Robin Wong

I bought a new wireless microphone set - the Hollyland Lark M2. I bought this to replace my old Sennheiser XSW-D Portable Wireless Microphone which has dying batteries, and they could barely last...

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This was probably the only time this happened so far, instead of the manufacturer approaching me to review a lens, it was the other way around, I requested a review sample of the 17mm F1.7 from Y...

http://robinwong.blogspot.com/2024/11/yongnuo-17mm-f17-for-micro-four-thirds.html

I was at Malacca for a few days last week for a quick shoot, so of course, I took this opportunity to do some street shooting and filled my stomach with amazing Malacca food. It is so interesting...

http://robinwong.blogspot.com/2024/10/malacca-food-adventures-again.html

TTArtisan sent me their 75mm F2 AF lens for Nikon Z mirrorless full frame mount cameras. I tested the lens on my own Nikon Z5, and boy oh boy, was I surprised. The lens performs incredibly well d...

http://robinwong.blogspot.com/2024/10/ttartisan-75mm-f2-af-lens-too-good-to.html

I saw the moon floating around in the sky just outside my bedroom window and my hands got a bit itchy. So I grabbed the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II with M.Zuiko 75-300mm II lens and mounted them on...

http://robinwong.blogspot.com/2024/10/its-just-rock-you-cant-reach.html

I managed to get my hands on a demo unit of the newly launched Fujifilm X-M5 at a touch and try session happening inside the Artishutter X N4 camera store last Saturday. I am genuinely curious ab...

http://robinwong.blogspot.com/2024/10/fujifilm-x-m5-my-first-impressions.html

My dear friend BIHZHU celebrated her 41st birthday recently, and she had quite an unusual celebration - she held a mini party happening right at a waterfall. The location was Lata Beringin, and ...

http://robinwong.blogspot.com/2024/10/bihzhus-waterfall-birthday-bash.html

Last Saturday, I attended the wedding luncheon of Ivan and Chin Lay at Chow Kit hotel in downtown KL. Ivan is an old friend whom I have known since forever! We were classmates in secondary school...

http://robinwong.blogspot.com/2024/10/congratulations-to-ivan-chin-lay.html

I was experimenting with an interesting technique to shoot birds with my smartphone, purely out of curiosity and fun recently. I attached the Olympus 75-300mm II super telephoto zoom lens onto my...

http://robinwong.blogspot.com/2024/10/how-to-shoot-bird-photographs-with.html

I know I have been quite harsh in my previous post commenting on the Olympus E-M1X being a mistake, but I did review that camera, and it was a fairly capable Micro Four Thirds camera, perhaps the...

http://robinwong.blogspot.com/2024/10/revisiting-old-images-from-e-m1x.html

Olympus OM-D E-M1X was released in 2019, it became the first camera to break away from the Micro Four Thirds principles of making small, portable cameras yet delivering high performance. In fact,...

http://robinwong.blogspot.com/2024/10/was-olympus-e-m1x-mistake.html

Old CCD compact cameras are all the rage now, and that can be seen with the increasingly ridiculously high selling prices in the used market. I personally think these old compacts are super fun a...

http://robinwong.blogspot.com/2024/10/having-fun-with-ancient-compact-point.html

I must confess an uncomfortable truth, I bought the Olympus PEN E-PL1 due to peer pressure back then, I was asked to join an Olympus PEN group to help out and I did. The qualification to become a...

http://robinwong.blogspot.com/2024/10/revisiting-old-olympus-pen-e-pl1.html

I admit, I have been browsing Wotancraft's website for several years now, looking at their various beautiful camera bags, but I never hit the purchase buttons. I already have several well functio...

http://robinwong.blogspot.com/2024/09/my-new-favorite-street-photography-bag.html

The biggest mistake Micro Four Thirds players did was trying to beat the full frame big boys by making larger, heavier, ridiculously overpriced cameras with bloated tech and features that 98% of ...

http://robinwong.blogspot.com/2024/09/small-cameras-can-save-future-of-micro.html

I have had the Olympus PEN Mini E-PM1 and I enjoyed using that camera quite a bit for my street shooting sessions, so when I found a used E-PM2 at such a good price in good condition, I just coul...

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I have had tremendously busy weekends for the past month. I had 3 separate visitors from my hometown Kuching for every last weekend which I gladly hosted and brought around Kuala Lumpur for meals...

http://robinwong.blogspot.com/2024/09/all-i-wanted-to-do-was-to-pet-cat.html

One of the go-to places to bring my friends for a meal when they are visiting outside of Kuala Lumpur, is Kanbe Ramen. This Japanese Ramen restaurant was opened merely few years ago and has risen...

http://robinwong.blogspot.com/2024/09/friends-in-kl-and-kanbe-ramen.html

TTArtisan sent me their 56mm F1.8 lens for Sony E-mount, and I tested it on my old Sony NEX-6 camera. Full disclaimer - I do get to keep this lens after review, but I made it clear to TTArtisan t...

http://robinwong.blogspot.com/2024/09/ttartisan-56mm-f18-mini-review.html

Happy Malaysia Day to all my fellow Malaysians! To commemorate this special occasion, I am breaking my own strict monochromatic dress code just for one day. Instead of mostly black and white from...

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It has almost become a ritual for me and the boys to meet up and have brunch at a new hipster cafe location every once in a while, and this time we went to the Grumpy Bagels, situated just a litt...

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I visited my friends Azul and Grace's exhibition at Stadium Merdeka again and this time I brought more friends to go see it. I thought I'd make myself useful and started shooting behind the scene...

http://robinwong.blogspot.com/2024/09/tips-on-shooting-events-and-behind.html

Initially, I intended to film a new video for my main photography channel yesterday. I was being a little ambitious, I also wanted to do a second video for my vlog channel, showing behind the sce...

http://robinwong.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-day-that-did-not-go-according-to.html

About two weeks ago, I attended a mini concert at KLPAC, and it was their 5th installment of Yesterday Once More, indulging in music from yesteryears. I was an audience this time, and was not hir...

http://robinwong.blogspot.com/2024/09/yesterday-once-more-5-at-klpac.html

Olympus M.Zuiko 45mm F1.8 has been my favourite Micro Four Thirds lens since its launch back in 2011. This tiny gem weighs only 116g, yet it delivers excellent results, rendering sharp images wit...

http://robinwong.blogspot.com/2024/09/shooting-portraits-of-ivani-with.html