Thanks for Sasana Artha Finance (SAF), they give me an incentive tour to Spain. I don’t know why, but I don’t really excited and hoping much from this trip. Probably because it will be winter and as my Spanish friend told me.. it’s rainning most of the time.
The trip was 10 days, but considering the long flight and the bus ride from different cities, it’s only 7 days effective.
The route was:
Denpasar – Singapore – Milan – Barcelona – Valencia – Madrid – Segovia – Madrid – Barcelona – Milan – Singapore – Denpasar
Bali proud to host the first Asian Beach Games. 45 countries were expected to participate on the game, but only 42 confirmed. Now with more then 5000 atheletes and officials, it become the biggest event that Bali ever have. There are 17 sport disciplines ranging from a well known sport such as surfing, beach volleyball and wind surfing.. to a new sport to me which named Kabadi (and what i’ve known, Indonesia’s Kabadi team has just formed few months before the game started).
For me, it’s a life time experience to watch a world class event held in Bali. Too bad i’m going overseas in two days, but I won’t waste these couple days since I’ve already got passes to the all venues. I hope I’ll get FOP (Field of Play) card so I can have better access and which also means better photo.
As for today, it was very hot.. and I’ve already got sunburnt.. I manage to shoot beach volleball and the last game of sepak takraw. Below are the ballet that they do in volleyball 
edited 20/10/08: It’s confirmed I won’t get the FOP pass.. it’s abit hassle since there isn’t any FOP pass for the whole sports..
I don’t remember which tourist spot start it first.. but now Sanur, Nusa Dua, and Kuta have their own fiesta or so called festival. It’s held once a year and i think the main purpose is to promote their own area for tourism industries.
Among all those events, Nusa Dua festival doesn’t really interest me. It’s far
(i’m a lazy driver + it takes about 40+ minutes to get there).. and somehow the rundown of the event all filled with “hotel day.” I’m not sure what is it about, but maybe since it’s sponsored by hotels, they provide special slot on the event for all the hotels participate in it to do promotions.
Well I went there actually just to see the fiesta parade which held on the first day hoping to get stock photo just for my collection.
I was browsing the magazine stand looking for the latest edition of Golf Digest when I glanced to see familiar magazine with heading which said “Digital Camera Magazine.” Wow! I never knew that this UK magazine had been published in Indonesia. It has the same glossy cover and images as the UK’s edition, but apparently thinner.. which mean less articles.
As I remember I was going to subscribe for this magazine, and have it sent to Bali. Unfortunately, they don’t receive order from Indonesia. I guess Indonesian reputation for online shopping already ruin with all the cardings.
Anyway, finally this magazine is published in Indonesia. Let’s just hope that the translation will be easy to understand since most international magazine which have been translated to Indonesian tend to be confusing.
I’ll buy the next edition since I’ve read the UK’s edition thanks to Pak Gustra (IB Putra Adnyana).
Canon EOS 5D MKII will possibly change the path of my career as well as the photography industry to some degree
Vincent Laforet, a New York based commercial and editorial photographer has produced a video, shot using the Canon EOS 5D Mk II. It was taken using the prototype 5D mk II, which he got for only 72 hours before he had to sent it back. You can watch it here
apple = mac
Open your ordinary picture in mac, then it will become beautiful!! That’s what I felt when I tried my friend’s imac. iMac come with cpu built in its high quality apple lcd. Well, the OS is good with its eye candy effects, but the screen is the one that really love. Then my friend told me that apple cinema display is even better then imac’s screen. Wow.. it makes me wonder how will my photos will look in cinema display..
For now I use Samsung Syncmaster 931c which is not bad at all. Below are the comparison spec between the Sweet Cinema Display and 931c.
Syncmaster 931c
Screen Size 19″
Display colors 16.7 million
Resolution 1280 x 1024
Brightness 250 cd/?
Contrast Ratio 700:1 (DC 2000:1)
Response time 2ms (GTG)
Viewing Angle (Horizontal/Vertical) 160º/160º
Apple 20″ Cinema Display
Display colors (maximum) 16.7 million
Viewing angle (typical) 178° horizontal; 178° vertical
Brightness (typical) 300 cd/m2
Contrast ratio (typical) 700:1
Response time (typical) 14 ms
Pixel pitch 0.258 mm 0.250 mm
Screen treatment Antiglare hardcoat
From the specs, there are not many differences between those two LCD screen.. but as you can see, cinema display is work of art. The design is really good, and somehow the picture quality is also amazing. Unfortunately the price tag can be 2 or 3x Samsung 931c.
Finally, today Canon revealed their new masterpiece and just my another dream camera. Below are the improvement that i got from dpreview.com
You can read the review here
* 21 megapixel CMOS sensor (very similar to the sensor in the EOS-1Ds Mark III)
* Sensor dust reduction by vibration of filter
* ISO 100 – 6400 calibrated range, ISO 50 – 25600 expansion (1Ds Mark III & 5D max ISO 3200)
* Auto ISO (100 – 3200) in all modes except manual
* 3.9 frames per second continuous shooting
* DIGIC 4 processor, new menus / interface as per the EOS 50D
* Image processing features:
o Highlight tone priority
o Auto lighting optimizer (4 levels)
o High ISO noise reduction (4 levels)
o Lens peripheral illumination correction (vignetting correction)
* RAW and SRAW1 (10 MP) / SRAW2 (5 MP)
* RAW / JPEG selection made separately
* Permanent display of ISO on both top plate and viewfinder displays
* AF microadjustment (up to 20 lenses individually)
* Three custom modes on command dial, Creative Auto mode
* Image copyright metadata support
* 98% coverage viewfinder (0.71x magnification)
* 3.0″ 920,000 dot LCD monitor with ‘Clear View’ cover / coatings, 170° viewing angle
* Automatic LCD brightness adjustment (ambient light sensor)
* Live view with three mode auto-focus (including face detection)
* No mirror-flip for exposures in Live View if contrast detect AF selected
* Movie recording in live view (1080p H.264 up to 12 minutes, VGA H.264 up to 24 mins per clip)
* Two mode silent shooting (in live view)
* New jump options in play mode
* HDMI and standard composite (AV) video out
* Full audio support: built-in mic and speaker, mic-in socket, audio-out over AV (although not HDMI)
* IrPort (supports IR remote shutter release using optional RC1 / RC5 controllers)
* UDMA CompactFlash support
* New 1800 mAh battery with improved battery information / logging
* New optional WFT-E4 WiFi / LAN / USB vertical grip
* Water resistance: 10 mm rain in 3 minutes
It’s just WOW.. the body is not much different with the old 5d, but the feature..? so many improvements..!! now even got movie recording function.. well once again.. this will be my other dream camera
WTA Tour has been a yearly agenda in Bali. Before, the main sponsor was Wismilak, but now It’s Commonwealth bank. I don’t play tennis, and I don’t really into it.. but watching professional tennis players live infront of you should be interesting and today is my first time watching it.
There were 2 matches. First is doubles between
HSHIEH, Su-Wei (TPE) + PENG, Shuai (CHN)
vs
DOMACHOWSKA, Marta (POL) + PETROVA, Nadia (RUS)
then, singles between
SCHNYDER, Patty (SUI) vs PASZEK, Tamira (AUT)
well the doubles was an intense match compared the single. Hshieh and Peng won the double, as for the single was won by Schnyder.
I took some pictures in both matches.. and all i can say is Canon EOS 5D isn’t build for sport photography 
It’s only 3fps (frame per second) and full frame. You’ll need the cropping factor unless you own 300mm++ tele lens. Here I only use Canon 70-200mm f/2.8
I just wanna share my daughter pic.. it was taken early this morning.. isn’t she adorable? I use ISO 500 here since the available light wasn’t bright enough.. luckily she wasn’t moving a lot when I took the picture.
Photo exif
Location : My bedroom – available light (windows)
Camera : Canon EOS 5D
Lens : Canon 135mm f/2 L
ISO : 500
Aperture : f/2
Shutter speed: 1/30 sec
I’ve been Digital Camera Magazine avid reader till recently.. because the magazine is just so expensive in here. It is imported from UK.. but paying Rp110k for a magazine is a bit too much.
Every year DCMag always have this POTY and photographer all over the world submit their works though the website. Well.. i’ve submitted mine.. you can check it here. If u do have account at DCMag.. please vote for me
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