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Archive for January, 2009

One Fine Day

Posted in 40D, Cano EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM, Canon, Canon EOS 40D, EOS 40D, Hong Kong, landscape, landscape photography, photo, photos on 31 January, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Over the last year or two, I have taken lots of photos, well over 10,000. I have not had time to go through and process most of them yet. While going through the photos, I found this lot that I took during one fine day last summer.
Unfortunately, the weather in Hong Kong are seldom as [...]

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Pre-Chinese New Year Dinner at Home

Posted in 5D Mark II, Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF 50mm f/1.4, EOS 5D Mark II, cooking, food, home cooking, wine on 29 January, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I have been talking a lot about photography lately. Although this blog is heavily orientated towards photography, it’s time to tlak about some of my passions in life such as food and wine. I prepared a dinner at home a few days ago just before Chinese New Year. It is always enjoyable to have a [...]

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The Square 翠玉軒

Posted in 5D Mark II, Canon, Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Chinese, Chinese cuisine, DSLR, EF 50mm f/1.4, EOS 5D Mark II, ISO 3200, The Square, camera, food, high ISO, photo, photos, restaurant, 翠玉軒 on 24 January, 2009 | 3 Comments »

The Square is a Chinese restaurant located in The Exchange Square in the Central district on Hong Kong Island. Although billed as a restaurant serving “Cantonese” style cuisine, some of the dishes have a decided Northern Chinese and fusion influence. All the food are supposed to be cooked without MSG (monosodium glutamate) as well, an [...]

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Canon EOS 5D Mark II availability in Hong Kong update

Posted in 5D Mark II, Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EOS 5D Mark II, Hong Kong, camera, camera shop on 21 January, 2009 | 1 Comment »

In the past few days I have seen the 5D Mark II, but body and kit, in stock in practically all camera stores. Both in large chain stores like Broadway, Citicall and Fortress and smaller independent camera stores. I think the stock situation is easing up in Hong Kong and if you are planning to [...]

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Playstation Girls 2008 at AGS with 5D Mark II

Posted in 5D Mark II, 5D Mark II gallery, 5D Mark II portrait, AGS, Asian Game Show, Canon, Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM, Canon EOS 5D Mark II, DSLR, EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM, EOS 5D Mark II, Playstation Girl, photo, photography, photos, portrait on 8 January, 2009 | 9 Comments »

I took my 5D Mark II to the Asian Game Show for testing last month. I happened to be around when Sony held the Playstation Girl beauty pageant. With the makeshift stage and mediocre stage lighting, I think it was a good test for shooting in some less than ideal condition. All the photos were [...]

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Latest Street Price for Canon EOS 5D Mark II in Hong Kong

Posted in 5D Mark II, Canon, Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EOS 5D Mark II, Hong Kong, shopping in Hong Kong on 3 January, 2009 | 19 Comments »

The supply situation of the 5D Mark II in Hong Kong seemed to have improved and the street prices have gone down as well. The latest prices (from Echo Photo & Audio) are :-
Body only HK$19,000
Kit with EF 24-105mm HK$26,000
Those who either live in Hong Kong or might be visiting soon should have a good [...]

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