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Review: Sony Cyber-Shot RX100 Mark III

June 25, 2014 by Ming Thein

In full Transformer mode

Two of the most interesting cameras in recent memory – the 645Z and RX100III, at completely opposite ends of the imaging spectrum but both pushing image quality – are arriving this week and I have a fundamental problem: a lack of light. Kuala Lumpur is blanketed in a horrible 100+API haze again that’s eating light and turning the sky into a giant drybox; right after two weeks of fantastic crystal-clear weather during which we had stars every night. I’ve made the most of the windows of opportunity, but in an ideal world I’d have liked to push the dynamic range of the thing a bit more.

Photoessay: The people of Tokyo

November 3, 2012 by Ming Thein

Another one of the continuing series from my last Tokyo trip – this time focusing on is inhabitants. Enjoy! MT

This set was shot with an Olympus OM-D and the ZD 45/1.8. As usual, click on any image to go to its Flickr landing page; EXIF data is intact on the right hand side link.

Plenty to spare, Ginza

Geisha in training, Asukusa

Maid for hire, Akihabara

Only in Tokyo would this be considered normal. Shibuya

Putting up a wager, Asakusa

Untitled. Senso-Ji temple grounds, Asakusa

Coffee break, Shibuya

A considered proposition. Somewhere along the Yamanote line

Reading the fine print, Akihabara

What happens after closing time. Asakusa

Elegant shopping. Ginza

Public opinion, Shibuya

A Japanese cliche, Shibuya

Even the chauffeur gets lost sometimes. Ginza

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Photoessay: Tokyo monochromes

November 1, 2012 by Ming Thein

This set is a whole bunch of little snippets of life from around Tokyo – mostly Shibuya, Shinjuku and Ginza. I’ve tried to get into the Japanese style of street photography/ reportage a little; the intentional chaos is somewhat unnerving to my perfectionist nature and definitely not so easy to replicate. Still, I think I got just enough of an influence in there to get something different to my normal work. MT

This set was shot with an Olympus OM-D, ZD 12/2, 45/1.8 and Sony RX100. As usual, click on any image to go to its Flickr landing page; EXIF data is intact on the right hand side link.

Shadow of a head

Look before you leap

Untitled

Diagonal

Trapped

Meditation nap

Lines I

Lines II

Overpackaged

Ginza reflections

Confidence

Bad boy I

Bad boy II

Just another afternoon in Shibuya

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Photoessay: Papan, part two

September 17, 2012 by Ming Thein

The conclusion of this two-part photoessay. Part one can be found here.

This series shot with a Sony RX100. Thank you to one of my Email School of Photography students, John Chang, for taking me here. EXIF data is intact, click through the images to view larger versions and EXIF data on Flickr.

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Photoessay: Papan, part one

September 13, 2012 by Ming Thein

Papan is a small, semi-abandoned town in rural Perak, Malaysia; it’s just outside Ipoh. I suspect that even during boom time, there couldn’t have been more than 300 inhabitants. The remaining residents are elderly, and I suspect have nowhere else to go, or stay out of inertia. For every lived-in building there is an abandoned one; sometimes even the upper stories of occupied buildings are derelict, with caved in roofs and empty windows. Leave anything for long enough, and nature will take its course to reclaim the land. It’s often said that the more advanced a society, the less will be left behind – and the sooner it will all decay. Clearly, not that many years have passed since Papan’s heyday, yet the place is practically a ghost town. However, it’s also a medley of interesting textures and pastel colours; an excellent place for an hour or two of photography. MT

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