Camera Gear Hunting

June 25, 2008

Flinders Lane & Degraves Street

This happened a while back, so quite a late update: met up with Mr Canon earlier the day to do some brief shooting of the daily bustles of Flinders & Degraves Street. It's definitely the IT place for the Melbournians, with rows of hip cafes, wafting aroma of baked, warm goods and melodious echoes of side-street musicians - this is one of the places to be seen and heard.

Mr.Canon seeking a place to shoot?

Once in a while during the weekend, there'd be a street performance
with jugglers, and all. As for the music, it comes in various sorts from seductive Arabic jives to classical opera. At times they play so loudly, the sweet melodies float up the air and you can hear them clearly in the apartment, by the window.

Mr. Canon killing time with his G9

Unfortunately I still remember that day being a slightly gloomy with the grey clouds hovering above us but thankfully it didn't rain. I had the grand opportunity to learn and work with Mr Canon's recently-acquired Canon 40D. I have to admit, in the beginning I didn't quite like the camera - although I very much preferred its size and weight in comparison to the 400D, I didn't find it user-friendly at all. Though it did feel more "pro".



So around Flinder's Lane and Degraves Street, we walked about, shooting and killing time as we waited for the arrival of Ms DT and Ms Crocs from school. Ms Crocs was nice enough to bring a little surprise for us!

Little cupcakes from the Little Cupcake Store

As soon as they arrived, off the bunch of us went camera-hunting, as Mr Canon was determined to check out the latest gears in the photography world and perhaps invest in some second-hand camera gear. Treaded through some back alleys and discovered some mysterious stores while we were at it as well. You'll be shocked to see the little surprises this city's small back alleyway offers.
Definitely something to check out!

The trio: Ms DT, Ms Crocs (wearing her crocs) & Mr Canon



For dinner we decided to try out the new and only Italian Restaurant on Swanston Street, sharing between the four of us two pastas and a pizza - very filling!! Overall the food wasn't bad, the price was alright too...The location of the restaurant itself is quite obscure... well at least the entrance was. Which was probably why we were the only ones to eat there? he he


However according to Ms DT & Mr Canon, there are far better Italian restaurants you can get for the same price we paid. After dinner, Ms Crocs was keen to go to Laguna for some grocery shopping. Now, for those of you new Melbruneian students... if you are ever crave to get yourself some food that remind you of home... i would recommend going to Laguna, located at QV in the city.



















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