Some one posted the CF card prices at Comex 2008. The prices are really good.
SanDisk Ultra II:
2GB S$29
4GB S$39
8GB S$68
SanDisk Extreme III:
4GB S$56
8GB S$90
16GB S$170
Kingston Elite Pro:
4GB S$29
8GB S$51
16GB S$118
Kingston Ultimate:
2GB S$43
4GB S$76
8GB S$135
The SD cards are even cheaper. Kingston 2GB SD card is only S$9.00! 4GB going for S$18.00.
With such great prices, there will be less storage woes from the photographers, but more on the photo-editing part.
Consider a 1GB card on a Canon EOS 20D can store around 200 photos at the max resolution in Jpeg format, a 4GB card then can store 800 photos. How long do you think it will take to process 800 photos.
If you are shooting raw, 4GB can still hold quite a substantial number of photos. The effort needed is not to be sneezed at, either.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Canon Link at Vivo
Just discovered there is a place called 'Canon iLink' at one seldom-noticed corner in Vivo city. It has displays of all the Canon products, including printers, projectors, and of course, cameras, both DSLR and compact, and lenses. The winning photographs of "Canon Photo Marathon" are also on display.
Those things may sound quite uninteresting, indeed. All the cliche :) Then at one seldom-noticed corner, they have the EOS 40D & EOS 1D mark (?) on display as well, and the cameras have been dismantled! You can see the main circuit board, the CMOS sensor, the sensor cleaning components, the mirror, etc.
It is quite interesting to see those cameras without a cover. How the different circuit boards are placed and the wiring.
Go down to take a look if you are a Canon photobug. :D
Those things may sound quite uninteresting, indeed. All the cliche :) Then at one seldom-noticed corner, they have the EOS 40D & EOS 1D mark (?) on display as well, and the cameras have been dismantled! You can see the main circuit board, the CMOS sensor, the sensor cleaning components, the mirror, etc.
It is quite interesting to see those cameras without a cover. How the different circuit boards are placed and the wiring.
Go down to take a look if you are a Canon photobug. :D
Friday, August 29, 2008
Trading Competition - Continued
In one of my previous entries, I mentioned the CMC markets trading competition (see: http://fearstar.blogspot.com/2008/07/trading-competition.html).
Some of my colleagues actually are participating in the competition, and they are leading! Two of them are now in the top 10 spots, while two others are in the 10s & 20s.
Wow, I didn't know my colleagues are all investment gurus. Look at the ROI (Return on Investment) rates of the top 10, even the guy at the 10th place has an ROI of 73%! Considering this is not a mock trading competition, but a real life trading competition, with participants using his/her own money to do every single trade, they have some good profits even if they don't win any prizes.
Too bad, I can't even do trading. There is some problem with my account and all orders are cancelled automatically. That's very 'nice', isn't it?
Some of my colleagues actually are participating in the competition, and they are leading! Two of them are now in the top 10 spots, while two others are in the 10s & 20s.
Wow, I didn't know my colleagues are all investment gurus. Look at the ROI (Return on Investment) rates of the top 10, even the guy at the 10th place has an ROI of 73%! Considering this is not a mock trading competition, but a real life trading competition, with participants using his/her own money to do every single trade, they have some good profits even if they don't win any prizes.
Too bad, I can't even do trading. There is some problem with my account and all orders are cancelled automatically. That's very 'nice', isn't it?
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Journey to the Centre of Earch
Journey to the Centre of Earth, a movie that is derived from the Novel - Journey to the Centre of the Earth. I said 'derived', means it is not the story in that novel, but a new story.
The film is only about 90 mins, or even shorter? It is entertaining, but too short. There are numerous illogical scenes. How can a magnetic compass work after it has been subjected to strong magnetic fields?!
Never mind. If you have kids and want to have some family entertainment, this is not a bad choice :D
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Keepsake Crimes
Title: Keepsake Crimes
Author: Laura Childs
Publisher: Gerry Schmitt 2003
This novel is not simply a novel. It has two purposes. On the one hand, of course, it is a detective kind of novel, involving solving the puzzle of a murder case; on the other hand, it is also a book introducing to the readers about scrapbooking. The scrapbooking part is not actually subtle. The author sometimes spends quite a bit of effort to entice the readers into scrapbooking.
What is scrapbooking? Ok, go to wiki it :D
As for any detective kind of stories, hints are dropped here and there, then finally leading to the truth. Quite typical, or cliche, if you put it the bad way :)
However, there are some humourous writings in the book, such as:
Hardly. Times are tough. And guilty consciences are in exceedingly short supply these days
And this:
She also assured Carmela that she would light a candle each week until the two were once again reunited.
Carmela had thanked Gabby warmly, then suggested she might want to purchase those candles inn bulk.
Good fun reading if you have nothing better to do. :P
Author: Laura Childs
Publisher: Gerry Schmitt 2003
This novel is not simply a novel. It has two purposes. On the one hand, of course, it is a detective kind of novel, involving solving the puzzle of a murder case; on the other hand, it is also a book introducing to the readers about scrapbooking. The scrapbooking part is not actually subtle. The author sometimes spends quite a bit of effort to entice the readers into scrapbooking.
What is scrapbooking? Ok, go to wiki it :D
As for any detective kind of stories, hints are dropped here and there, then finally leading to the truth. Quite typical, or cliche, if you put it the bad way :)
However, there are some humourous writings in the book, such as:
Hardly. Times are tough. And guilty consciences are in exceedingly short supply these days
And this:
She also assured Carmela that she would light a candle each week until the two were once again reunited.
Carmela had thanked Gabby warmly, then suggested she might want to purchase those candles inn bulk.
Good fun reading if you have nothing better to do. :P
Friday, August 15, 2008
Microstock: Review Time
With the summer holiday in the northern hemisphere, the review time at various microstock sites seem to change as well.
It used to take only a day or two to get photos reviewed, but my last batch took almost 5 days! Then over at dreamstime, it took more than a week for my last batch. iStock, as usual, it takes them the longest time.
Most of the stock sites seem to have longer review time for the summer. Probably most of the reviewers are on holidays, or out shooting some nice summer holiday photos for themselves :)
The only exception is BigStockPhoto. Their review time used to be very long, but recently, my photos were reviewed over night. The short review time is good, but the sales there is going down down down for the summer....
It used to take only a day or two to get photos reviewed, but my last batch took almost 5 days! Then over at dreamstime, it took more than a week for my last batch. iStock, as usual, it takes them the longest time.
Most of the stock sites seem to have longer review time for the summer. Probably most of the reviewers are on holidays, or out shooting some nice summer holiday photos for themselves :)
The only exception is BigStockPhoto. Their review time used to be very long, but recently, my photos were reviewed over night. The short review time is good, but the sales there is going down down down for the summer....
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony - Poor Directing?!
Someone sent me a set of photographs of the Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony. Those photos confirmed my disappointment!
Look at the photos, and recall what I saw on the live telecast, I wanted to kick the director of the live telecast.
The opening show was directed by world-famous director - Zhang Yimou. His directing is world-class. The performers, from solders to the kungfu masters, everybody spent 3 long years to prepare for this important moment. They did delivery a spectacular performance. However, the spectacular performance was given a 50% discount by the live telecast director.
It seems the live telecast director has no idea about the show, has no idea what the performance wanted to portrait. When the performance is at its grandest at wide angle, the live telecast director zoomed to the individuals.
When the opening show committee spent millions of dollars to create the Olympics 5-circle fireworks, the live telecast director didn't even seem to know that the fireworks would form the 5-circle!
It is said that the NBC version of the opening ceremony is a lot more spectacular than the CCTV version. I hoped I will have the chance to look at that version in the near future. CCTV version of the live telecast is a great disappointment. I really feel sorry for the opening show's director - Zhang Yi-mou, all the performers at the opening show. Their efforts were wasted because of some stupid idiot!
Look at the photos, and recall what I saw on the live telecast, I wanted to kick the director of the live telecast.
The opening show was directed by world-famous director - Zhang Yimou. His directing is world-class. The performers, from solders to the kungfu masters, everybody spent 3 long years to prepare for this important moment. They did delivery a spectacular performance. However, the spectacular performance was given a 50% discount by the live telecast director.
It seems the live telecast director has no idea about the show, has no idea what the performance wanted to portrait. When the performance is at its grandest at wide angle, the live telecast director zoomed to the individuals.
When the opening show committee spent millions of dollars to create the Olympics 5-circle fireworks, the live telecast director didn't even seem to know that the fireworks would form the 5-circle!
It is said that the NBC version of the opening ceremony is a lot more spectacular than the CCTV version. I hoped I will have the chance to look at that version in the near future. CCTV version of the live telecast is a great disappointment. I really feel sorry for the opening show's director - Zhang Yi-mou, all the performers at the opening show. Their efforts were wasted because of some stupid idiot!
Monday, August 11, 2008
The Mummy 3 - Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Watched The Mummy 3 - Tomb of the Dragon Emperor at The Cathay. First time watching a movie at The Cathay. The cinema is nice, grand looking, the sound effects are good too. And for UOB credit card holders, you can get a discount on the tickets. S$6.00 a ticket on week days & S$8.00 a ticket on weekends. That is pretty cool.
Ok, back to the movie. Continuing from the fun of the first two mummy movies, the 3rd mummy is just as fun. With the shift of the focus from the rest of the world to China, just as the 29th Olympics is bringing the world focus in China, this 3rd mummy comes from China, as you may guessed. The so-called Dragon Emperor is no other than the first emperor of China - Emperor Qin Chi'huang.
The story is quite plain, before you watch the movie, probably you can already guesses the end. But then the movie itself brings lots of fun and entertainment to the audience, of course, lots of fighting too. How can you expect a movie starring kungfu stars Jet Li & Michelle Yeo to be lack of fighting?!
It is a good movie for people who are looking for some laughters, some entertainment, some fun. It is not for the hypercrits who look for so-called 'deeper' meanings.
Ok, back to the movie. Continuing from the fun of the first two mummy movies, the 3rd mummy is just as fun. With the shift of the focus from the rest of the world to China, just as the 29th Olympics is bringing the world focus in China, this 3rd mummy comes from China, as you may guessed. The so-called Dragon Emperor is no other than the first emperor of China - Emperor Qin Chi'huang.
The story is quite plain, before you watch the movie, probably you can already guesses the end. But then the movie itself brings lots of fun and entertainment to the audience, of course, lots of fighting too. How can you expect a movie starring kungfu stars Jet Li & Michelle Yeo to be lack of fighting?!
It is a good movie for people who are looking for some laughters, some entertainment, some fun. It is not for the hypercrits who look for so-called 'deeper' meanings.
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