In Your World

Been really busy with uni work lately, so I took the opportunity to snap some photos during a recent site visit to a wet market.

 A very vibrant, messy, chaotic, smelly, happening scene

Aunty and her daily visits to the wet market

A happy shopper

VERY happy shoppers. Although they just sit and wait to be fed. Pfft. Pampered kids.

Oh, we'll just sit up here cos we're too cool for that

Old, under maintained buildings everywhere in this part of KL

Welcome to my crib

Like I said, it's your (their) world.

Shrinking Universe (not really, just my camera)

So I returned my uncle his 400D and I got myself the Sony NEX 5R mirrorless interchangeable lens camera (MILC). Don't be fooled by its compactness; this little beast packs as much power as alot of DSLRs out there! APS-C sensor, 16.1MP and ISO of up to 25600, this is already a big upgrade from the 400D, plus it's tiny! The really small form factor plus its amazing under-the-hood capabilities is probably the reason why I didn't opt to get a DSLR at all, and most probably won't in the future.

The NEX 5R with the 16-50mm kit lens and the 55-210mm zoom lens.

Here are some of the first few photos I took with it while in Penang.

Some tourists..

Okay no, just my friends. But I really like how sharp the SEL55210 is.

Other tourists now.

The low light performance is actually really good. Taken with the kit lens.

Though some are a little grainy. Mind you, these were taken in really dark conditions.

"Staying awake to chase a dream."

Bliss

Some of the pictures I took a couple of months back when I was back at home. 

I think this captures the essence of my hometown very well. You get to see people still living in old, traditional village houses right in the middle of a fast developing, bustling city.

You won't see many houses like this in the city anymore. You'd have to drive away from the city centre to see the village houses.

A tinge of nostalgia here. One of the best things in life is to just chill out on a Saturday morning in a coffee shop, have some yummy Dim Sum for breakfast and a nice hot cup of Milo. See that happy man up there?

And NO, we don't live in these kinda houses anymore. This is one of the preserved traditional houses in the Heritage Museum.

Taken with my friend's Sony DSLR because my uncle's old Canon was acting up on me. A taste of things to come eh?