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Archive for August, 2008
What I think of the new Nikon D90
This is the first Digital SLR camera that shoots video. First let’s look at the specs: 12.3-megapixel DX-format CMOS imaging sensor Continuous shooting as fast as 4.5 frames-per-second D-Movie Mode—Cinematic 24fps HD with sound: (Record cinematic-quality movie clips at up to 720p HD (1280 x 720 pixels) in Motion JPEG format. Max per movie clip is [...]
Vote for The Greenest Person On The Planet
Recently I have been acquainted with a very nice gentleman whom I now call my friend, Matthias Gelber. He is an environmentalist, and a green entrepreneur. He reuses/recycles everything, and uses public transportation. And he is running for the Greenest Person On The Planet competition for 2008. He is now one of the last 5 finalists [...]
I am now officially a Nikon user!
I just got my Nikon D700 a couple of hours ago! I am yet to test it out and play around with it but I am excited to start shooting some interesting stuff with it. I will post up my test shots once I have the time to read through the manual and learn how [...]
Canon has launched the new EOS 50D
Well… to all Canon fans out there, here’s a new toy for you! It’s an upgrade of the 40D. Here are the specs: 15.1 Megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor 6.3fps continuous shooting, max. burst 90 JPEGs with UDMA card DIGIC 4 processor ISO 100-3200, expandable to 12800 9-point wide area AF 3.0” Clear View VGA LCD [...]
I just sold ALL my Canon gear!
I just posted my gear up for sale a few hours ago and the one that I thought would be the hardest to sell was actually the easiest! A deal was struck within 1 hour of my post here for my EOS 5D body! I also posted in two other forums, here and here, and [...]
Canon Rumors
I’m sure everyone is waiting to see what Canon is going to come up with to compete with Nikon’s D700. So here’s some rumors that’s been going around the photography circle all over the world: 5D Mark II Specs [NR] From a thread on DPR. -New body design with an integrated grip. Smaller than 1D’s -ISO [...]
Top Photographer explains why he switched from Canon to Nikon
This is an interesting article and I share some of the same things he mentioned. And that’s why I am deciding to drop Canon and switch over to Nikon. Read the full article here. All my gear is up for sale. I will post the full details soon.
National Geographic photo director discusses the power of Photography
Photography is not dead yet. It’s just evolving. David Griffin, photo director at National Geographic, talks about and demonstrates the power of photography in this multimedia presentation on TED. In case you don’t know, TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has [...]
An inside look from the Photographers stand at the Beijing Olympics
Check out this 360 degree high resolution panorama, shot by Kari Kuukka from a photographer’s corral about 30 minutes before the start of the men’s 100m final at Beijing National Stadium on Saturday. It gives an up close look at the working shooters in attendance and the Canon and Nikon gear they were using. To [...]
Aperture 2 Workshop with Jen Siow
Last Saturday I attended my first ever photography workshop.. yes, I have never attended any photo workshops before in my life. And it was a really good event. The master of digital photography in Malaysia himself, Jen Siow, was the speaker and he taught us how to use Apple’s Aperture 2 in our photography workflow. [...]
Sneek Peek: Something I don’t usually do…
I went for a very special workshop on Apple’s Aperture software last Saturday… but before I blog about it, here’s a sneak peek of what I shot during that workshop… just playing around with my camera, it was quite fun actually and I also got a chance to play with a Nikon D700 too..! I’ll [...]
Stories from my journeys: Ruins of Kabul
It was a quiet day in Kabul back in 2001/2002 and I had nothing to shoot for the day. So as usual I’d ask Siddiq, my driver, who was also my guide and translater to drive me around the city looking for standalone features to accompany the big story of the hunt for Osama. On [...]
More swimming pictures
It was a fun 3 days covering the Australian swimming team training in KL. Some parts of the pool had nice light and some other parts, the light wasn’t so good. I’m just happy that my Canon 5D could produce a few good action pictures. The focusing is much slower than the 1 series bodies [...]
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