Cameron Highland Flowers (Part 1) Assorted

Photos of Flowers taken during My Trip up Cameron Highlands, Taken using Super Macro Mode with my Fuji S700 Digital Camera, Auto Setting, and Size reduce to 800 by 600 px. Planning to use these photos plus other flower photo as wall paper for my hand phone, they may not be as good as those professional photographers or commercial wallpapers, but they are all mine effort.

Readers please feel free to give the name of the flowers as I do not have the names.

For those who want like to have these photos (27) leave yr email address in the comment section, i will be happy to e mail them over to you in this 800 by 600 px format.

Camera Requirements

I Have been thinking of replacing my ancient Fuji Super Zoom S700/5700 Digital Camera, with a more advance and new camera, one that would suite my shooting styles better. Typically I tend to

• Use a Long Zoom
  
• Macro Shots
  
• Sports/Action Shots ie Fast Focus / High Number of Shot per secound
  
• Low Shooting Position
  

Further I have a preference of

• compact body
  
• AA batteries
  
• Panorama Mode
  

Most importantly is My not so deep pocket, so I will have to compromise in terms of features, time, brand ........

The S700 have serve me well, however there are a few areas where I do feel that it is lacking in and I would like a camera that can address this issues.

So what will be my main criteria.

Body type: I would like to have as small as a body as possible, even the Semi Compact Body which is much lighter then the DSLR camera is a tad Bulky. A point and Shoot Body will be good, but I will survive with a Semi Compact like the S700, as a compromise in Pricing and Features.

Mega Pixels : This should not be a issue here as I rarely print out above 8R any way, 7.1mp with the S700 is fine for me but anyway MP in cameras have increase, which tends t0 take up more memory space in the memory cards. 8 to 10 mp should do fine actually. My Record Photo shoot at the Taiping Zoo was 600 + shots.

Memory Cards : Prefer Normal Generic Memory Card like SD card. To Keep Cost Low and its easy to 1. down load, 2. Easy to Purchase any where.

Zoom : I would like a higher optical zoom then my current 10X, however I have found that photos taken above 20X tend to be blurry due to camera shake unless 1. one lug a tripod around 2. camera have a stabilizer. So my new camera should have Optical Zoom of 10X to 20X range with some digital zoom assists, of around 1X to 3X

Max Zoom Equivalent : This will be express usually at 25mm – 550mm. A camera 10X zoom and another camera 10X zoom, may not have same mm equivalent so you need long range shots the higher the mm equivalent will be better for you.

Batteries Type : Let try to stick with AA batteries, in case of emergency we can always find AA batt any where, its cheep, AAA batt is much more expensive and hard to find, and proprietary batteries are expensive and you cannot find them in petrol kiosk, 7-11 stalls, airports shops.

Panorama Shooting Mode : Would like to have a panorama mode

Macro Mode : should be around the same, 1 cm macro if possible

Photos Per Sec & MP : Should be able to shoot continuous min 3 fps at least 7mp

Focus Speed : As fast as possible, S700 focus speed is slow to get action shots.

LCD Tilt : If possible an advantage

Suggestions by any one will be appreciated

Stabilize Image : Ideal if available

Wesak Day 2011, As I witness it.

Heading in to Penang Island early in the Morning 8am, thank god, no traffic on the Penang Bridge, Made good time, arriving Early!Malaysian Buddhist Association Building at Burma Road, Near CRC

Food Fair! Vegetarian Food Fair within the Compound, Vegetarian Cheese use for Pizza! and in line with No Plastic Every Day in Penang, they were using eco friendly packing.

Zoom Photo of the MBA Float, Hazy from all those Joss Sticks being Burn.

in the MBA Hall Jam pack with people offering prayers and bathing the baby buddha

Close up shot of the Stage

the Ongoing Prayers within the Hall by the Monks on duty.























Close up of the Lotus Candle offerings in the Hall.

Stalls offering Food Drinks, Prayers, Materials, at the Entrance to the MBA

Birds being sold to be release! Not a good Idea to Me! In the frist place the birds will not be caught if no one purchase them!



School of Floating Plastic Dolphins being sold !

Chinese New Year Event, Lion Dance

@snapshots

This Video of the finale of the event, where the Lion “jump” to grap the Ang Pow. is shot using my Fuji S7500 during a cultural event organize by to Jabatan Perpaduan Negara dan Integrasi Nasional Negeri Pulau Pinang to celebrate Chinese New Year 2009.

I found out that shooting on a portrait format does not work when the camera is set to video. Comparing the S5700 Camera to the latest camera in the market, show some shortcomings that I have to live with or find a way to work around.

Chinese New Year Event, 24 Drums All Girls drummers Video

@snapshots

This Video of Chinese 24 Drums with 24 Girls drummers is shot using my Fuji S7500 during a cultural event organize by Jabatan Perpaduan Negara dan Integrasi Nasional Negeri Pulau Pinang to celebrate Chinese New Year 2009.

The Grainy video is cause by low lightings conditions; This is my first Trail for the Fuji S5700 Camera for video.

Marco Mode Photo, Fuji S700

Macro Mode in all cameras, enable you to take a photo close to the object, Fuji S700 Digital Camera Marco Mode does an exceptional good job in this. Further it also has a supermacro mode that enable you to place the camera lens 1cm away form the object in questions.

This is a series of Flowers photo to demonstrate the Macro Mode.

See the ant in the Photo?

See the Bee?

The folowing Photo are taken in Super Macro Mode with the Lens around 1cm from Object.

Larger then Life! Fly on the Bottle.

Night Photo Capabilities with The Fuji S700, Camera Review

I like to take night photos, while it is technically difficult, it is rewarding when you get it right, Compared with the Flim Camera days, Digital Camera enable you to see if you get it right strait away The Fuji S700 makes even life easier for me, especially if you use the auto mode or night mode. Just compose the photo, and snap away.

Tip : Just remember your tripod, and use the timer.

Bonzai & Fountain

Fountain

Bonzai

House

Hotel Sign Board

Evening Sky A

Evening Sky B