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SUBSCRIBE ME	Nikon D5000; is it worth the upgrade? Hey Nikonians, I'm absolutely sure that all of you already heard about the arrival of Nikon D5000, don't you? It's probably the most controversial DSLR for Nikon users on the market today (while the Canon's users still very excited with EOS 500D) Controversial? Why? because D5000 is being questioned all the time, is it worth upgrading from D40/D60, or buy it instead of D90... Well... D5000 came with D90's features in D60's body, plus swivel LCD screen... sounds good... but wait, let's take a look on D5000's real capabilities... (picture from www.dpreview.com) D5000's Plus: Swivel LCD Screen, probably the most attractive feature of D5000 Same resolution with D90 and the movie capability 11 Area AF Points (same as D90) CMOS sensor like D90, means promising the same ISO capabilities as D90 D5000's Minus: A lot more expensive than D60, only a little bit different from D90 Minus minor LCD screen on the top of the body (which I can't leave when choosing a DSLR) Only a little bit lighter than D90, means a lot heavier than D60 No in-body focus motor, means you cannot use any AF-D lenses (such as the extremely cheap but great lens 50mm f/1.8) Well... comparing D90 with D5000, personally I still argue that D90 is still a lot better than D5000, even D90 doesn't have swivel screen. Swivel screen might be useful for Live View mode, but personally, I never used Live View other than for fine tuning focus in macro shots. Live view makes you lazy to find interesting angles and makes your DSLR looks like gigantic PoCaDu (remember this term?). And D90's LCD is absolutely much better than D5000's, D90 has 3x higher resolution than D5000... For those who want to take D5000 instead of D60, D5000 is still better because the upgrade of the sensor from CCD to CMOS. But remember to take a look in the price difference and weight. If you can really say OK with the price and weight, I bet you'll be much pleased with D90 (which cost you only a few dollars and grams more). D5000's biggest trap is the swivel LCD, which is quite fancy but might be useless. Make sure you think whether you'll need it or not. Well, the rest of the choice is yours... The design, lens selection, and many things must be take account to before you buy a DSLR... It's worth to spend some times reading forums in the internet to find out which one will suit you the most... Whichever you choose, enjoy it... C U on the next review Labels: Gears and Accessories 0 Comments Blogged at 8:43 PM Sunday, May 31, 2009 Fireworks Blue Ignite@Dockland Labels: Gallery, Lights 1 Comments Blogged at 11:51 PM Saturday, May 30, 2009 Fireworks Pink Ignite@Dockland Labels: Gallery, Lights 2 Comments Blogged at 11:49 PM Fireworks Blue & Yellow Ignite@Dockland Labels: Gallery, Lights 1 Comments Blogged at 11:45 PM Ignite at Dockland starts this weekend! Hey! Photographers in Melbourne!! Don't miss this one! I just received my newsletter today, and it's fantastic... Ignite will come to Melbourne (again? I don't know, they said so... This is my first year in Melbourne XD) From the newsletter I got, it's kind of Light Festival that will be held in Dockland every weekends from May 30-June 13... It will be held in Dockland City promenade... You really don't want to miss this chance... I never come to this event before (as I said, this is my first year in Melbourne!!!) but I think it will be a great chance for us (photographers) to practice long exposure shots (don't leave your tripod at home guys)... They said they will have Pyrophone Juggernaut Organ, Suits of Light, LightScrapper etc (I don't have idea what these things are >.<, if someone know, please give us any information) The event starts at 5.30-9.00 (with fireworks at 7.00) For the non-photographers, there is no reason why you should stay at home at Saturday night... I bet this event is worth to watch... So see you on the events... Labels: Outlines of the Week 0 Comments Blogged at 12:25 AM Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Misty Melbourne Labels: Cityscape, Gallery 1 Comments Blogged at 12:20 PM Tuesday, May 26, 2009 Stand Alone Labels: Cityscape, Gallery 1 Comments Blogged at 12:16 PM Frosty Morning in Melbourne Labels: Cityscape, Gallery 2 Comments Blogged at 11:42 AM Snapshots.co.nr Officially On-Air! WOW! O.o So this is the final look (so far) of snapshots.co.nr I can’t wait to upload my photos and posts articles here... I hope that this site can be really useful for me and everyone who loves photography (especially for those who just sta rted learning it like me ^^) Let's go to the point: As an outline, my posts will consist of several main themes My Gallery ~ is the main theme of my site and will be divided into several section later on (e.g. Landscape, Portrait etc) Tutorials ~ will be the second main theme of this site because I want to share my experience and techniques that I learn Gears and Accessories ~ will show you the newest photography gears (of course I do not review it myself, I will try to read the reviews from many sources and make an important outlines and features of these stuffs) Outlines of the Week ~ will be posted probably once in one or two weeks, outlining essential events that happens in the photography world Anyway, how’s the overall design of my sites to you? Is it quite impressive? I asked my designer to make my web as simple as possible so that you can focus with the contents, not the distracting environment... I’d like to hear your comments about my site, so if you have a spare time, please put your comments below this posting about the looks of this site (so that I can discuss it with my web designer later XD) Last words, this is both a brand new site (which needs enthusiastic readers) and brand new hobby for me (I never write blogs before >.<) so I honestly need advices and comments to improve myself and my site. Feel free to spread the existence of this site to your friends and relatives to help me grow this site Enjoy this site P.S. Special thx to happiihachi Labels: Outlines of the Week 1 Comments Blogged at 1:25 AM snapshots.co.nr will be fully released soon! Hi... ThiS is My fiRst posTinG in my snapshots.co.nr This site is meant for people who are interested in photography (and maybe really fascinated to become Professional Photographer) Most of my posting is like a sharing-media for me, what I learned all the way until now... I'm not Pro yet, but I'm learning something new everyday of my life I know my rocky road is still very long but I know that I'm one step closer to it everytime I take photos with my magnificent Nikon D90 My sites will mostly consists of my photos (so it will be like an online gallery for everyone). And I'll also posts tips and tricks that I learned (can be from magazines that I read, sites, another photographer etc) and they will be DSLR applicable techniques and tricks (for those who only have PoCaDu, *don't close this window yet, there will be a lot of PoCaDu-applicable technique too!) But... Hey... wait! PoCaDu... What the heck is that? It's actually Pocket Camera Dude!* It's my own term to call the point and shoot camera, but you can call it whatever you want... it's just my own term... ^^ Anyway... this is just a testing post As soon as the web finished, I'll start my serious posts... It will be launched officially on next Tuesday So... Make sure you come back on that day to see the full version of my web... see you on Tuesday Radityo Pradipto =============== Editor in chief snapshots.co.nr Labels: Outlines of the Week 2 Comments Blogged at 7:42 AM Monday, May 18, 2009 Nikon D5000; is it worth the upgrade? Hey Nikonians, I'm absolutely sure that all of you already heard about the arrival of Nikon D5000, don't you? It's probably the most controversial DSLR for Nikon users on the market today (while the Canon's users still very excited with EOS 500D) Controversial? Why? because D5000 is being questioned all the time, is it worth upgrading from D40/D60, or buy it instead of D90... Well... D5000 came with D90's features in D60's body, plus swivel LCD screen... sounds good... but wait, let's take a look on D5000's real capabilities... (picture from www.dpreview.com) D5000's Plus: Swivel LCD Screen, probably the most attractive feature of D5000 Same resolution with D90 and the movie capability 11 Area AF Points (same as D90) CMOS sensor like D90, means promising the same ISO capabilities as D90 D5000's Minus: A lot more expensive than D60, only a little bit different from D90 Minus minor LCD screen on the top of the body (which I can't leave when choosing a DSLR) Only a little bit lighter than D90, means a lot heavier than D60 No in-body focus motor, means you cannot use any AF-D lenses (such as the extremely cheap but great lens 50mm f/1.8) Well... comparing D90 with D5000, personally I still argue that D90 is still a lot better than D5000, even D90 doesn't have swivel screen. Swivel screen might be useful for Live View mode, but personally, I never used Live View other than for fine tuning focus in macro shots. Live view makes you lazy to find interesting angles and makes your DSLR looks like gigantic PoCaDu (remember this term?). And D90's LCD is absolutely much better than D5000's, D90 has 3x higher resolution than D5000... For those who want to take D5000 instead of D60, D5000 is still better because the upgrade of the sensor from CCD to CMOS. But remember to take a look in the price difference and weight. If you can really say OK with the price and weight, I bet you'll be much pleased with D90 (which cost you only a few dollars and grams more). D5000's biggest trap is the swivel LCD, which is quite fancy but might be useless. Make sure you think whether you'll need it or not. Well, the rest of the choice is yours... The design, lens selection, and many things must be take account to before you buy a DSLR... It's worth to spend some times reading forums in the internet to find out which one will suit you the most... Whichever you choose, enjoy it... C U on the next review Labels: Gears and Accessories 0 Comments Blogged at 8:43 PM Sunday, May 31, 2009 Fireworks Blue Ignite@Dockland Labels: Gallery, Lights 1 Comments Blogged at 11:51 PM Saturday, May 30, 2009 Fireworks Pink Ignite@Dockland Labels: Gallery, Lights 2 Comments Blogged at 11:49 PM Fireworks Blue & Yellow Ignite@Dockland Labels: Gallery, Lights 1 Comments Blogged at 11:45 PM Ignite at Dockland starts this weekend! Hey! Photographers in Melbourne!! Don't miss this one! I just received my newsletter today, and it's fantastic... Ignite will come to Melbourne (again? I don't know, they said so... This is my first year in Melbourne XD) From the newsletter I got, it's kind of Light Festival that will be held in Dockland every weekends from May 30-June 13... It will be held in Dockland City promenade... You really don't want to miss this chance... I never come to this event before (as I said, this is my first year in Melbourne!!!) but I think it will be a great chance for us (photographers) to practice long exposure shots (don't leave your tripod at home guys)... They said they will have Pyrophone Juggernaut Organ, Suits of Light, LightScrapper etc (I don't have idea what these things are >.<, if someone know, please give us any information) The event starts at 5.30-9.00 (with fireworks at 7.00) For the non-photographers, there is no reason why you should stay at home at Saturday night... I bet this event is worth to watch... So see you on the events... Labels: Outlines of the Week 0 Comments Blogged at 12:25 AM Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Misty Melbourne Labels: Cityscape, Gallery 1 Comments Blogged at 12:20 PM Tuesday, May 26, 2009 Stand Alone Labels: Cityscape, Gallery 1 Comments Blogged at 12:16 PM Frosty Morning in Melbourne Labels: Cityscape, Gallery 2 Comments Blogged at 11:42 AM Snapshots.co.nr Officially On-Air! WOW! O.o So this is the final look (so far) of snapshots.co.nr I can’t wait to upload my photos and posts articles here... I hope that this site can be really useful for me and everyone who loves photography (especially for those who just sta rted learning it like me ^^) Let's go to the point: As an outline, my posts will consist of several main themes My Gallery ~ is the main theme of my site and will be divided into several section later on (e.g. Landscape, Portrait etc) Tutorials ~ will be the second main theme of this site because I want to share my experience and techniques that I learn Gears and Accessories ~ will show you the newest photography gears (of course I do not review it myself, I will try to read the reviews from many sources and make an important outlines and features of these stuffs) Outlines of the Week ~ will be posted probably once in one or two weeks, outlining essential events that happens in the photography world Anyway, how’s the overall design of my sites to you? Is it quite impressive? I asked my designer to make my web as simple as possible so that you can focus with the contents, not the distracting environment... I’d like to hear your comments about my site, so if you have a spare time, please put your comments below this posting about the looks of this site (so that I can discuss it with my web designer later XD) Last words, this is both a brand new site (which needs enthusiastic readers) and brand new hobby for me (I never write blogs before >.<) so I honestly need advices and comments to improve myself and my site. Feel free to spread the existence of this site to your friends and relatives to help me grow this site Enjoy this site P.S. Special thx to happiihachi Labels: Outlines of the Week 1 Comments Blogged at 1:25 AM snapshots.co.nr will be fully released soon! Hi... ThiS is My fiRst posTinG in my snapshots.co.nr This site is meant for people who are interested in photography (and maybe really fascinated to become Professional Photographer) Most of my posting is like a sharing-media for me, what I learned all the way until now... I'm not Pro yet, but I'm learning something new everyday of my life I know my rocky road is still very long but I know that I'm one step closer to it everytime I take photos with my magnificent Nikon D90 My sites will mostly consists of my photos (so it will be like an online gallery for everyone). And I'll also posts tips and tricks that I learned (can be from magazines that I read, sites, another photographer etc) and they will be DSLR applicable techniques and tricks (for those who only have PoCaDu, *don't close this window yet, there will be a lot of PoCaDu-applicable technique too!) But... Hey... wait! PoCaDu... What the heck is that? It's actually Pocket Camera Dude!* It's my own term to call the point and shoot camera, but you can call it whatever you want... it's just my own term... ^^ Anyway... this is just a testing post As soon as the web finished, I'll start my serious posts... It will be launched officially on next Tuesday So... Make sure you come back on that day to see the full version of my web... see you on Tuesday Radityo Pradipto =============== Editor in chief snapshots.co.nr Labels: Outlines of the Week 2 Comments Blogged at 7:42 AM Monday, May 18, 2009 Photographer Name: Radityo Pradipto Occupation: Full Time Student Favorite Camera: Nikon D90 Favorite Subjects: portrait, cityscape, landscape, wildlife FAVORITE BOOKS: The Digital Photographer Book - Scott Kelby - Favorite Vacation Spot: Phillip Island (so far) New Zealand (want to ^^) Personal Motto: "Don't Miss The Moment" I just started learning photography on 2007 with my prosumer Panasonic FZ-8 And after 1.5 years using that camera, I moved to Nikon D90 which I am using it until today... For me, Nikon is the best because it handled very comfortable in my hand, and promising a huge range of outstanding lenses. Photography for me is a freedom to see the world with different angles. The limitation of photography is only in your imagination. My dream is not to become a professional photographer, but an amateur with professionals' skills. What's on my bag? Nikon D90 Nikkor AF-S 18-200 F/3.5-5.6 IF ED VR Nikkor MF 50 F/1.4 Tokina ATX 11-16 F/2.8 Vivitar Series 1 70-210 F/3.5 MF Macro Nikon Speedlight SB-900 Manfrotto 055CXPRO4 with 486RC2 Ballhead Cokin Landscape Kit Gradient ND Filters My wish list? Nikon D700 Nikkor 70-200 F/2.8 IF ED VR Bloggers All Day I Dream About Photography One of the most popular blogs out there Links DPREVIEW Updates of the newest gears Ken Rockwell An American photographer who shoots nikon, has reviews a lot of nikon gears Vanbar My favorit photography gears shop in Melbourne Google My ultimate mate for finding my needs Credits Background and Pixels : Fool Lovers Fonts : Sucharaka Paradise Design : hachi Domain : Archives May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009
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Nikon D5000; is it worth the upgrade?

Hey Nikonians, I'm absolutely sure that all of you already heard about the arrival of Nikon D5000, don't you? It's probably the most controversial DSLR for Nikon users on the market today (while the Canon's users still very excited with EOS 500D)

Controversial? Why? because D5000 is being questioned all the time, is it worth upgrading from D40/D60, or buy it instead of D90...

Well... D5000 came with D90's features in D60's body, plus swivel LCD screen... sounds good... but wait, let's take a look on D5000's real capabilities...

(picture from www.dpreview.com)

D5000's Plus:

Swivel LCD Screen, probably the most attractive feature of D5000
Same resolution with D90 and the movie capability
11 Area AF Points (same as D90)
CMOS sensor like D90, means promising the same ISO capabilities as D90

D5000's Minus:

A lot more expensive than D60, only a little bit different from D90
Minus minor LCD screen on the top of the body (which I can't leave when choosing a DSLR)
Only a little bit lighter than D90, means a lot heavier than D60
No in-body focus motor, means you cannot use any AF-D lenses (such as the extremely cheap but great lens 50mm f/1.8)

Well... comparing D90 with D5000, personally I still argue that D90 is still a lot better than D5000, even D90 doesn't have swivel screen. Swivel screen might be useful for Live View mode, but personally, I never used Live View other than for fine tuning focus in macro shots. Live view makes you lazy to find interesting angles and makes your DSLR looks like gigantic PoCaDu (remember this term?). And D90's LCD is absolutely much better than D5000's, D90 has 3x higher resolution than D5000...

For those who want to take D5000 instead of D60, D5000 is still better because the upgrade of the sensor from CCD to CMOS. But remember to take a look in the price difference and weight. If you can really say OK with the price and weight, I bet you'll be much pleased with D90 (which cost you only a few dollars and grams more). D5000's biggest trap is the swivel LCD, which is quite fancy but might be useless. Make sure you think whether you'll need it or not.

Well, the rest of the choice is yours... The design, lens selection, and many things must be take account to before you buy a DSLR... It's worth to spend some times reading forums in the internet to find out which one will suit you the most... Whichever you choose, enjoy it...

C U on the next review

Labels: Gears and Accessories

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Blogged at 8:43 PM Sunday, May 31, 2009

Fireworks Blue Ignite@Dockland

Labels: Gallery, Lights

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Blogged at 11:51 PM Saturday, May 30, 2009

Fireworks Pink Ignite@Dockland

Labels: Gallery, Lights

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Fireworks Blue & Yellow Ignite@Dockland

Labels: Gallery, Lights

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Blogged at 11:45 PM

Ignite at Dockland starts this weekend!

Hey! Photographers in Melbourne!! Don't miss this one!

I just received my newsletter today, and it's fantastic...

Ignite will come to Melbourne (again? I don't know, they said so... This is my first year in Melbourne XD) From the newsletter I got, it's kind of Light Festival that will be held in Dockland every weekends from May 30-June 13... It will be held in Dockland City promenade... You really don't want to miss this chance...

I never come to this event before (as I said, this is my first year in Melbourne!!!) but I think it will be a great chance for us (photographers) to practice long exposure shots (don't leave your tripod at home guys)... They said they will have Pyrophone Juggernaut Organ, Suits of Light, LightScrapper etc (I don't have idea what these things are >.<, if someone know, please give us any information) The event starts at 5.30-9.00 (with fireworks at 7.00)

For the non-photographers, there is no reason why you should stay at home at Saturday night...

I bet this event is worth to watch...

So see you on the events...

Labels: Outlines of the Week

0 Comments

Blogged at 12:25 AM Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Misty Melbourne

Labels: Cityscape, Gallery

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Blogged at 12:20 PM Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Stand Alone

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Frosty Morning in Melbourne

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Blogged at 11:42 AM

Snapshots.co.nr Officially On-Air!

WOW! O.o

So this is the final look (so far) of snapshots.co.nr

I can’t wait to upload my photos and posts articles here... I hope that this site can be really useful for me and everyone who loves photography (especially for those who just sta

rted learning it like me ^^)

Let's go to the point: As an outline, my posts will consist of several main themes

My Gallery ~ is the main theme of my site and will be divided into several section later on (e.g. Landscape, Portrait etc)
Tutorials ~ will be the second main theme of this site because I want to share my experience and techniques that I learn
Gears and Accessories ~ will show you the newest photography gears (of course I do not review it myself, I will try to read the reviews from many sources and make an important outlines and features of these stuffs)
Outlines of the Week ~ will be posted probably once in one or two weeks, outlining essential events that happens in the photography world

Anyway, how’s the overall design of my sites to you? Is it quite impressive? I asked my designer to make my web as simple as possible so that you can focus with the contents, not the distracting environment... I’d like to hear your comments about my site, so if you have a spare time, please put your comments below this posting about the looks of this site (so that I can discuss it with my web designer later XD)

Last words, this is both a brand new site (which needs enthusiastic readers) and brand new hobby for me (I never write blogs before >.<) so I honestly need advices and comments to improve myself and my site. Feel free to spread the existence of this site to your friends and relatives to help me grow this site

Enjoy this site

P.S.

Special thx to happiihachi

Labels: Outlines of the Week

1 Comments

Blogged at 1:25 AM

snapshots.co.nr will be fully released soon!

Hi...

ThiS is My fiRst posTinG in my snapshots.co.nr

This site is meant for people who are interested in photography (and maybe really fascinated to become Professional Photographer)

Most of my posting is like a sharing-media for me, what I learned all the way until now...

I'm not Pro yet, but I'm learning something new everyday of my life

I know my rocky road is still very long but I know that I'm one step closer to it everytime I take photos with my magnificent Nikon D90

My sites will mostly consists of my photos (so it will be like an online gallery for everyone). And I'll also posts tips and tricks that I learned (can be from magazines that I read, sites, another photographer etc) and they will be DSLR applicable techniques and tricks (for those who only have PoCaDu, don't close this window yet, there will be a lot of PoCaDu-applicable technique too!)

But...

Hey... wait!

PoCaDu... What the heck is that?

It's actually Pocket Camera Dude!

It's my own term to call the point and shoot camera, but you can call it whatever you want...

it's just my own term... ^^

Anyway... this is just a testing post

As soon as the web finished, I'll start my serious posts...

It will be launched officially on next Tuesday

So...

Make sure you come back on that day to see the full version of my web...

see you on Tuesday

Radityo Pradipto

===============

Editor in chief snapshots.co.nr

Labels: Outlines of the Week

2 Comments

Blogged at 7:42 AM Monday, May 18, 2009