Sunday 11 January 2009

Singapore Hand Chicken

星加坡海南雞飯出名係人都知,不過原來仲有一樣野出名,就係 Hand Chicken。

唔明?中文即係”手雞"。
唔明?有圖為証:


手機個機 (JI) 同埋 海南雞個雞 (JI) 係同音既。

係星加坡,經常同(香港)人討論既就係 Singlish。
聽唔慣既人就會話呢到 D 英文好怪。
我就覺得見怪不怪,其實 Singlish 同香港人講廣東話無分別。即係香港人會講:
”囡,你食唔食個 Cake?"

呢隻雞,睇得明,不過好好笑。

Tuesday 6 January 2009

Pentax DA* 16-50 and DA 17-70

There are not many choices for a standard zoom for Pentax. Nowadays, there are few choices
- DA18-50
- DA16-45
- DA17-70
- DA*16-50
- Sigma 17-70

There are lot of comparison between the DA16-45 and DA17-70, but not many between DA17-70 and DA*16-50. I got a chance to borrow a DA17-70 to try for a while, and finally got time to do a comparison.

The test below was carried out in my office in the night time and It was not professional at all. So if you see any obvious problems, please kindly share with me. The chop area is not very ideal due to various limitations. The conclusion is also very subjective. If you don't agree, just voice it out. :)

Setup:
- Pentax K20D
- On tripod with shutter release cable.
- Av (I should use M, but forgot to do so because it was too late)
- Spot Metering, Automatic White Balance, ISO 100, Spot Focus, JPG.



Scenario:
 




@16/17mm

@36mm

@50/53mm
 

@70mm


Conclusion:
- The center resolution between DA*16-50 and DA17-70 is similar.
- The border resolution of DA*16-50 is slightly better than DA17-70.
- The extreme border resolution of DA17-70 looks better than DA*16-50.
- The color rendering of DA*16-50 is more saturated.

In the daily shot, my feeling is that the DA*16-50 actually can provide a more 3D image than DA17-70, even for the same f4/f5.6. However, this is really a subjective feeling after using various lens.

The original size of the above chops can be found under:
http://picasaweb.google.com.hk/matchz/