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I have been looking for a camera shop in Kuantan that can give me a good price for the Nikon D40x that I am aiming for. The normal price I am quoted is RM2,899. When I was at PJ yesterday, I went to the Digital Mall at Seksyen 14 and found a shop that quoted me RM2,700. That is RM200 cheaper and I haven’t even bargained further. I asked if they will offer me any free items together with the purchase and they quickly agreed on a 2GB memory card, a tripod and a Nikon sling bag.

It is almost as if they will give me whatever I wanted (not expensive items of course). It feels like they are more desperate in selling the item to me than I want to buy it. I wonder what the catch is. They have four to six units available. At that time, I thought that they just wanted to sell it off to get some cash flow.

Boy, was I wrong.

I did a quick search and found that the Nikon D40x Kit was selling at RM2,550 in April. A later post in July revealed that it only costs RM2,350. No wonder the guy at the shop was so eager to sell it to me at RM2,700 with “anything else that I wanted”.

Do you know how much a Nikon D40x Kit costs right now? Is there a catch to it? Do all Nikon digital cameras come with a 1 year International warranty?

Remember my post on how to make a good cup of coffee? Well, at least it shows how to make a great looking cup of coffee. I was going through some of the folders in the computer and found the photo below. It was taken by my sister when she was in some coffee shop named Esquires Coffee House (I think). No idea where that is.

Anyway, I really wonder how someone should drink a cup of coffee that looks like that. I mean, the “right way” to drink it. Can we stir before drinking? Because it sure feels bad spoiling that coffee art.

I would launch a massive fireworks display right now in my blog if I had the proper plugins or tools. Something needs to be done to celebrate this great day.

Malaysia is 50 years old! Some may argue that it’s 44 instead but I wouldn’t go into that since I don’t know much about it.

Malaysia has progressed from being known for its forests and orangutans to twin towers and great people from different backgrounds to co-exist peacefully. Although there are a few hiccups every now and then, I still believe that real Malaysians are united.

As I was writing this post, I heard some bang bang booms. Fireworks! I managed to get some shots, albeit lousy in quality. I can see some of the firework display right over my neighbor’s roof. LOL. Below are some “presentable” ones.

This is not the Two Moons on 27 August photo. Although, I do wish I have a chance to witness at least one of these events in my lifetime. There was a blackout again yesterday. I took that photo in the living room. The red light on the left is a torch light. The moon on right is the light from the torch. Meanwhile, the small second moon in the middle is the reflection of the torch from the cupboard glass door.

This is the second time I experienced a blackout in the past 7 days or so. The previous one lasted for 3 to 4 hours at midnight. This time, the electricity went out at around 6pm due to some “burst” (as I was told) at the substation. This blackout should be more serious than the previous one because it affected a bigger area and took over 6 hours to repair.

Let’s bring the hoax to a whole new level. Presenting you, the Three Moons on 29 August!

One last photo before I sign off. So, how are the photos? Does the last photo look like some strange astronomical phenomenon?

I’ve taken my Nikon F-401x for a “test drive” and the result was really disappointing. For those who are not familiar with the camera, it is a SLR, a non-digital camera (ie. it runs on films). Therefore, I can only view the pictures after I’ve sent them to the shop for developing.

Some of the photos were blur and not sharp enough. Those photos were mostly taken indoors. I believe I need to turn on the flash for those shots. Some other photos were focusing on the background instead of the object. While only a handful out of the 24 photos taken were considered “good”.

Sometimes, I notice the auto focus does not focus on the object I was focusing on. I’m not sure if the auto focus is out. That’s when I switched the camera to manual and started playing with the focus myself. In the end, I don’t remember which photo was taken with manual focus and which with auto focus.

I’ll be using this camera for my cousin’s wedding this weekend. I’m not sure to set the camera to auto focus (which doesn’t focus on the object sometimes), or switch it to manual focus.

Is it possible that what I see through the viewfinder isn’t how the photo will turn out to be? Example, I am focusing on the teddy bear using manual focus and the screenshot below is what I am seeing through the viewfinder.

However, the photo that is taken has the focus on the background instead like the screenshot below.

Is this possible? Or whatever I see through the viewfinder (focus wise) is how the photo will turn out to be?

HEEEELLLLLLPPPPPPPPP!!!!!