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<br />Nikkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15515881385872046590noreply@blogger.com0Imperial Palace, 1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda-ku, Tōkyō-to 100-8111, Japan35.685175 139.7527995000000410.1631405 98.444205500000038 61.207209500000005 -178.9386065tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263927734989821876.post-22289646310144615752016-06-20T17:11:00.001+10:002016-06-20T17:11:22.044+10:00Toshogu Shrine in Nikko, Japan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The Toshogu Shrine is a Shinto Shrine, located in the city of Nikko, Japan. The shrine is dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, and was initially built in 1617 during the Edo period.</div>
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<br />Nikkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15515881385872046590noreply@blogger.com0Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan36.7199026 139.6982160999999735.9066761 138.40732259999996 37.5331291 140.98910959999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263927734989821876.post-19553345137569282872015-08-17T01:59:00.001+10:002015-08-17T01:59:50.943+10:00Monkeys and Hot Springs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
In the Jigokudani (Hell Valley) Park, there are troops of wild Japanese macaque (also referred to as the snow monkeys) that love to bathe in the hot springs (called Onsen in Japanese) during winter to keep warm. This amazing natural sight is found near a town called Shibu, which is near Nagano in Japan.</div>
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<br />Nikkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15515881385872046590noreply@blogger.com0Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan36.6485496 138.1942431999999636.240880100000005 137.54879619999997 37.0562191 138.83969019999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263927734989821876.post-82959032498350429752015-06-17T09:19:00.001+10:002015-06-17T09:19:13.302+10:00Melbourne Graffiti Scenes<div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />Nikkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15515881385872046590noreply@blogger.com0Melbourne VIC, Australia-37.814107 144.96327999999994-38.6164245 143.67238649999993 -37.0117895 146.25417349999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263927734989821876.post-20163968983267022502015-05-30T20:29:00.004+10:002015-05-30T20:29:57.963+10:00Hong Kong Yellow Umbrella<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Scenes from the Yellow Umbrella incidents in Hong Kong, both in Mong Kok and Admiralty.</div>
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Gardens by the Bay is a park spanning 101 hectares of reclaimed land in central Singapore, adjacent to the Marina Reservoir. Gardens by the Bay is an integral part of a strategy by the Singapore government to transform Singapore from a "Garden City" to a "City in a Garden". The stated aim is to raise the quality of life by enhancing greenery and flora in the city.</div>
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The supertrees are tree-like structures that dominate the Gardens' landscape with heights that range between 25 m to 50 m. They are vertical gardens that perform a multitude of functions, which include planting, shading and working as environmental engines for the gardens.</div>
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The White Night is an annual event held in Melbourne which debuted in 2013. In its third year, the city comes alive from evening to the following morning with all night exhibitions, street performances, fashion, lighting installations, film screenings, multimedia projections, concerts, dance and interactive events.</div>
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<br />Nikkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15515881385872046590noreply@blogger.com0Hong Kong22.396428 114.1094970000000321.9265115 113.46405000000003 22.8663445 114.75494400000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263927734989821876.post-52555773281345382892014-12-21T17:33:00.001+11:002014-12-21T17:33:20.354+11:00Hong Kong HarbourVictoria Harbour is the harbour that divides Hong Kong island from Kowloon, the mainland side, and due to its unique formation is one of the key advantages for making Hong Kong a successful trading centre when everything depended on trading ships.<br />
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Kangaroo with their joeys found in the wild.<br />
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The State Library of Victoria is the central library of the state, located in Melbourne. The library holds over 2 million books and 16,000 serials, including the diaries of the city's founders, John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner, and the folios of Captain James Cook, and also houses the original armour of Ned Kelly.</div>
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<br />Nikkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15515881385872046590noreply@blogger.com0Melbourne VIC, Australia-37.814107 144.96327999999994-38.6164245 143.67238649999993 -37.0117895 146.25417349999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263927734989821876.post-76838449164865192532014-07-12T16:51:00.002+10:002014-07-12T16:51:46.533+10:00Super Camera Shootout - Battle of the 35mmThis is a comparison of three very different camera packages, each delivering a high quality 35mm equivalent field of view.<br />
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Our first contender is the Nikon D600, equipped with the Sigma ART 35mm F/1.4. The D600 is Nikon's first affordable full-frame DSLR, with a 24 megapixel sensor and relatively small body for a full frame camera. The Sigma ART 35mm is widely acknowledged as an excellent lens, rated above both Nikon and Canon equivalents.<br />
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Our second contender is the Sony A7 with Sony Zeiss 35mm F/2.8. This is the smallest full-frame autofocus interchangeable lens camera package you can get with 35mm equivalent view. Also a high quality 24 megapixel sensor and a body so small that you can't believe it's full frame. The Zeiss has also been very well received and reviewed, with many praising it for sharpness, but also complaining about lack of large aperture.<br />
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The last is a bit older, which is the Sony NEX-7 equipped with the Sony Zeiss 24mm F/1.8. This still comes in lighter weight and smaller than the Sony A7 package, but of course it is only APS-C crop frame. The Zeiss lens has also been well reviewed, with the common complaint just being it is too expensive for what it is. A 24mm F/1.8 makes it pretty much equivalent to a 35mm F/2.8 in terms of depth-of-field equivalence.<br />
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<b>General Sharpness</b><br />
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The test scene was shot from a tripod, under relatively consistent lighting conditions, and the following parameters:<br />
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<li>35mm equivalent field of view prime lenses.</li>
<li>ISO 100, for best possible quality.</li>
<li>Aperture priority mode, set to F/2.8.</li>
<li>Shutter speed selected by the camera's own metering.</li>
<li>Autofocus using live-view, targeting the camera test chart centre.</li>
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Here are the individual shots, and will be followed with 100% crop comparisons.</div>
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The first 100% crop comparison focuses into the camera test chart. Each camera shows a bit of colour artefacting with the very dense lines on the page. The Sony NEX-7 is clearly inferior to the other two, with the image being softer.<br />
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Between the Sony A7 and Nikon D600, I'd slightly favour the A7, as it seems the lines and the texture of the paper are more crisp in the Sony A7 crop.<br />
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The colour artefacts are less wide-spread on the A7, but the area around the 6 mark is very obvious, whereas the D600 has artefacts that are less distracting. The NEX-7 with its general softness hides most of the colour issues.<br />
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The second comparison scene is also a 100% crop, focused on the Lego Simpsons car. This scene produces an obvious winner, with the Nikon D600 showing a much more sharp and crisp image. The Sony A7 and NEX-7 come in second and third respectively, again showing obvious performance differences.<br />
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With this level of difference between the D600 and A7, I'd suspect there may have been some minor differences in the focus.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">100% Crop Comparison - Lego Simpsons Car</td></tr>
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<b>Dynamic Range</b><br />
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One other significant performance indicator that is important for me, is the dynamic range of the camera sensors. In previous comparisons, I had found the D600 to have a clear performance improvement over the NEX-7, probably attributed to the fact that the full frame sensor simply has more area to work with. This raises the question whether the A7, also with a full frame 24 megapixel sensor, could be better.<br />
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The follow comparison was done with the following parameters:<br />
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The results from this test first confirm that the NEX-7 is at a disadvantage, with much higher noise in the shadow areas, serious colour shift towards green, and unable to recover the text displayed on the Wii U gamepad.<br />
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The Nikon D600 still manages to defeat the Sony A7, with better controlled noise around the shadow areas. Recovery of the blown highlights on the Wii U gamepad seem equal, although slightly sharper on the D600.<br />
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For reference, this is what the scene looked like before any post-processing:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dark Dynamic Exposure Test, as shot without post-processing</td></tr>
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<b>Conclusions</b><br />
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Cameras are getting better every day, and the Sony A7 was a significant breakthrough in getting a full frame interchangeable camera into such a small package. The performance champion in this comparison is still the Nikon D600, if size is no issue. Also keep in mind that the D600 itself is still a pretty small package for a full frame DSLR.<br />
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For my own shooting preferences, I have found that the Sony A7 satisfies my photographic needs 90% of the time, and that's what I'm carrying most often.<br />
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Nikkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15515881385872046590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263927734989821876.post-29497973814038235612014-07-11T08:45:00.000+10:002014-07-11T08:45:03.426+10:00Mushrooms<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
McLaren Falls Park, Tauranga, New Zealand.</div>
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<br />Nikkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15515881385872046590noreply@blogger.com0Tauranga, New Zealand-37.687797499999988 176.16512950000003-38.089866499999985 175.51968250000004 -37.285728499999991 176.81057650000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263927734989821876.post-34749560730595898602014-07-02T18:47:00.001+10:002014-07-02T18:47:21.691+10:00Light in the Forest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Rays of sunlight filtering through the trees. McLaren Falls Park, New Zealand.</div>
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Row of trees in the autumn season, in McLaren Falls Park, New Zealand.</div>
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<br />Nikkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15515881385872046590noreply@blogger.com0Tauranga, New Zealand-37.687797499999988 176.16512950000003-38.089866499999985 175.51968250000004 -37.285728499999991 176.81057650000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263927734989821876.post-14026902741484017492014-06-05T19:44:00.000+10:002014-06-05T19:45:02.553+10:00Sunset<span style="text-align: start;">HDR photograph during the late afternoon at the corner of Khyber Pass Road and Broadway in Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand.</span>
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<br />Nikkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15515881385872046590noreply@blogger.com0Auckland, New Zealand-36.8484597 174.76333150000005-37.2549887 174.11788450000006 -36.4419307 175.40877850000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263927734989821876.post-11093659207631696442014-05-31T11:38:00.001+10:002014-05-31T11:38:49.264+10:00Open Safari<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Animals in the open range safari at Werribee Open Range Zoo, including the antelope, giraffe, and camels.</div>
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<br />Nikkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15515881385872046590noreply@blogger.com0Werribee VIC, Australia-37.9029061 144.65847469999994-38.0031321 144.49711319999994 -37.8026801 144.81983619999994tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263927734989821876.post-70862267130102814992014-05-20T20:06:00.001+10:002014-05-20T20:06:47.623+10:00Hungry Hungry Hippos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The hippopotamus, from the ancient Greek for "river horse", is a large, mostly herbivorous mammal in sub-Saharan Africa. It is one of the largest land mammals.</div>
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<br />Nikkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15515881385872046590noreply@blogger.com0Werribee VIC, Australia-37.9029061 144.65847469999994-38.0031321 144.49711319999994 -37.8026801 144.81983619999994tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263927734989821876.post-42863000746445757282014-05-03T23:05:00.000+10:002014-05-03T23:05:48.743+10:00Big CatsCheetahs formerly ranged in Asia, Western Iran and throughout Africa except for the true desert areas. The Cheetah can now be found in the eastern and southern regions of Africa. Their main habitats are open country, from semi-desert to dry savannah, including light woodland. The Cheetah is the fastest land mammal on Earth, reaching speeds up to 112km/hour, although the average speed of a chase is around 64km/hour.<br />
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Lions are the only cats to live in a large family group, called a pride. A pride can be as large as 30–40 members, mostly related females, their cubs and a small number of resident males. Dominating the pride is a single male, but more often a coalition of males. Competition among males to take over a pride is intense, and on average, the length of time in control of a pride is 2–3 years.</div>
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<br />Nikkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15515881385872046590noreply@blogger.com0Werribee VIC, Australia-37.9029061 144.65847469999994-37.9029061 144.65847469999994 -37.9029061 144.65847469999994tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263927734989821876.post-90976437486035990582014-04-27T01:38:00.000+10:002014-04-27T01:38:06.558+10:00Monkeys and Meerkats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Vervet monkeys are found in a number of areas around Africa. They are mostly vegetarian monkeys, and typically have black faces and grey body hair color. They range in size from about 50 cm for males to about 40 cm for females. Meerkats are a small mammal belonging to the mongoose family, and found in parts of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, the Namib Desert in Namibia and southwestern Angola, and in South Africa. </div>
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