First shots
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Just returned from a three-day vacation with my extended family in Singapore. We went on a cruise to Penang and Phuket.
A bit of a different experience taking pictures with the G1 as opposed to a compact point-and-shoot. While many SLR purists may consider the G1 a point-and-shoot, it's really something different. A four-thirds sensor inside a mirror-less body. Looks and sounds like a Digital Single Lens Reflex camera, but lacks the reflex part.
I found it a greater challenge to compose shots, coming up from a compact point-and-shoot. Part of the reason might be that I'm not used to having to hold the camera up to my face to use the view finder (though technically, the G1 has live-view, so I can use the LCD to frame as well). Also, I think the wealth of settings and flexibility available with the camera also has me preoccupied a bit with what settings I can change, and how to access them. My point-and-shoot does have full PASM modes, but uses a touchscreen to manipulate settings, rather than buttons and wheels.
Nevertheless, click the "read more" link below to see a handful of the photos that I ended up with after the trip. Some notes/comments can be found below each photo.
Follow up:
The sun is bright - this photo was taken shortly before our arrival in Penang, Malaysia. We were on the upper deck of the ship, and my cousins had just finished playing in the pool.
A different scent - I went on a guided tour of the city in Penang, and we stopped by a Buddhist temple. The temple was half tourist attraction, and half actual place of Buddhist worship. A good number of people mulling around were tourists like myself, but walking along the back of the room, I saw a young girl say a quick prayer and slide some bank notes into a collection box.
Puzzled - my uncle was trying a puzzle game on my aunt's iPhone. A rare sight since it is usually commandeered by my other cousins to play Tap Tap Revenge. From a technical point of view, I know the picture isn't completely noise free, but at ISO 800, I'd never get anything like this from a point-and-shoot.
I Have a Bell - my cousin got a bell from somewhere. I think they bought it in Penang. With respect to technical aspects, the camera had focused on the bell, leaving my cousin's face slightly out of focus. One of the benefits/drawbacks of a larger-sensor camera - you can actually have a smaller depth of field (granted, the kit lens used in the above photo is rather slow at f/3.5)
I Don't Want to Sit - somehow, my cousins got the idea to use the pool-side deck chairs as stepping stones.
Preparation - two Singaporean Chinook helicopters; one towing Singapore's flag.
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