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Forum: Travel, Events, and Groups
05-09-2011, 10:46 PM
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Hi Pentaxians in India, especially in Gurgaon. I will be there for business trip for a week from tomorrow until next Wednesday, so was thinking if can meet up with local Pentaxians there during this weekend. I didn't bring my gears but it would be great to know more Pentaxians and to network. I've been doing freelance photography for a while and you can check out my website here.
Zenfolio | Arthur Pang Photography
Send me a message if you are free to meet up, I am staying in the Leela Kempinski Gurgoan.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
03-30-2011, 08:30 AM
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Yeah, nice to meet you too. If you wanna go out to shoot, let me know by PM. Its good to meet up with another Pentaxian here in Beijing. So far I only met a few local Pentaxians here.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
03-29-2011, 07:31 AM
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Hey Bob, welcome. I'm in Beijing as well. I also just got my K-5 2 weeks ago from Wukesong.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
04-27-2010, 10:47 PM
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Welcome fellow countrymen. I'm from Sabah, but currently residing in Beijing for work. Have fun with your 645 and do share your photos.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
04-27-2010, 10:34 PM
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Forum: Travel, Events, and Groups
04-21-2010, 09:02 AM
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hey adonishong, thanks for the reply. I did see a few local pentax users around, but so far I have not able to mix in with the local Pentaxian community here. (having handicap of not able to read chinese forums). So trying to see if can find anyone in Pentaxforums here with links to to local Pentaxians community in Beijing.
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Forum: Travel, Events, and Groups
04-21-2010, 07:09 AM
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I've been here in Beijing over a year now, have not met any of Pentaxians around. So would like to meet up with Pentaxians currently in Beijing for outing, sharing and drinks. Hope to know anyone here who is residing in Beijing.
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Forum: Travel, Events, and Groups
04-13-2010, 09:45 PM
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Hi I'm from Sabah, but now I'm located in Beijing :p
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
06-17-2009, 08:23 PM
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
06-17-2009, 08:20 PM
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
06-17-2009, 08:18 PM
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Visited the Beijing zoo last weekend. All photos taken with K20D + DA 55-300mm
Panda shots..
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
05-24-2009, 07:54 PM
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Ubin island @ Singapore
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
05-19-2009, 01:21 AM
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Forum: Pentax Camera and Field Accessories
05-17-2009, 08:32 AM
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You can try Lowepro Computrekker AW. I am using it at the moment, can carry 2 bodies and a couple of lens plus flash, plus a 15" notebook.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
12-29-2008, 08:13 PM
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
11-27-2008, 07:35 PM
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The DA40 is one of my fav lens other than the DA70. Here are some of my shots.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
06-18-2008, 12:13 AM
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My hamster looking at Ads for a holiday away from me :) K20D + DA*16-50
Enjoying an afternoon snack. K10D + DA16-45.
Me want fooood ! K10D + DA16-45.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
06-17-2008, 11:26 PM
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Thanks for your comments cupic. Yes no flash was being used. Normally for indoor sports it is not allowed, might blind the players :)
Thanks daacon, the low iso noise on the K20D helped a lot. But it is needed if not the shutter speed will not be enough to freeze the action.
Ole, its a great lens for low light shooting. It works well with AF-C and the hit rate is quite high.
My only gripe is that I wish it was a bit longer. Surrounding me were a lot of C and N press shooters with their 70-200 VR and IS lens, I was with another pentaxian with a K20D + FA80-200 F2.8. I bet a lot of them were suprized to see 2 Pentax camera covering an international sporting event. I wish Pentax will update the FA 80-200 F2.8 to a SDM version.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
06-17-2008, 08:10 AM
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Thanks all for your kind comments :)
3 shots from the Ladies event..
Mi Zhou of Hong Kong jumping smash a return shot from Saina Nehwal from India. Mi Zhou won the match 17-21, 21-19, 21-11
Wong Mew Choo of Malaysia returning a serve to Tine Rasmussen of Denmark. Wong lost the match 21-10, 22-20
China's Du Jing getting ready to return serve as partner Yu Yang watches in the 1st Women's Double Semi-Final match againts Ha Jung Eun and Kim Min Jung of Korea. The China pair won 21-19, 21-14.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
06-17-2008, 02:07 AM
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Just sharing some photos take last week at an international badmintion tournament.
Testing out my new K20D with a DA*50-135mm. All photos shot at iso1600, F2.8, 1/500 or 1/640.
Anthony Clark of England dived to save a return smash from the Denmark mixed-double team. England won 21-18, 21-19.
Andrew Smith of England returning a serve from Simon Santoso of Indonesia. Santoso won 21-11. 21-14.
Jumping smash from Santoso.
Peter Gade of Denmark preparing to smash a return serve from Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia. Lee won the match 21-18, 21-13 and went on to win the Men Single's title the following day.
More photos can be found here.. Arthur's Gallery :: Aviva Singapore Badminton Open 2008 - Semi Finals Matches
And who says Pentax can't do indoor low light sports :cool:
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Forum: Photographic Technique
05-02-2008, 01:28 AM
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Couple of years ago I was covering a badminton tournament in a stadium using Canon gears but I have since moved to Pentax. From that 4-day tournament, here is what I learn.
1. You really need a F2.8 lens or faster.
2. Most of the time you will need to shoot at iso 800 and above.
3. Shutter speed 1/320 and above.
4. Lens choice - something with a 70-200mm will be sufficient.
5. Burst mode is necessary, because of the next point.
6. Auto focusing will be a hit and miss situation, for example the pic below, its hard for the camera not to focus on the net instead of the players, since most of the time you will be shooting the players on the other side of the net. Useless you have time to pre-focus most of the shots.
Here are more shots from the event. Good luck !
Arthur's Gallery :: Singapore Badminton Open 2005 |
