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PACU JAWI i.e. "Bull Race" is held yearly at the Tanah Datar Regency in West Sumatra. This race originated as a post rice harvest entertainment & celebration for the villagers & had been taking place for centuries. Now it is a very popular tourist event and takes place multiple times a year. Extremely popular with photographers from all over the world , this was my 3rd visit to photography PACU JAWI. The first in 2013 , second in 2015 and this latest was on 10th Aug 2019. Two

I am sure many Nikon DSLR users out there are really wondering just how the Nikon Z 6 would perform in AF tracking of really fast moving subjects with unpredictable motion especially when using the existing Nikkor f-mount telephoto range lenses with the FTZ adaptor. I was really keen to know myself , so off I went to the Jurong Bird Park to find out ..... Read On ! SETUP Nikon Z 6 Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR with VR OFF FTZ Adaptor 12 fps setup Shutter Speed : 1/1600s JPEG

This is my first blog covering the FOCUS SHIFT capability of the Nikon Z 6. This capability is of course available in the Z 7 and in Nikon's DSLR world only the mighty D850 has this very cool & useful capability. I will be blogging about this capability in future blogs so for this very 1st blog I just wanted to show the MOST important reason why I would use Focus Shift in Product / Commercial / Food / Table-Top Photography. WHAT IS Focus Shift ? Focus Shift is actually a cap

I was actually anxious to test the Nikon Z6's capability in photographing a fast paced sport like Speed Skating. The opportunity came on the 5th & 6th of January 2019 when the 4th SEA Open Short Track Trophy was held at the The Rink @JCube. So just how fast is a speed skater ? So just to give you an idea , Lucas Ng Singapore's top Speed Skater who won the 500m event did it with an average speed of 39kph. The top olympic speed skaters reach top speeds of over 48kph !! Singapor

Hi everyone, this blog will focus a little more on the Z6's dynamic range performance at high to higher ISOs. This time the main subject was Singapore's cityscape during blue hour which is between 7:30pm to about 7:45pm (of course weather dependent) SETUP DETAILS Nikkor Z 24-70mm F4.0/S AUTO ISO RAW Hand-Held f8.0 1/160s Image INTENTIONALLY captured with approx. a 3 stops underexposure ISO3600 Image with exposure recovered from 3 stops underexposure NO noise reduction NO shar

All recent cameras (whether DSLR or Mirrorless , whether Crop or Full Frame sensors) promises excellent image quality at ISOs that were previously unheard of. The new Nikon Z6 , Nikon's latest 24MP mirrorless camera is no different and has an extremely high native ISO range that reaches ISO51,200 (which is higher than that of the 45MP Z7). Impressive paper specifications are one thing but are these extreme high ISOs even usable ? Well, I took the Z6 for a spin at the Singapor

Hi everyone, I was conducting a Low Light / Night Photography workshop last night for Nikon participants. We were photographing the Marina Bay Sands skyline during blue hour. I took 2 shots using JPEG FINE* format as I wanted to get an impression of how good the Z6's JPEG performance was with a straight forward hand-held shot. For me, photographing a high dynamic range scene using JPEG is a "worst case" type condition. If the JPEG file performs well then I can safely assume t

I am going to share on how I am using the new Nikon Z6 & also my first impressions of the Nikkor Z 50mm F/1.8S All the images share were JPEGS and were NOT Post processed in any way. They were not cropped, edited or sharpened at all. Details of how I setup my Nikon Z6 for this session - AUTO ISO , maximum ISO set to ISO25,600 - Picture Control : STD - MANUAL Shooting Mode - Lens Control Ring set for Exposure Compensation - AF-S - AF Area Mode : Single-Point AF - JPEG FINE* -

Most of you may have read my experience with the new Nikon Z7. If you have not , do have a read as it will give you a great idea on features that are also in the Z6. I was fortunate enough to get my hands on the Z6 for a day which was actually more for me to re-familiarize myself with the Z Series layout & menus & prepare for the Nikon Z Series talks that happened with the major dealers recently. Fortunately I did manage to squeeze in some time to get my immediate impression