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Thursday, October 7, 2010

Set viewfinder to have grid

Grid is important for photographer to have the best composition especially in applying rules of third and can be used for lining shot horizontally or vertically. Besides having grid during live view, I need to have it in view finder too.

To set Nikon D5000 to have grid in viewfinder is quite straight forward so i dont need to provide images:
  • Push the menu button located at the left side of the screen.
  • Go down to a "pencil" icon and go to right..
  • go to d Shooting/display and press OK..
  • choose d2 Viewfinder grid display and choose OK..
  • select on and press OK..

and now, try to look into the viewfinder.. nice ;p

Outing@KLCC


Malam ni (8 Okt 2010), aku nak pegi menenagkan fikiran lepas seharian buat paper.. KLCC tempat di hati, lepas ternampak KLCC waktu malam mase kuar tgk jalan ngn Capek aritu.. jadi, terhasil sebuah koleksi gambar KLCC dan sewaktu dengannye..

1 sec, f11, ISO 200, 50mm f1.8

3 sec, f5.6, ISO 800, 18-50mm

3 sec. f22, ISO 400, 50mm f1.8

3 sec. f22, ISO 400,50mm f1.8

f11, 1/8 second, ISO 400, 50mm f1.8
1/15sec, f1.8, iso 400, 50mm

1/4", f2.8, iso 400, 50mm

o.8", f2.2, ISO 400

P/S: This night is ISO 400 night..huhuh

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

My not so new Nifty Fifty

Playing around wif my 2nd hand Nikkor AF 50mm f1.8 with manual fokus takes a lot of time and I enjoyed all the time.. But still, I know that i'm far away behind any other photographers.. I'm still learning to be a greater hobbyist..

as per request here are my exif for both:
f2, speed 1/320, iso 1600.. aik tingginye iso.. aku pun tak prasan.. main tembak je.. nak test punye pasal..

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cat2

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Usaha menjauhi riba' secara kecil-kecilan

Firman Allah SWT dari surah Al-Baqarah ertinya :

“Wahai orang-orang yang beriman, bertaqwalah kamu kepada Allah SWT dan tinggalkanlah saki baki Riba sekiranya kamu benar-benar beriman, sekiranya kamu tidak meninggalkannya, istisharkanlah perang dengan Allah dan RasulNya” (Al-Baqarah : 278 )

Sebagai pendahuluan, saya bukanlah seorang pakar dalam ekonomi dan matematik, malah hanya mempunyai asas pengetahuan sahaja tentang benda ni.. Tapi tak salah kiranya saya berkongsi sedikit teknik yg saya fikirkan berguna untuk saya. Jikan salah, bolehlah rakan2 betulkan..

Tak dinafikan,zaman sekarang memang susah sgt nak elak benda ni sebab hampir semua benda melibatkan benda ni.. Tapi alternatif datang dengan wujudnya Islamic Finance.. Tajuk di atas ada perkataan kecil-kecilan bermaksud sebagai permulaan menjauhi riba'... Teknik ni mungkin dah berlambak diamalkan oleh ramai orang sejak sekian lama, cuma sy baru fikirkan pasal ni sejak hampir setahun lalu.. mungkin agak terlambat, tapi sebelum tu mmg tkde duit.. Taknak membuang masa lagi, ini adalah main point yg saya nak kongsikan:

  • Teknik ni tktau ape nama, saya rasa mungkin ada nama khas diberi oleh pakar2 ekonomi.. tapi maklumlah tak blajar bidang ni.. so tktau nama..
  • Teknik ni memerlukan disiplin yg tinggi.
  • Teknik ni memerlukan simpanan yg berterusan dan memerlukan perancangan jangka masa panjang.
  • Teknik ini mungkin tak sesuai utk semua orang..
Untuk memahami bagaimana teknik ni (saya tktau nak cerita seara teori) saya bagi contoh:

  • Ali mempunyai gaji sebanyak rm3100
  • Tiap bulan simpanan =rm1000, jadi utk setahun 12 x 1000 = rm12,000
  • Jadi dalam masa setahun, dalam bank simpanan dah ade rm12,000
  • Masuk tahun ke-2.. simpanan still sama.. tapi Ali plan nak beli motor berharga rm4000..
  • Jadi selain ali buat Personal Loan kat bank or buat loan dengan kedai motor yg melibatkan interest yg boleh mndatangkan riba', Ali boleh pinjam dengan diri die sndiri.
  • So ali pinjam dari duit simpanan 4000 dan bayar cash kat kedai motor.. tapi tak setel lagi..
  • Ali mesti disiplin utk bayar balik kat duit simpanan.. sbb tu disiplin penting..
  • Jadi, tanpa interest dan contract yg mngelirukan ali dpt beli motor..
  • Bayar balik kat simpanan boleh buat dgn tambah lagi duit simpanan bulanan.. Jadi, sebelum ni simpanan rm1000, ali nak bayar tiap bulan rm200, jadi die kena simpan rm1200 sebulan..
  • Jadi ali tak rugi.. kalau nak dibandingkan dengan personal loan or loan kedai.. Ambil contoh interest 10% setahun.. kalau buat loan rm4000 utk 2 tahun, jumlah kena bayar = 10% x 4000 = 400 x 2 tahun = 800 + 4000 = rm4800.. jadi ali rugi rm800 kalau pakai loan..
so, marilah sama2 fikirkan.. yg baik ambil tauladan.. yg buruk jadikan sempadan..

Monday, October 4, 2010

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Skies

Assalamualaikum.. What a nice day today.. long time not see sky (since last month, everyday is raining or at least cloudy) and today i got an idea to take some skies' images so that i can remember this day (hopefully everyday like this).. images location is Seremban..





Friday, October 1, 2010

Kits lens.. we need more..

After discussed with my friend Roy, we had decided to have at least one more lens for our lovely gear.. I think we are started to evolve (as usual.. since learning music, we both always evolving and challenge each other).. we had listed 2 lens Nikon 50mm f/1.8 AF Nikkor and Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED

Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AF great for shooting potrait photography since it has very large max apperture size f/1.8.. we also can use it for our future gear (who knows)..also pros always use this lense for wedding photography..

Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6D is not a favourite telezoom lens for pros but as long as it support auto focus for our gear, i think this one really helpful.. i want to get one nice moon image by this one.. haha.. dapat burung belatuk sekor pun dah orait..

which one have more priority still in discussion...

UPDATE:

Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AF Done..

Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6D