What<\/b>: Moonshine KL
\nWho<\/b>: Zach Tay Trio, Ash Nair (Malaysian Idol), Neomedicus, Reza Salleh
\nWhen<\/b>: 9:30pm, Thursday, 8th February 2007
\nWhere<\/b>: Laundry Bar, The Curve
\nHow Much<\/b>: Free entry<\/p>\n
More details here.<\/a><\/p>\n What<\/b>: Indie-Licious For more information call: 012-7697749 or visit http:\/\/www.kljamasia.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n What<\/b>: Hearts N Lightbulbs Valentine Event The event is organized by Feathered Friends Network<\/a>. Proceeds will go to St. Jerome Home, a home to 18 children aged 2-16 years, taken care by Brother Peter. They urgently need a washing machine and funds for the children’s school fees.<\/p>\n Yes yes I’m going for all three.<\/p>\n And now, for camera geeking time. Fun reads:<\/b><\/p>\n Edwin’s CameraHobby.com<\/a><\/p>\n This guy writes lushly in his reviews; you’ll never feel like skimming through because he goes into a historic review of things before getting to the product at hand. Truly an experience for the camera geeks. God knows how many did-you-knows I picked up, like:<\/p>\n “USM was pooh-poohed until Nikon came out with their own version called AF-S and suddenly it became the best thing since sliced bread to be able to override the lens focusing without switching levers or buttons.<\/i>” – Nikon AF-S VR 70-200mm f2.8 G IF-ED review<\/a><\/p>\n Yes, it all sounds too familiar.<\/p>\n “As far as I know (but am likely wrong) the predecessor A1 was the first digicam to offer IS built into a digicam chassis. While the traditional IS\/VR developed by Canon and Nikon is built into the lens, the A1\/A2 went about it a different way and incorporated it into the body, a seemingly good idea for this class of camera and one that is going to be taken to the next step when KonicaMinolta produces their first D-SLR. Pop Photo magazine indicated that KonicaMinolta went this in-camera IS route to avoid the patents that Canon and Nikon have for in-lens IS\/VR mechanisms.<\/i>” – KonicaMinolta A2 review<\/a><\/p>\n Oh. I guess Panasonic found a loophole when implementing lens-based Mega Optical Image Stabilizer.<\/p>\n Still, CCD-shift works for me, and as they say YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary), and I’m getting a heck lot of mileage.<\/p>\n Petteri’s Pontifications<\/a> also provides a historical ride down camera history.<\/p>\n “The Minolta 7000 changed all that. Here was a camera that could undeniably focus and track faster and more consistently and precisely than even the most practiced manual-focus SLR shooter. It took the camera market by storm, and for a space Minolta looked set to take the top spot in the professional market as well. It was clear that Nikon, Canon, and Pentax had to do something — or go the way of Olympus and give up on the SLR market.<\/i>” – Ugly Ducklings: The Early EF Primes<\/a><\/p>\n It’s also great fun reading his lens reviews; he nicknames all his lenses.<\/p>\n I think I’ll nickname my lenses too – the Nocturnal, the Beercan, the Kit Kid, the Loupe, the Orphan, the White Bride, the Sharpie, the Zoom Zoom and the Onanist.<\/p>\n …or maybe not.<\/p>\n More old-timer goodness can be found at The Online Photographer<\/a>, (formerly known as 37th Frame) with a few contributors, all of different uh… allegiances.<\/p>\n Photography In Malaysia<\/a> is always a fun read. The Minolta Maxxum\/Dynax 7000<\/a> article is quite interesting. Initially, there were only twelve auto-focus lenses available, (of which I have the Beercan<\/a> and 50mm F1.4) but none of them were lousy or dark<\/b>, at most ending at F4.5!<\/p>\n
\nWho<\/b>: Sky Juice Coffee<\/a>, IG Collective<\/a>, Telephony Delivery<\/a>, Project Ei8ht<\/a>, Crosstown Traffic<\/a>, PG 165<\/a>, Edward Gomez<\/a>
\nWhen<\/b>: 8pm, Saturday, 10th February 2007
\nWhere<\/b>: KL Jamasia, Desa Sri Hartamas
\nHow Much<\/b>: RM15 entry<\/p>\n
\nWho<\/b>: Jerral Khor & Zalila Lee, Nick Davis, Diplomats Of Drums, Saer Ze, Wong Yu-Ri, Soft Touch, Estrella, Reza Salleh
\nWhen<\/b>: 8pm, Sunday, 11th February 2007
\nWhere<\/b>: (venue changed<\/b>) Laundry Bar, The Curve
\nHow Much<\/b>: Free admission (but this is a charity show, so please donate!)<\/p>\n