Canon EOS 650D/Rebel T4i Review. A Good Buy?

Hmmmmm. Looks like Canon has a new member in the family. I think it's about time that I will try my reviewing skills to improve my writings in blogging. Please let me know what you think of this blogpost. First and foremost, I would like to thank you for reading my blog. ^^ Let's get back to serious mode. Serious? :P

Canon EOS 650D - Introduction

Canon has introduced a new member in it's line-up for 2012 entry-level DSLR which is the all-new exciting Canon EOS 650D following after it's little brother 600D. The 650D, boasting with a new CMOS 18 million pixel sensor, is packed with cool new features, including a multi-touch touchscreen that makes navigating picture a breeze. Canon decided to add the camera with a full high-definition video. To be honest, It's a serious package for beginner SLR users where they can choose to have a balance in video shooting or just focus on photography.

Canon EOS 650D In-Depth

This camera is the first dslr which have the touchscreen feature on it's lcd screen which is quite lovable as they are trying to mimic the smart-phone features. Although the more pro photographer's might oppose this feature, but I'm sure that the next generation of semi-pro to pro dslr might have this feature. That depends on the market demand as well. From a marketing point, they did quite well by choosing to put the touchscreen feature as the camera's selling key-point. Canon claims that the 18 million pixels is the new CMOS Sensor which has the capability in both contrast and phase detection auto-focusing system when in the live-view video mode. That is something to look forward to as this is the first Canon DSLR that has this feature.

Canon EOS 650D Video Preview by Angela Nicholson

Below is the video review of the new Canon EOS 650D by Angela Nicholson.

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Articulated Screen and Multi-Touch Screen

It comes with the articulated folding and multi-touch screen, the 650D sit comfortably as the most advanced screen of any DSLR period. The multi-touch gesture screen makes it easier to view photos when you want to view the pictures you've taken. Like a smartphone, you can slide to navigate to the next picture, pinch in and out of the picture to zoom in and zoom the picture, and touch the screen to autofocus the frame when in live-view mode. That's what this camera is all about, making photography easier for the beginners. But I'm not sure about the sensitivity of the screen yet whether it delivers the same smooth and sensitive feel as a smartphone would feels like.

Multi-touch screen gesture. Is this what you really want?

I'm sure there's alot of debate between the canon and the nikon users. Even among the Canon user's can have a debate about whether the multi-touch screen gesture is a good feature or not. Let me know what you think about it. :)

You can check this product at amazon.

Perigee or Supermoon

Perigee is the point at which an object makes its closest approach to the Earth.
I was told that today, which is 6.5.2012, there will be a full moon which its position is the closest to the earth. so i couldn't miss the chance to take some photographs of the SUPERMOON. sadly i don't have a telepohoto lens so i just use whatever i have which the all rounder lens, nikkor 18-105mm vr. I really love this lens as it have the versatility to shoot wide angle shots, portrait and as well as medium telephoto range. Below are the pictures that i took. Took the picture with raw file format and do some simple editing to it, then save it in the jpeg format.
| f/8 | 1/100s | iso 800 |

Black and White Photography is my new obsession

and so i crossed a few photos in the net and saw a picture that is in black n white. the first impression when i saw the picture, wow! blows my mind. i know some of you might ask yourself, "hey, is this guy for real?". well keep on reading and maybe i can change your point of view about this 'so called' grayscale tone or what others in the photography line called them, the BnW@ black n white photography. although the picture doesn't have colours in it like the usual dslr's these days, the picture itself brings a lot of emotion to it. The more we look at it, it makes us feel the curiousity in which you will try to imagine what will it looks like if you were at the photographer's position when taking the picture. this is what makes it more unique. the thing about grayscale tone is that it creates some sort of a mystery to the picture, giving the picture a lil bit of an edge compare to other tones. but of course there are alot of things that we must consider in choosing the perfect tone for our picture. although some might disagree, it also depends on the moments that is captured by the photographer, the composition of the picture, whether it follows the rule of the triangle, etc, then you can see the difference in the picture that you can choose the tone for the picture. these days, there are alot of softwares that can convert our pictures that is taken from the dslr, to BnW with little or no effort. here are some of the photos that i have taken and they are converted to BnW. Although my picture isn't that good, but i hope that you enjoyed watching it. and if you have anything in mind, like comments and critiques, please feel free to do so and kindly leave your comments below. thanks for reading and i will come back with more posts about photography and other things soon.

Photoshoot with friends

Hello guys. My friend here is Zhafari. He is my housemate in UTP. Well, I actually know him for years as we are from the same high school. Enough with the bla3 introduction. Zhafari wanted me to take some pictures of him for his resume. I took this oppurtunity to do some indoor shootings with him as well as improving my techniques on lighting. So I tried a few settings and end up with the picture above.

Caving in Malaysia ( Fairy Cave, Sarawak )

Caving at Fairy Cave, Bau, Kuching, Sarawak.

    For 22 years of living in Sarawak, this the the first time that I've ever heard of Fairy Cave. A few friends wanted to go there, so I couldn't resist to go and watch this place myself. Had a lot of fun caving and climbing this cave with some friends. It's really dark during the climb and windy i might say. Syarif, Keruz and Bibut are the three others who gave the idea of caving here. Thought that it could be fun as I haven't done this in awhile so I joined them without hesitation. It was a bit tiring with all the climbing and stuff but in the end it was worthwhile watching the beautiful views from inside the cave! Below are some of the photos that i took while caving. Enjoy the view! =)

trailing lights got me sloooooow motion

this picture is taken in amy's car while we were on our way back to utp from UPM, Serdang. WTH are we doing at UPM during weekdays?? haha. we just got back from an event called Majlis Lan Berambeh 2010!! It was LEGENDARY!!! hoho. 9 of us from utp, me, zubir,amy, diman,ajis, wira, darol, reza and apiz went there with 2 cars. amy's saga n wira's myvi. got out from utp around 2 pm and arrived at UPM around 6 pm ++. after the event finished around 10++, we went to McD coz all of us r still starving and after that sent natasha back to IPI in Bangi. Then we went straight back to utp. arrived at UTP around 2++ and straight to bed.zzzzz.:)))

ego

hmmmm...

damn i'm ego...

ego like a lego..

lego likes to play games..

games sure does fun...

but fun can become tiresome...

tiresome means time to sleep!!

oh shit tomorrow got Foundation Earth's Structure test

at 3 pm...

meaning i can't sleep and get back to work!!

test on fridays...right after prayer...grrrrr. dislikes.

Zoo Taiping Night Safari

these are a few shots taken during our trip to Bukit Larut,Taiping. my first time ever been to night safari at zoo taiping. 20 minutes walk from our campsite coz we didn't have any transport during the night.

Went there for camping n hiking at Bukit Larut.it's a compulsory thing for co-q. feels great to meet the nature.reminds me of Bear Gryll's Man VS Wild..hahah.

my greatest regrets is not bringing my camera up.but hey it was the right decision..

street

location : penjara pudu

time : cuti cny..

bila gik aku mok raon tok??haha.

notes: DEATH!! that's the mandatory punishment for every drug trafficker in MALAYSIA.

so be nakpa rah dindingya xpat ku mike pekataan sesuai..haha.

my irony n yeo's soya bean 1L..haha.:)

night photography

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boy night photography is harder than it looks....
been experimenting but still didn't get the expected results.
anyhow here is some shots taken around kuch n some at utp....
happy viewing.:)

hutan 'ulu' chepor, perak.

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these pics were taken on 21.1.'10 at a not so deep jungle at ulu chepor,perak.
tc family day...:))
p/s:sorry if the pic quality is not maximum coz i want to compress the size of the real photo.(takes ages to upload in ori size)

farewell kuch.....

'the portal' mok meninggalkan kuch...sounds like a scary place.....haha.bunyi jakla..:DD



plane next to my ride...haha.the famous boeing 747.





my last sunrise in kuch b4 taking off..at about 7.40 am.



wlpun excited..p lam ati rasa mok...jak.



kerin tekak....pepsi is the remedy...haha.but the glass is empty already..dah masok lam peroot!!:))



went thru the newspapers n look wat i've found??
PROUD TO BE SARAWAKIAN!!!!hah amik tkrng!!!hahaha.:DD



da sampe klia da..around 9.10 a.m camya.alhamdulillah.smooth ride...but bila sampe nagga2 jerebu..sucks....booo.haha.



next destination...baga kink!!!!haha.
pasya nait bus gi ipoh n balit utp......

dat's it 4 now...
 

tangkap ya kemudian...??