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Symposium PPIM Volgograd ‘10

PPIM Volgograd ‘10, originally uploaded by gizmo_pony [cuti winter].

• Baru sahaja selesai Symposium PPIM Volgograd 2010 yang diadakan di Kim 20, Volgograd, Russia
• Program 2 hari bermula 04/01/2010 berjalan dengan lancar dan baik sekali
• Indoor photography memang mencabar :
  • Sony A200 + vertical grip
  • Minolta beercan 70-210mm F/4.0
  • Kitlens 18-70mm F/3.5-5.6
• Pop-up flash memang tak cukup
• Aku terpaksa guna ISO 1600, 3200 – amat noisy sekali, useless untuk printing, tapi untuk saiz yang kecil, tak nampak sangat
• Malangnya aku tak ada tripod sendiri
• Lebih banyak guna tele, Minolta beercan disebabkan constant aperture untuk semua focal length (F/4.0). Vertical grip membantu mengimbangkan tele yang agak berat
• Lagipun kitlens aku ada masalah back focus, aperture blades tak sekata, sebab baru jatuh minggu lepas
• Tapi apa yang lebih penting – flashgun, kalau tak ada, memang berbiji-biji la gambar tu (sebab ISO)
• Symposium –  amat bermanfaat. Tahniah kepada PPIM dan semua pihak yang menjayakan program ni
• Lesson learned
• Flickr – http://bit.ly/4OcM4t

ISO, Aperture & Shutter Speed : the Trio

For this photo, I used ISO 800, F/5.6 (the largest aperture at 70mm for my kitlens) and a shutter speed of 1/3 sec (not fast enough to avoid camera shake) – as a result, the subject is not sharply focused. I could use a higher ISO setting but then digital noise would be a problem, at least for my Sony A200.

ISO, Aperture and Shutter Speed

ISO, aperture and shutter speed determine the exposure value (EV) of a photo. I will try to explain briefly about the Trio.

Kereta-oh-Kereta

Walaupun aku belum grad, keinginan untuk berkereta dah lama ada. Melihatkan keadaan di sini, macam mana seorang professor pun sanggup naik trolleybus pergi kerja, telah sedikit sebanyak merubah konsep pemilihan kereta aku.

Mungkin juga faktor umur menjadikan aku lebih sensitif dan lebih peka, dan bukan hanya mahu menunjuk-nunjuk ataupun berlagak dengan kereta sendiri. Tanya diri sendiri apa tujuan sebenar membeli kereta ?

life is random

life is random, originally uploaded by gizmo_pony.

P/S : Life isn’t random at all. Ignore this post, I just want to fill my free time on the christmas day. Have fun.

Out-of-Focus

F/5.6, 70mm, 1/640

• The main reason for me to buy a dSLR is because to get to know this fancy thing called bokeh effect, and only after I bought my 1st dSLR then I realize that there are many other things that I have to learn in photography
• Bokeh refers to the out-focus area behind, and in front of the focused subject
• It is interrelated with the term ‘depth-of-field’ (the DOF)
• The DOF marks the area which is in focused eg. the greater the DOF is, the more area is in focused, vice versa

Чайхана

Манты

Kedai Чайхана (bermaksud tea house) terletak berdekatan dengan hypermarket РЕАЛ menyajikan pelbagai jenis makanan halal. Rasa boleh tahan, sesuai dengan harga. Merupakan kedai makanan halal pertama di Volgograd yang tidak menjual minuman keras dan makanan berasaskan babi. Datanglah beramai-ramai memajukan kedai ni, beri sokongan sikit.

Winter, Snow & Photography

Winter in Volgograd, originally uploaded by gizmo_pony.

• Woke-up around 5 o’clock in the morning, got the spirit to take some pictures outdoor
• Snowing heavily, I must be prepared
• Items brought :

1. Sony A200
2. Kitlens 18-70 f/3.5-5.6
3. CPL 55mm
4. Tripod
5. a plastic bag

• As I have no UV filter (broken), I decided to use my hoya CPL to protect my kitlens
• Took a plastic bag, made a hole for the lens and covered the whole camera body
• Attached the camera to my tripod ; I am good to go !
• Managed to take few pictures, difficult to handle my camera which was covered by plastic bag, all my fingers started to numb, plus my lens getting mist
• Lesson learned

Ajal Maut Ketentuan Ilahi

Ajal & Maut, originally uploaded by gizmo_pony.

• Tragedi di hari pernikahan bekas pelajar MRSM Langkawi, seorang jurutera
• Kemalangan melibatkan kereta + bas mengorbankan 4 nyawa termasuk ibu bapanya, dan jurukamera
• Semoga Allah mencucuri rahmat ke atas roh mereka, Al-Fatihah

Berita Harian

TV3

Testing Testing : Posting Pictures

• Love to take some photos recently, photography is becoming my real hobby. Some say this hobby is expensive, and I couldn’t agree more
• Still in progress to master some basic stuffs, post-processing, and of course eyeing for must-buy accessories eg. flashgun, lenses, filters, tripods, monopods …
• Not sure whether I can live without my camera for even a day. Hope to get bunch of great photos during this coming winter holidays