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Sunday, January 24, 2016

Lighting in Photography

In the world of photography, light is a very important element. Light is very useful to illuminate the object to be photographed, the ambience and the light also serves to give color and shape. Without light or if it will be bad light quality Similarly a bad influence for the images to be generated as specks of noise, image
less sharp and so on. To get optimal shooting results, then it is very important to considered is about lighting.

Things that should be considered in the lighting itself is:

1. Light intensity
The intensity of light is the strength or magnitude of the amount of light required for shooting purposes an object that can be obtained results still images high quality. Light intensity is also very influential to the contrast of the image the resulting, shades of color in the picture, until the fall of the shadows to form
a beautiful silhouette display. In addition, the intensity of the light also affects the brightness of the image that are too bright or too dark.

2. Light source
Source of light in photography could derive two types, namely:

 -   Natural light source (natural lights) is the light of the sun and moon
The light source of this nature can not be set according to our wishes, but instead we are must adjust to the light conditions of this nature.
 -  Artificial light sources (artificial lights) is created by the light source human beings for the purpose of photography in a special photo shoot for generating activities sharp photos. The light source in the form of light that built in cameras such as flash or indeed light from extras such as lights studio / flash or flash tungsten.

3. Color light
The color of the light effect on the impression of the mood in the resulting image. Color settings can cause different emotions and mood, a color can be describe a particular emotion such as white depicting formal impression and yellow which give the impression of a friendly and warm.

In photography, to get a certain color effects lighting needed a tool called a gel or a color filter. These gels or color filters usually placed in front of a light source to obtain particular color effects besides, Gel is also useful to balance color between the light source.

4. Direction of the light
Reading the proper direction of the light with very influential to the quality of photos produced.

Sunday, January 17, 2016

Fujifilm X-Pro2

Fujifilm finally officially released the camera mirrorless X-Pro 2 in the event at its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Friday (15/01/2015). The new camera is already waiting long enough. Since the launch of X-Series product line with the X-Pro1 camera in 2012 ago, Fujifilm has not released his successors. Indeed, they put out a variety of product lines other X-Series, such as X-T1, X-E2, X100ST and X30. But the X-Pro1 just alone, up to today's launch of the next generation. Display X-Pro2 turns according to the photos which had circulated. There are a number of changes to the layout, but overall giving the impression of a classic of the same. The biggest difference will be felt when the user touches a small lever that serves as a means of selecting the focus point. In the specification camera This new line sits in the highest class of X-Series and for the first time Fujifilm using a sensor with a strength of more than 16 megapixels.

X-Pro2 uses X-Trans CMOS III with resolution of 24 megapixels, combined with latest processor X-Processor Pro is capable of shooting up to eight frames per second. This camera autofocus system has 273 points, 77 points of which use technology phase detection and covers 40 percent of the frame. Shutter speed was increased to 1/8000 sec, compared to his elder brother who is only 1/4000 sec. As well as
flash sync speed to increase to 1/250 sec. Now in X-Pro2 also has there is a WiFi connection that is useful to move the image to the phone. There are also two memory slots, increase the screen resolution of up to 1.62 million dots and changes in the user interface of the camera. As written by TheVerge, Friday (15/01/2016), the user can get X-Pro2 began in February 2016 at a price of US $ 1,700.

GoPro

GoPro is an action camera which is suitable for use in the move in outdoor. In adorn camera market in the world there are some advantages and disadvantages which is on the main GoPro.Kelebihan owned GoPro namely in terms of size very small than the camera in general. The design is very compact, and waterproof
GoPro makes very flexible to use and placed in various positions in both the land and in water. Video recordings generated GoPro has never been disappointing. GoPro Hero 4 Black Edition, capable of recording images up to 4K quality 30 FPS. So despite their small size, the image quality is equivalent with a DSLR camera.

Another advantage that makes the GoPro is very interesting is the number of accessories provided for taking pictures under various conditions. There is mounting for dibadan, helmets, sled, in the wrist, even mount that can be placed in a body binatang.Kelebihan last of GoPro cameras which are the availability of software support very complete, especially for mobile Apps for iPhone, Android, or Windows Phone. With these Apps, you can make a cell phone, view finder to check the position the object to be taken, and transfer files from GoPro to the phone so that it can directly uploaded to social media.

GoPro weakness is most often felt by loyal users is capacity the battery can only last 1 to 2 hours. In contrast to the DSLR camera or camera another has a larger battery capacity. Memory capacity is very small, while the size of the video recorded by GoPro is very large, for 1 hour of videoup to 20 GB. But it is very reasonable because the initial function GoPro camera it is only suitable for recording the moment that its duration is not too long. For those of you who often traveling, it is advisable to have a backup memory so
you do not worry running out of memory when you want to use GoPro to capturing moments

GoPro next shortage is only focused on recording feature, so to feature shooting still not equal when juxtaposed with DSLR camera. This compact camera also not equipped with Optical Image Stabilization so that in case of shocks when you record an image will be quite pronounced. However, currently available software Additional Digital Stabilization so that the picture is not too rocking.

GoPro latter weakness is the price of accessories that is relatively quite expensive , GoPro Black is priced around $ 499, Silver $ 399, $ 129 and the Hero. As for mounting priced starting from $ 20 - $ 50. So to be able to use GoPro in various activities, users must purchase a mount which is relatively

Sunday, January 10, 2016

OZO, Virtual Reality Camera from Nokia



Nokia has made a surprise that the company has produced a camera that is named Ozo, a virtual reality spherical camera. And now this device has available on the market. In contrast to other virtual reality camera aimed at the general consumer, Nokia expressly mention that Ozo only for the professionals in this field. It is quite reasonable considering this camera is capable of recording 360 x 180-degree plus the camera sensor 2K x 2K resolution and 30 frames per second. The result is a video along with HD quality sound stored in Solid State Drive (SSD) 500GB.With this spherical shape, Ozo also be mounted on your favorite drones. But to do this you would have to buy the drones separately. The camera is also equipped with a wireless control and real-time monitoring software specifically so that you can simultaneously see the catch of 8 cameras Ozo. For professionals who are ready to buy these devices, Ozo sold with price of $ 5,000 (pre-order). There are also some additional accessories for less over $ 1.500. Quite expensive, but this is comparable to the quality of the resulting image.