Comments on Hin's Tech Corner: Going Green in Blogging

Excellent write-up. I don't know exactly how the ...

2009-10-11T20:49:21.715-07:00

Excellent write-up. I don't know exactly how the Japanese got so much more energy efficient than folks in the U.S. -- I suspect a lot of it has to do with small houses (cheaper to heat / cool / light) and high housing density (easier to get to work by train vs. car).

Meanwhile, I think it helps to just do what you can when you can. Over time we've replaced almost every bulb in the house with a CFL -- just a couple incandescents are left over the dining room table, but the fixture takes small base ("candelabra") bulbs, CFLs still aren't too great for that use, and LED bulbs are exorbitantly expensive. Our washer & dryer just gave out, so we replaced them with energy efficient models -- at this point, I think we've about done what we can.

As for hybrids (or not), I think it really comes down to gas mileage. If you want to help the environment, get the vehicle that gets the best mileage that you can afford -- regardless of the technology under the hood.

Nice theme in this write up, and esp. the green co...

2009-10-09T09:56:23.056-07:00

Nice theme in this write up, and esp. the green color in all the photos.

I too am on the fence about the cfl light bulbs; our plan is to phase them in our house as the other lights burn out.
I too don't believe the hybird hype, I think just smaller more efficient engines are the way to go. Now if hybirds come down in price, sure...
I need to look into this Japanese effort on energy reduction as well...

A nice change up in your tech-corner blog, I hope to see more like it!

First of all I would like to say that I just love ...

2009-10-08T06:14:13.562-07:00

First of all I would like to say that I just love to take photograph. Even I know good photography also. I must say that What a lovely photographs it is. Very good work. Thank you very much for sharing a beautiful work with us.

Hin, This was a most enjoyable read....I got to sa...

2009-10-07T07:00:22.647-07:00

Hin, This was a most enjoyable read....I got to say that your line ''
Every time that I see a mallard pair, I become the duck-aholic photographer.'' had me laughing. So true and so funny..

Stanley, thanks for the visit. I used many cheapo...

2009-10-06T17:54:01.832-07:00

Stanley, thanks for the visit. I used many cheapo manual lens with manual focusing which are all more difficult and heavier than the Tamron zoom lens with AF. It is actually a blessings in disguise when I go for the difficult route with MF lens to save cost that I force myself to improve on hand-holding and manual focusing skill with heavier lens. It is very odd but quite true.

Yes, it is long at 180mm to 300mm where I can set the lens in Macro mode to get in closer distance with 1:10 to 1:2 close up ratio.

I hold my lens with my left palm while tucking in my left elbow in to my stomach and chest area for firm support so that my left arm is like a V shape with my left palm holding the lens in steady form. Once I zoom in to the tele or macro setting, I make sure that my palm is further out in the lens so as to get a good balance in gripping the lens to a secure firm balance.

The best lens in that focal range is the Pentax DA 55-300mm but I love my Tamron zoom and I think the Sigma equivalent will do just as well without the PF/CA issues.

Those are really nice. Did you have any problems ...

2009-10-06T17:38:19.759-07:00

Those are really nice. Did you have any problems hand holding this lens because of it's length? It seems like a real steal price wise for the 300mm 1:2 macro.

Thanks for posting the enviromental info. It something I feel very passionate about.