Posts Tagged ‘Nikon’
Saturday, September 7th, 2013
Photo of the Day: You know those burner barrels that taoists and the Chinese use in housing estates to burn incense papers when they pray?
How do these barrels mysteriously appear at the beginning of the hungry ghost festival (or other major pray dates) and then disappear at the end?
Mystery solved! I was having dinner in the evening when I spotted these two workers rounding up these burner barrels. I had the D5200 with me so I snatched a quick snapshot as they went by into the dusk. Photo taken with a Nikon D5200 with NIKKOR 18-55mm kit lens. Photo credit: John Tan.
These burning barrels were refurbished from oil barrels and are offered to offer a less messy alternative to burning incense paper in the open – where the ashes fly and spread everywhere when the wind blows.
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Tags:Buddhism, NIKKOR, Nikon, photography, photos, potd, religious, Singapore, Taoism
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Monday, August 26th, 2013
Workshops and the two seminars at the 2-day (24-25 August) event at the refurbished Suntec City Convention Centre were sold out, as participation in this year’s event was almost twice that of the inaugural I AM NIKON DAY event last year.
* All photos in this post are from Nikon Singapore.
Participants as well as visitors passing by had fun at the Nikon Day Photo Wall, taking photo souvenirs or visiting various Nikon camera display booths showcasing the latest Nikon COOLPIX cameras and Nikon 1 series.
In line with Nikon’s slogan of “At the Heart of the Image”, the aim of the 2-day event was to enrich the public with greater photography knowledge and tips, for both beginner photographers as well as seasoned amateurs.
Shutterbugs also tried their hand at capturing shots of models in the DSLR display area which featured a central boxing ring with models posing through the day.
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Tags:events, Nikon, photography, seminars, workshops
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Monday, August 19th, 2013
The Suomenlinna Church was first built in 1854 as a Greek Orthodox garrison church for the Russian troops stationed in the Suomenlinna sea fortress, and originally had five onion domes.
The simple chandelier hangs directly below the dome of Suomenlinna Church. Both photos taken handheld with a Nikon D600 with AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR lens. Photo credit: John Tan.
During the 1920s, the Suomenlinna Church was converted into an Evangelical Lutheran church.
Its central dome serves as a lighthouse, which sends out blinking Morse code signals for the letter “H” in Helsinki.
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Tags:church, Finland, Finland 2013, Helsinki, NIKKOR, Nikon, photography, photos, potd, Suomenlinna, travel, vacation
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Sunday, August 18th, 2013
My family and I were walking back to our hotel in Helsinki when we spotted this Irish Wolfhound across the road.
Gigantic Irish Wolfhound along the streets of Helsinki. Photo taken with a Nikon D600 with AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR lens. Photo credit: John Tan.
Its owner was taking it for an evening walk and both of them were waiting at the traffic light to cross the road.
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Tags:dog, Finland, Finland 2013, Helsinki, NIKKOR, Nikon, photography, photos, potd, streets, travel, vacation
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Friday, August 16th, 2013
The stalls at Hakaniemi farmers’ market are set up every morning for the locals to buy groceries and fresh flowers, amongst other things.
Two types of fresh flowers vying for space and attention at the Hakaniemi farmers’ market. Photo taken with a Nikon D600 with AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR lens. Photo credit: John Tan.
By afternoon, however, all that’s left of the market is a large empty plaza, as stall holders tear down their stalls and call it a day.
Tags:Finland, Finland 2013, flowers, Hakaniemi, Helsinki, market, NIKKOR, Nikon, photography, photos, potd, travel, vacation
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Wednesday, August 14th, 2013
We’d just gotten off the ferry from Helsinki to the off-shore sea fortress of Suomenlinna. While the excited tourists and local families with children hustled and bustled around the pier, I spied this old couple quietly cycling away from the hullabaloo into the tranquility of the island’s interior.
An old couple cycles slowly down a gravel path on a hot summer’s day on the fortress island of Suomenlinna in Helsinki, Finland. Both photos taken with a Nikon D600 with AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR lens. Photo credit: John Tan.
Suomenlinna actually comprises eight islands, five of which are connected by bridges and sandbars. There are about 850 inhabitants on the island, while 400-500 people work there.
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Tags:Finland, Finland 2013, Helsinki, NIKKOR, Nikon, photography, photos, potd, Suomenlinna, travel, vacation
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Wednesday, August 7th, 2013
Hakaniemi is a part of Helsinki city centre traditionally associated with the working class and workers’ associations.
Fresh flowers being sold at the Hakaniemi farmers’ market. Photo taken with a Nikon D600 with AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR lens. Photo credit: John Tan.
Every morning farmers set up stalls at the farmers’ market selling groceries and flowers to the locals.
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Tags:Finland, Finland 2013, flowers, Hakaniemi, Helsinki, market, NIKKOR, Nikon, photography, photos, potd, travel, vacation
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Tuesday, August 6th, 2013
The new AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR lens is an approximately 7.8x high-power normal zoom lens compatible with Nikon DX-format digital SLR cameras; while the Speedlight SB-300 is a compact and lightweight camera flash unit that can easily be taken anywhere.
Just announced in Tokyo by Nikon. Price and availability TBA. Not shown to scale.
The AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR high-power normal zoom lens covers the frequently used wide-angle 18mm to telephoto 140mm (equivalent to 27-210mm in 35mm [135] format) range of focal lengths.
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Tags:cameras, DSLRs, DX, Flash, lens, NIKKOR, Nikon, photography, SPEEDLIGHT, Tokyo
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Saturday, July 20th, 2013
Scott A. Woodward is a SanDisk Extreme Team member, a Nikon Professional Photographer and a Getty Images Global Assignments photographer. He shares his experiences and photography tips in a Q&A below.
Scott A. Woodward at one of four sessions of Nikon’s “I am a Fashionista” photography workshop in Singapore.
Woodward shared three tips for beginners who are starting out: Be inspired, Play with light, Experiment.
1. Be inspired
Do a little research about the who or what you will be shooting ahead of time. The more you know about what or who you will be shooting, the better prepared you can be.
Luerzer’s Archive has honoured Scott as one of the “200 Best Advertising Photographers Worldwide” and Nikon has named him “One of Asia’s Finest Photographers”.
Try to have some ideas for the types of photographs you want to create beforehand. There is no shame in looking at other photographers’ interpretations of a location or scene.
Use others’ work – there is an endless stream of imagery from photographers across the globe on Instagram and Flickr and Twitter – to be inspired and help get your creative juices flowing so you can create your own unique photography.
2. Play with light
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Tags:fashionista, Funan, howto, Nikon, photographers, photography, Singapore, tips
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Tuesday, March 26th, 2013
The Nikon COOLPIX A is now available in Singapore in black or silver. RRP: S$1,549. Nikon is giving away a LOWEPRO REZO 50 camera case with every COOLPIX A purchase while stocks last.
Nikon COOLPIX A is available in black or silver at S$1,549 in Singapore from 26 March 2013.
The COOLPIX A is Nikon’s first compact digital camera equipped with a DSLR sensor.
| Nikon COOLPIX A |
| Megapixels |
16.2 MP |
| Sensor |
DX-format CMOS sensor |
| Focal length |
Fixed at 18.5mm (28mm in 35mm equiv.) |
| Max aperture |
f/2.8 |
| AF |
Contrast-detect |
| Focus range |
50cm to infinity |
| Macro |
10cm |
| LCD |
3″, 921k dots, TFT colour |
| Movie |
1920 x 1080 px 30fps |
| Flash |
Built-in with hot-shoe |
| RAW |
Yes |
| ISO |
100-3200, extendable to 25600 |
| Size /mm |
111 x 64.3 x 40.3 |
| Weight |
299 g |
| Price |
S$1,549 |
The DX-format CMOS sensor is as large those used in DSLRs.
The COOLPIX A comes with a fixed 18.5mm (equivalent to 28mm in 35mm format), f/2.8 fixed focal focal length NIKKOR lens.
The camera’s adoption of a seven-blade iris diaphragm allows users to enjoy beautiful and natural blur characteristics.
Various types of aberrations are effectively reduced, demonstrating superior rendering performance throughout the entire frame at all aperture settings.
Moreover, the practical wide-angle lens is designed with optics that maximise its performance while making the most of the compact digital camera’s portability, covering a wide variety of shooting scenes.
Nikon COOLPIX A captures 14-bit compressed NEF (RAW) images, comes with a manual focus ring, and is able to record 1,920 × 1,080/30p full-HD movies.
The camera has a metallic look and feel of its design, with an extremely durable magnesium alloy top cover.
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Tags:availability, cameras, compact, DSLRs, DX, NIKKOR, Nikon, photography, Singapore
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