The JVC GY-5001

The 2nd camera I handled was the old school JVC GY-5001. It's a huge machine but it's not as heavy as it looks... emm... well, Im a weight lifter so probably most of these machine feels light to me. anyways, its a great machine with its superb lens (Drool over anything with a focus, zoom and iris ring.... lol) although the size is a disadvantage for certain kinda shootings but it makes most of what u need in an event shoot. I wouldn't mind using this machine to shoot my short film.. as long as i can get it cheap.. but iv to think of how to hide them when im doing a guerrilla production.. hahaha...

"Camera? what camera?"
"Oh, you are talking bout this camera looking thing mounted on my shoulder? it's a water bottle, not a camera"
"no joke, its just like those backpack with the water pack" .... sweats.. hahaha

well, we were doing a life broadcast that night and I had to stand the whole night cause again, its another non-stop action night... but i had a huge hardcore tripod to mount the camera on so i've no worries bout it. i think the only disadvantage i find in this camera is the LCD screen.. which is a wee bit small which makes it hard to judge if its' in focus and its a square screen compared to the wide screen standards in trend. the color is fabulous... not on the screen but i had another LCD viewer. it captures low lighting pretty well i may say..

anyways, another late night job...

My 1st assignment with a Sony HDR - FX1

It's my 2nd day at work and i was given a HDcam. The cam is fabulous but not a great cam under low lighting.. i guess its more of a film cam rather than a field cam.. usually when u shoot a film, proper lighting are strategically set so there is no problem in using this cam.. but what i love bout this cam is the FOCUS RING... muahaha.. i just love it... and furthermore, there is a manual iris, shutter speed and gain function which comes in handy.. although its not fun trying to grab a hold of them during the field shootings.. but its good that it's there. As to why it's not handy during an event shoot? well, cause I was shooting a concert and as you know, the lighting were crazy.. so i had to keep my fingers on the iris knob with the zoom ring constantly. no fun at all.. lol

well, my 1st assignment was to cover Shell Sarawak's 100 yr anniversary "party in the park" event. Im one of the 3 cameras on site for the life feed broadcast. well it was a huge event with over 6k seats with many invited celebrities such as the Malaysian Jazz queen, Noreen Aziz, singaporean idol singer Farhan, an american singer (sorry, cant remember ur name but ur voice is AWESOME.. sounds like Phil Collins), local band Energy, and Comedy court guys from KL. the invited host for the night were awesome too .. sorry, not good with names ... haiz... my duty for the night was to capture u all so didn't get the name .. lol.. but its a radio host and a model of which both are from Kuching sarawak.

I think a lot of people were woken up by the loud bangs from the huge fireworks display.. pretty much guess it cost a lots of thousands, 10s or 100s even.. with that crazily superb display.. there is no doubt.. I was in the mist of action so i felt it.. and i do mean felt it cause it was just right in front of me.. as well as the large speakers and the fireworks just couple of feet away from me.. hahaha... and not to forget the torch which constantly blows fires.. how close was I? enough to feel the flame in my face.. it was fun though.. if u know me enough, u would know what i meant :P anyways.. i had to stand there with the camera for 7 hrs straight cause it was a non-stop show... i figure they would come to relief us once in a while.. but guess, this is still miri after all.. human and staff rights pretty much lacks here with our not so efficient labour law governing us.

anyways, its a great experience... with the FX1 i mean.. :P

011010 - a milestone

Guess, i won't be posting much bout workout for the time being since according to my new employees, my work hours (i don't like calling it office hours .. lol) going to be very long and even have to work on sat full day. and I will have inconsistent evening jobs as a videographer. So that means I won't have time for gym... but .. but .. but... i won't be using that as an excuse for not working out... at home that is.....

I'm going to start the day, everyday at 5am with a 700 reps crunch and follow by a 1/2 cardio to start the day.. and end the day with 1/2hr body part workout with another 700 crunch before bed... will b saving up for a home gym station... hopefully soon so i can start pounding it everyday at 5am :P muahaha.....

anyways... i'll prove that "no time" is just an excuse for not living healthy... it might take a little which to get use to the routine but i figure, if i have the will, nothing is impossible.. it goes to every1 too... u 1st have to want it... i don't wanna end up like a lot of corporate ppl who sacrifice health over wealth and in return doing a charity by paying the doc's wages in the future... and to every1 who reads this blog, keep going, even 1/2 hr a day of exercise is enough to keep u healthy... il do my part to get d momentum running so when i come back, i hope il serve as a motivation to my readers to keep exercising.. u don't have to be as fanatic as i am.. just a borderline everyday 1/2 hr to pump that heart.. cheers.. all the best.... BONG