A big big congradulations to all of my seniors graduating!!




It's been such an enjoyable university experience with these people around, Felicia, Nimerta, Joshua (who also is my cell group leader in church), Jia Min who also happens to be in my church and Justin! Justin has got to be probably the nicest guy I have ever met in my life. I don't know why, but iI just had to mention that. But with our school modules being heavily involved with projects, these people put the fun in work! That it becomes a joy to work with them and in that process, form new and wonderful bonds! Everyone has a very different experience of school life as we have so many different interactions, surely there will be tons of overlap and shared experiences but coming to school and saying hi and catching up allows me to tell others that yes I am enjoying my university life and I am thankful for the friends that I have met along the way.

It's a pity that the economy is doing so badly now and everyone is having a tough time finding decent paying jobs.




I just started reading this book! Narrative essays written by George Orwell throughout his lifetime, who is more famous for his works, Animal Farm and 1984. This book covers all of his essays as he writes his famous works in between these essays and also him going through different periods of his life, hence you can really feel the change in his writing! For me, I am enjoying the read thus far :)

Anyway, this week saw me using my new camera pretty extensively,  testing out the functions and familiarizing myself with the camera so that as mentioned in my previous post, for the camera to become something more of second nature to me. One week in of shooting and I must say, I am REALLY impressed with the camera and the lens! The colours are very accurate and the image quality is so good... Apart from taking photographs, the videoing with this is really comfortable too! So now, what is the latest camera that is added to my army?




The Sony Alpha 7 Mark II. The mirrorless camera is definitely the camera that I will recommend to anyone out there who is looking to buy a DSLR quality camera. This camera shoots in full frame, has 5 axis image stabilization which is made even crazier when paired with a lens that also has image stabilization. Now that is two layers of stabilization for you! But mine is a manual lens hence no stabilization in this. Shooting with this camera at first did come off a bit weird and it fumbled quite a bit in my Canon hands but soon, my fingers began growing accustomed to the alpha 7. One important add-on that helps me so much in ergonomics is the largely debatable extension grip. The one you see attached to the bottom of the camera. There are double batteries in it but it also makes the camera considerably bigger (good and bad) while adding a substantial amount of weight, bringing this obese alpha 7 on par to its Canon and Nikon DSLR counterparts.  If not, the mirrorless alpha 7 is really light, which should strike a chord with females who complain that the DSLR is just way too chunky. However the loss in "chunkiness" also translated to a smaller grip which annoyed me, thus the extension. Also, if you are afraid that you cannot use the whole library of Nikon and Canon lenses available, you can just buy the lens adapter!

I only have good reviews of the Sony Alpha 7 Mk II, donut get the previous version!!! The non MK II, just like any other space gun or Iron man suit proves to be much inferior. It's pretty much like Sony decided to design a revolutionary camera, it works out really well but there are quite a bit of hiccups? and then the MK II hit the stores and voila! Here is one happy Sony customer typing this out. One "downside" however is that the screen is not touchscreen as compared to their Canon and Nikon DSLRs and the screen is not reversible! So you cannot check for selfies. Then again this camera is meant to be a "pro" camera with the person always being behind the camera and not trying to stretch his arm out for a selfie. Sony didn't give a reason for the lack of this feature.

For my camera, the setup above is as such:
Sony Alpha 7 Mk II
Kenko mount adapter for the lens
Carl Zeiss ZM lens f2,8/28mm and ZM lens f2/35mm
Sony Alpha 7 extension grip
B+W XS-Pro Digital UV filter

Soon to add on:
CustomSLR Prodot Shutter button
CustomSLR Glide one strap

Then again, there is an even better camera body, the Sony Alpha 7R but that is $4000sgd, twice the price of the mk II. Verdict, I'll just go with the Mk II, especially when my camera has to rough it out with me.
Looking at the graduation photos, I really have no idea when was the last time I took a photo with me inside! Usually, I am the one behind the camera. So... here are more shots with me behind the camera!