Monthly Archives: March 2019

27Mar/19

Mode Dial and Scene Selection

The following diagram describes the available modes in the mode dial of Sony RX100 VI. In the mode dial, there are 10 modes for selection. Photographer can roll the mode dial to choose one of the modes to take a photo.

  • Within the Auto Mode, Intelligent Auto and Superior Auto modes are available for selection.
  • Within the Scene Selection, there are 13 pre-defined scene modes. Photographer can further judge the environment circumstances and choose one of these pre-defined scene modes. This is very convenient to take a photo as soon as the scene mode is selected.

Icons of the selected Mode Dial and scene mode will be shown in the left upper corner of the LCD Display of the camera.

Mode Dial Selection Items and Scene Modes
Mode Dial Selection Items and Scene Modes
22Mar/19
白石泥

去”下白泥”睇日落

元朗流浮山的下白泥是睇日落的好地方,只要在元朗市中心泰豐街乘搭33號專線小巴,到下白泥大約需要半小時左右。去的當天都有三 、四 十人在看日落,不算多人。因為是中途站,看完日落等小巴回元朗市中心並不容易。

除了遠眺日落外,下白泥亦有長長沙灘和紅樹林生長。在日落前可早點到散步感受周圍環境。以下相片是用手機拍攝。

下白泥
下白泥
下白泥
下白泥
下白泥
下白泥
下白泥
下白泥紅樹林在發展中
下白泥
下白泥
下白泥
下白泥
22Mar/19

Sony NP-BX1 電池 (行貨 和 水貨 ) 和充電器

Sony NP-BX1 電池

跟Sony RX100 VI 包一粒電池 (Sony NP-BX1),售貨員說相機耗電快,介紹另一牌子的代用電池作後備。但在試電池時, 他試了兩粒都無法放入相機,而他的原裝電池又無貨,只好到別處買。

上網發現水貨比行貨平HK$100, 心想都是Sony造, 電池沒保養也沒所謂。但是買了水貨電池,又發現放不入相機。用原裝跟機電池放入非常暢利。拿水貨電池回店鋪,老闆話電池有小訐脹 (但我對比原裝, 它的邊殼亦稍微厚少訐),換第二粒試,又不成功,同樣稍微厚少訐。最後發現要在貼邊傾側才可放入。

除此之外,水貨是中國製造,看過幾粒外殼都是有凹凸跡,原裝跟機電池就比較硬淨平滑。不過, 用到現在, 沒發現什麽問題。 

NP-BX1 (Front-view)
NP-BX1 (Front-view)
NP-BX1 (Back-view)
NP-BX1 (Back-view)
NP-BX1 (Side-view)
NP-BX1 (Side-view)

NP-BX1電池充電器

Sony RX100 VI 本身可以直接連上充電做用充電池, 但每次只可以充一粒。售貨員送了igogo的充電器 (如圖), 可以透過USB線同時充三粒電池, 充電器會顯示每粒電池的充電進度, 現在試過充一粒電池, 不用一小時 。充電器本身很細, 携帶去旅行是很方便的。

充電器
充電器

電池使用時間

根據官方規格, 電池使用時間如下:

Battery life
電池使用時間
22Mar/19

What is Photography?

What is photography? As a beginner, we try to find out this answer from many books and blogs. In general, photography is an activity of exposure for a film or a digital sensor in a camera.

 

What is photography
What is photography

The process of an exposure can be, in general, divided into the following.

  1. the capture of the reflected light,
  2. the control of the amount and intensity of the light rays to enter the camera and fall onto the digital sensor,
  3. the transformation of light rays into digital image data.
  4. and, the digital image data will then be stored in a memory card.
Exposure Process
Exposure Process

Sony RX100 VI Components

Sony RX100 VI camera is our start point in learning photography.  The reason we choose this camera is that it is small in size but, as a beginner, it is still professional in taking good photo quality under different situations.  The small size encourages beginners to put it on the packet to outdoor, and hence, to do more practices.

There are many blogs that have already reviewed the features, pros and cons of this camera. Here mainly focus on describing the Sony RX100 VI camera in a more direct and practical way for a beginner.

First of all, it’s about the components of the camera.

Please click the image to enlarge and view it.

Sony RX100 VI component (front view)
Sony RX100 VI component (front view)
Sony RX100 VI component (top view-en)
Sony RX100 VI component (top view)
Sony RX100 VI component (back view - en)
Sony RX100 VI component (back view)
Sony RX100 VI component (lef side view - en)
Sony RX100 VI component (left side view )
Sony RX100 VI component (bottom view)
Sony RX100 VI component (bottom view)

We can adjust the LCD display (as below pictures) in order to take photos at different angles. It’s quite convenient.  

The use of LCD Viewer
The use of LCD Viewer