Convention Day 2 & 3

Ah day 2 and 3. Actually apart from the 1st day I didn't really quite enjoy myself because I was partly busy and also the place is crowded. The talks were a little boring and short (mainly talking about setting up photography business) that could be Sony asking the speakers to go that direction... so, you earn more money, you buy lenses, they untung, sama sama untung. HAHA


Alright we had lunch in Al-Nafourah again and me and Jason was like... AGAIN? We wanted to go down but then decided nevermind la. FYI, LeMeridien is my client and I handle their restaurant's e-Newsletter so I probably know their menu and promotions at the back of my hand.

So yea I pretty much went home after the lunch.

Day 3...
Again rushed from church and didn't seems to catch much food. Went for the wedding photography talk and it was really boring because he was telling how to start wedding photo business. I was dozing off and that's when my phone rang and I got to know that my office was theft.


At break time we went to shoot with the a900 woohoo. Yeah that is erm Aaron...

We shot... The Harley again


Thankfully, there was no model on the Harley Davison this time.

Ok. Just how insane this camera is. It is 24MP (enough to blow you away. 1 JPG image is roughly around 8mb? and this is the shot. Of course the lens is crazy as well. So it captured huge amount of details


The one in the circles are 100% cropped. Sadly because a lot of people were queuing up so I quickly shoot this and after a few shots I left. I probably could come up with a steadier image if people hadn't rush me.


Again from the same picture 100% cropped. A lot of details.


Before the convention there was this blogging contest but I didn't enter but Azrin won. His entry was really kinda creative and touching. Check out his blog... got 5 part to the story.


During the convention also they ran a contest to see who ask the most question gets the most stickers. HAHA. some cheated but I am glad this uncle won. Heard he is from some journalist. Sure old timer. Good that he won because then the forum will be less poisonous.


Got to take a picture before I leave. LOL chun?


This team worked super super super hard during those days security and also ushers. so they deserve a pic here. LOL


Grouppie time. Spot me. the photo taken by KJ. Whoever you are, thanks. There was another camera believed to be better picture but dunno who took it.


Ok freebie was this. The laptop sleeve which now belongs to Cassie and also the Alpha Lens vest. It is super pokety that it can fit chunks of elephants in it. I don't know want to sell or not because it is rather useless to me at this point of time plus it makes me look fat


OKOK. the one with the big a is alpha vest which I got from the previous seminar.

Alpha Convention Day 1

YeaH! Actually today honestly was a bit waste of time. We went super early also (I didn't intend that. Didn't drive) But we reached about 1.30 Then saw the time table Walao wei 3.30 only start and then until 4.30 (guess because of Malay prayer also)

By the way. The entire convention that I am attending, is FREE!!! who say no FREE things on earth hur hur hur?


So anyway yea. Got myself registered. This is me queuing up to take laptop sleeve for Cassie -.- queue almost 20 minutes. well anyway I am FREE also wert HAHA


Actually when we walked in, we saw this awesome Harley Davison (dunno which model apparently it was a limited edition) yea so me and Aaron was pausing there and shoot the bike.

Then...


The models came up and we were like. HECK I want to shoot bike only can or not? (of course we didn't say la) But really what's with chicks and auto shows? They make the bike look good or the bike make them real good? HAHA


But either way it is a sure way of attracting real a lot of guys. They shoot the girls la haha. Actually got a girl in pink also. So cannot say the guys all bian tai la right


And when I say a lot right, I MEAN really A LOT of photographers so I take them taking the Model.

But I already have a girlfriend and scared she will kill me and I really do love taking object more than models I have to resort to taking pictures like...


these... Eh why got another model behind. URGH!


They also put up lenses and camera for you to test shoot and hopefully buy their lens (one lens they cover your cost of convention for 3 years) So I nothing to do and the rest of the guys shoot models right? I went and test lor...

I tested this

The F2.8 50mm macro lens.

(Macro is basically shooting objects real close)

How close?

This close. How much is the lens? It is erm RM1700 (see what I mean by covering the cost?)


Alright finally the show started at about 3.30 and Yea I love the big a at the back of the stage there. That's George... alpha's product manager and marketing.

And so as you know today was the launch of a900 nationwide and yes he did just that.


He asked a model to like carry in the a900. She won the model search Yea at least better than the biker girls HAHA. Oh that's about the a900 I shot today (I know I am a failure...)


That's er Kris Leboutiller and he works for National Geographic Travel photography he works a lot in Asia and yea he shares with us a little on the camera but mostly on his way of photographing and his images are stunning. I didn't manage to take. But maybe tomorrow. He is quite a funny guy but apparently its not that kind of joke that Msian understands.

The stuff he is holding is actually sticker. And every person who participate and questions gets a sticker. The more sticker you collect, the better chance you walk away with a900 at the end of the convention. I don't plan to participate because I'll miss a lot of session hehe. We'll see

So, that was about it on the 1st day. I was fairly disappointed because we don't have a longer talk of Kris, and that they are not like Apple convention where attendees get to try out the new product after the show. We didn't even see it display out HAHA

Just what is a900 right? Erm let's just say that's the most powerful weapon.

-24.9Megapixel (ok this is just about the best thing already)
-fullframe
-SteadyShotInside
-cost RM9999.00 (yea I know this is a lot. Grab more stickers!)

Yeah we'll see how it goes tomorrow. Probably get some shots of the a900 and shoot more exhaust pipes.