My Water Moments - Pulau Redang family holiday

My Water Moments

Hi grandchildren,

Had a wonderful family holiday at Pulau Redang? I am sure you must have enjoyed yourself especially Lincoln who starred on stage with the Tequila Sunrise band at the Laguna Redang Island Resort (see video).

Well, how about grandpa? See the above photo? That was the boat that was to take grandpa to the Pulau Redang Marine Park and would have been the beginning of My Happy Water Moments had I known about this almost indestructible Sony TX5. But take a look at the second photo below:

My Water Moments 2

The photo above represent an unfortunate Sad Water Moments for grandpa and also a death sentence for my Nikon Coolpix L22 digital camera. For unfortunately grandpa has forgotten about the camera tucked into the pouch in the waist and as grandpa waded into shoulder deep seawater, the corrosive seawater seeped into its vital organs and murdered it.

So what would be different if I had heard about this water-proof, shock-proof, temperature-proof and dust-proof Sony TX5. Well, for one thing, my camera will still be alive and grandpa would have many Happy Water Moments for the Sony TX5 is intrinsically water-proof without having to buy another waterproof casing plus it would have been WATERPROOF ALL THE TIME so no need to worry about this forgetful grandpa.

Taking about underwater casing for cameras. Your pa who is a scuba diver told grandpa they are very expensive. Grandpa googled "buy waterproof camera casing" and found this:



Imagine! At US$246.95 at current conversion rate that would come up to MR797.02, almost MR800! Add in the RM450 for that Nikon camera and it would have come up to MR1,250! Add in a little bit more and I could have that cool Sony TX5 waterproof camera with so many cool features which recommended retail price is RM1500. With luck and discount, perhaps it may even be less than RM1250! Then your grandpa will be in Shangri-la (like heaven). No more worries for another Sad Water Moments for then that Sony TX5 would be waterproof ALL THE TIME and not only when I add on that bulky clumsy and expensive waterproof casing. So forget full or not, that waterproof TX5 will be safe.

You know how difficult it is to capture nice photos of you very fast moving grandchildren. Photos often ended up blur because of your quick motions. Hurray, Sony TX5 comes to the rescue with that Anti-motion Blur mode to help grandpa capture those wonderful moments.

Also, by the time grandpa click that button, that rare moment that grandpa wants to capture is gone. For example, remember Lewis's 2^nd birthday party? See the photo below. Grandpa managed to capture your funny smile but unfortunately Lincoln turned his head away. :-(



If only grandpa had that amazing Sony TX5 with the Takes 10 photos in 1 second feature, grandpa would have 10 photos to choose of of which at least one will have that funny smile of yours together with Lincoln facing the camera as well. Well, let grandpa get his hand on that TX5 and we will capture all those fleeting smiles of the 3 of you.

There is one more feature that the TX5 have, that is the Effortless panoramic photos or iSweep Panorama, for your grandpa had been longing for such a wide panoramic scenery of skyline to use as background image for my blog Header such as the one below. Imagine how much more attractive the blog will be with such a panoramic background image decorating the blog Header.

Panoramic photo of Colorado Range uploaded to Flickr by Jesse Varner under the Creative Commons license

That is not all. TX5 also have that Handheld Twilight mode which would have helped your grandpa takes beautiful evening shots of the 3 of you playing on the beach at twilight for it seemed the TX5 can capture sharp images even with low light. Phew, with so many features that Sony TX5 would be so useful to your grandpa as a blogger.

Ah Lincoln (and Lewis), here is the video of the two of you on stage at Pulau Redang:

Starring Lincoln with the Tequila Sunrise Band

And here are the features of that Almost Indestructible Sony TX5 that your grandpa is longing for:

Sony TX5 10.2 Mega Pixel Sony TX

Water-proof
up to 3m deep for up to 60 minutes*.

Temperature-proof
Keep on shooting even below freezing point up to –10ºC**

Dust-proof
be assured to always get spotless images whatever the environment is!

Shock-proof
allows drops of up to a height of 1.5m*, the usual height we hold the camera for photo-taking.

Capture perfect twilight shots

50% less noise - high sensitivity “Exmor R” CMOS sensor coupled with BIONZ imaging processor superimpose six visual frames to create a single optimised image.

Even when taking a picture at a high ISO setting or without using a tripod, you still enjoy cleaner, sharper images with Handheld Twilight.

Anti-motion Blur mode uses six superimposed frames to create one single optimised image with 50% less noise. This means you are able to shoot with high ISO settings in low-light environments, reducing noise and subject blur, giving you clear and sharp images.

Takes 10 photos in 1 second: Capture capture fast actions or a moving subject in a sequence of 10 continuous frames per second. This sequence of continuous shots are also grouped to simplify playback as the camera analyses each group in order to locate and display the best shot automatically.

Intelligent Sweep Panorama

Enjoy beautiful panoramic shots by sweeping your camera horizontally to create stunning landscape shots, or vertically to capture tall objects. Intelligent Sweep Panorama also recognises faces or subject movement automatically and cleverly stitches the photos together to create a natural-looking panoramic shot.