Archive for the ‘Lens’ Category
Sunday, July 14th, 2013
An island fortress, a rock church, and plenty of fun for the kids, Helsinki is a suitable family destination with long daylight hours in the summer.
Located in the central Senate Square, the Lutheran Cathedral was completed in 1852 and is a symbol of Helsinki. Taken with a Nikon D600 with 24-120mm lens.
Our first glimpse of Helsinki was gloomy and grim.
It was raining and we’d arrived at the central railway station, an imposing mostly brown building clad in granite, dragging our luggage.
The Uspenski Cathedral is a classical onion-domed Russian church that sits majestically on a hill overlooking the Market Square by the harbour. Taken with a Nikon D600 with 24-120mm lens.
Our mood improved as the weather cleared up.
Sunshine really makes a difference, although it was to rain intermittently over the next few days.
Hitting the sights
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Tags:Arabia, Europe, Finland, Finland 2013, Helsinki, holiday, Iittala, Marimekko, Suomenlinna, travel, vacation
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Friday, July 12th, 2013
Sony has launched its new “Alpha Lens Library” programme, which allows new and existing My Sony members, who are owners of its interchangeable lens cameras, to rent and test any lens before purchase.
Users can now rent and test any Sony Alpha lens for up to 5 days before making a purchase.
By paying a rental fee, registered Sony camera users can review up to 20 of Sony’s lens models and adapters for up to five calendar days (including both pick-up and return dates).
Tags:A-Mount, adapters, Alpha, DSLR, E-Mount, lens, rental, Singapore, Sony
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Monday, July 1st, 2013
White nights, midnight sun and paying a social visit to Santa Claus at his hometown at the Arctic Circle.
Uspenski Cathedral in Helsinki. The clear blue skies was a relief from the haze back in South East Asia. Taken with Nikon D600 with 24-120mm lens.
It all started back in 1991 with the liberation of the Baltic States from the Soviet Union which was subsequently followed by the collapse and breakup of the Soviet bloc.
The old town square in Tallinn teems with tourists and artisans celebrating the city’s history and traditional crafts. Photo taken with Nikon D600 with 24-120mm lens.
Since then, my wife and I have always wondered about what these three brave Baltic States were like – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
As students then, we’d heard so little about these three newly-minted (then) countries.
So it was that – two decades after those tumultuous times – we decided to visit Estonia’s capital Tallinn during the children’s school holidays this year.
The easiest approach was via Helsinki.
We flew direct to the capital of Finland via Finnair and then made a day trip via a 2-hour ferry across the Gulf of Finland.
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Tags:Arctic, Estonia, Europe, Finland, Finland 2013, Helsinki, holiday, midnight sun, Porvoo, Rovaniemi, Russia, Santa Claus, St Petersburg, Tallinn, travel, vacation
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Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
Canon formally launched the new cameras and lens at Chye Seng Huat Hardware cafe. Half the cameras had already hit the shelves earlier while the new models will debut towards end-April and early-May, with prices yet-to-be announced.
The highlights today include the PowerShot N, EOS 100D and EOS 700D.
Andrew Koh – Senior Director and GM of Consumer Imaging and Information Products Group, Canon Singapore – kicking off the launch in Singapore.
The Canon PowerShot N has a squarish form factor (78.6 x 69.3 x 29.2 mm) and is so compact it can fit in the palm and be operated with one hand.
Canon PowerShot N
It has Wi-Fi connectivity and comes with pre-programmed creative Instagram-style filters.
The 12.1-megapixel PowerShot N has 8x optical zoom, swivel screen and ISO to 6,400.
The EOS 100D has an 18-megapixel APS-C sized CMOS sensor and and full DSLR functionalities.
This is despite its compactness – Canon boasts that the 370g EOS 100D is the world’s smallest (116.8 x 90.7 x 69.4 mm) and lightest DSLR.
Canon EOS 100D
The EOS 700D has the same sensor and DIGIC 5 imaging processor, and comes with a fully articulated LCD panel.
Both DSLRs can be paired with the new EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM EF-S lens for quieter and smoother AF operation while shooting video.
All the above models will be available in Singapore by end-April. Prices will be announced later.
The other cameras that were launched are the IXUS 255 HS, IXUS 140, IXUS 135, IXUS 132, PowerShot A2600, PowerShot A2500, as well as the newest PowerShot SX280 HS and PowerShot SX270 HS.
Canon EOS 700D has 18 megapixels and DIGIC 5 imaging processor.
All the cameras and lens that were launched today are listed below.
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Tags:cameras, Canon, compact, DSLR, EOS, Singapore
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
Sony launched today a range of digital imaging products – 5 cameras, 3 lenses and 2 accessories. Available in Asia Pacific in March/April 2013. Prices TBA.
From top to bottom, left to right: 1. 70-400mm F4-5.6 G SSM II telephoto zoom lens 2. RM-VPR1 wired remote 3. DT 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 SAM II zoom lens 4. Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50mm F1.4 ZA SSM lens 5. HVL-F20M flash 6. Alpha 58 DSLR 7. NEX-3N mirrorless interchangeable lens camera 8. Cyber-shot WX-300 compact camera 9. Cyber-shot HX-300 compact camera 10. Cyber-shot TX-30 compact camera
The five cameras announced today include the Alpha 58 DSLR, NEX-3N MIL, and three compacts: Cyber-shot WX300, Cyber-shot HX300, and Cyber-shot TX30.
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Tags:accessories, Alpha, cameras, compact, Cyber-shot, digital imaging, DSLR, lens, lenses, NEX, Sony
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Thursday, February 14th, 2013
It’s Valentine’s Day today. Here’s wishing all lovers a most romantic day/night.
Just in case you haven’t bought that Valentine’s Day card yet, here’s one you can use as a gift tag. Just print it out 🙂
I took this photo in a pottery workshop in this little Japanese shire called Takamori （高森）, nestled in the caldera of Mount Aso （阿蘇山） in Kyushu （九州）.
Loved the pottery pieces in the workshop. Knew at once it would go into the February 14th post for 2013.
* Taken with a Nikon D800 DSLR with an AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED lens.
Tags:Japan, Japan 2012, Kyushu, NIKKOR, Nikon, photographs, photos, Valentine's Day
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
Nikon has launched in Tokyo the Nikon 1 J3, Nikon 1 S1 bodies, WP-N2 waterproof case, 1 NIKKOR VR 6.7-13mm f/3.5-5.6 and 1 NIKKOR VR 10-100mm f/4-5.6 lenses. It also released two new compact cameras – COOLPIX S6500 and COOLPIX 2700.
Prices and availability to be announced at a later date.
From left, Nikon COOLPIX S6500, Nikon COOLPIX S2700, Nikon 1 J3 with 1 NIKKOR VR 6.7-13mm f/3.5-5.6 lens, and Nikon 1 S1 with 1 NIKKOR VR 10-100mm f/4-5.6 lens
With the popularity of mirrorless interchangeable lens (MIL) cameras, Nikon is beefing up its Nikon 1 line up of camera bodies, lenses and accessories, with new features and functionalities.
For those who prefer the simplicity of compact cameras, it has introduced two new cameras in its COOLPIX S-series.
Here’s a line-up with key specs.
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Tags:cameras, COOLPIX, MIL, NIKKOR, Nikon, Nikon 1
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2013
Justin wishes one and all a Happy New Year for 2013!
Don’t ask me where Justin got that pose from. He just slid into it when I asked him to say cheese.
As we stride into 2013, let’s hope everybody gets a fruitful year ahead. Best wishes!
Tags:2013, holiday, Justin
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2012
Is your kid a fan of fast cars? Bake him his very own garage of Formula One machines for his birthday!
Bake your own garage of Formula One speed demons.
All you need is a set of cake molds which a friend gifted us.
Who says F1 drivers have to be all boys?
Add on the child’s favourite candies and lego figurines. And voila – his very own Grand Prix collection.
Sponsored by the rainbow connection.
* All photos in this post were taken with a Nikon D800 DSLR and AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED lens. The shallow depth of field was amazing.
The top three heading for the podium.
I had to dial the aperture down to f/22 to get most of the scene in focus for the overview. Otherwise, the shallow depth of field effect for the other close-ups was exactly what I love.
Tags:cameras, DSLRs, lens, Nikon, photography, photos
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Sunday, December 9th, 2012
Takamori is a small town located at the Southeastern corner of the Aso caldera. We chose to stay there because it was between Takachiho and the Nakadake peak of Mount Aso, and so served as a good base from which to visit both.
I don’t know how the kids stay so pristine white all the time.
We chose this “country-house” style hotel in Takamori, partly because of the beautiful goat that it showed in a photo on its website.
The other kid peering out from its goat shed.
When we arrived, we found that, in addition to that teenage goat, there were another nanny complete with horns and a beard – and two really cute kids.
This was what we saw when we looked out the window on the third morning of our stay. It had snowed lightly overnight and everything was coated with a thin layer of newly fallen snow. You can see the goat shed to the left.
They were really lovable and the kids (mine) were over the moon over them.
Two cold kids huddled up inside the goat shed.
The hotel probably sees the most guests during summer as a sort of summer camp location, where you can enjoy outdoor games and attend pottery lessons at the hotel’s workshop.
Eventually, the kids ventured out into the snow. After all, they’re donning Pure New Wool. Can you spot the kid against the white snow?
There was another large Japanese family staying on our second night and their children and ours had a whale of a snow fight after it snowed overnight.
“Who – me?” A figurine in the hotel’s pottery workshop.
It was a wonderful stayover indeed.
* All photos in this post were taken with a Nikon D800 DSLR with an AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED and an AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II lens.
Tags:goat, holiday, Japan, Japan 2012, kid, Kumamoto, Kyushu, Takachiho, travel, vacation
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