The photography talk by Canon

Shin gave me a stack of tickets for the talk, it's free of charge. So, i chose to go rather staying at home, just sitting in front of my best 'companion' ever, my lappy.
The talk was mainly focused on those sophisticated cameras, Canon EOS 5D Mark II, the model mentioned most in the talk as example. Since the talk was organised by Canon, all the information discussed was based on the latest technology of their products. The latest model come with the self-cleaning function as the most common problem problem with DSLRs is dirty lenses with frequent use. Other advantage over choosing Canon is that it has built-in image stabilisation in the lense. Also, as it has wide product range such as camera, printer, medical imaging, projectors and so forth, it is considered a stable company, a company you can rely on and need not to worry about spare parts in the future despite how bad is the economy..huhu..guess what? the speaker, a professor told us to think twice before getting any gadget. In this digital age, there'll be a brand new phone model every week, for laptops, 1 month, digital cameras, 6 months...waa...that means the gadgets get older faster than humans..LOL
"If you still use OHP(overhead projector) nowadays, it would simply mean you're living in the dinasour age"...this is funny!
The talk was not as i expected and run out of the topic sometimes. It is all about the technology used in the camera system but not on the capturing techniques. Besides that, the speaker is a...sort of herbalist, a researcher on the local plants. He invested in the Canon 5D as he need a superior quality pictures for the plants. The lense he chose was macro lense equipped with 2 flash lights sideways. To show us the plant photos, he elaborated a little on a plant(out of the supposed topic). However, this could make the presentation more interesting rather than just focusing on the cameras. In fact, the herb he introduced caught my attention more than the expensive and complicated DSLR.*LOL* it's Morianga tree, a local plant that treat almost every disease from diabetes, slimming, athritis, constipation, to etc with the use of different parts of the tree.
we got the 1st experience of touching and see closely DSLR models after the talk..the beginner model costed RM2200 with the basic lense..wow..sounds cheap...consider the lense!! RM5000++ *fainted*

Canon EOS 5D Mark II

macro lense with twin lights


different lenses of different quality, the one with red line is *HO LIAO*(of high quality)


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