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 Nikon FX-format digital SLR – exceptional performance combined with superior mobility and functional versatility to provide serious photographers with outstanding value TOKYO – Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce the introduction of its newest FX-format digital SLR, the Nikon D700.
The D700 features an FX-format first introduced with the Nikon D3. Highly praised for its outstanding features, the D3 established a new level of professional performance in terms of overall image quality, extraordinarily low noise, ISO sensitivity range, continuous high-speed shooting, color gradation, image crispness, durability, weather-resistant operation, system versatility and more. The new D700 incorporates an extensive array of features that boast a level of performance that is in many ways comparable to the D3. At the same time, it derives a wide range of benefits – including functionality, flexibility and operability – from the more agile D300, Nikon's flagship DX-format D-SLR. The D700 has everything it takes to satisfy a broad spectrum of photographic needs. The 12.1-megapixel FX-format CMOS sensor with a sensing area of 36.0 x 23.9 mm; a sensitivity range of ISO 200 to 6400; continuous shooting at up to 5 frames per second (and up to 8 fps with the optional Multi-Power Battery Pack MB-D10; Nikon's exclusive 51-point AF system; Scene Recognition System for optimum autofocus, auto exposure and auto white balance detection – these are but a few of the advanced capabilities of the extraordinary new D700. NOT A RUMOR ANYMORE!!!! COMPARISON WITH D300 and D3.Compared to Nikon D300 The new D700 may appear to trump the D300 with its full-frame sensor, but there’s actually a number of reasons to prefer the older model. First of all, you’ll enjoy all of its 12 Megapixels with DX-format lenses, compared to using just five from the D700’s larger sensor. Wildlife shooters will prefer having this higher pixel density, and you’ll also experience less issues with vignetting or reduced sharpness towards the corners when using FX-compatible lenses. The D300 is also a little faster as standard, shooting 6fps to the D700’s 5fps. The D300’s viewfinder may not show the expanse of full-frame, but it does have 100% coverage to the 95% of the D700. The D300 is also a little smaller (mostly shorter due to the smaller penta-prism), 170g lighter, and while both bodies are dust and moisture resistant, the D700’s sliding memory card door feels closer to entry-level bodies than the D300’s lever-operated mechanism. Crucially, the D300 is also much cheaper than the D700 - current online pricing is half that of the D700's launch price, and even though the latter will fall once volume is available, there'll still be a price difference. So the D300 may not match the D700's high ISO performance or have features like the virtual horizon, but it remains one of the most powerful and compelling semi-pro DSLRs on the market - and is much more affordable. Compared to Nikon D3 The D700 may have cherry-picked the key specifications of the D3 including its full-frame sensor, but Nikon’s flagship model still has much to offer. Physically the D3 features a built-in portrait grip and a larger battery as standard. The continuous shooting is also almost twice as fast at 9fps to the D700’s 5fps. Both the D3 and D700 have large full-frame viewfinders, but the D3 boasts 100% coverage, a 5:4 aspect ratio mode, and crucially for pro shooters, a shutter block that’s rated to 300,000 cycles – twice that of the D700 (and D300). That said, the D3 misses out on the anti-dust features of the D700, and it doesn’t have a popup flash, although the latter can equally be seen as a physical weak-point. The D700 is also smaller and lighter, but again pros may see the heft of the D3 as preferable. Finally, the D3 is comfortably more expensive than the D700. Most pros will easily justify paying the extra, but anyone only wanting the higher ISO performance of a full-frame sensor will be better-served by the D700.
|  | Some snaps in Tagaytay market and some garden macros.
Watermelons
Jumper
Vinegars
WILD Flower
Tinapa
Comments are always welcome :)
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| | A group of enthusiasts from the Asian Theological Seminary at the Manila Yacht Club one beautiful sunset.
Thanks for the invite Ms.Aiza.
Gears: Nikon D40, nikon 10.5mm fisheye and 17-35mm f2.8, gitzo tripod.
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| | Photos taken during our church camp last March. After our morning worship, we grabbed our cameras to capture this magnificent landscape.
Location: Bosoboso Highlands, Antipolo.
"The heavens declare the glory of our God!"
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| | Only daughter of our church members, Edwin and Rose Alberto, Allison turned 18 this March.
Took some unofficial shots (she's my inaanak, btw) and tried some retro pp.
Comments are welcome dear contacts :)
thanks for looking :)
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| | Hoping to see London again this year. Lord willing, this May?
Posting some photos taken some years back. I had a Nikon D100, a Nikon 17-35mm f2.8 and a 70-300mm with me.
Thanks for Visiting :)
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| | We celebrated our First Year Accident Anniversary last Feb 9 in Clark, Airbase Pampanga during the 12th Annual Hotair Balloon Fiesta.
As you might remember, last year while going to the same event, we met an almost fatal vehicular accident inside Clark. We just look back to thank God for His goodness to our family. (read our blog if you haven't yet http://davidus.multiply.com/journal/item/13/The_Day_God_Protected_Us)
Since the wind was so strong that day, no balloon ever made it to the skies. There were hundreds of photographers that Saturday morning. Some of them were at the site as early as 4am. Oh well, there's a lot of other subjects to shoot.
My family and I are just so grateful that we are alive and kicking!
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| | First outing of my D300 using a 105mm macro lens. One word: Unbelievable!
Post-processing was so easy. Vibrant colors. Sharp details. Fantastic camera!
 
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| | Generous friends from here and abroad sponsored the kids to a day of fun and fellowship at the Star City Carnival and then to a sumptuous dinner at Max's Restaurant (last December 8).
Star City
Max's Restaurant
Photographers "exposed" their other passion - extending love and support to the less fortunate. God bless you guys! I'm tempted to mention your names here... (pwede na ba?)
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| | Sampaloc Bible Church spent the Nov 30 holiday to reach out to the community via a Medical-Dental MIssion.
SBC for many years has been very active in doing outreach ministries like this. In the past, we have gone as far as Mindoro, La Union, Antipolo, Marikina and Zambales among others.
This year, it was a wise move to finally minister to our immediate neighborhood. Through partnerships with faithful supporters, medical teams, friends and community leaders, we were able to service more than 400 patients with medical and dental assistance, reading glasses, clothes, snacks and most importantly, we have shared with them God's Word.
DPPers Joel Garcia and Bebet Gaudinez were there to document the activity with us and to share goodies with the shelter children.
We have another one coming up this January. God is truly good. To HIm be the glory.
( More photos here: http://sbcfamily.multiply.com/photos/album/27 ) |
| | Congratulations to Mr. Vandolph Quizon and Ms. Jenny Salimao... now Mr and Mrs Vandolph Quizon.
Wedded last 3 December 2007 at St James Church and followed by a red carpet, star studded reception at the newly opened Fernbrook Gardens in Alabang.
http://davidus.multiply.com/photos/album/114/Fernbrook_Gardens_Shaping_Up_II
Official Wedding Photographer: Mr. Richel Mascarinas
to quote an entry below:
andysamaniego said
"p, dave, you were working with richel? excellent job!"
davidus wrote on Dec 6, '07
"hehe. Richel is the Official Photographer. We are the official friends of the official photographers!"
My Takes:
 
Thanks for viewing :)
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| | Bought a NikonD40 while in HK. Reason: For my kids (daw! :))
Anyway, since I didn't bring any camera, I took liberty of using my kids' new camera and tested it around the streets of Tsim Tsa Tsui.
Except for 5 photos here that are obviously photoshopped, the rest are posted as is (no color alteration or sharpening). it was just cropped for website posting.
First impressions: Color handling is superb, metering is also good- not much blown-highlights in high contrast situation. ISO 1600 is usable and acceptable, supplied kit lens is versatile although i still prefer my f/2.8 lenses, quite noisy when underexposed (but thats just normal on any camera).
I'm just too lazy to pickup and post the EXIF. But i have left some notes on every photo. Thanks for looking.
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| | Congratulations to a dear couple on their wedding day!
Saymour Go and Jennifer Sevilla tied knots at the Christ the King Church yesterday 11 November 2007.
Mr & Mrs Saymour Go
The Bride- Former Ms Jennifer Sevilla
I also included some Pre-Nup shots I took a few weeks ago in Corregidor, Bataan. Official photographer of the wedding is my good friend, Mr. Lee Llamas (and his Team).
The Whisper
Fortitude
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| | it's been a while since i last posted. hope you guys are still there. well, i'm back.
starting off with one of my favorite subjects, Street Portraits with an environmental twist.
"THIS LAND IS MINE!"
She's one of the thousands who will have to give up their homes for demolition. The government has ordered the clean-up of shanties along the railroad and then relocate the residents to relocation sites.
At least this old lady still has her home when this photo was taken. All the houses surrounding her were gone. She's a tough one I guess.
BLACK BOYZ (black on black is cool!)
SANDAL (both english and Pilipino meaning will do)
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| | A sampler from my railroad collections.
Our ministry in Balic-Balic and Pandacan has faced serious challenges because of the railroad squatters' demolition move by the government. Through God's grace, we are praying for a relocation site that will absorb the communities around our small church.
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| | Beautifully symmetrical Mayon volcano, which rises to 2462 m above the Albay Gulf, is the Philippines' most active volcano.
This month I had the chance to shoot it for a couple of days. So much to shoot, so little time.
Welcome to Bicol.
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A SHORT BACKGROUNDER on SBC's Street Children Ministry.
You may walk around that Lerma street and look for a church building and have difficulty finding the "church."
Sampaloc Bible Church (SBC) is not a cathedral if you're looking for one.
It's more of an urban-based ministry center that looks like more of an old run-down pasilyo. Actually, we are renting the place and we used to run a canteen and a ladies' dormitory. Now we converted all those spaces to minister to children and even the poor mothers. So don't be surprised... this is not your regular Sunday church.
In the late 80's we started the street children ministry. Before it was just a feeding program and a drop-in center. Later on as funds were available, the church decided to minister to these kids wholistically- housing them, feeding them, sending them to school and providing spiritual guidance to them. We established a foundation (Saganang Buhay kay Cristo Foundation) which was accredited by DSWD.
We have kids in the shelter who have actually reached college levels and we have had a couple of graduates and some actually became full-time Christian workers! What a privilege to be involved in the lives of these kids!
These past couple of years have been tough. The support coming from international sources have ended and the church had to assume support for the ministry almost 100%. Unfortunately we had to gradually reduce the number of our children from over 30 to now 15.
We have organized these EBs for a number of reasons:
* introduce you to our ministry
* have fellowship with the kids
* discover people who are willing to support the kids
* fuel our passion both in photography and in our social concerns
Thank you for the partnership!
God bless!
Pastor Dave
Mang Jimmy
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| | Today, August 1, 2007, marks the first day of my THIRD year here in Multiply.
I am just amazed by how much this site has inspired me and developed deeper my passion for photography. This is, of course, through your very valuable interaction and contributions.
I started in July 2005 with the purpose of simply updating relatives abroad and church members of what's happening around. My first year albums (sorry, only available now to the family and friends) were almost all family related. On the second year, I concentrated more on posting photos that are beyond the usual family snapshots and later on to sharing new learnings from the different photographic fields.
I then, started several groups to post more specialized photos of families (ATASFamily.multiply.com), church members (sbcfamily.multiply.com), fotoclub (ATSphotoclub.multiply.com) and school (mykidsworld.multiply.com).
Had fun recording the stats just yesterday. Just thought of documenting this without prior intention of building any numbers in the past years.
Most Read and Replied on Blog: The Day God Protected Us
Most Replied on Photo Album: Film Simulations
Most Replied on Photo: Walang Katulad
Number of Contacts: 433
VIEWS:
26 Thursday 2007
"Your Home Page has been viewed 4000 times by 1000 people, most recently at 9:00 PM"
Viewing History (photo page)
"This page has been viewed 2887 times by 613 people, most recently at 9:48 PM"
Exactly after 2 years, On 31 July 2007, my Home Page was viewed 4081 times by 1008 REGISTERED/LOGGED-IN MULTIPLY USERS. (I hope we had a way to monitor hits of page views even from non-Multiply Users).
Below are some of the images that have "garnered" the most number of replies from you in the past 2 years. I painstakingly dug my hard disks to find these photos to upload them again (for I don't want to remove and transfer the pictures from their original multiply albums).
It was a pleasure shooting, composing, post-processing and sharing all these images with you. Thank you for your continuous support, friendship and inspiration. To all my contacts especially... more blessings to you!
Welcome to Third Year!
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| | I miss the black and white film days :) way back in the '80s we used to shoot using those cheap b&w films we buy for P15 per roll. Tri-Pan films? (i forgot the name)... they're ISO 400, very grainy and produce low contrast greyish prints. we have tried developing them in make-shift darkrooms.
i also remember shooting with the Kodak 400 ISO b&w films. I was a student with very limited budget maintaining a very expensive hobby... we were like snipers then. One shot, one kill. Every shot counts.
During the 1986 EDSA Revolution. I experienced my very first street and documentary shooting. I wonder where those prints and negatives are.
ANGELIC
I want that low contrast, grainy, grayish effect here. But with that Curves Control so enticing to be tweaked, sometimes I can't help it.
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| | I'm trying to simulate some film characteristics. I'm basing the colors on my film book. Will do more of this. Turning them into CS2 actions.
It was fun shooting with friends from WPPP (Wedding and Portrait Photographers of the Philippines). Been with them in Punta Fuego, Cebu, Zambales and Ilocos.
I'm not a pro wedding photographer but I do take wedding assignments. "Sino magpapakasal dyan?"
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