It is well known that after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan on 11th March, many factories in Japan have been affected, including many camera and lens makers. Production has been delayed and completely stopped in some factories. This has resulted in camera and lens street prices going crazy. As far as I know, Canon [...]
Archive for March, 2011
Camera and Lens Prices Gone Crazy
Posted in camera, camera shop, camera street price, Hong Kong, photography, shopping, shopping in Hong Kong on 27 March, 2011 | 20 Comments »
Disappointed and Disillusioned
Posted in earthquark, Japan, tsunami on 26 March, 2011 | 17 Comments »
Since the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami in Japan on 11th March, I have written two blog articles requesting support and donation from my readers for the victims of this unfortunate disaster, I am sad to report that I am truly underwhelm by the response so far. The two posts together have only received 311 hits [...]
A Sincere Request
Posted in earthquark, Google Crisis Response, Japan, tsunami on 22 March, 2011 | 17 Comments »
This is a follow up to my last post. I made an appeal to my readers to support the victims of the Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami, and so far I am sorry and disappointed to say that the response has been very poor. I first put up the post on 15th March 2011, and only [...]
An Appeal for the Victims of 311 Japan Earth Quake/Tsunami
Posted in disaster, earthquark, Google Crisis Response, Japan, tsunami on 15 March, 2011 | 5 Comments »
The massive earthquake and tsunami that mercilessly struck Japan on 11th March not only shook Japan, but the whole world. Images of death, and massive destruction that we continue to see in the media cannot be described in words. My deepest sympathy and sorrow goes out to the Japanese people especially to those who have [...]
Le Moût
Posted in Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM, Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM, Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Chen Lan Shu, 陳嵐舒, food, food photography, Le Moût, photo, photography, photos, restaurant, Taichung, 台中 on 9 March, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Le Moût is French restaurant in Taichung city. It is a fairly new restaurant and has only been opened for 2 years. The restaurant is ran by a young and talented chef/owner Ms Chen Lan Shu (陳嵐舒). According to information found on the internet, she is only about 30 years old. She majored in foreign [...]
Who is the Liar? The Camera or The Brain?
Posted in 5D Mark II, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro, Canon EOS 5D Mark II, photo, photography, post-processing, Taipei International Flora Exposition, tutorial on 3 March, 2011 | 3 Comments »
The photo above was taken inside the Pavilion of Future at the Taipei International Flora Expo with Canon EOS 5D Mark II with Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro. The RAW file was converted with Capture One Pro 5 to TIFF with further post-processing done with Adobe Photoshop CS5 before final output. I am [...]

