Review on 8X Zoom Telescope Lens For iPhone 4

The camera on iPhone has been improving all these years, and so many people have been using iPhone as their main camera. Okay lah, with a couple of good camera apps and some post-processing, you are really able to take some pretty good pictures using the iPhone. But sometimes don't you wish you can like... zoom a bit?

So recently I found a 8X Zoom Telescope Lens For iPhone 4 on Gmarket and here's a quick unbox and review on it...



SGD30 gives you an 8x zoom lens and a tripod, seems like a reasonable deal.

The tripod seems pretty stable, but I guess I'll do another video test on it later.



Indoor photo taken using just the iPhone lens.



Photo taken using the 8x zoom lens. The lens is actually screwed to a special phone case but due to the proportion, even though the lens is not very heavy, it is not easy to take a picture with steady hands. Little shakes magnified to big earthquake on the photo. Hmm... well, I know that's what the tripod is meant for, but also very mafang to take the tripod everywhere, no matter how small right?



Outdoor photo taken using just the iPhone lens.



I then took my shot outdoor, hoping that with more light, the picture can be clearer. But it's not easy also because you have to focus manually using the ring on the lens and stabilise the phone at the same time. I was actually trying to focus on the Singtel tower, but obviously I've accidentally focused on the flat on the left...

Conclusion? I need to practise more on the lens...

MBS Sky Park - our $20 night scene

There's no way that I'm going to pay for the $6 parking fee at Marina Bay Sands, so I parked my car at Marina Square instead. And this gives us the opportunity to walk along the Helix Bridge.



After crossing the Helix Bridge, we were greeted by a land of construction and road blocks. We were so confused that we had to ask a passer-by for the way...

Me: Aunty, which way do we go to the Marina Bay Sands?
Aunty: Har? Don't know.
Me: Er... Aunty, how to go to casino?
Aunty: Oh! Casino har! In front turn left!



Finally we reached the Marina Bay Sands lobby, which is pretty huge with lotsa lifts, with even more security guards standing sternly in front of the lifts. But no sign of the sign to the Sky Park lift. So we've got no choice but to check with one of the security with no expression, only to find out that the Sky Park lift is outside the hotel.



For some reason that must be too chim for us commoners to understand, tripods are not allowed on the Sky Park. So with my ISO set as high as possible and my hands as steady, these are the only photographs that are really acceptable...

The Old Tanjong Pagar Train Station

The Prime Ministers of Malaysia and Singapore have agreed that the Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) station currently in operation at Tanjong Pagar will be relocated to the Woodlands train checkpoint by 1st July next year.

Which means that the old train station is going to be torn down. While this could just turn out like our own National Stadium, which was planned to be torn down like... yesterday, I reckoned in order to play safe, I better take some of the old Tanjong Pagar train station with me before it is too late. Because one thing for sure, our country's way of preserving old buildings is to paint it with bright and colorful CMY-K, or convert it to another legalised gambling den.




Old school fence in an old train station


Changing route the manual way


Birds waiting for the next train?


Lives in an old train station


Crossroad on a railway track?


What's in a railway track?


Even the local grad can't help taking photo of the old railway track


Have a kopi, watch the train comes and go... that's relac life


Trolleys waiting to serve


When is the train coming again?


Eight-points flower design on arch doors. Very typical and traditional Malay design.


Kind of too quiet for a train station

A hot and sunny day at Marina Barrage

在ECP上从Marina South的出口一直驾一直往南走，你就可以到达那个处在好多的建筑工地之中的Marina Barrage了。Marina Barrage是新加坡的第15个蓄水池，也是最大的喔！Marina Barrage有三大作用：第一，当然就是蓄水啦！储蓄多点水我们就可以少点依赖某地方卖我们水，就不怕他们整天就地起价嘛！第二，下大雨的时候，它可以把比较低的地带的雨水都带到海中，这样子就不怕Chinatown, Boat Quay, Jalan Besar and Geylang等这些地方淹水咯！第三，公众可以在这里戏水，玩帆船，划龙舟，虽然那天我只看到有人在野餐和放风筝...

不过Marina Barrage是个可以拍到漂亮照片的地方哦！这里蓝天白云绿草地，拍出来的照片会让人心旷神怡，同时拍黑白照也可以显示出不一样感觉的立体感！





















之前的照片是用DSLR的广角镜头拍摄，但接下来的几张都是用我的手机上的5MP相机拍的！只要用心，傻瓜机也可以变聪明啦！

Up close and personal with all kinds of birds at Jurong Bird Park

在踏进Jurong Bird Park前，觉得很纳闷，为什么入门票要$18这样贵？鸟的饲料有这样贵吗？朋友更纳闷的问，笼子里的鸟有什么好看的？但游了一个下午的Bird Park后，我们都要收回那时讲的话！

其实飞禽公园的入门票真的很合理。第一，那里的鸟类是多到一天也看不完的！我们已经很后悔说不应该午餐后才去了！反正那里的停车费是$2 per entry的，所以我建议打包好午餐和足够的水（因为那边的食物和水是tourist price），然后从早上他们开门的时候就立刻冲进去！第二，企鹅和猫头鹰们需要吹24小时的冷气，电费水费应该很恐怖，我们就帮补一下吧！

由于小气的我们没买$5的panorail票，到了五点钟的时候我们已经走到累到不行，路途后面的那些鸟如Hornbills，Scarlet，Ibises，Spoonbills和Kingfishers，我们都是很敷衍的走过当作看过！真对不起它们！不过也还好我们没买panorail的票，因为那个panorail只有三个距离超远的站，中间的那些景点还是得走过去看啊！只坐车不走的话就只可以看到penguin和flamingo（第一个站），African Waterfall Aviary里的小鸟和人造瀑布（第二个站），跟Lory Loft里的鹦鹉（第三个站）！这样子逛Bird Park，两个钟头就敷衍完了吧？


像不像三大男高音？


为了等它伸懒腰，我可是和它一起在那边愣了好久哦！


天气热啊~ 泡泡脚呗！


这样子king-king-kiang-kiang的接吻不会痛吗？


它会功夫的喔！Dun pray pray ah!


很高贵的居高岭下！


小鸟吃香蕉！


鹦鹉吃橙！


这只大大只的blue bird真的是满街乱走咧！


Crowned pigeon - 高贵的皇族鸽子


Take cover!


来飞禽公园不拍它们好像有点像去动物园不拍猩猩那样