Photographic post-mortem
Every trip I make I get a more refined idea or perspective of what to do the next time. So, photographic post-mortem of the 8 day trip: Leave the Sigma 10-20mm UWA lens at home. I like the lens, but
Category: Photography & Cameras
By the Roadside
There was a small jungle fire at Hougang some weeks ago opposite Punggol Park which turn the patch of trees and grassland into an ugly mess of black and brown. Ling on her way home yesterday though spotted Lallang growing
Panasonic HDC-SD20 – Notes II
More notes.:) Navigation: The SD20 has a small number of buttons and levers for triggering the record, shutter for still images, zooming, the built-in LED video light, power-on/off, battery release etc. But the rest of it is operated via a
Panasonic HDC-SD20 – Notes I
The HDC-SD20 is Panasonic’s entry line of Full HD digital camcorders. It’s a pretty new release too; several stores including MSColor, Courts and Best Denki, haven’t received stock for it yet. And Amazon.com lists the item for sale only from
HD Toy
While I’ve had quite a few still image cameras, both of the digital and film sort, I haven’t been in video recording for quite nearly as long. Consumer-priced video recorders didn’t drop in price quite as quickly as photographic cameras
Armor Class = –10
Check this out: body armor for your expensive DSLR, or in the case below for the D300: Niftly called ‘Camera Armor’, the manufacturer’s blib states that: “Custom Engineered for the Nikon D300, Camera Armor is an always on, protection system
D300 + MB-D10
Most of the pictures I took when I first had my SLR in the 80s were portrait shots. Now, the right way to take portrait-styled pictures is to use an underhand rather than an overhand grip. Besides that taking portrait
If I could dream…
… it’d be of this lens: The Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR LOL. But I’m not crazy: the damn thing costs a whopping ~$2.5K.:(
Night photography
A couple of colleagues and several Software Engineering students of mine headed out yesterday evening to take night shots of downtown. It was a fun and small event, though not much variety: it turned out to be a Nikonian gathering!
Bali Notes III: Mountains, Lakes & Waterfalls
The natural sights in Bali was really what I was keen on visiting. There were several new filters I’d acquired in the months before the trip that I was eager to try them out on landscapes, and specifically the graduated
Bali Notes II: Temples, Palaces & Monuments
There must be thousands of temples and shrines on Bali of varying sizes and importance, but each one is still beautifully decorated with status, carvings, and many also in Balinese-styled architecture and landscaping. That said, the sheer number of temples
Bali Behind the Scenes
We’re safely back at home now, and amidst waiting for the laundry machine to clean up the first basket of laundry, I can finally do some photographic accounting. Over the 6 days, we took a total of 2,486 shots, of
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