The Lumix LX3 snaps Early Morning Flight.

Well...Low cost flights = weird departure times...but it's also a great and refreshing way to start a day...especially when the sky is so beautiful during sunrise!!Air Asia...world famous.

Taken with Aperture Priority,ISO 80, f2.0 with 1/1000 sec shutter.

The Lumix LX3 snaps Puppies!!

Since the previous post was a bit about the FL36R flash, here's a shot i took with bounce flash. The puppies were just a week old and were sleeping in my hand. They were unbelievably cute and tiny!!

Taken with Aperture Priority,ISO 200, f2.0 with 1/30 sec shutter.
Bounce Flash with Olympus FL36R ,Manual mode.

My LX3 Gear

Well, pictured here is my beloved LX3!Here is a pic of my gear together with the Olympus FL36R and the RICOH LC1 mod, credit to ianho.However I managed to get some nice round shaped tapes from Home-Fix for the LC1 for anti-vignetting.I have kept the setup fairly simple so that it's still easy to carry around. The flash works great during events, especially wedding receptions.And for those of you still wondering if the Oly FL36R has TTL...YES! it does!!but only when the flash is pointing forward. I use manual for bounce flash and its great!!As with any flash, rechargeable batteries works much better. Will be getting my hands on some Wireless Transmitters soon...will post more about it then!!cheers!!

Who is Eugene Kaspersky??

Eugene who?? Well I'm sure many of you don't know him by the name Eugene but I'm sure you heard of his work the Kaspersky Anti-Virus!!Born in the USSR, Evgeniy Valentinovich Kasperskiy(his russian name) is an information security specialist and co-founder of Kaspersky Lab since 1997.Now he is the CEO of the company and plans to expand the Kaspersky name worldwide like never before!! He even has partnered with Jackie Chan to fight Viruses!!You can see the ad here.

Anyway the great guy was in town(K.L. Malaysia) since the 14th of October and officiated the Kaspersky Protection show in Low Yat Plaza on the 16th.Having the CEO himself coming over to our part of the world promoting his products must mean a lot eh??At least you know that Jackie Chan is kicking up a storm inside your hard drive when you are using Kaspersky Anti-virus!!

Taken with Aperture Priority,ISO 100, f8.0 with 1.6 sec shutter.

Lumix LX3 2.1 Firmware is Up!!

What can I say... With all the hype surrounding the GF-1, the boys at Panasonic has not forgotten about little brother LX3!! All owners can head on to the Panasonic Japan Web and grab your 2.1 Firmware NOW!! There is so much updates on the new firmware it just makes the LX3 feel renewed!! There were instability issues with the 2.0 but Panasonic has released 2.1 with no hiccups. The list of new features are below. Arigato Gozaimashita!!Panasonic!!

Date/Version	Description
2009/10/21 Ver 2.1	Correction of custom mode.
2009/9/28 Ver 2.0	Improved auto white balance performance. Auto Focus speed-up. Recording function with an aspect ratio of 1:1 has been added. A white balance (WB) bracket function has been added. [HIGH DYNAMIC] has been added to scene mode. [LENS RESUME] has been added to the [SETUP] menu. [MENU RESUME] has been added to the [SETUP] menu. The exposure compensation and the auto bracket compensation can now be set up to ±3EV. Position of the guide line can now be set. It is now possible to display the highlights in playback mode. It is now possible to record the user’s name in the picture. Digital red-eye removal has been modified. Items saved in the custom set have changed.