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How to terminate Digi Music Play?

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0800

How to terminate Digi Music Play?

onijoseph — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 16:00:47 +0800

Hi, anyone know how to terminate or unsubscribe the Digi Music Play service?
i downloaded their app into my htc android phone during the free trial, but now their charges rm5 for monthly service, and i want to terminate it.
i search their official website and no info can be found on how to unsubscribe or terminate it.
please help if u know how.
going to their service center will be my last resort.

the Unholy Trinity of Macro Photography

onijoseph — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:22:06 +0800

hello all.
i just recently did macro shooting with simple setup and cheap equipments.
hope to share with u all.
all the info u can basically find them in the internet, and what i post here is my experience using them.
thanks for watching.

before u get a more expensive dedicated macro lens, there is always some workaround to get macro shoot.
the lens i used for my experiment is Canon Lens 50mm f/1.8, 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS and 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS,
or better known as the unholy trinity in canon forum.
but afraid not, other brand camera still can hop on to affordable macro shoot, as the extra equipments needed is extremely cheap compare to a dedicated macro lens.

what are the items needed?
1. remote shutter release (to minimize camera shake)
2. tripod (to minimize camera shake too)

for your information, there are basically three type to affordable macro shooting that i am aware of.
first,
1. use an extension tube.
second,
2. use reverse mounting technique.
and third,
3. use combination of two lens.

Pointers to shoot PC Fairs Ambassador

onijoseph — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:26:41 +0800

i have some pointers in my mind that i like to share.
all are hypothetically functional.

update: field trip result from pcfair on saturday

Pre-Event
1. recharge your batteries.
2. check your gears, bring good portraiture lens e.g. 50mm 1.8
*i am a budget shooter, and shoot the whole day with only 50mm 1.8, result is above average. will post picture later.
3. bring along your battery charger, or extra batteries.
*no need battery charger, what viking said is true.
4. bring a model posing guidebook e.g. handy book from taiwan photographer Black Noodle
*not so useful, unless u stay for a long time, and the ambassador is new. those veteran ambassador won't even look at it. haha

Event
1. dress nicely.
*decently will do.
2. show your camera to the model u intended to shoot.
3. say "hi"
*or make some gestures that u intend to shoot her. so far, only 2 ladies behind the counter refused to take pic, while other will automatically pose for u
4. fire away.
*i only took some pictures. should have taken a lot more from different angle, with half body or full body shoot.
5. suggest some decent posing idea by showing the model the posing guidebook.
*if u still lepak around and lesser ppl nearby, u actually can ask them to pose some special move e.g. 5 lian pai with facial gimmick. i dun know how posing book will work here as the ambassador usually don't move a lot.
6. if u tag along other photokaki, i might suggest one of u to use the reflector.
*everyone is busy shooting, no time for this.
7. ask "would u like me to send the photos to u?"
*i don't ask this as i forgot to bring my pen and notepad.
8. contact time if the model say "yes".
*you should bring a pen and write down the details!!

Post-Event
1. review pictures.
2. change camera setting or perspective (point of view) if needed.
3. find next model.
*as you go for a few round, u will get the hang of it. try to time your round. u wont want your model shot looking hungry and tired. Best time will be after their lunch or dinner, or after they refreshed themselves.

Pasca-Event
1. post processing.
2. remember to send the model the pictures.
3. Don't forget to post in LYN pc fairs chick thread!!
* will post pic, very soon!

Thank you very much for reading.

and feel free to add more pointers.

viking comments are very useful and helpful too. thanks viking!!
It is a plus point if u have large screen dslr to show the model what shot u 've taken.
p/s: for this field trip, i use canon 550d with 50mm 1.8 II prime lens only. Setting is shutter priority (Tv mode) set at 1/200, picture style : portrait, with max iso to 3200.

XFX mobo problem

onijoseph — Thu, 07 May 2009 23:50:43 +0800

please check the light in the red box.
what might have cause it?

i am also having high temperature for my gpu diode (Everest Ultimate shows 121 degree Celsius)
i am using default built-in gpu (geforce 8300)
please help.

details:
mobo: XFX GeForce 8300 Motherboard mATX AM2+

[addedon]May 8, 2009, 8:28 pm[/addedon]anyone familiar with xfx mobo or know where to search for answer pls let me know. thanks.

what is the problem with my se k750i hp's camera?

onijoseph — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:51:01 +0800

recently i bought a 2nd hand SE k750i phone.

The screen and menu is ok and nice, but when i switch on the camera, the camera screen will show a horizontal white line across the screen.

i still can take picture but every pictures taken will have the white line show up.

i wan to know whether this is a hardware, software or firmware problem?

any remedy?