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************************************************** * PHOTOGRAPHY HAPPENINGS !! * * Photography news in Singapore * ************************************************** Greetings all photo enthusiasts !! 1) This a private mailing list for photographers in Singapore, so that
we
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4) I cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information posted, but I'll try my best to verify the information before putting it up.
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Issue #3 Dated: 13 Sept 1998
*** CONTENTS ***
Okay, and in this issue of "Photography Happenings !", we have:
1) Announcements
2) New Products
3) Website Reviews
4) Events in Singpore
5) Sales and bargains
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* ANNOUNCEMENTS *
Added members from Nikon list
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e-mail me. Or if you receive mails twice (which means you're originally
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address. The mailing list is updated manually, so some stuff always escape
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Thanks in advance.
Double Mailing
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* NEW PRODUCTS *
Contax has ventured into medium format in a big way. It revealed the
Contax 645 AF during Photokina, a 6 X 4.5 format camera with autofocusing.
The autofocus mechanism uses built-in ultrasonic motors (like Canon's USM)
in the lenses themselves, instead of the film plane focusing of the Contax
AX. The USM motors make possible seamless change from AF to MF.
The CONTAX 645 lens system is composed of six outstanding Carl Zeiss T* Auto Focus lenses: 1) Distagon T* 35mm f3.5
2) Distagon T* 45mm f2.8
This brand new camera will fight the recently launched Pentax 645 AF, since both have very similar specifications, being 645 format autofocus SLRs with interchangeable lenses. There is a 2.5 frames per second drive built-in, and the camera also
provides
But don't hold your breadth. The camera won't be available for sale
until
Rumours
Nikon is said to have up their sleeves.... a Nikkor 80-200 f/2.8 AF-S and a 28-70 f/2.8 AF-S. Might be introduced during Photokina. Prices are rumoured to be twice of that of non AF-S versions. Now... where did I put my Big Sweep ticket ???
Minolta's new flagship SLR
Minolta has just launched it's new flagship camera, the Minolta Dynax
9. It is an update from the older Dynax 9xi, with many similar functions,
but it has a completely new design. It feels very robust; a bit like Nikon
F5. It is stuffed with advanced features, some never seen in an SLR before.
The price level is
Some of the features: - Advanced viewfinder system that shows 100%
(Minolta article by Lars Kjellberg)
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a) Photography In Malaysia http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/photography.htm Despite the current unhappiness with our nearest
neighbour, this is
still a very good site !! It is pretty well-done and quite cool-looking,
but suffers from cramming too many things into one-page. They have some
pretty good articles on trival knowledge of cameras. E.g. have you seen
the old logo of Canon ? Or do you know that Canon has Buddhist origins
? Check them out at this site !!
b) Moose Peterson's Wildlife Photography http://www.av.qnet.com/~moose395/ Moose is a die-hard Nikon user, as many Nikon fanatics will know. And
he is also well-known for his nature photography. Do check out his book
"Nikon Guide to Wildlife Photography". Check out this informative site
for information about wildlife photography and Nikon equipment !!
c) Philip Greenspun's Photo.Net http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/photo/index.html It's almost redundant to list this website actually. It is easily one
of the hottest photography website around. It has plenty of good (but opinionated)
articles about bags, tripods, cameras etc. Check out the Classified Ads
section. I believe that it is difficult to find a classified ad hosting
that has more photography equipment listed than this. More useful though
is the Q&A section, where you can ask photography questions and someone
knowledgeable can help to answer it. A bit of advice though... read through
the Q&A archives before asking any questions. Some "resident experts"
are fond of shooting down questions that gets asked frequently. And don't
ask any question about which camera/lens is better, they prefer that you
ask about photography techniques. Great site !!
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* EVENTS IN SINGAPORE *
Nikon Photo Contest International 1998 - Nikon Focus 21
Nikon's annual photo contest is here again. There are 3 catagories: 1. Catagory A: 35mm format, free subject.
The prizes are very attractive as usual, with the Grand Prize being US$5000 of Nikon products, and the 1st Prize (one in each category) is US$2,500 of Nikon products. For more details, pick up your contest form from any authorized Nikon dealers. The closing date is 30 Sept 98. P.S: Note that the contest is on a International scale.
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* SALES AND BARGAINS * Photokina 98
Nothing much this time round, except that Photokina is coming around
the corner.
For those who wants the latest technology:
For those who have limited budget:
For those who wants to sell their old equipment:
________________________________________________________________________________ That's all, folks !
Your friendly list-maintainer,
Send any comments(commend or condemn), or information to me at:
nelson88@pacific.net.sg
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