minimized, then the 720SW could still be a winner.

Today’s Set

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Birds of the Day

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New Year’s Goods

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Hansgrohe Raindance Allrounder Shower Faucet

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The shower head comes off like a United Federation Starship rolling off a shipyard.

Simply awesome looking and handling. HKD$4,800.- for a set.

No, I didn’t!

A couple could play shower tennis with a pair of these though.

Old times

it is just like.

(hmmm, speaking Yoda why I am, know I do not.)

No Crockett

I like Collin Farewell in S.W.A.T., but I am sorry, Collin is simply no Don Johnson as Sonny Crockett. And as for two cop thrills, as much as I liked the Miami Vice TV series, it would be difficult for the movie to top the Bad Boys series; not to mention Black Rain, my all time favorite.

First Time in Over 9 years

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For over 9 years, I haven’t had any traffic violation for anything - not even parking violation. That saved me a lot in would have penalties. The last ticket I had received was before 7/1 when a few of us got invited to shot the inside of the new airport, en route on the new highway. I received this traffic violation notice this morning. It was from a week before last Sunday going at 77 in a 50 zone. I had no intention to speed and I knew I got shot at the moment I saw a couple of odd flash reflections on my steering wheel in broad daylight.

Don’t talk and drive, and don’t play too much video driving games especially those like the Need of Speed: Most Wanted either. They make real life driving feel like crawling.

For the Owner Of these Lovely Poodles

Taken last Saturday afternoon in Sai Kung.

Click on the image for the full size file (about or just over 1MB).

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