Blue

Samsung EX1 – f/1.8 1/20th iso400

The ugly duckling grows up…

If there’s anyone wondering why i’m so particular about my camera shooting RAW, this is the post for you.

Adobe has finally released camera raw 6.2 (albeit a release candidate) to the public, and my Samsung EX1 is officially supported. What a coincidence for me to google for ACR 6.2 and jump to the download page literally minutes since it’s release (faster than dpreview’s announcement!), but tt’s another story.

Above is the comparison between an out of camera jpeg, vs a jpeg converted from RAW, on the deadliest subjects ever – foliage. Samsung’s jpeg engine is still far from mature, and lacks the crisp, saturated look of Canon’s jpegs (go see the G10’s output to see what i mean). Even at base ISO, fine details and textures are smeared away, and the remaining detail over-sharpened. Doesn’t do justice to the mighty Schneider lens and the Sony sensor it has. The metering tends to overexpose too, which is good for skintones but bad for nature stuff.

Switching to RAW, and a veil of NR is lifted to reveal the awesome-ness of this lens/sensor combination. Bloody sharp.. I’d say =)

Will you?

if I were to wear a YOG shirt and ride my bike on the lane…

A worthy companion

Ideal compact – When one has shot DSLR (and larger) cameras long enough, this term will start appearing in the back of your mind. Nope, I’ve not found THE ideal compact yet, but I’ve got something close enough =) [long post. Beware..]

昙花一现…

It may have brightened up the night sky, but how long can it sustain?

Path with a view

My new observation: Rainy morning = clear blue skies in evening.
It’s been a long time since I’ve shot such colourful sunsets at Pandan reservoir lately.. this shot came just in time for me to try out a number of new processing tools.

No emo no emo kk? =)

Fortress in the City

5 exposure HDR, processed a little more aggressively for the controversial, HDR-ish look.

Been rather busy with work these days.. No time to shoot beaches… yet. ha.