Trev's Adventure

[Big T]

Hi All

Day 437 of retirement has been posted.

http://trevorkloeden.wordpress.com/2011/04/

Been a busy but fantastic time with Easter, the Moriones Festival and Jas (son 1) & Mike visiting us here.

Currently summer here now so hot and humid  (singlet weather once again).

Enjoy

Cheers

Big (wet and sticky) T

[Big T]

Hi All

Day 442 of retirement has been posted.

http://trevorkloeden.wordpress.com/2011/04/

Lots of pics in this post (the most of any of my posts) due to the Moriones Festival.

Here is a link on what it is all about.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moriones_Festival

Enjoy

Cheers

Big (need a holiday) Trevor

[Big T]

Hi All

Day 449 has been posted.

http://trevorkloeden.wordpress.com/2011/05/

This marks our first year of retirement in the Philippines (Arrived May 4th 2010) and what an adventure it has been.

Bring on year 2 and many more hours exploring on the Thunder Monster is all I can say.

Enjoy

Big (2 year old) T

[Big T]

Hi All

Day 456 has been posted.

http://trevorkloeden.wordpress.com/2011/05/

You will see some pics with a DSCF next to the number of the pic. These are the pics taken with the new Fuji X100 camera and will become more prevalent as I get used to it.

Enjoy

Cheers

Big (new toy) T

PS: Bring on the MotoGp tonight. One of the few "luxuries" I can enjoy on the island.... 

[Big T]

Hi All

Day 463 has been posted.

http://trevorkloeden.wordpress.com/2011/05/

Currently enjoying the heat and humidity........

Big (hot & bothered) T

[heatherp]

Love the sunset photo Trev.

[Big T]

They are even better in real life Heather.....  

You allllllll are invited to come on over and see one for yourselves at the Big T&G Exclusive Resort.....

Some touring on a trusty 125cc Thunder Monster's included....  [moto]

[mattyvas]

Are you enjoying that new camera?
I went and had a look at it as I've been looking to add to the stable of travel cameras cause I'm sick of carrying the DSLR with me when I go away and not really using it.

Been looking at the Olympus EPL-2 in the twin lens kit along with the electronic viewfinder.
All for less than $1000.

[Big T]

Loving it Matty.

It is a little quirky to master but a few days playing and it works a treat.

If you shoot RAW pretty much all the quirky stuff goes away.

Awesome JPGs though.

APS-C sensor over the m4/3 wins hands down. Dynamic range of the X100 is awesome.

Fixed 35mm (35mm equivalent) lens is a gem.

Slightly bigger than the G9 but about the same weight.

All the pics on the blog with "DSCF" in the file name are X100 pics. Just remember that they are reduced to 75% in scale & 75% in quality. Most are JPGs straight out of the X100 with a few RAW saved as JPGs.

Replaces my ageing G9.

I use Capture One Pro V6.2 to process my pics. It now has a profile for the X100 and supports RAF (RAW file format).

The EPl-2 is a very cool camera which I also looked at. But for what I shoot the X100 is the one for me.

[mattyvas]

Cool, for me I think the 35mm only would be just a bit too limiting.
I too need to replace my very very aging G7!

I do like the look and feel of the Olympus, the fact that I can have two lenses to it is also attractive.
If I wanted a fixed lens camera the Fuji is indeed the choice.
I do shoot a lot of RAW files but not often when I travel it just takes up too much room.
My processing is all done via CS5 which might also be upgraded to 5.5 soon too.

[Big T]

Hi All

Day 470 of retirement has been posted.

http://trevorkloeden.wordpress.com/2011/05/

Our guests (Deb, Pam & Mike) who arrived here last Sunday for a 3 day visit were finally able to leave the island this morning on a RoRo (after 7 days) due to Typhoon Chedeng. No damage at all here as it went far east of us. Just some rough seas and a bit of wind. Boats and planes were cancelled. The joys of travel in the Philippines during a Typhoon.

Enjoy

Big (Got the house back) T

[Big T]

Hi All

Day 477 has been posted.

http://trevorkloeden.wordpress.com/2011/06/

Typhoon remnants have now all gone and we have some nice weather back (if you can call hot & humid nice!!!!).

Enjoy

Big (hot and sticky) T

[Big T]

Hi All

Day 484 of retirement has been posted.

http://trevorkloeden.wordpress.com/2011/06/

It has been a quiet week what why a tropical storm, the rainy season upon us (= dirty Thunder Monster) and brownouts (no Wi-Fi). Lots of reading (yes me reading), resting and eating.

Cheers

Big (relaxed) T

[Big T]

Hi All

Day 491 has been posted.

http://trevorkloeden.wordpress.com/2011/06/

We have Tropical Depression (Typhoon) "Egay" skirting past us out east at the moment. Flat calm day today but expect some rain and wind tomorrow from the tail end of the storm. Nothing serious.

Enjoy

Big T

[Big T]

Hi All

Day 498 has been posted.

http://trevorkloeden.wordpress.com/2011/06/

Getting a Tropical Depression / Typhoon warnings weekly at the moment. But luckily all we are getting is the fringe weather patterns (rain, windy & rough seas ooohhh and brownouts).

Enjoy

Big (Windy) T