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    WTSell: Compact - Nikon S1200pj

    Advertisement Category: Want To Sell (WTS) Equipment Type: Compact Equipment Brand: Nikon Equipment Model: S1200pj Price (S$): $300 Description: Brand new unopened box set, Nikon 1200pj projector camera. One year's warranty wef 31 August 2013 Real Name: Richard Seah Contact Number...
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    WTSell: Lens - Nikon 18-70 lens

    Advertisement Category: Want To Sell (WTS) Equipment Type: Lens Equipment Brand: Nikon Equipment Model: 18-70 lens Price (S$): $250 Description: One of the best kit lenses from Nikon Real Name: Richard Contact Number: 96514333 Email Address: richard_seah@singnet.com.sg Condition of Item: 9...
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    WTSell: Bags - Tamrac Velocity 8

    Advertisement Category: Want To Sell (WTS) Equipment Type: Bags Equipment Brand: Tamrac Equipment Model: Velocity 8 Price (S$): $50 Description: Good for camera body plus big lens plus one small/medium lens. I used it with my Fuji S5 (about same size as Nikon D200/300) and 80-400 (big) lens...
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    Cosplay UPTIGHT

    My "virgin" Cosplay shoot. A friend who shot last year's event told me that his 50mm 1.4 lens was "too telescopic". I didn't listen and brought along only my 80-400 lens. Having seen lots of Cosplay pixs, I wanted a very "uptight" approach. To me, the costumes, pose, etc, especially the...
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    Ghostly images - (7th month) River Festival

    Ghostly, out-of-this-world images made the trip to the Singapore River Festival on Sunday night - despite being tired from shooting the Kids Festival on Friday and Saturday nights - worthwhile. Must say thanks to DigDub's pictures that made me want to go down. I went late and missed half of...
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    WTSell: DSLR - Nikon Fuji S5 Pro (Nikon D200 body)

    Advertisement Category: Want To Sell (WTS) Equipment Type: DSLR Equipment Brand: Nikon Equipment Model: Fuji S5 Pro (Nikon D200 body) Price (S$): $900 Description: One of the best DSLRs ever... Unrivalled in terms of colour (especially skin tones) and dynamic range. For those not familiar...
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    WTSell: Lens - Nikon Various Nikon lenses

    Advertisement Category: Want To Sell (WTS) Equipment Type: Lens Equipment Brand: Nikon Equipment Model: Various Nikon lenses Price (S$): from $90 Description: Consolidating and clearing those lenses that I no longer use.... All lenses come with original Nikon front and rear caps and had been...
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    $5 to cut up a 40 cent 4R pix.

    Went to KT Digital yesterday to make 5 x 4R prints. First I was advised to make 10 prints, since there is "basic charge" of $3. But I only wanted 5 and I did not mind paying $3 for 5. No, cannot. If print 5 will cost $4.50, ie $3 processing charge plus 30 cents per print = $4.50. Ah...
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    raw converters for S5 Pro - hyper utility vs others

    Would like your views about raw converters for S5 Pro. My experience so far has been between Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) 3.7 on Photoshop CS2 vs Fuji Finepix Studio. The Fuji software is a PAIN to use but produces far far better results in most instances. I find especially when I shoot at...
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    argh! How to open Fuji raw file in Photoshop CS2

    Would some kind soul please help. I am new to digital photography, just bought a Fuji S5 Pro. For the past few hours, I have been trying to open my camera raw files with Photoshop CS 2, but I get error box saying Photoshop does not recognise this type of file (ie .RAF). Tried reading the...
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    Sigma SD14 at P.I.X.

    I had been curious about the Sigma SD14, particularly its Faveon (spelling??) CCD which records three colours at every position, supposed to produce very high quality images. Finally had the chance to see, feel and shoot with the camera at the PIX show over the weekend. Before I proceed...
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    Vesak 2005

    Hi All, With VESAK round the corner, may I invite you to visit my new website which has a page of Vesak photos, taken on two visits to Bright Hill Temple more than 20 years apart - in early 80s (forgot which year, probably 81) and 2004. Please visit www.art-photograph-gallery.com It is...
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    copyright-free tsunami pictures?

    Hi, I need a copyright free tsunami pix for a newsletter that I am helping to produce. Can anybody point me to an internet site that has? I tried internet search and found mostly pixs of dead bodies, flattened houses, satellite photos, post-tsunami rescue, etc. Plus fake tsunami pixs...
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    Don't use brightness / contrast to adjust brightness / contrast

    Came across this advice from PHOTOSHOP COLOR CORRECTION by Michael Kieran. I thought it was interesting, especially for someone like me who, in the past, tried to learn Photoshop the DIY way by just clicking here and there to see what happens. The reason is this: “Brightness / contrast...
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    Learning Photoshop on the cheap

    Hi, Would like your suggestions, What's the best way to learn Photoshop without having to spend plenty of money? Some questions: 1. Who conducts photoshop courses and how much do they usually cost? 1a. Anybody conducts courses specially for photographers? 2. Among the many...
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    scanning slides to CD - advice needed

    Have some issues to discuss about scanning slides to CD - mainly, which places offer good quality scans? My experience is this: When I first started to send my slides for scanning, I went to various photo developing places, eg along Orchard Road. Quality was TEROK! Colours, exposure, etc...
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    Another Veggie series

    Hi All, Inspired by Cheesecake's great vege pixs, I've decided to share my take on veggies, shot some years ago. Here goes: More to follow....
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    Thaipusam 2005 on my web

    Hi All, I wanted to share some Thaipusam pixs but don't know how to attach to this message - I cannot find any “browse” button to search and attach pixs! When I click “insert image” I get a dialogue box saying “Enter the text to be formatted”. What is that? Makes no sense to me. Can...