{"id":2230,"date":"2011-07-26T23:54:51","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T15:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.my\/?p=2230"},"modified":"2011-07-27T11:28:33","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T03:28:33","slug":"chinatown-walkthrough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/chinatown-walkthrough\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinatown Walkthrough"},"content":{"rendered":"

Petaling Street in Chinatown Kuala Lumpur may be a visual treat but the traders can be a little aggressive. They do not like a camera in their face. Which is quite reasonable, considering almost every product sold there is a counterfeit. And don’t forget that nervous worker is probably a foreigner with a counterfeit work permit.<\/p>\n

So when the Nepalese guy stuck his pinkie into his nose, I breathe a sigh of relief. It was their secret code of approval for the diminutive Olympus E-P3<\/a> camera. The illegal network of walkie-talkies crackled through the labyrinth of tarps but no one pulled out a machete. Phew! Of course, little did they know that the tiny, harmless, touristy-looking camera can produce a video with quality better than any of the fake Blue-ray discs sold there \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I set out during twilight and it soon became night. The myriad range of lighting conditions gave the E-P3’s auto white balance and exposure metering a good workout. I chose to arm myself with only one lens. The new Olympus m4\/3 12mm f2.0 street videographer’s lens. The low light capability of this combo is quite amazing, as you will see.<\/p>\n

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The new Olympus Pen E-P3 & M.ZD 12mm f2.0 lens. Backpacker-friendly too<\/p><\/div>\n

Those unfamiliar with this KL landmark, may find the following trivia interesting:<\/p>\n

The messy peanut pancake (kuih apam balik<\/em>) hawker is sort of an icon there. He is quite friendly to photographers who shoot and don’t buy.<\/p>\n

The corner winter-melon-dried-longan drink remains the most popular stall there. See that woman with two cups.<\/p>\n

I wanted to capture the sounds of the Chinese conversations between traders. With so many tourists from Middle East countries there, I ended up with a fascinating ambient sound track full of Arabic chatter instead \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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If you have a media player and a big screen HD TV, you can also download this Full HD clip from vimeo.com\/tvsmith<\/a> <\/em>and watch it large and loud.<\/em><\/p>\n

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<\/em>All pictures & videos photographed with the Olympus Pen E-P3 by & \u00a9 TV Smith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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