Mmmm... Coffee...

I love coffee. Especially in a cold winter’s day, sitting with someone to talk to, or just all by myself, enjoying some of the warm caffeine goodness…

It’s funny that in the Korean culture, it’s impossible to sit and talk with friends for hours without alcohol. Not to say something bad about Koreans or what, but only talking about the personal stuffs with friends after like, a few bottles of soju isn’t something what I call sincerity. By the way, soju is a kind of alcohol,  the choice of alcohol of all Koreans since it’s so CHEAP and widely available everywhere. Are they trying hide something, or just that they need alcohol to drain down their ego first? Just my personal thoughts…

But for some of us, talking with friends, and I do mean not only 1 or 2, but a bunch of friends, it’s a fairly simple task, especially with the company of coffee or teh-tarik(try google for the photo and you get the idea) of our choice. That’s why in Malaysia, we have kopitiam (that’s coffee shop in our local slang), and mamak shops and stalls (mamak points to Hindu-Muslim people in Malaysia, and it’s not a racist remark as far as I know). Being a Muslim country with scorching hot climate, the beverage of choice would be less related to alcohol most of the time. Not to say there is no coffee shops in S. Korea, nor saying that no one goes to Starbucks or Coffee-bean over here, but the culture seams different to me. And don’t get me wrong, I love booze and you can get all the alcohol you want in Malaysia pretty easily too.

Non-Muslims in Malaysia do enjoy a cold beer from time to time too. But to associate alcohol with EVERY outings with friends or colleague is pretty outrageous for me. Must you get drunk at EVERY gathering? Can you have some variety in life?

Anyways, back to coffee. Just love how it can keep me awake in the morning, and the fragrant of freshly brewed coffee.

The above photo was taken with my latest addition in my arsenal, my Samsung WB2000. Strangely, it exhibit a very purple tint under some circumstances that I still couldn’t really figure out. Right now, all I can see is when the camera is shooting under some special lighting conditions, there would be a very strong purple tint on parts which is black in color. I love this camera since it has features such as RAW shooting, a bright lens, full HD video, high speed shooting and a back illuminated sensor.  It’s still a point and shoot, and cannot be compared with those better featured LX5(Lumix) and S95(Canon), since they are in very different price points.

Anyways, if anyone of you who own this camera who has the same problem, maybe we can discuss this? Hope it’s not a fault on my camera, and would be fix by future release of the firmware.

Pentax K-x review is out!

PENTAX K-x in limited RED

Review for Pentax K-x is out, by Photography blog!

And without surprise, the K-x scored the highest rating of “Essential”, with flying “colors”!

Give it a read by clicking here.

I really can’t wait to get my hands on one of them. Especially the red one! But, don’t really know when they will be launching this in S. Korea or in Malaysia. And I don’t think I have the money to “downgrade” from my K10d to this little fella for the time being.

*Sigh*

By the way, I really hope to hear about your thoughts on the K-x. Please do leave a comment below!

PENTAX announced K-x, the new entry level DSLR!

PENTAX K-x in limited RED

Pentax had just announced a new entry level DSLR with 720P HD video recording called K-x. This camera inherits features of K-7 while maintaining the diminutive size of K-m! I guess the biggest selling point will be just like the old K200d, low price (at around 650 USD with single kit lens) but packed with high end features! While the K-m’s biggest complaint was the AF area, which cannot be seen in the view finder, and no manual selection of AF area, K-x now comes with 11 points with manual selection, but still no red dot showing up in the view finder. I think this Pentax DSLR is worth the wait, with black and white available in mass production, while red and navy blue in limited runs! Gotta get my hands on the red one!

For more news, please visit the links below. The photo above doesn’t belong to me, just wanted to share this great news with Pentaxian and all new and old photographers alike! This great news was first heard in Engadget!

Engadget

Dpreview.com, press release

Dpreview.com, hands on

Hope to hear some of your comments here!