Monday, September 26, 2011

Linux: Sharing Internet - The Easy Way

This tutorial will show you how do I share internet belong to a computer with another computer. The method will use no tools other than terminal and just two commands. Read more to learn how do I do it.


Tuesday, September 13, 2011

SIGMA 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS

Just got my hands on the Sigma all-purpose lens 18-200mm after been a while searching for it. This is by far the cheapest all-purpose lens available. I bought it at my local retailer.

The box
The lens mounted on my D3100
Things I like about this lens

  • Cheap
  • Good build quality
  • Got optical stabilisation 
  • Cover from wide all the way to telephoto in one lens
  • Got zoom lock to avoid lens creep
Things I don't like
  • Image a bit dark due to small aperture
  • The zoom ring a bit tight especially at 50-80mm range..maybe just a while coz it's still new
  • The stabilizer need some time to settle down especially at tele range
That's all. Thank you. Want to enjoy new lens..hehe

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Volkswagen Motor Show 2011


Finally, habis jugak tempoh servis aku bersama AJIS company. Pejam celik2 dah 2 bulan kerja. Ok lah tu dapat isi masa lapang carik rezeki.

Thank you to guys at AJIS for supporting me and your guidance. I wish y'all and AJIS much success in the future. ;-)
Geng merayap tengok movie; amin,bob,khairi,baim,yunus..baikkk punyeeee

Monday, August 22, 2011

Lawatan Sambil Bekerja di Singapore

Baru-baru ni aku dapatlah peluang pergi over-the-sea. Tak jauh cuma ke Singapore je tapi excited jugaklah since ni first time der. Tujuannya adalah untuk buat stocktake for company Uniqlo. Ada 5 branch kitorang kena buat stocktake kat sana so kenalah stay 5 hari kat sana.


Monday, August 8, 2011

How To Tell Your Android To NOT Index Certain Files

Anyone of you ever encountered situation where your android phone index ALL your media files inside your SD card and display it in your gallery and music player? For example some images and sounds that may be used by installed application but you don't want it to appear in your gallery/music player and you don't want to delete it either coz it sure will messed up you application. So, how do you do in situation like this? I'll show you how to overcome this after this break.


Sunday, July 3, 2011

How To Read Tyre Sidewall Information

Lets take tyre below as a sample:

We'll take each value and see what it's all about
  • 205 - measures the tyre width in milimeters.
  • 55 - aspect ratio or height of the tyre itself from the width. Shown here is 55 means 55% from 205. We use this value to determine tyre profile. Low profile or high profile tyre.
  • R - Radial construction tyre. More info about radial tyre head to HERE
    • Click Here for other tyre types.
  • 16 - diameter of inner rim in inches.
  • 91 - Load rating of the tyre. See table below for full load rating. This number indicating the maximum load in KG that the tyre could withstand at the speed rating(see speed rating)
  • V - Speed rating. It indicates the maximum speed the tyre can withstand in conjunction with Load rating. See the speed rating table below.
Load rating

Speed rating


Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Photography: Depth-of-Field

Wow. Sibuk gilalah sempena amik intersesi ni. 2 subjek lagi tu. Memang hectic. Anyway, intersession dah pun habis and boleh rehat. XD Takut nak tau result :S

Anyway, untuk entry ni saya nak buat yang pendek je la..nak share about depth-of-field dalam bidang photography sebab recently ada rakan saya ni tanya:

"eh camane kau buat gambar belakang tu jadi kabur ea?"..and
"eh camane nak control brape banyak kabur kita nak ea?"..ha lebih kurang gitulah..

So, konsep yang dia tanya tu adalah berkenaan Depth-of-Field(DOF). Ia adalah term untuk menerangkan jarak antara depan dan belakang focus point yang relatively sharp. Untuk membezakan, kita guna term "shallow DOF" untuk jarak DOF yang pendek(means tempat yang dalam focus sikit je) dan "deep DOF" untuk jarak DOF yang besar(means tempat yang in-focus agak luas).

Source: http://images.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/dof_circleofconfusion.png

Apa yang penting sangat dengan depth-of-field ni? Penting sangat kalau:
  • Nak buat bokeh
  • Nak buat potraitization
  • Supaya orang yang lihat gambar fokus pada objek bukan pada backgroundnya

Potrait - source: http://withfriendship.com/images/i/44403/Portrait-photography-image.jpg

Bokeh - source: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoob7sSKLgYrrfOQcTO0qcSVcyB2GdyhxZh17koKRTbb2ouxkTOYZCq5auwb8VA4CFuE_6lSNKjL0r2p-Q0ETL3dkKSC17-39BjYZC76V5X3SPjWRVNPsuCi_JgxQsSEW_rE9arxuVYVw1/s400/awesome+bokeh.jpg

Macamana nak kawal depth-of-field??

Ada 3 cara:

  1. Aperture
  2. Focal length
  3. Distance
But usualy, people only focus pada aperture dan focal length so saya akan cerita pasal dua factors ni sahaja ok.

1. Aperture

Aperture adalah luas bukaan iris/lubang pada lens. Ia diukur dengan menggunakan f/stop seperti f1.8, f2.8, f5.6. Makin besar nilai f/stop, makin kecil bukaan aperture dan juga sebaliknya. Ramai orang silap tentang prinsip aperture number ni bila mereka ingat f number yang besar, besarlah bukaan aperture. Wrong.

INGAT: f-number besar, bukaan kecil
              f-number kecil, bukaan besar
Aperture and its value


Jadi, untuk mendapatkan shallow DOF macam gambar potrait di atas, pakai aperture yang besar(f-number kecil). Kalau hendakkan deep DOF pakai aperture kecil(f-number besar). Tapi ingat, kalau pakai bukaan aperture kecil, anda kena matchkan dengan shutter speed yang bersesuaian sebab bukaan kecil hanya membenarkan sedikit cahaya masuk ke sensor camera/filem. So kena try-and-error ;-)



Shallow DOF

Deep DOF
To conclude:

  • shallow DOF = wider aperture = lower f-number = lesser lighting entering camera
  • deep DOF = narrower aperture = higher f-number = more lighting entering camera

2. Focal length

Kalau ikut wikipedia:
The focal length of an optical system is a measure of how strongly the system converges (focuses) or diverges (defocuses) light.
Tapi untuk layman term, focal length adalah berkenaan zoom. To cut it short, the more you zooming in, you'll get shallower DOF and vice versa. Simple.

Zoom more = shallower DOF
Zoom less = deeper DOF

Focal length comparison - source: www.freshdv.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/dof_explained_tutorial.jpg

Ok. Simple as that. Tu je lah nak cerita nak share. Skarang nak cari kerja. huhu..

Papai!!