Olympus Third Party Battery - BLS-1

Purchased this additional battery from Ebay and as it is very cheap, only USD 5.18 including shipping. However, maybe because it is cheap, i actually waited 1 and the half month before i received this item in my mailbox.

Overall the battery is usable. It can be charged using original charger but it seems like the indicator cannot tell when the battery is fully charge as it always shows fully charge after less than 1 hour. As such, i always let it charge much longer. As whether can take more photos, i never take the exact count but i feel like is comparable to the original battery.

Another problem of this third party battery is the size. It is a bit bigger compare to original battery. As such, the first time i try on my camera, the battery actually stuck in the battery compartment, the spring is just not strong enough to eject the battery out. Because of this, i use pen knife to make the battery smaller a bit. It is really ugly but it works. Now the battery can b ejected out without any problem.

Apple Leather Care Kit and Apple Garde

Opened my mailbox today and surprise to see this shipment. The delivery is by USPS First Class Mail International and i had read some review on lengthy delivery, so to receive this item within 2 weeks is quite unexpected. :)

The total cost for this purchase from Ebay is as shown below, so even the shipping fee is USD 17.88 (includes USD 2 insurance), the total cost for this purchase is still only around 44 SGD. :)

The package is using bubble wrap envelope

Apple Leather Care Kit and Apple Garde

Apple Leather Care Kit with shine cloth

Olympus VF-2

Got this VF-2 during Good Friday promotion. The price is USD 169 and with shipping cost of USD 12.56, the price in SGD is around 222.

Another good thing about this purchase is Olympus provide worldwide warranty. :)

VF-2 box

VF-2 with case, manual and worldwide warranty card

comGateway Olympus VF-2

This is my second purchase using comGateway. Again with express shipping, the delivery is fast.

The cost for the delivery is as shown below, with DBS/POSB* credit card, you get 10% discount and free upgrade to express shipping.

*promotion valid until 31 December 2012 as time time of this writing

The package sent out from US retailer (Adorama) is in envelope form, so although is bubble wrap envelope, the product packaging is dented. But is not a big deal as the product packaging still manage to protect the main item :).

The tracking from DHL, express shipping is good. :)

Adorama UPS Innovation Service

First time using, took around 6 days.

E-PL1 with Panasonic 45-175, double image issue?

After reading this article (Micro 4/3 shutter shock revisited OMD-EM-5), i also conducted some simple test using E-PL1 with the Panasonic 45-175mm lens. The cropped photo below shows clearly the double image issue when shutter speed is 1/200.

By setting the anti-shock (1/8), it can be seen that the double image is no longer exist for the same shutter speed.

Seems like this is the work around that i have to use when using this lens.

MeFOTO A0350Q0T

Just bought this tripod for my Olympus EPL-1. Bought it because of the size and i can easily fit this tripod in my backpack! It costs me HKD 700 (from vivaphoto).

The tripod come with the padded case and allen key

Tripod when fit inside the padded case, very neat and can be easily fit inside your backpack

The tripod specification

Tripod when folded, only around 30+cm!

Tripod when fully expand

There is a retractable weight hook underneath that you can hook something to add stability to your tripod

You can adjust the leg angle as shown below also

Ball head 

Vertical position

Plate mounting

Nutella 900g (jumbo size o)

For those who like nutella, just spotted this on Shop n Save.

comgateway

This is my first purchase using comgateway, the experience so far is positive. :)

The shipping cost is as shown below. It is cheap because i use POSB/DBS card and it gives me:

• USD10 off international shipping rates for first-time customers
• 5% off international shipping rates
• free upgrade to express service - and this is fast :)

The delivery time took around 4-5 days, so i must say is quite efficient and fast. :)

Amazon Fedex Smartpost Tracking

My package just arrived on my US address. :) Took 9 days to arrive, is not as bad as i expected. Now awaiting for it to be shipped to Singapore. :)

Is arrived but the status still in transit...

Changi Airport T2 Staff Canteen - Where is it?

Heard a lot of people talking about this canteen but not many point out the exact location of the canteen. The canteen is actually located at level 3M. Once you exit MRT, just take the escalator to T2 departure hall. You have to walk a bit to the other end of the terminal. (just look for the Car Park 2A sign). When you are about to enter car park, you will be able to see the sign board pointing to the canteen.

Remember is car park 2A, not car park 2B

Look for Car Park 2A sign

Canteen at level 3M