Gathering and Hunting in One
Package
FN gathering in Makassar, held on June 13, could be more
special than the previous gatherings in other cities since it was
continued with photo hunting on the next day.
The gathering as part of Canon & Fotografer.net Gathering
Series took place at Resto KosiCozy, Karebosi Link, Makassar.
More than 130 FNers (Fotografer.net members) attended the
event. They were from local photography community like
Performa (Perkumpulan Fotografer Makassar) and several other
clubs in Makassar, and from Surabaya (East Java) and Biak
(Papua).
Some FNers presented a short presentation during the
gathering. Athmam Lutfie was delivering topic related to
Landscape & Travel photography, while Yusuf Ahmad presented
topic on photojournalism. Last but not least, Amril Nuryan
shared his knowledge on commercial photography. FN's founder,
Kristupa Saragih, gave a short presentation about the site.
While, Farid Wahdiono, Exposure's chief editor, explained the
magazine's contents and how to contribute.
On next day, as it was mentioned earlier, photo hunting
was held at Fort Rotterdam, Makassar. Tens of photographers
were enjoying the photo session which involved two models. Dodi Sandradi
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Aceh FNers Celebrated Birthday at
Traditional Market
Aceh Fotografer Net Community (www.acehfotografer.net) celebrated their first anniversary by holding Kutaraja
Street Hunting on June 14. It took place at traditional market
at REX area, traditional market in Peunayong, Banda Aceh, and
its surrounding. The traditional markets were chosen because
they wished to show the life of the society as it seen through
the activity at the traditional market. They admitted that the
location was the perfect one to capture human interest objects.
Unlike another street hunting, the event was attended
by four models. Still, the participants were more attracted to
the activity at the traditional market than the models. The
event was "interrupted" when the halo phenomenon (an optical
phenomenon that appears near or around the sun or moon,
and sometimes near other strong light sources such as street
lights) occurred in the middle of the photo session. Surely, both
participants and the people amused by it.
Not just amused by the phenomenon, one of the participants
said it was a nice and fun activity and wished to join it again
in the future. Almost 40 participants took part in this event.
Regarding to this, it could be said that photography enthusiasts
in Aceh are interested in this kind of event. nana
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Mamiya Digital Backs New M Series 
Mamiya Digital Imaging is proud to announce its new M series
digital backs, consisting of three new models: the M18, M22
and M31. They have all been designed for compatibility with
Mamiya's 645AFDIII. Trough use of the specifically designed
digital back adapter HX701, the backs can also be attached to
its famed RZ Pro IID.
They are the quintessential tool for commercial
photographers and studios. The M18 (18-MP), with the fastest
capture rate of the line, is highly versatile featuring a 44.2 x
33.1mm CCD with 9 x 9 microns pixel size; ideal for medium
format photographers because of its manageable data size
ensuring for an optimized workflow. The M22 (22.1-MP) also
works well with larger cameras, such as the Mamiya RZ Pro IID.
It has a CCD size of 48.9 x 36.7mm with 9 x 9 microns, thus, it
is ideal for commercial photography. While, the M31 has 31.6-
MP and a 44.2 x 33.1mm CCD with 6.8 x 6.8 microns.
Each can be purchased separately or in a system kit with
the Mamiya 645AFDIII camera and Sekor 80mm F2.8D lens.
Unfortunately, pricing is not yet mentioned. pdngearguide.com
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Photographing Models with FBI
It was more than a month since FBI arranged their first
photo hunting. Inspired by their first one, they organized
their second photo hunting which lasted on June 6. Model was
the theme for this photo hunting taking place at Jl. A. Yani,
Pangkalpinang. The location was picked since it has a unique
architecture, the combination of the old and modern one. It
was used as the background for the model photo session. Five
models posed for 20 participants.
The models involved at this event were inexperienced
models. It made the participants had to direct them. Of course,
it was a challenge because not all of the participants have the
experience in directing models. Other challenge was related to
the lighting. Participants had to adjust the lighting as well.
The event was attended by non-FBI's members. During the
session they also had a chance to discuss their shot with other
participants. Beside bringing a new experience for participants,
it also attracted some of them to join the community. From 30
members, it increases to almost 50 members after the hunting
was held. nana
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The First Olympus Micro Four Third
Camera
Olympus has just
answered rumor about their
Micro Four Third camera by
launching the E-P1, its first
Micro Four Thirds camera.
It is a compact mirrorless
interchangeable lens camera.
The design is similar to the
company's Pen range that was
popular in the 1960s and 70s.
The camera is built around an image-stabilized 12 megapixel
sensor and incorporates a 3.0" LCD.
The EP-1 offers the same 6 Art Filter effects familiar
from the E-620 DSLR camera, and can record HD 720p quality
movies with continuous auto-focus and control over depth of
field. The Olympus EP1 is compatible with all Micro Four Thirds
lenses and, via an adapter, the full range of existing Four Thirds
lenses. Available in silver and white, the Olympus E-P1 will be
available in July. In the US the E-P1 is US$ 749 body only, US$
799 with the 14-42mm lens, and US$ 899 with the 17mm lens
and VF-1 external viewfinder.
photographyblog.com, dpreview.com
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Touch and Shoot with Fujifilm
FinePix Z300 
One touch and you get everything. It is made possible by the
launching of Fujifilm FinePix Z300. It is the first ever touchscreen
digital compact camera. Just touch and you can shoot,
set and view your shot. It goes with 10 megapixels resolution
and features Scene Recognition Auto, 5x optical zoom lens,
Group and Couple self-timer modes and also 3" LCD Touch
Screen Panel and ISO up to 1600.
To minimize image blur, it has Dual Image Stabilisation
combines with CCD shift technology. Face Detection and auto
red-eye removal can be found in this camera as well.
Fujifilm FinePix Z300 also offers ways to search for and
file your treasured memories. To find photos, you can search through all your images by using the Fujifilm Z300's search
facility. Images can be located by searching by date, face,
divided into Couple Search, Close-up Search and Group Search,
and Scene Search, split in to Face, Landscape, Night and Macro.
The Blog Mode, which resizes images in-camera for easy upload
to the web, gives the choice of combining and creating images
using four types of template.
It will be available in 2009 in four different colors with a
stylish vertical, contrasting metal strip detail on the lens cover.
Choose from Black, White, Purple or Pink. letsgodigital.org
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Bring Your Photos to Bathroom or
Bedroom
 
Imagine of how great your photos could be, if you
brings them to your bathroom or bedroom! If you are keen on
creativity and digital photography, these two sites will absolutely
be splendid for you. They are photoshowercurtain.com and
fotobed.com.
What could you possibly do on these two sites? On the
first site, you can simply create your own shower curtains, while
on the second one, you can do custom bedding, both from your
favorite photos. Use a photo or digital image of your choice.
Simply place your order, send them your images, and in two
to four weeks, they will send you amazing fully printed shower
curtains, blankets, duvet covers, pillows or pillowcases. Their
products are washable and you will see no fading.
Carilah foto atau gambar digital yang paling Anda sukai.
Kemudian, lakukan pemesanan di situs tersebut, dan kirimkan
gambar-gambar Anda. Dalam dua hingga empat minggu,
mereka akan mengirimkan tirai, selimut, duvet cover, bantal
atau sarung bantal pesanan Anda, dengan foto atau gambar
favorit Anda telah dicetak di atasnya. Produk-produk tersebut
dapat Anda cuci tanpa takut gambarnya luntur.
Their artists will assist you in making collages or mock-ups
of your designs. The price will range from US$ 40 to US$
199. For more information and order, please visit the sites.
photoshowercurtain.com, fotobed.com
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World's First 128-GB USB
Flash Drive
 
Kingston Technology Company, Inc. has
announced the world's first 128-GB USB
Flash Drive - DataTraveler 200 (DT200)
that sports a cap-less design and includes a
built-in Password Traveler security software
for data protection. The large capacity along
with password protection gives you the
flexibility to carry critical data with you at
all times in a very small form factor.
The dimensions are 2.77 x 0.49 x
0.89 inches, with an operating temperature
of 32o Fahrenheit to 140 o F, storage
temperature of -4o F to 185 o F. It is
available in 32, 64 and 128 GB capacities,
priced at US$ 120, US$ 213 and US$ 546. dpreview.com
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A Free Model Hunting with
Prize by Telkomsel
 
Photo: Agustian Wirasendjaja
A free model hunting was held by Telkomsel
in Yogyakarta as part of their Telkomsel
Customer Day which was organized in
six cities (Pekanbaru, Jakarta, Bandung,
Yogyakarta, Makassar & Banjarmasin). It
went on June 7 at Grapari Yogyakarta, Jl.
Jendral Sudirman.
Unfortunately, it was only intended
for Telkomsel customer (customers of Halo,
Simpati and As). Twenty one photographers
took part in this event with five models provided by Telkomsel.
Although only attended by small number,
it didn't mean that it wasn't lively. In
fact, it was a lively one. Telkomsel said
they restricted the number of participants
intentionally because they wanted to
create such a comfort photo session where
one model is shot by not more than 5
photographers. It gave more space for
photographers in capturing the models.
The photo session was followed by a photo
contest. Photo shot during the session
were judged by Telkomsel's team from
Yogyakarta. The first winner is Herman who
won a grand prize of Rp 1.500.000. Andy
Adam is on the second place with the prize
of Rp 1.000.000. On the third place is Isra
who got Rp. 500.000.
Agustian Wirasendjaja
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When PS3 Is a
Photography Accessory
 
Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) has
some interesting features for the
photo enthusiast. It now becomes your
photography "accessory," by giving you a
chance to store your digital photos. PS3
supports JPEG (.JPG), GIF, TIFF (.TIF),
PNG and BMP file formats. What you need
to do is connecting your cameras or USB
storage drives directly to the console via
a USB cable, then the images are directly
transferred onto the PS3's hard drive.
Once done with this, you can easily create
play-lists. The PS3 system also offers five
slideshow styles, together with any music
stored on your PS3.
With the PSP (PlayStation Portable)
system, you can take your photos with
you anywhere. Connect your PSP to any
PC or laptop via a USB cable and upload
your digital photos directly to the PSP's
storage card - the Memory Stick PRO Duo.
You can also connect your PSP to your
PS3 via a USB cable, and swap photos and
photo play-lists between the two systems.
If you have an access to a Wi-Fi, you can
even connect your PSP to your PS3 system
through the Remote Play feature and
access all digital photos stored on your PS3,
without even being in the same city as your
home.
Moreover, with PS3's built-in Web browser,
you can check out the thousands of digital
photos on Web-based photo sharing sites
like Flickr. You can even upload your own
photos directly to the site and show them
off immediately. What a fun!
photographyblog.com
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Canon Selphy CP780 &
CP790: Easy to use, Easy
to bring
 
Canon launched the Selphy CP780 photo
printer, replacing the CP790. It is designed
for affordable family printing with labquality
photo prints. It incorporates a
user-friendly interface, plus large buttons
with a straightforward layout for ease of
use. The large 2.5" TFT colour LCD screen
offers detailed image preview when printing
straight from memory card.
The following cards can be used with
CP780 without an adaptor: CompactFlash,
Microdrive, SD, miniSD, SDHC, miniSDHC,
MMC, MMCplus,HD MMCplus, MMCmobile,
RS-MMC, Memory Stick, Memory Stick
PRO, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick
PRO Duo. Users can also print directly from
most models of digital camera because it
supports PictBridge compatibility.
Canon also introduced the Selphy
CP790 compact dye-sublimation photo
printer. With a print speed of 47 seconds for
postcard size images, it sports a 3.0" LCD,
memory card slots for a selection of popular
media and a Pictbridge port. It comes with a
built-in carry handle, storage basket and an
optional battery pack to enable portability.
dpreview.com
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The Slimmest Superzoom
Camera
The combination
of Japanese
technology with
the stylish design
appears on the latest
superzoom camera
from Casio, Casio
Exilim EX-H10. This
ultra-compact superzoom camera comes
with 12.1MP and carrying 10x optical zoom
and a 24mm wide angle lens which has
the capacity to view a landscape, building
or entire scene in just one frame. With the
dimension of 10.25 x 6.2 x 2.43 mm and
just 24.3mm thin, it is considered to be one
of the thinnest and lightest cameras. This
camera will be the perfect travel partner.
Not just slim, it also has the capacity to
take 1,000 shots with one charged battery.
Casio's EX-H10 features a range
of easy to use photographic modes,
including: Auto Best Shot, Make-up
Shot and Face Recognition, so that
whatever is being shot the EX-H10 will
adjust its settings for the ideal image.
Other highlights include a 3" rear screen
and CCD-shift image stabilization. Apart
from capturing twelve-megapixel still
photographs, the Casio EXILIM EX-H10 can
also record HD movies at 1280x720 pixels.
In the USA the Casio H10 will be available in
mid July in black for US$ 299.99.
dpreview.com, photographyblog.com
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Wikipedia for Photos
Looking for photos? Well, you'd better look
at this new site. It's called Fotopedia (www.
fotopedia.com) and offering an online photo
encyclopaedia that lets photographers,
curators, and visitors contribute, collaborate
and enrich images to be useful to the whole
community. The new site can be used to
organise photos from personal storage,
Flickr, Picasa, and other services based on
subject or any user-defined index, alongside
a mashup of contextual information.
Unlike other photo networks,
Fotopedia does not force users to store their
files on its site. Rather, it creates a complete
"ecosystem" around the pictures, regardless
of where they are stored or hosted.
Photographers are allowed to build albums
featuring their best photos, select Wikipedia
articles that add context to the photos and
are then nominated in Fotopedia. Anyone
can start participating at Fotopedia today
and help build the world's first photo
encyclopaedia. They are notified whenever
their photo is included in a Fotopedia
page, and their profile page showcases the
number of photos tagged within Fotopedia.
Gilles Samoun, Fotopedia CEO said
Fotopedia is building the largest photo
distribution network, which will provide
an effective avenue for photographers
to promote and monetize their premium
content. Fotopedias' mission is to enable the
creation of a definitive pool of images for
everyone to contribute to, discover, use and
enjoy, covering all areas of human interest.
photographyblog.com
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Olympus E-620 and E-450
Launching in Kelapa
Gading
OCCI Digital Photography School
(ODPS) and Olympus held a Digital
Photography Workshop, Hunting and Photo
Competition with Cosplay Model for the
launching of E-620 and E-450 DSLR on June
13 and 14 in ODPS, Gading Walk, Kelapa
Gading, Jakarta The launching itself was
held on Friday, June 12.
On the first day, there were about 40
attending participants. On that day, beside
a portfolio sharing and a presentation
from Olympus, Hary Subastian, the chief
photographer of Cosmopolitan, Bazzar and
FHM magazines, presented an outdoor
photo session - "Mixed Light with Wireless
Flash." While on the second day, about 25
participants attended Makarios Soekojo's
workshop on how "To Make a Winning
Photo." Both of the first and second events
were ended after they had a hunting session
and photo competition with Endiru (Endless
Illusion) "cosplay" models - Alichino and
Dynasty Warriors.
The participants were very
enthusiastic especially that they had to
photograph the "cosplay" models who
had to pose in unordinary way, for they
could not pose freely. They had to be the
"cosplay" characters that they perform.
Agung Surya Widjaya
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