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Professional Prints

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

Do You Print

csyao — Thu, 07 May 2015 11:55:33 +0800

The recent leap in digital photography has not been matched with improvement of photo printing technology.
Compact cameras and phone cameras have also come a long way and have been producing reasonable shoots for our daily ordeal.
A famous photographer once said 'The best camera is the one that's with you' and has produced stunning photos with his phones.

However, as we move on, many of us forget the reason we shoot; to preserve memories.
I recently browsed through the digital photographs I've accumulated since year 2000 and found pictures that brought me laughter and tears. That was when I decided that these photographs needed to be printed and displayed on my table, framed on my walls. I sent my photographs to different labs and got them printed which unfortunately did not get what I asked for. The photographs were either dull/flat, different from the colour displayed on my screen, or faded in a couple of months.

This was when I've decided that I should restart my hobby of photo printing.

My question to everyone is,
Do you print your pictures?
Why, why not and the reasons for them.

Pigment Inkjet Printing

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

Professional Prints

csyao — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 12:26:46 +0800

Professional Prints.

Professional pigment inkjet printing.
Suitable for printing wedding photos, family events and more.
Prints are made to last for decades compared to regular photo shop printing that fades over time.

We print in various sizes up to A3
Archival quality, used in museum prints (Lasts for at least 60 years without protection and a claimed 300 years in the dark).
Prints made with only high grade Canson, Ilford, Harman papers (only professional and fine art quality papers used).
Soft proofed copies can be sent back before printing as different papers have different gamut and feel even only after soft proofing.

Sizes of prints:
We print from 4" x 6" up to A3
Canvas prints of up to 13" wide and up to 44" long.

Types of media:
Mostly fine art and professional photo media.
However I would advise against printing canvas smaller than 13" wide as they would be too small for stretching.

Inks used:
Canon Lucia
Epson UltraChrome
Only accept genuine, retail, unexpired inks used.
The photos should not show visible fading before a long long period of time.

Why are the prints significantly more expensive compared to the prints in shops?
Our prints are of archival quality that uses only the best available papers.
We can produce very high colour gamut with these printers.
We currently serve a few top of the end wedding photographers.

Price:
As of June 2015
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WTS > Corsair RM 650

csyao — Wed, 28 May 2014 15:43:13 +0800

Item(s):
Corsair RM 650

Package includes:
Corsair HX 650 box (no new box was given to me during RMA)
All new cables including power cable
Cable ties
Protective packaging for PSU

Price:
RM 300 (excluding postage if required)

Warranty:
Should be around 3 years. No receipt but Corsair does not need receipt for RMA

Dealing method:
COD JB weekends or postage

Location of seller:
JB

Contact method/details:
PM or Whatsapp (OI22O6O265)

Age of item:
Back from RMA
Previously a HX 650, no more in production hence was replaced by RM 650
Old PSU probably 3-4 years old (7 years warranty)

Item(s) conditions:
Untouched from RMA

Picture:

Reason for sale:
Definately needed another PSU when this was being RMAed

WTS > Asus Xonar Essence STX

csyao — Wed, 28 May 2014 15:35:02 +0800

Item(s):
Asus Xonar Essence STX

Package includes:
Just bare card, Australian card, did not bring box back.

Price:
RM SOLD

Warranty:
Likely expired

Dealing method:

Location of seller:
JB

Contact method/details:
PM or Whatsapp (+6OI22O6O265)

Age of item:
3 years

Item(s) conditions:
Mint, just a tad dusty

Picture:

Reason for sale:
Never used since shifted back from Australia. No good headphones to go with the card.
Currently using a USB speaker

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csyao — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 23:12:28 +0800

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[WTS] WD 3.5" Caviar Green 1TB

csyao — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 21:47:11 +0800

Item(s):
WD Caviar Green 1TB
WD10EARS

Package includes:
Nice box,
Lots and lots of foam

Price:
RM 150 SOLD

Warranty:
Valid till November

Dealing method:
Postage (registered)

Location of seller:
Singapore

Contact method/details:
PM

Age of item:
Manufactured 17 Aug 2013

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Item(s) conditions:
Newly from RMA,
Not opened, factory sealed, new replacement.
(RMA is not new as the warranty is starts from the date of purchase of the first product)
The item itself is new

Picture:
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Reason for sale:
Bough new HDD during downtime

[WTS] Asus GTX570 DCII

csyao — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 23:07:01 +0800

Item(s):
Asus GTX570 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5

Package includes:
Bare card

Price:
Sold (Excludes postage fees if necessary)

Warranty:
No more warranty, expired in Sept 2012

Dealing method:
Postage / COD JB

Location of seller:
JB

Contact method/details:
PM

Age of item:
3 years

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Item(s) conditions:
Perfect, cleaned quarterly

Picture:
http://imageshack.com/i/10bl8aj
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Reason for sale:
I'm aging and not keen for games anymore, looking for something of a lower profile that does not take up 3 PCI-e slots
Please be aware that you need at least 600w of PSU for this card to properly function
It gives a performance between a GTX 660 and GTX 660Ti; beats the 7870 and is comparable to the 7950

Display driver failed to respond and has recovered

csyao — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 01:05:13 +0800

System:

i5 760
EVGA GTX460 768mb
2x2GB DDR3 Kingston
Asus P7H55
D-Link wireless N150
DVD ROM
Wireless mouse
Standard Keyboard
1TB Green WD
CM Hyper 212 +
Seasonic S12 II 520W
Windows 7 Ultimate

Everytime i play SC2 for a minute or so it will have these weird colours and the screen lags followed by the monitor going to sleep.
After a few seconds the monitor wakes up and the system will either have a serious lag or it restarts.
After restarting it will freeze just before entering desktop and I will be required to shut the system down for a couple of minutes before trying again.

Sometimes the weird colour just randomly happens while browsing.

nvidia drivers are up to date, all Asus Motherboard updates were implemented,
CPU and GPU temperatures rarely go above 45C

I'm suspicious of the system not having enough power from the PSU but nvidia adviced to have a minimum of 450w while i'm using a 520w seasonic true power. I tried turning off turbo boost for the i5 but it did not help.

Please advice

WTB, Requesting for quotation of items

csyao — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 21:01:23 +0800

Requesting quotation for the following systems
Please PM

i5 760
Asus GTX 460 768MB
Asus P7H55
2x2gb kingston/corsair RAM
1TB WD HDD

+

Phenom II 965BE
MSI R6850 1GB
MSI 870-G45
2x2gb kingston/corsair RAM
1TB WD HDD

+

Phenom II 965BE
Asus EAH6850 1GB
Asus M4A77TD
2x2gb kingston/corsair RAM
1TB WD HDD

Thank you