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Yuen Chung Kwong

photos

I decided to remove the various photo pages from the main page as there were too many entries in the navigation bar making finding a particular page rather difficult. These have been converted into pdf files so that they may still be viewed, though not downloaded (anyone who really wants a particular picture can PrintScreen and then paste the screen into a blank picture file - you may have to print several screens, cut out the extra bits and piece the wanted parts together)

my photographic interest is more technological than artistic; the aim is to use different zoom lenses on the same scene and see the effect; with birds and insects, it is a bit more difficult since they do not stay still like buildings do; in any case, some of my shots are quite unique as they can only be obtained in a particular location with a particular lens; you need the exact same situation in order to reproduce them - whether anyone wants to is of course another question

to take these photos, I used at various times the followg equipment, and have some comments

Panasonic Lumix LX2 - good quality small camera

Kodak Z740 - probably too bulky for current taste, but reasonably good early high zoom machine

Olympus SP550 - later, higher zoom machine, more pretty results

Nikon D40X - already considered old model now; autofocus a bit finicky; nice coloring; with18-55mm, 55-200mm kit (i.e.,cheap) autofocus lenses, and 800mm manual lens which can also be used with Canon if I take the trouble to buy an adaptor

Canon 400D - just a bit later model; more easy going machine, easier to find lenses than Nikon D40X; pictures less pretty though; with 28-90mm, 75-300mm autofocus lenses from Canon and 170-500mm auto lens from Sigma

wide angle extension lens: useful, but sometimes the wide picture has details too small to see

telescopic extension lens: generally not useful; autofocus is thrown out of gear and pictures are fuzzy/dark; high zoom lenses have the problem already and extension only makes it worse

tripod: did not find it very useful; the flexing of the metal frame makes the camera not much more steady than holding by hand against forehead, while freedom to move is much reduced; however, for sports events, fireworks, when you keep aim at fixed point, waiting for something to happen, it is valuable

carbon fibre monopod: actually more useful in general situations with tip on ground and camera being held against your eye

Favorite Sayings:-

History repeats, first time as tragedy, second time as farce - Marx

Those who forget their history are condemned to repeat it - Santayana

Those who remember history are also condemned to repeat it - Yuen

Oscar Wilde was wrong about cynics knowing price not value; cynics know value is always less than price - Yuen

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Yuen Chung Kwong