LimeTouch

I may not be a professional photographer (I would love to own a DSLR one fine day) but I do run into obstacles while taking shots. Despite owning a Sony Cyber-shot DSC T100 for almost a year now, I dare not claim that I know how to bring out the best in pictures. With the term ‘point and shoot’, there is only so much that can be tweaked in the T100. Settings such as the fps or shutter speed cannot be changed.

Convenience

Every time I have an outing with a group of friends, it is almost impossible to take a group shot without bothering a passerby for his/her assistance. And sometimes, the shot isn’t as wonderfully taken as we would have liked with the odd pinkie being part of the picture. This is especially so in the case of the T100 because the lens is located at the upper left corner of the digicam.

When I was descending from Mount Kinabalu in the rapids, my fingers were numb from the coldness and that explained the shoddy picture of mother nature’s power. At that point of time, a tripod would have been extremely useful to me.

With that in mind, I got myself a DigiPod J1-808 for SGD $40.

Do not be deceived by its looks like I was when I first saw it. Its legs may look thin and flimsy, but after exerting some force on its base, I found it to be quite sturdy and stable. There would be no problems holding my light weight T100 in position.

For comparison purposes, I mounted my T100 on the J1-808 to shoot a picture of my hardly used PC.

Due to the poor lighting in my room, it is always a challenge shooting pictures within it. However, with the use of a tripod, this was by far the most precise picture of my PC I have shot.