Canon EOS 6D

By Hendrik Tan

Canon meluncurkan EOS 6D, kamera DSLR fullframe paling kecil dan paling ringan di kelas EOS. Dengan bobot 690g, EOS 6D 20 persen lebih ringan dari 5D Mark III. CANON EOS 6D menawarkan sensor CMOS fullframe 20,2 megapixel, rentang ISO 50-102, 400 AF system 11 titik, metering 63 Zona, perekaman video 1080p, continous shooting 4,5 fps, pembersih debu pada sensor, dan layar LCD ukuran 3 inci.

Kamera ini juga dielngkapi Wi-Fi dan GPS terintegrasi. Wi-Fi transmitter pada kamera ini memungkinkan anda untuk mentransfer foto dan video secara wireless ke perangkat lain, seperti smarTphone, tablet, komputer, bahkan kamera Wi-Fi lain. Transmitter tersebut memudahkan anda mengendalikan kamera secara wireless melalui Canon EOS. Sementara, perangkat GPS pada kamera memungkinkan anda untuk menandai foto dengan lokasi GPS, mencatat longitude, latitude, elevasi, dan waktu yang akurat.

Feature terbaru dan cukup menarik adalah Multiple Exposure mode. Feature ini menyerupai blending mode pada Adobe Phtoshop dan dapat menggabungkan sampai Sembilan foto dengan tipe blending Additive, Average, Bright, atau Dark. Untuk harga jualnya, 6D dilepas dengan harga US$2099

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Nikon SB-400 Flash

by Hendrik Tan

To be honest, I hate flash. I hate the cold look, the bright foreground, dark background and everything else. I hate the towering look of the classic standalone flashes, they look too big and too unnecessary, it looks like I am trying to look like a photojournalist.

As you can guess, I always try to get by without flash. If that means setting ISO 800 or 1600, so be it. But that was not always enough indoors to stop the motion and I was not wholly satisfied with the social photos indoors.

Looking around on the internet I saw the SB-400 mentioned quite a few times for its compact size and ease of use. Since I never intend to mess around with flash settings or something, this was immediately appealing. Also appealing was the size and look of the thing, very compact and not so tall. Still, nice gadget and all, I did not see a point in getting it until I learned that it can do bounce flash. This is mainly for indoor shooting where you point the flash head upwards and bounce the light off the ceiling. It produces much softer and more natural light than a normal flash, or so I read. Since I want the flash for indoor social shots, that swung it for me and I ended up getting one.

First impressions:

The flash itself is quite small and powered by two AA batteries. The head part of the flash can rotate up to 90 degrees upwards for bounce flash. The whole thing looks quite at home on top of the D40. It has no controls other than an on/off switch and a slider to lock it on the flash shoe.

So, how well does it work?

Well, that rather depends:

When you have the head pointing forward (normal flash), it works not much better than the built in flash. Yes, it is more powerful but so what? I bought this thing for indoor shooting. One of the advantages is that it recycles much faster than the built in flash. I have not done any measurements but it feels like about twice to three times as fast. The problem is, you still get the weird flash look.

However, when you point the head towards the ceiling, it is a whole different story. The whole flash look is gone, and everything looks so much better. Much softer and more natural light, you cannot really tell they were shot with flash. And you get photos you actually want to keep! With flash! Amazing!

Another great thing is the simplicity. You only ever have to turn the thing on after attaching it to the camera. That is it! I don't understand at all how the metering works, with direct flash and bounce flash and everything, but it just does. What I mean is, when you bounce the flash, depending on how far away the ceiling is you will get much less light on your subject than you would with a direct flash. I expected to fiddle with that every time to get a good exposure, but no, it just works; and works unbelievable well every time.

Canon 50D Review

A Great Camera at a Great Price - Perfect For Professional Shots

By Hendrik Tan

The new Canon EOS 50D Digital SLR Camera is a perfect camera if you are looking for a decent professional camera at an affordable price. Whether you are just going pro with your photography, a seasoned professional or even an amateur looking to get the best possible shots, the combination of high speed an quality will please you.

This camera features an APS-C sized 15.2 megapixel CMOS sensor so provides fantastic quality images. With the combination of a new DIGIC 4 Image Processor you get fine detail and very good color reproduction. Add in additional improvements to the ISO capabilities to up to 12800 means uncompromised shooting no matter what the lighting situation.

With this newly designed CMOS sensor, the 50D is able to record up to 4752 x 3168 pixels with full 14 bit A/D conversion. This means you get extremely fine tonal gradation. With a minimal warm up time, you are pretty much instantly ready to capture images. The sensor is also designed to work with Canon's EF and EF-S lenses with a conversion factor of 1.6 times. The enhanced ISO capabilities mean you can shoot in situations that were previously too noisy, i.e. low light or when the subject is in motion. Images that you would previously have had to use a strobe or a flash suddenly become very easy to record.

The DIGIC 4 Image Processor helps the Canon EOS 50D to operate with effortless speed. With virtually instant startup times, rapid autofocus and minimal shutter lag, the EOS 50D is without question one of the fastest cameras on the market at present. It is capable of shooting up to 6.3 frames per second in bursts of up to 90 consecutive JPEGS if you are using a UDMA CF card, 60 consecutive JPEGS if you are using a CF card or 16 RAW files. With this speed you won't find yourself missing a shot again.

The Canon EOS 50D features a 3 inch Clear View LCD monitor with 920,000 dots for perfectly clear viewing of your images. This large display allows you to easily view your images and share them with people as you take them.

The 50D camera also has Canon's most advanced Live View shooting with many focusing modes including Quick mode, Live mode and Face Detection Live mode. There are even two overly grid options which lets you line up vertical and horizontal lines nicely.

If you use your camera in a studio then it has remote control with Live View Function when you connect the camera to a computer through a USB cable. You can do this wirelessly with an optional Wireless File Transmitter (WFT-E3A).

Another very appealing feature is the 9 point wide area AF that uses cross type points at frame stops of f/5.6 or faster. This is incredibly useful features allows you to focus faster and more accurately even in difficult lighting situations. The AF sensitivity is an amazing EV 0.5 to EV 18. This camera also includes a diagonally mounted cross type sensor which is sensitive to both vertical and horizontal lines at f/2.8 which enhances operation in low light situations. It also has a number of different focus modes, which you will find very useful and time saving, including One Shot AF, AI Focus AF and AI Servo AF.

Another useful addition to the camera is the HDMA output. You can now view and show off your pictures directly on a HDTV and with the quality of this camera, they will look fantastic. All in all, the Canon EOS 50D is a superb camera to use and will take incredible quality pictures for you.

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Bergantung pada Mirrorless

By Hendrik Tan

Menurut laporan Camera nda Imaging Products Assosiation atau asosiasi produsen kamera dan imaging Jepang, CIPA, antara Januari hingga Juni 2013 lalu, para produsen kamera digital di Jepang hanya mampu mengapalkan sebanyak 30 juta unit kamera digital, atau turun 43% di banding tahun sebelumnya.

“KAMERA ponsel gue udeh cukup kok buat foto-foto kegiatan sehari-hari. Buat apa bawa kamera yang besar? Repot, lagian agak gak pas aja kalau dibawa ke mall atau temapt lainnya kalau Cuma buat foto bareng.”

Begitulah ucapan yang terlontar dari mulut pemuda yang mulai malas membawa-bawa kamera DSLR ke mana-mana. Selain berat dan repot, membawa-bawa kamera DSLR sering dijadikan bahan ejekan misalnya mulai dari “kayak yang jago aja” atau “widih, fotografer tuh”. Celetukan itu yang mulai membuat pemuda ini mulai beralih ke kamera ponsel saja.

Inilah yang membuat penjualan kamera digital sedikit merosot karena ponsel menjadi andalan untuk kegiatan sehari-hari. Kini, kamera DSLR hanya bisa menggarap segmen yang benar-benar professional atau hobi. Namun, ditengah kelesuan itu masih ada harapan melalui produk kamera mirrorless.

Dengan ukuran lebih kecil dari DSLR, tetapi dengan kualitas gambar yang sama bagusnya dengan DSLR, kamera mirrorless menjadi pilihan yang tepat bagi mereka yang tidak ingin kerepotan dalam membawa kamera yang besar. Soal kualitas dengan kamera posel? Tentu lebih baik. Apalagi kemampuannya ybang bida digonta-ganti lensa sesuai kebutuhan menjadi faktor menarik pembeli.

Berdasarkan International Data Corporation (IDC), industry kamera mengalami penurunan pada 2013. Penjualan DSLR turun 11%, sedangkan compact camera turun 40%. Kamera mirrorless pun sebenarnya turun, tetapi tidak banyak, hanya 1,2%. Namun, di sinilah seharusnya kepintaran para produsen diuji coba. Mereka seharusnya lebih mampu memanfaatkan pasar compact camera dan DSLR untuk pindah ke mirrorless atau setidaknya tidak berpindah ke ponsel kamera.

Beberapa produsen pun sudah melakukan banyak cara, misalnya Sony. Tahun lalu, Sony menawarkan sensor full frame sebaik DSLR kelas ata. Olympus juga terus memperbaiki kualitas sensornya agar bisa menghasilkan gambar yang baik. Nikon pun tidak tinggal diam, sejumlah perbaikan dari bodi hingga memperbanyak jenis lensa juga dilakukan agar tetap bisa menarik pembeli.

Kamera Tanpa Cermin yang Kian Memikat

By Hendrik

SELAIN penguasaan teknik memotret, peralatan fotografi memiliki peran sangat penting terhadap hasil akhir sebuah jepretan. Itulah sebabnya, banyak orang lebih memilih kamera jenis digital single-lens reflex (DSLR)-yang memiliki performa mumpuni dan segudang fitur canggih, disbanding kamera jenis lain.

Namun, apakah fenomena tersebut kini masih cukup relevan, mengingat pekembagnan teknologi fotografi yang  sangat pesat?

Memang kamera DSLR merupaka nkamera canggih yang dapat menghasilkan gambar tajam, dramatis, dan detail. Namun, hal ini pulalah yang membuat bodi kamera DLSR terbilang besar. Nah, dengan hadirnya kamera miroless atau mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera (MILC) atau disebut juga digital single lens mirorrless (DSLM) orang akan berpikir ulang sebelum membeli DSLR, terlebih digunakan untuk beravonturir.

Cara kerja kamera mirrrorless hampir sama dengan kamera DSLR. Perbedaannya, kamera ini tidak menggunakan cermin yang berfungsi memantulkan cahaya ke jendela bidik (viewfinder). Cahaya yang masuk melalui lensa langslung diterima sensor dan ditampilkan di viewvinder elektronik. Hal ini membaut kamera lebih kecil dan ringan sehingga mudah dibawa ke-mana-mana.

Lensa pada mamera mirrorless dapat digantikan, sama seperti kamera DSLR. Jenis da ntingkat ketajamannya pun berbeda-beda. Dengan demikian, tak heran jika hasil jepretan dari kamera ringkas ini tidak berbeda jauh dengan hasil foto kamera DSLR.

Bagi para teveler, yang notabene selalu mempertimbangkan kepraktisan dan kemudahan dalam membawa sesuatu, memilih kamera mirrorless adalah hal yang  tepat. Selain ringkas dan ringan, kamera  tersebut umumnya lebih murah ketimbang kamera DSLR-kecuali merek tertentu, seperti Leica, Ricoh, da nFujifilm X series, yang harganya setara, bahka nlebih tinggi disbanding DSLR kelas menengah. Harga tersebut tentu terbayar dengan hasil yang maksimal, yang mampu diadu dengan kamera DSLR.

Hadirnya kamera mirrorless tahan air dan guncangan, yang dibuat oleh Nikon, juga membuat kancah fotografi kian menarik. Dengan harga sekitar 10,5 jutaan, pengguna dapat menggunakan kamera tangguh bersensor 14,2 juta piksel. Menariknya lagi, kamera ini dilengkapi fitur outdoor seperti kompas elektronik, GPS dan pengukur kedalaman. Selain itu, saat hendak memotret di dalam air, dengan kedalaman maksimal 15 meter, kamera tersebut tidak perlu diberi casing tambahan yang berfungsi menahan masuknya air.

Ada juga kamera mirrorless mungil besutan Panasonic yang dapat dijadikan alternative para traveler. Sama seperti mirrorless lainnya, meski berukuran segnggam tangan orang dewasa, lensanya dapat diganti-ganti sesuai kebutuhan.

Pengaturan kamera dapat dilakukan melalui layar sentuh LCD maupun tombol yang cukup fungsional, yang terdapat di bagian atas maupun belakang bodi. Meski mungil, kamera ini memiliki shutter speed maksimum mencapai 1/1600 detik. Kamera ini juga dilengkapi teknologi WiFi sehingga urusan transfer foto tidak lagi jadi masalah.