EOS 5D mark III
This is to document my experience with the 5d3:
The latest 5dIII firmware:
http://www.canon.com.au/en-AU/Personal/Support-Help/Support-News/Firmware-Updates/EOS-5D-Mark-III-Firmware-Update-1-2-1
Popular lens comparison for 5d3
http://www.cameraegg.org/best-lenses-for-canon-eos-5d-mark-iii/
Zeiss Makro-Planar 50mm f/2
http://www.fredmiranda.com/reviews/showproduct.php?product=392
http://www.switchbacktravel.com/best-lenses-canon-eos-5d-mark-iii
http://lenshero.com/lenses/canon-5d-mark-iii-lens-by-zeiss
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Before I start, Lynda.com have some fabulous tutorials which will help you develop your photography skills but I have been looking at other ones such as this one
http://tutolearning.com/search/Canon+5D+Mark+III
Here are some pictures I took during lunchtime (full size uncompressed will show when you click on each photo)
Day 3 Used
Kit lens Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS USM AF to shoot opera house, water. Will revisit location once I get the 70-200.... if that does not do the job will get 100-400
I was really tired and hot so there was some shake in hand lol
Day 3 - Mrs Macquaries Chair botanical gardens to shoot opera house sydney harbour bridge etc water views
Day 2 - fiddling with the 3 lens mentioned below (except the 70-200 as I only ordered it today) by changing only focal length to zoom in and out while seated in the shade in the same position throughout all photos:
Album of Sydney Botanical Gardens by the water facing the Naval Yard
Day 1 - Getting used to the camera (I got some really pretty flower shots):
Day 1 - Sydney Botanical Gardens - Governor House Flowers and garden
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I am now interested in a "Tough" camera... Olympus Tough Stylus TG-1 ihs (or 2)
http://www.techradar.com/au/reviews/cameras-and-camcorders/cameras/compact-cameras/olympus-tg-1-1086923/review/5#articleContent
http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-all-around-waterproof-camera/
because my 2 year old is gonna learn to swim and i wanna capture these priceless moments but a dslr is not gonna cut it while I have to prevent him from drowning while simultaneously taking pictures of him :)
the question is how long an i gonna wait since new improvements coming out in this area and I want great pictures as well as waterproofing and shockproofing
http://waterproof-camera-review.toptenreviews.com/
note not all the "tough" cameras by the various brands are the same eg the Sony tx20 looks good on paper but according to this review, it leaked and died ha ha
http://gizmodo.com/5916329/the-best-waterproof-rugged-digital-cameras
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I am interested in the canon 1dx after I have invested in my lens and I was curious to see what the Nikon D4 could do so I did some googling and this next review shows that 1dx and d4 are similar in size but 1dx is better in many aspects, if only i could get one 2nd hand for cheap lol
http://www.digitalrev.com/article/canon-eos-1dx-vs-nikon/MzcyODcxMTc_A
Also, I did consider the Nikon D800 but 5d Mark iii appeared to be my cup of tea. 1dx is still double the price of 5d3 so with extra cash, u can buy flash, the lens I mentioned below and still have change to buy extra stuff (extra cameras lol).
http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Nikon_D800/verdict.shtml
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After reading reviews upon reviews of lens, I decided to fork out $2k AUD to buy this one
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens
from here (cheapest price i could find locally so not to be screwed over by paypal fx conversion lol)
http://www.valuebasket.com.au/en_AU/Canon-EF-70-200mm-f/2-8L-IS-II-USM-Lens/mainproduct/view/10223-AA-NA
will take some photos with it when I get it :)
Here are its specs:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/lenses/70-200mm-f28-is-ii.htm
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The camera in a backpack with a few lens is really heavy but it is definitely worth the weight and bulk!
The pictures I took (think of me as a point and shoot person) were spectacular, I went to botanical gardens and took tonnes of pretty flowers with macro shots. I have to find a free photo sharing site to share with you.
Speaking of backpacks, I find the waist strap of the lowepro flipside400 AW annoying.
http://products.lowepro.com/catalog/Camera,14.htm
I am looking at a bag that can fit a
70-200mm lens attached to the 5d3 so when I get the lens, I will get one of these since I will only use the one lens during my lunchtime photo sessions. Need to learn how to use all the options of the camera before I invest in any more lens....
The flipside 400 AW I already have is a bit heavy and I always have to put the bag down on the ground to get the camera out which is very annoying.
Lowepro fastpack 350 appears to meet my needs (about $80 inclusive of shipping from china)
http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=Fastpack%20350&_sop=15
Lowepro Toploader Pro 75 AW Holster Camera Shoulder Bag is about 60 bucks inclusive of shipping from china
http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/Cases-Bags-Covers-/107894/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=Toploader%20Pro%2075%20AW&_sop=15
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Unoffiical updates from Magiclantern for the 5d3 appear to provide something useful
http://www.magiclantern.fm/whats-new/104-releases/143-second-alpha-for-5d-mark-iii
Camera lens database:
http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/Lenses/Camera-Lens-Database
and detailed lens buying guide
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/9162056837/digital-camera-lens-buying-guide
note generally the EF-S canon lens are not for 5d3, you need the EF ones so u have to be careful when buying online. I still have not tested the 5d3 for video since i normally use my sony rx100 for video recording lol
Useful user guide.
http://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/5d-mk-iii/users-guide/index.htm
The autofocus (AF) menu reminds me of booking seats on a flight online.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canon-eos-5d-mark-iii/3
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What I did when I opened the box (then packed all the lens and camera into my camera bag to go shooting):
Charged battery for a long time (till the blinking light on charger went green) and put it into the camera, then stuck the eyepiece plastic/rubber thing on the pentaprism, stuck the Lexar CF card in and tried on various lens and took photos. The grip feels fantastic.
After turning camera on, without reading the user guide, the first thing it asks you is to set date time location. There is a tiny button on the back next to the LCD kinda like a game console button (under the start/stop button as pictured here http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canon-eos-5d-mark-iii/4) which you can make move up and down to set the numbers. Fortunately, to set the time, by having the button pressed up, it would auto increase/decrease automatically.
I bought the lowepro flipside AW400 backpack for about $200 for daily use. It barely fit all the stuff I bought but it is a really nice compact backpack. It is called flipside because it is the back section where you put your camera and other stuff in.
As mentioned below, I bought a Fancier backpack for AUD $126 which can fit 2to 4 DSLR cameras as well as a tonne of lens and that backpack itself weighs several kg (the weight of a new born baby lol). I intend to use that bag for storage of all equipment.
This is one of the lens I got for use with the 5d3
Canon EF 17-40 f4L USM ~AUD $600
reviews (apparently it is a wide angle lens good for landscapes)
http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Canon1740L/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNF26uv8jk0
I also got the speedlite 430 EX II for about $230 AUD
http://www.canon.com.au/EOS-Professional/Product-Range/Speedlites/430EXII
Of course, I bought 2 spare batteries for AUD $30 free shipping from some HK website off ebay. I remember back in time, I physically went to some packed streets in HK just to look for generic brand spare batteries, now we have ebay so I can save time and $$$ and not get all sweaty and risk having my pocket picked ha ha
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Right now, I have my eyes on the Tamron VC 24-70mm 2.8
Canon vs Tamron VC vs Sigma 24-70mm 2.8 Comparison Review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVKcY4IZ5Ag
also have my eyes on Tamron's $600 AUD
28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC
review here
http://digitalprotalk.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/test-driving-new-tamron-28-300mm-vc.html
note a lot of websites sell the non-VC version, I would never get anything without VC
Dirtcheap cameras has nice listings of all the lens
Tamron
http://www.dirtcheapcameras.com.au/SLR-Camera-Lenses/Tamron-Lenses
Canon
http://www.dirtcheapcameras.com.au/SLR-Camera-Lenses/Canon-EF-EF-S-Lenses
My favorite batch compression software for the last couple of years is photorar for winrar
http://www.winsoftmagic.com/photo_rar.html
it can compress 500mb into less than 3mb (over 200 photos of the 4 to 5 mb variety into photos of 10kb or less filesizes)
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update 18/12/2012
User manual for 5d mark III (5d3)
http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/8/0300007348/01/eos5dmkiii-im-c-en.pdf
what CF card and SD card speed is best but note the websites saying that cf will be restricted by SD if you have both slots filled
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/camera_wb_multi_page.asp?cid=6007-12452
says the lexar 1000 32gb is one of the top 3 cards for use with 5d3 so I found the cheapest is amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B007BXD66E/ref=nosim/7240425rg3297-20?s=merchant&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
at 135usd They charged me 30 bucks for shipping but still the price is better than the 200+ for the same card elsewhere. I find that buying from ebay, the cheapest hk websites slap on extra charges and call them paypal charges and other bullSH!t labels so the price ends up not being cheap. Therefore, I highly recommend buying from amazon.com for these low priced generic things if you want overall lowest prices. Of course, not all HK websites are that dodgy but some take forever (eg over a month) to deliver which is annoying.
http://blog.willshootphotography.com/2012/06/udma-7-cf-card-performance-on-canon-5d-mark-iii-and-1d-mark-iv-soooo-worth-it.html
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Cameraparadise has it for AUD 2492
http://cameraparadise.com/Canon-EOS-5D-Mark-III-Body-only-Digital-Camera-1193.html
but personally, I would go get the kit AUD 3,246 since the kit lens is apparently ok (and I did buy it lol)
http://cameraparadise.com/Canon-EOS-5D-Mark-III-Digital-Camera-Kit-24-105mm-L-Lens-1245.html
Getting the kit alone is not enough, you also need a CF card (a half decent SD card if you wanna save $$$), possibly a flash and a camera bag can bring the total cost upwards of AUD 4000.
I did consider 1dx but it is like 2x the price, bigger and benefits not apparent to a novice like me.
http://snapsort.com/compare/Canon-1D-X-vs-Canon-EOS-5D-Mark-III
so once you have the camera, if u buy the body only, then I had to find out what lens is best for most situations...
some lens I may consider based on reviews...
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3184847?page=2
CANON EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM DSLR LENS F2.8 L MARK 2 About AUD $2000 and sharper than kit lens
http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/Lenses-/3323/i.html?_sop=15&_from=R40&_nkw=24-70mm+f%2F2.8L+II+Lens
but if you are tight tamron might do it for u as it is half the price of a canon 24-70mm f2.8 :)
http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/tamron_sp_24_70mm_f2_8_di_vc_usd_review/
http://fstoppers.com/review-tamron-24-70mm-2-8-vc-vs-canon-24-70mm
http://cameraparadise.com/Canon-EF-85mm-f-1.2L-II-USM-Lenses-422.html
I got 2xtra budget lens (under $100 each) to learn how to use the camera. When I get the camera, I will then see if I need to get more lens. eg
http://cameraparadise.com/Canon-EF-S-18-55mm-f-3.5-5.6-IS-II-Lenses-1161.html
I put an order for a camera bag. I initially was going to buy lowerpro since I have a fetish for lowerpro camera bags (just like a woman does for LV) but this time I think of future. I then considered the fancier kingkong series but the shop that sold them on ebay did not make it clear which model I would be getting so I went and ordered from a local website. The bag is bigger so the extra price is justified imo. I will probably buy a lot of lens and so I got a massive bag so I can store all of my camera and equipment in there. I might get a smaller bag for when I go out and about later, but the massive one I got can fit my 17 inch notebook. Cost me $AUD 129 including postage.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/271073643027?nma=true&si=SXuj8lPXkqzFbxftKPNWxjRbLzM%3D&rt=nc&_trksid=p4340.l2557&orig_cvip=true#ht_7555wt_1393
Nice review:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/22/canon-eos-5d-mark-iii-review/
http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Canon_EOS_5D_Mark_III/
Next time I go to HK in a few years time, I will definitely go all out on buying camera equipment since HK is camera heaven lol
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I finally found some time to start learning cs6, so i started by reading the for dummies and used a portable version of photoshop cs6 to learn the menus....
Here are my notes from today:
Tab key = full screen
Shift + Tab = hides right and bottom toolbars only
Alt+F9 = Actions toolbar
F5 = Brush
F6 = Color
F7 = Layers
Ctrl+k = preferences
To zoom - select hand tool then ctrl+ click, to zoom out ctrl+alt+click
Use more memory on 64bit computer in preferences - performances
Lightroom 4.3 supports Sony dsc RX 100:
http://www.baltagy.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/adobe-photoshop-lightroom-v43-portable.html
http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/7916812/Adobe_Photoshop_Lightroom_4.3_Final_(64_bit)_[ChingLiu]
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RX100 online manual
http://pdf.crse.com/manuals/4432943111/EN/contents/04/02/01/01.html
Not sure if any of u guys pdf your photos, but in case you scan in too high resolution and need to optimise, the new acrobat x pro has it hidden in the save as - dropdown menu
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/761153
some photoshop pluginz
http://fosi.alphasys.nl/
http://www.rlslog.net/adobe-photoshop-cs6-on-demand-visual-step-by-step-guide-p2p/
before i watch any video tutorials, I prefer to print out the book (at work) 2 pages per sheet in full color and then do everything from cover to cover on my notebook at home. Benefits is that I can write down notes on the useful pages and always be able to refer back to it vs doing it on screen whereby I only have one screen so I have to alt+tab an infinite number of times which is annoying :)
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Received my Sony RX100 after ordering last week from http://cameraparadise.com/en/index/index.php
Great service, fast delivery (3 days), best prices on the internet as it cost me AUD $588 inclusive of shipping. highly recommended. I also ordered 2 spare no name batteries for the RX100 and external charger and a case for it from some sites off the Australian Ebay. This time I just used a spare bank account that I had $25 left in it to pay and found paypal did not charge me extra. So I guess if you buy from Australian ebay and pay out of a bank account as opposed to using a credit card, you save on paypayl costs. Being a number one tighta$$, I chose the batteries, charger and case from free shipping sites :) Its amazing and comforting to how cheap those camera backpacks are so if one day I get a DSLR, I will get some. When it comes to Camera stuff, no one does it cheaper than those Hong Kong websites.
Ok in my picture from left to right (click the picture to make it full sized to see the detail) - Panasonic DMC - GF3 (Micro four thirds) with its default pancake lens, Sony RX 100 in the middle and Nikon Coolpix s3100. On top is a computer "gaming" mouse for size comparison. The Nikon Coolpix is definitely the most portable and I have seen nothing quite like it's size, it takes ok pictures, but if you want better pictures, size definitely comes into play :) Just in case you are wondering why I forked out on the RX100 instead of buying an entry level DSLR for roughly the same price, it is that I hate carrying stuff around, I hate carrying coins and give all my coins away, I hated carrying textbooks to school so sat next to my friend whereever possible, I hated wearing a watch (the only exception is if I need to use it to time myself eg sprints or resting between workout sets) so portability is always number 1 for me.
I will test out the RX100 soon. I took a few pictures and I can say they are definitely very good. the beauty of rx100 is you do not need to carry a bunch of lens around and out of the box, it takes great pictures. I got my sandisk 95mb/s 64gb card I ordered and will test out the speed too :)
Adobe camera raw needs to be updated to at least 7.1 to support sony rx100 raw images
http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/cameraraw7-3.html
while searching for a dual sim mobile, i found this site which sells the RX100 in Australia with free shipping for $559
http://www.techrific.com.au/product_info.php?osCsid=94c3d9e18160367f42624e7857d6e3b3&products_id=3244&cPath=108#getprice
and if you want the Nokia 808 for the best mobile phone camera ever invented, its $454 here
http://www.techrific.com.au/product_info.php?osCsid=94c3d9e18160367f42624e7857d6e3b3&products_id=3258&cPath=115#getprice
Its like if Nokia put the camera on windows 8 or latest processor, it would sell like hotcakes
but it isnt...
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/review/2197186/nokia-808-pureview-review/page/3
Here are some Sony RX100 useful links (more links in my other post)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDly1wOB0X8&feature=related
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/sony/dsc_rx100-review/page-0,1
This following link has underwater shots taken with the rx100, i think you need to do something to make it waterproof so dont jump into the pool with it ha ha
http://www.uwphotographyguide.com/sony-rx100-review
BTW, don't confuse RX 100 with RX1 as the RX1 is $2,800 i.e. overpriced imo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PahYRjX7kLA
If I was forking out that money, I might as well spend a little more and get the Canon EOS 5d Mark III body for $2,500 from camera paradise
http://cameraparadise.com/Canon-EOS-5D-Mark-III-Body-only-Digital-Camera-1193.html
or the Nikon D800 which apparently takes better pictures than 5dmark III due to 36 megapixels
http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Canon_EOS_5D_Mark_III/verdict.shtml
then buy some quality lens , at least the technology would undoubtedly be much better.
http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/cameras/ef_lens_lineup
Note, the lens on the official sites are priced higher than you would find in the local store. If your local store is charging you the official website price, you are being ripped off! The reason why the website is charging more is because they need to in order for the retailers to make some money, otherwise, everyone would just go to the official site and no one would buy from local store...its all about their distribution channels.
Alternatively, there are a lot of sony cameras that would take better pictures for a lower price than the rx1.
EOS 5d Mark III or Nikon D800 seem to be the good cameras for pro. The D800 has built in flash and apparently has better image quality. Here are reviews
http://www.technobuffalo.com/cameras/photography/canon-eos-5d-mark-iii-review/
http://snapsort.com/compare/Canon-EOS-5D-Mark-III-vs-Nikon-D800
http://www.techradar.com/news/photography-video-capture/cameras/canon-5d-mark-iii-vs-nikon-d800-1082753
The most expensive camera I have seen when I was comparing prices for the rx100 would be
Nikon d3x $8000 but its iso only goes up to 6400 iso (if you use the comparison feature on the nikon website and compare against the D4, it looks like D4 is much better value for money,and the d3x only has 24megapixels + does not do movies?
Canon EOS-1DX which costs $6800
http://www.canon.com.au/For-You/EOS-Digital-SLR-Cameras/EOS-1DX
http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/cameras/slr_cameras
or Nikon D4 $5,999
http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Nikon-Products/Digital-SLR-Cameras/index.page
One thing for sure, the most expensive DSLR are massive beasts if you compare the Pro DSLR with Entry level Dslr
http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Guides/dslr_buying_guide_01.htm
Anyway, since someone always complains I take crap pictures I decided to refresh myself on photography (better than learning how to cook) since I am looking forward to using my Sony Cybershot RX100 to see what quality pictures I can get. Obviously, I am talking more than just point and shoot because anyone can do that :) I am going to focus more on learning how to take good pictures than learning photoshop techniques.
As a beginner to creating professional looking photos, these are some of the things I need to understand:
General Photography
- Aperture
- Shutter speed
- Exposure
- Composition
- HDR
- Using the flash
- Shooting at night
- Depth of field
- f-stop
- Noise
- ISO settings
- Color balance
- Saturation
- Bracketing
- How to choose a lens
- Photographing people eg wedding photoshoots, shooting children etc
- Photographing landscapes and nature
- Photographing objects eg food styling and lighting
- Photographing indoors
- Freeze motion photography
- Macro photography
Photoshop specific:
- Skin smoothing
- Working with raw images
- Color and tonal adjustments
- Gradient masks
- Vignette
Things I am currently not interested in are things like taking black and white photos,
I will try to read all the photography ebooks and online training from Lynda.com, video2brain or Kelbytraining to improve my skills after my exam on my tablet. There are more photography videos and ebooks available that the biggest harddrive can fill and you can spend years reading and re-reading /watching them :) So I guess I am going to be selective and not read every page.
I decided not to go past year 2000 for ebooks and for photoshop just collected cs6 tutorials since no point going back
I will try to post some images when I get the RX100 for you to critique :)
These are the Photoshop CS6 tutorial videos that are available on the internet which I have listed in terms of usefulness to beginners:
Photoshop CS6 Image Optimization Workshop
Year : 2012 Manufacturer : Video2Brain Author : Tim Grey Duration : 2:20 h Type of material handed out : Video Tutorial Language : English Description : The core strength of Photoshop is the way it enables you to improve the quality of your images , whether you're fixing a major problem or making a subtle adjustment. In this workshop Tim Grey explores a wide variety of techniques to help you get the best results when optimizing your images. He begins with basics like cropping, changing brightness and contrast, and correcting color balance, then moves on to more advanced adjustments like Shadows / Highlights, Curves, and dodging and burning. You'll learn how to make targeted adjustments that affect only selected parts of the image and apply creative adjustments that don't so much fix a problem as add a unique touch. And best of all, Tim teaches all these techniques as part of an overall workflow designed to help you work quickly, efficiently, and nondestructively.
Photoshop CS6 Image Cleanup Workshop
Year : 2012 Manufacturer : Video2Brain Author : Tim Grey Duration : 2:10 h Type of material handed out : Video Tutorial Language : English Description : No matter how careful you are when capturing your photographic images, there are going to be issues that you find later - whether it's little spots or blemishes, or bigger problems like color casts or chromatic aberration. In this workshop, Tim Grey shares his techniques for cleaning up your images with Photoshop. After getting an overview of image-cleanup concepts and tools, you'll learn how to remove spots, correct color problems, eliminate noise, fix red eye, and much more. Tim also shares advanced techniques like making gradient adjustments, extending the frame, and using multiple exposures to remove people from an image. After completing this workshop, you'll know how to remove distractions in an image that keep your genius from shining through.
Photoshop CS6 Selections and Layer Masking Workshop
Year : 2012 Manufacturer : Video2Brain Author : Tim Grey Duration : 2:50 h Type of material handed out : Video Tutorial Language : English Description : Once you've learned the basics of Photoshop, you'll probably start looking for ways to exercise really precise control over the adjustments you make to your images. In this unique workshop, Tim Grey takes an in-depth look at working with selections and layer masks to create targeted adjustments. After covering the key concepts behind selections and exploring Photoshop's selection tools, Tim delves into a variety of advanced techniques that will help you make accurate selections, create seamless composite images, and apply adjustments that do exactly what you want them to do. This workshop places a special emphasis on mixing and matching different tools and techniques to unleash the full power of what Photoshop can do for you.
Photoshop CS6 for Photographers
Year : 2012 Manufacturer : Lynda.com Author : Chris Orwig Duration : 12:20 h Type of material handed out : Video Tutorial Language : English Description : In Photoshop CS6 for Photographers, Author, photographer, and teacher Chris Orwig explores from Photoshop the perspective of the photographer. The Course Features and details the techniques Behind Enhancing and Retouching photos, Preparing Them for Print and Online Publishing, and much More. Chris demonstrates How to make Basic Edits in Camera Raw, Develop and Save Color profiles, work with Layers and selections, Tone and sharpen, and Retouch Images while retaining Their Natural Character. Chris Also shares some creative Project Tips and ideas, such as converting a photo to black-and-white and enhancing a portrait with hand-painted masks. Also covers the Course Workflow details, such as Organizing Images in Bridge and Mini Bridge, Optimizing Photoshop preferences, and calibrating your monitor. Topics include: * Getting Started with Bridge and Mini Bridge * Setting up Color Performance and preferences * Calibrating your monitor * Improving Images with the Basic controls in Camera Raw * Creating, aligning, and Organizing Layers * Using Masks for removing or blending and Images for sharpening * Working with vibrancy, Hue, and Saturation controls * Enhancing Tone and Color with Levels and Curves * Using Masks to Enhance Brightness, Color, and Tone * Mastering the Art of blending Modes * Correcting and Replacing Color * Burning and Dodging * Converting to Black and White
Photoshop CS6 Essential Training
Year : 2012 Manufacturer : Lynda.com Author : Julieanne Kost Duration : 10:34 h Type of material handed out : Video Tutorial Language : English Description : In Photoshop CS6 Essential Training, Julieanne Kost demonstrates how to produce high-quality images in a Short amount of time, using a combination of Adobe Photoshop CS6, Bridge, and Camera Raw. Course details The Features and the Photoshop creative options, and efficient Shows Ways to Perform common tasks Editing, Including Noise Reduction, Shadow and Highlight Detail Recovery, retouching, and combining multiple images. Along the way, the Course explores techniques for Nondestructive Editing and compositing using Layers, blending Modes, Layer Masks, and much More.Topics include: * Organizing Images in Bridge * Adding metadata such as Keywords and Copyrights * Editing in Camera Raw in Photoshop Versus * Retouching in Camera Raw Files * Batch processing * Customizing the Photoshop Workspaces * Choosing a file format and Resolution * Cropping, Scaling, rotating and Images * Working with Layers, Including Merging and Flattening Layers * Creating selections and Layer Masks * Toning and changing the Images of Color * Adjusting Shadows and Highlights * Retouching and cloning * Creating panoramas from multiple Images * Adding Filters and sharpening * Working with Blend Modes * Adding type * Working with video in Photoshop CS6
Photoshop CS6 One-on-One: Intermediate
Year : 2012 Manufacturer : Lynda.com Author : Deke McClelland Duration : 9:25 h Type of material handed out : Video Tutorial Language : English Description : In this course, industry pro Deke McClelland teaches you how to build on your basic knowledge and achieve next-level effects in the premiere image-editing program from Adobe, Photoshop CS6. Discover how to seamlessly move and patch areas of a photo with the Content-Aware toolset; stretch the brightness of a scene with automatic and custom Levels adjustments; create intricate designs with text and shapes; and morph an image with layer effects and transformations. Deke also shares his techniques for sharpening details, whether addressing noise and highlight / shadow clipping or camera shake, and converting a full-color image to black-and-white. The Final chapters Show you How to best Print and Save Images for the Web, making sure All your hard work Pays off in the Final output. Topics include: * Performing Automatic Retouch, Scaling, and More with the Content-Aware tools * Editing the histogram * Customizing a Levels Adjustment * Making Channel-by-Channel Levels Adjustments * Sharpening with the Smart Sharpen, Emboss, and High Pass Filters * Working with Vector-based type * Kerning and Tracking characters * Creating text on a path * Drawing and Customizing Shapes * Creating Depth, Contour, and Texture with Layer Effects * Liquifying an Image * Simulating an Infrared Photo * Adjusting Print Position, Size, and Color * Creating the perfect JPEG Image downsampling * for the Web
Photoshop CS6: HDR
Year : 2012 Make : Kelby Training Author : Rafael Concepcion Duration : ~ 1 hour Type of material handed out : Video Tutorial Language : English Description : Photoshop is the program that some have come to know for finishing HDR Images but, more often than not, it's overlooked as the source of producing great HDR files. RC Concepcion shows you how to create the most compelling HDRs by going through the entire process, start-to-finish, using only Photoshop.
Optimal Output with Photoshop CS6
Year : 2012 Manufacturer : Video2Brain Author : Tim Grey Duration : 2 hours Type of material handed out : Video Tutorial Language : English Description : In this advanced workshop Tim Grey delves into some of the finer points of creating top-quality output of your digital images. You'll get an introduction to color management, which is absolutely crucial to maintaining consistent colors throughout your workflow. Tim takes an in-depth look at the topic of sharpening - when and how to do it, as well as when not to - and covers some advanced sharpening techniques. He also offers tips for printing your photos, exploring both the relevant settings in Photoshop and those you're likely to find in your printer driver. Finally, he discusses troubleshooting suboptimal output - ie, when something goes wrong, figuring out what happened and how to fix it. If you spend a lot of time optimizing your images, this workshop will help you make sure all that effort is reflected in the quality of your output.
Photoshop CS6 One-on-One: Fundamentals
Year : 2012 Manufacturer : Lynda.com Author : Deke McClelland Duration : 6:39 h Type of material handed out : Video Tutorial Language : English Description : Photoshop CS6 One-on-One: Fundamentals is a concise and focused introduction to the key features in Photoshop, presented by long-time lynda.com author and Adobe veteran Deke McClelland. This course covers the image editing process from the very beginning and progresses through the concepts and techniques that every photographer or graphic designer should know. Deke explains digital imaging fundamentals, such as resolution vs. size and the effects of downsampling. He explains how to use layers to edit an image nondestructively and organize those edits in an easy-to-read way, and introduces techniques such as cropping, adjusting brightness and contrast, correcting and changing color, and retouching and healing images. These lessons distill the VAST assortment of tools and options to a refined set of skills That Will Get you working Inside Photoshop with Confidence. Topics include: * Opening an Image from Photoshop, Bridge, or Camera RawNavigating *, zooming, panning, and rotating the Canvas * Adding, deleting, and Merging Layers * Saving your progress and Understanding file formats * Cropping and Straightening * Adjusting Brightness and Contrast * Identifying and Correcting a Color Cast * Making selections and Editing * Enhancing Portraits by Retouching skin, Teeth, and eyes
Photoshop CS6: Automations
Adobe Photoshop CS6: Learn by Video
Master the Fundamentals
Year : 2012 Manufacturer : Video2Brain Author : Kelly McCathran Duration : ~ 16 hours Type of material handed out : Video Tutorial Language : English Description : What can you do with Adobe Photoshop CS6? Not just everything Photoshop is famous for, like editing and optimizing images, but lots of new things like video editing and creating 3D text and objects. In this Learn by Video course (created in partnership with our friends at Peachpit Press), Adobe Certified Expert Kelly McCathran covers every aspect of working in Photoshop CS6, from basic concepts to advanced techniques. You also get lots of hands-on exercises and projects to help you learn to get the most from Photoshop's myriad tools and effects. Wonderful video course from Video2brain. System Requirements: OS: Windows XP / Vista / 7 or Mac OS X 1.10 CPU: Pentium 4 2.6 GHz, or G5 VIDEO: The minimum screen resolution of 1024x768 RAM: 512 Mb SOUND: Sound card, speakers or headphones Installation: 1. Downloaded and run the start.exe
Photoshop CS6 One-on-One: Advanced
Год выпуска: 2012
Производитель: Lynda.com
Автор: Deke McClelland
Продолжительность: 11:08 ч
Тип раздаваемого материала: Видеоурок
Язык: Английский
Описание: JThe third part of the popular and comprehensive series Photoshop CS6 One-on-One follows industry pro Deke McClelland as he plunges into the inner workings of Adobe Photoshop. He shows how to adjust your color, interface, and performance settings to get the best out of your images and the most out of Photoshop, and explores the power of Smart Objects, Shadows/Highlights, and Curves for making subtle, nondestructive adjustments. The course dives into Camera Raw to experiment with the editing toolset there, and returns to Photoshop to discuss toning, blur, and blend modes. Deke also teaches tried-and-true methods for sharpening details and reducing noise, as well as creating quick and accurate selections with Quick Mask, Color Range, and Refine Edge commands.
Topics include:
- Adjusting the color settings in Photoshop
- Placing and blending Smart Objects in a scene
- Transforming and warping vector objects
- Correcting for lens distortion
- Mitigating halos and enhancing contrast with Shadows/Highlights
- Adding and editing points on a curve
- Editing multiple images in Camera Raw
- Creating a pro-quality sepia tone or quadtone
- Colorizing with blend modes and opacity
- Reducing and smoothing over noise
- Creating depth-of-field effects with blur
- Selecting with Color Range and Quick Mask
- Perfecting a mask with Refine Edge
- Drawing paths with the Pen tool
- Converting path outlines to vector masks
Adobe Photoshop CS6 Intensive
Year : 2012 Make : creativeLIVE Author : Lesa Snider Duration : ~ 18 hours Type of material handed out : Video Tutorial Language : English Description : Lesa Snider returns to creativeLIVE for an intensive look at the newly released Adobe Photoshop CS6. Whether you've already upgraded or are still deciding, you'll learn practical yet non-destructive editing techniques you can use every day. This 3-day course is a perfect companion to Lesa's previous CS5 class on creativeLIVE. Lesa will go further in-depth into advanced filters such as Puppet Warp, Liquify, and Lighting Effects, which all take advantage of the new processing power of CS6. Lesa will spend a full day covering Photoshop's brand new video features.
Automations
Year : 2012 Make : Kelby Training Author : Rafael Concepcion Duration : 1:21 h Type of material handed out : Video Tutorial Language : English Description : Learn how to automate common processes in Adobe Photoshop from creating actions and batch processing, to creating Droplets. This class will teach you how to use your time more efficiently and leverage some of the new features of Photoshop CS6.
Photoshop CS6 New Features: Brushes
Year : 2012 Manufacturer : Lynda.com Author : John Derry Time : 1:42 h Type of material handed out : Video Tutorial Language : English Description : Join John Derry, one of the world's top experts in natural-media digital painting, as he teaches how to quickly get up to speed painting with the new brush enhancements and capabilities in Adobe Photoshop CS6, such as the Mixer Brush tool presets. These features expand the ability of Photoshop to mimic the real world with new erodible tips and airbrushes. The lessons cover adding textures to brushes, working with erodible dry media, and introduces particulate airbrushes and the Brush Projection feature. This Course Serves as a Concise Guide to What's new in Photoshop CS6 for digital painting. This Course was Created and Produced by John Derry. We are honored to host HIS tutorials in the lynda.com Library. Topics include: * Setting up the painting workspace * Getting acquainted with Tip brush types * Understanding brush behaviors * Loading your brush with colors * Managing the tool presets * Drawing with pencils
These following ones are general ones which imo are not as useful but if you have loads of time, might be useful just to know what you can do with CS6 because personally, I am not going to do half of the stuff mentioned, but you might, so I include here for your consideration:
Getting Started with Photoshop CS6
Learn the World's Number One Image Editing Software
Release date : 2012.05.15 Manufacturer : Video2Brain Page Course Author : Chad Perkins Duration : 3h 45m Type of material handed out : Video Tutorial Language : ENG Description : Photoshop is More than just an Image Editing application - it is a foundational staple in all the visual arts, from print design, to photography, to web design, to motion graphics and 3D graphics. In this course, award-winning video trainer and Adobe Certified Instructor Chad Perkins will show you the basics of Photoshop. You'll learn about the components of visual images, making selections, color correcting, fixing images, outputting images, and much more. This course uses Photoshop CS6, but the information presented is applicable to all versions of the application.
Photoshop CS6 for Photographers New Features
Year : 2012 Manufacturer : Lynda.com Author : Chris Orwig Duration : 3:12 h Type of material handed out : Video Tutorial Language : English Description : This course explores the newest version of Adobe Photoshop from a photographer's perspective-helping users of previous Photoshop versions make upgrade decisions and get up to speed with CS6. Author Chris Orwig covers the improvements to Camera Raw, from the expanded exposure controls to the upgraded Adjustment Brush and Lens Correction tools, as well as the many enhancements to Photoshop. He covers the new Layers panel behavior, which makes renaming and organizing layers almost effortless; new image adjustment techniques, such as on-the-fly Liquify adjustments, content-aware retouching, photorealistic blur effects, configurable light sources, and redefined nondestructive cropping; plus the brand-new ability to edit video in Photoshop.This Course Promises to Get Photographers excited-and informed-About What's in store for Them in Photoshop CS6. Topics include: * Getting familiar with the new interface * Exploring improvements to Bridge and Mini Bridge * Recovering Highlights and Improving Exposure with Camera Raw * Making precise raw Adjustments with the Point Tone Curve * Grouping, filtering, and Finding Layers * Correcting distortion with Adaptive Wide Angle controls * Working with the new Content-Aware tools * Making Better selections * Performing perspective cropping * Getting Started with video in Photoshop * Making picture-perfect prints with the Print dialog
Photoshop CS6: Bridge
Year : 2012 Make : Kelby Training Author : Rafael Concepcion Duration : 1 hour Type of material handed out : Video Tutorial Language : English Description : Bridge CS6 is a powerful program that's installed alongside many Adobe Creative Suite programs. This program serves as the file monitor and home base for many different types of programs. RC Concepcion goes over how easy it is to find, open, and organize yourself in Bridge CS6.
Photoshop CS6 for Photographers: Camera Raw 7
Year : 2012 Manufacturer : Lynda.com Author : Chris Orwig Duration : 6:16 h Type of material handed out : Video Tutorial Language : English Description : This course provides in-depth training on Camera Raw 7, the Photoshop CS6 component that enables photographers to open and manipulate raw format images. Raw images are minimally processed in the camera; they're effectively the exact data recorded by the camera's sensor. Author Chris Orwig shows you how to control a raw image's appearance-exposure, shadow and highlight detail, color balance, and sharpness-with far more precision than is possible with JPEG images. Also the Course Introduces the new Workflow Procedures and Technical concepts and issues Associated with raw content, SO CAN That Photographers best leverage this Powerful format. Topics include: * Comparing the raw, JPG, and TIFF formats * Saving or Converting to the DNG format * Enhancing Color and Tone * Cropping and composing * Sharpening and Noise Reduction * Using the Camera Raw histogram * Batch Editing * Correcting for under-and overexposure * Retouching blemishes * Making lens Corrections * Calibrating your Camera * Speeding up your Workflow with Actions
Photoshop CS6: Design Features
Year : 2012 Make : Kelby Training Author : Pete Collins Duration : 46 min Type of material handed out : Video Tutorial Language : English Description : Photoshop CS6 has loads of new design features from the way it handles type to new vector layers. Understanding all of the various functions geared towards the designer will allow you to become more creative and effective. In this class, Pete Collins, co-host of PhotoshopUserTV, will provide in depth tips and tricks on all of the ways CS6 can make your life much easier.
Photoshop CS6: Video
Year : 2012 Make : Kelby Training Author : Rafael Concepcion Duration : 1:34 h Type of material handed out : Video Tutorial Language : English Description : Photographers have recently started experimenting with creating video on their DSLR cameras. The only problem with this has been that no one really wants to go out and learn another program to edit and produce this video. Now, in Photoshop CS6 you have the power to make a compelling video with images using a familiar tool. RC Concepcion will take you through, step by step to create an appealing video, right inside of Photoshop.
Editing Video in Photoshop CS6
Year : 2012 Manufacturer : lynda.com Website : http://www.lynda.com/ Author : Richard Harrington Duration : 1:55:00 Type of material handed out : Video Tutorial Language : English Description : With the release of Photoshop CS6, Adobe introduced the ability to edit video footage. Author Rich Harrington guides you through this brand-new workflow, from building a sequence to working with audio and exporting your video in a variety of high-quality formats. The course also covers how Photoshop's strongest feature, its image enhancement toolset, translates to video, from fixing under-or overexposed footage, performing color balancing, and adding vibrance and contrast to special effects, such as converting to black and white and using Smart Filters to soften skin.
I have no interest in 3D so I won't mention any of that crap here. You can find all the above on most websites as well as a tonne of ebooks covering everything CS6. Youtube is another useful source of excellent video tutorials if you dont want to waste time downloading gigabytes of video tutorial crap.
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And here are some useful photography ebooks:
http://www.rlslog.net/the-best-of-photographic-lighting-techniques-and-images-for-digital-photographers-p2p
http://www.rlslog.net/photoshop-creative-uk-issue-94-2012-p2p
http://www.rlslog.net/practical-photoshop-uk-december-2012-p2p
http://www.rlslog.net/photoshop-user-december-2012-p2p/
Fun ebooks
http://www.rlslog.net/digital-photography-enthusiast-magazine-issue-25-p2p
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How can I capture an mp3 file from a youtube video?
http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090419055127AA51i7n
(I chose their preferred answer it saves the audio and you just download it)
or if you are on those websites other than youtube and they have the music in the background you want to record
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
or use the portable version here
follow these instructions:
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001137.htm
ps if you want to save youtube video to harddrive, use www.keepvid.com and accept their applet.
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IMO all the cloud crap should not be trusted. Just got an email from ASUS webstorage
Discontinuation of two WebStorage Suite functions
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Calendar and BookmarkSyncer of WebStorage Suite will be discontinued on November 19th
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Thats right, the Asus f@#kers only give you 2 days notice. I am not paranoid as the reality is I probably have been around longer than you have and seen it all. If you look back at the free web page providers at around the time when Hotmail was invented years ago, most of the free webpage hosting providers dropped like dead flies. some were idiots because they provided too much webstorage so most of us would use it for filesharing since at that time p2p like napster and the free file hosting websites had not even existed so it was using the free webpage hostings to split up the 30mb file to multiple 5 mb files using ancient file splitters like hjsplit and they could not afford the bandwidth as bandwidth was really expensive back then. Anyway, the moral of the story is that the evil free filehosting providers get attacked by the corrupt governments and get taken down so you cannot rely on them for personal online storage. Then you have the greedy corporations which is the current topic under discussion, that offer cloud storage for free when you buy a notebook, smartphone etc, it is all gimmicks as they can take it away from you at any time so if you thought you could save $$$ from buying a larger hard drive, you better think twice.
Google spreadsheets for example can change the format of their proprietary spreadsheets which will render spreadsheets useless and incompatible with excel. Admittedly, they have introduced some really kewl and simple formulae which microsoft excel is behind the ball. So when you buy a smartphone, tablet or notebook, all those freebies and addons they use to try to sell, ignore it all :) Big corporations are using the cloud as the next big thing because they can get other companies to use it and then charge fees or threaten discontinuation of the service so the companies are stuck. Cloud computing in a business sense is just as useless as the American outsourcing concept. Every company I have worked for has not saved money in their outsourcing but actually increased their costs when comparing to when they had IT staff employed directly. American management is flawed as I have done an MBA and studied it in great detail. Their continued focus on cutting headcount is ridiculous. (to reduced fixed costs/overheads as variable costs improves certain performance ratios and hence company valuations and stockprices)
Then we have the Australian idiots in management who follow the American models. An example is our stupid retailers such as Myer and David Jones (ASX code MYR and DJS respectively) They followed the Asian model of renting out floor space to the suppliers to have revenue during a downturn, and got suppliers to put their own staff to sell perfumes and other crap and obviously service goes down the drain as these floor staff are only there to sell their own product and know nothing else eg where the toilet is on the floor above them. Now MYR has spent millions over the last year or so to improve customer service because everyone is now buying online instead of in-store and for bricks and mortar stores to differentiate themselves from online ie allure people to buy from their physical stores, they can only do so buy offering good service.
Initially, these clowns lobbied our government to lower the GST exemption threshold - still currently $1000 under which there is no GST levied (which the Australian Government is still looking at as the Australian Government is just as useless as the American Government) then they decided to join the online e-tailers and set up shop in Hong Kong and tries to compete with the likes of shoppingsquare.com.au but they entered too late so only idiots would buy from Myr's online website at their inflated prices. It is bad enough that to buy from overseas the Australian Government slaps of a bunch of import duties and crap on top of the GST'able value which includes the shipping cost on expensive items.
Ok enough of work bullS#$t... back to studying for final exam for me :) The moral of this is that you cannot trust the evil corporations that most of us work for. They are in it to make a profit at any cost and will chop off your legs without a blink of an eye.
Talking about m$ they really should focus on improving the excel formulae and functions rather than tinkering with aesthetics as I find each version is getting worse. 2007 excel is the only version you need as the shortcut hotkey commands in all subsequent versions are an abortion and no longer shortcuts as you have to use multiple keys to do what a simple combo in excel 2007 could do..
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Here is my little movie review:
Looper.2012.DVDRIP.XVID.AC3-MAJESTiC stars bruce willis and is one of the better movies of 2012. It is mainly about time travel a la terminator 2 style, has a bit of superpowers and about going back to change the past. The ending is interesting and unexpected with a bit of a twist and the storyline is quite nicely thought out plot, yes simple enough for non sci-fi buffs to understand. Despite the name of the movie, it is quite entertaining. motherFu#ker is a word you will be thinking of when you finish watching. I used vlc player to play Looper.
Not.Suitable.for.Children.2012.DVDRip.Xvid.AC3.Legend-Rg is an Australian film with an interesting plot, a young guy who is a party animal suddenly finds he has testicle cancer and then has to have kids asap (within a week) and tries to find a woman to have an "arrangement" to have a baby as he cannot freeze his sperm, his female housemate has the hots for him and wants a baby so it gets complicated. Worth watching if you are my age and like Australian films.
The.Dark.Knight.Rises.2012.480p.BluRay.x264-mSD (859mb) is a great Batman movie. Its 2 hours and 44minutes long so great value for money. I have always had an affinity for Batman because I watched my first Batman about a decade and a half ago with my cousin when we were little in Canada at the movies. Anyway, thankfully there is no Joker (imo he makes the movies cheesy) and the plot is nice and simple and has a few twists in it to keep you guessing till the end. Catwoman is ok but nowhere near as good as Nicole Kidman used to be in one of the earlier Batman movies. Nicole Kidman is in a class of her own when it comes to actresses. The batmobile has been replaced by sports cars and some SUV hybrids and a bike with fat tyres and theres a weird looking flying device. The fight scenes were comical and in today's world where everyone watches mma or does martial arts, is totally out of touch with real fighting. When will the movie industry learn? It is a great movie to watch and as always has a decent soundtrack to go with it.
ps Superman VS Spiderman XXX DVDRip x264-STARLETS released the other day is obviously adult in nature but if you are into that sort of dressing up thing, might suit you :)
Champion.Road.Arena.2010.DVDRip.XviD-iGNiTiON has what is more realistic fighting scenes (but the movie sucked)
Savages.2012.UNRATED.DVDRip.XviD-AN0NYM0US is a great movie by Oliver Stone featuring Selma Hayek, john Travolta, blake lively etc about kidnapping, drugs and some beautiful scenery.
UFC 154 George St Pierre vs Carlos Condit - one of the best UFC fights I have seen :)
007.Skyfall.2012.720p.HDTS.NEW.XviD-RESiSTANCE is very good quality, in fact the best quality I have ever seen for a TS, I wonder what camera was used. The movie itself is what you would expect ie action packed with car chases... ps I chose to watch the 3gb version but I saw there was a smaller version available.
Lan.Kwai.Fong.2.2012.720p.Bluray.x264-mSD (English hardcoded subs) is one of the few Hong Kong Cantonese movies I have seen in 2012 as most productions are now joint China ones. Its a silly funny romantic movie. Quite enjoyable if you are into that sort of thing.
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Youtube stuff:
Here is how to do a handstand (try doing it against a wall first) - its all in the hand :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vo7Ac3sz0w&feature=watch-vrec
Funny music video with over a mil of hits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txQamBi0hLk
As I am still in the market for a new mobile and I want a dual sim phone....
this quad sim one looks interesting, if the brandname phone makers can adopt this technology...well at least dual sim as a default feature would be great but if you need more, this "Chinese looking" phone might be the phone 4 u
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdQRvtH9zFQ
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My search for my next mobile phone continued:
Now that I do not need a good camera, dual sim is what I am looking for as
my work is tighta$$ and can only be used for calls ie no data.
If you are not needing 3g and just want to make calls
Nokia 110 which you can buy in-store at dick smith for $59 is nice and pretty and I am going to buy one on Monday as my own xmas present and see if they will match online price, lowest I found was $48 ha ha)
http://dicksmith.com.au/product/EM5116/nokia-110-unlocked-mobile $59
reviews say positive is that battery life is outstanding, very light and slim so fits better in pocket, price is so cheap and buttons are nice and soft for sms, has a basic camera
negative is no usb cable so need to use bluetooth to connect to PC or Nokiasuite but for me this phone will be used for calls + SMS only and to backup the contacts, Ill probably just stick the sim into my old n95 8gb (which is still selling for over $300 lol) to connect via usb. others kept complaining about not having torch/flashlight lol also some said nokia dual sim not so good as samsung and that nokia had network issues. at this price point i guess you can tolerate that. besides if you get 2, you can use tpg mobile or the same carrier and then its free to talk so you save $$$ that way while having the other sim card for other purposes so you can have the best coverage :)
http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_110-reviews-4755p2.php
I did a comparison with the ancient nokia 3310 and the 110 is 2/3 the weight of a 3310 so it is quite light (the way I like it) obviously, the 3310 was built like a brick and you could drop it and it wouldnt break, but I would not expect the same from the 110 lol
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=4755&idPhone2=192
Other phones I had considered, but not appealing to me:
Galaxy s duos is a smartphone but too expensive $375
http://www.allphones.com.au/postpaid/optus/samsung-galaxy-s-duos.asp
Galaxy Y duos android smartphone looked interesting until I read the comments
http://www.techrific.com.au/product_info.php?osCsid=94c3d9e18160367f42624e7857d6e3b3&products_id=3776&cPath=114#getprice
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_y_duos_s6102-reviews-4385.php
Nokia asha 200 cheap and nasty ($85 but its too fat for me)
http://www.allphones.com.au/nokia/asha-200.asp
Asha 305 cheap and nasty
http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Nokia-Asha-305-Review_id3102
Nokia c2-03 fugly but for $95 looks ok
http://www.allphones.com.au/nokia/c2-03.asp
Here you can see there is no camera on Nokia
X1-01
http://www.iibuy.com.au/nokia-x101-dual-sim-gsm-mobile-phone-red_p10187.html
More dual sim mobile choices
http://www.mobileciti.com.au/mobile-phones/dualsim-mobile-phones
http://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?sQuickSearch=yes&sName=dual+sim
Nokia x7 also looks ok for a dual sim
http://www.myshopping.com.au/PR--390887_Nokia_X7_Mobile_Phone?Find=&Sort=PS
Australia coverage by dual sim
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1908447
http://reviews.ebay.com.au/All-about-dual-sim-phones?ugid=10000000025056937
This one is the cheapest at $34 but has much shorter battery life than the nokia 110 (so I would go for pretty and $25 more unless you are drug dealer ie use once and throw away lol )
http://dicksmith.com.au/product/E7438/nokia-c2-00-dual-sim-unlocked-mobile
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2011/01/ask-lifehacker-how-do-i-get-good-sim-data-deals-overseas/
http://shop.auspost.com.au/travelsim/sku/TSIM
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but then i was thinking i carry too much shit in my pocket so if I got an ASUS padfone 2, that would help relieve myself....but for the price, I might as well get an iphone 5 :p
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/asus-padfone-2-1104089/review
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/asus-padfone-2-what-you-need-to-know-1104766
http://reviews.cnet.com/cell-phones/asus-padfone-2/4505-6454_7-35492212.html
http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/25/asus-padfone-2-review/
Price comparison
http://www.myshopping.com.au/PR--421541_Asus_Padfone_Mobile_Phone?Find=asus%20padfone%202
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but then I still always wanted a nokia n8 but prices still sky high
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=3252&idPhone2=3398
and n8 still ranks highly with latest smartphone cameras:
http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Nokia-808-PureView-camera-comparison_id3071/page/4
I also considered a lumia 800 (cheaper than 900)
http://www.popsci.com.au/gadgets/smartphones/nokia-lumia-900-review-bigger-is-not-always-better
after reading this
http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos-news/Photos-Technology/10bestcameraphones/Article4-818268.aspx
and
http://www.t3.com/features/best-camera-phones-to-buy/no-nokia-lumia-800-drive-624-jpg
prices for lumia 800 are now generally less than $200 AUD
http://www.shopbot.com.au/m/?m=nokia+lumia+800
but I decided against it because no front facing camera
here is comparison of lumia 800 against the latest nokia lumia 920
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=4240&idPhone2=4967
The problem is the cheapest sites for the phones above have high shipping prices eg cheapest sites source from Hong Kong which charge almost 80 AUD for shipping so f@#k that s#$t. Getting a Nokia 110 instead ha ha
so it works out if you want a good deal, shoppingsquare.com.au is still the best bet for
samsung galaxy sIII 16gb when including shipping total cost is about 500 aud (if it is an xmas present, u better order now ha ha). For a camera phone, it is pretty good.
http://www.shoppingsquare.com.au/product.php?id=402431
I actually bought 2 (not for me but as xmas gifts) why pay double for iphone 5 when you can get mostly the same functionality for a top selling phone, so I can make 2 people happy for the price of one :)
Everything about Galaxy sIII is better and it has more flexibility than iphone 5 in all areas eg you can stick memory cards into Galaxy, Galaxy has superior battery life compared with iphone 5
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=4238&idPhone2=4910
The other thing is galaxy sIII has the update to get to jellybean
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_iii_jelly_bean-review-823.php
This review basically says go for iphone 5 only if you have small hands ha ha
http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/iphone-5-vs-samsung-galaxy-s3
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/20-best-mobile-phones-in-the-world-today-645440/21#articleContent
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As to my own new mobile phone, I settled for A
sony xperia x10 mini pro for total cost inclusive of shipping of 150 AUD. It has a nice slide out keyboard and weights exactly the same as my n95 ie 120grams.
I am terrible at sms texting so the keyboard will provide the benefit for the price. From my research all the dual sim phones sucked, so with this one, at least i have the keyboard benefit and its small form factor ie fits nicely in pocket. There is no way i would want to carry a samsung galaxy sIII in my work pants pocket. I can only imagine how uncomfortable it would be.
http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_xperia_x10_mini_pro-review-491p2.php
I did consider
MOTOROLA DEFY MINI XT320
from here for $179 AUD
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NEW-UNLOCKED-MOTOROLA-DEFY-MINI-XT320-WATER-RESISTANT-DUST-PROOF-3G-WIFI-GPS-/320916680622?pt=AU_Mobile_Phones&hash=item4ab81fefae&_uhb=1#ht_9444wt_1691
but they do not post ie you have to go to lakemba in NSW to pickup
It is smaller and lighter than the nokia n8 (which I am still trying to get a 2nd hand one as my ebay project ie I bid up to a certain point and give up if i don't get it as i am sure one day someone will have one for the price i pay)
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=3252&idPhone2=4375
I did also consider the no name chinese dual sim android phones. I might get one for fun to see if they last longer than the last chinese no name I tried next year :)
http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/sis.html?_kw=Unlocked+X26i+Android+4.0+Smartphone+Dual+SIM+3G+5MP+AF+Camera+Mobile+GPS&_fis=2&_id=170947816922
There was a
LG KS360 looked like the sony ericsson xperia x10 mini pro i got but it is older and looks like it is for kids, but on ebay only $99 inclusive of shipping.
Brand New LG Optimus L2 E405 for about $100
http://www.myshopping.com.au/PR--433492_LG_Optimus_L2_E405_Mobile_Phone
If LG did not have such a bad reputation (based on my internet research) for its dual sim phones, I would have got that one, also i could not find a website with its weight and gsm arena did not have it so i had went by my instincts lol
for $125 AUD you can get a nice waterproof phone here
http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/superluxuryphoneshop2010/m.html?_uhb=1&hash=item337d3a4c2b&item=221144304683&pt=AU_Mobile_Phones&rt=nc&_trksid=p4340.l2562
i might get one to go swimming with my son hee hee nothing worse than having to leave phone somewhere at the beach, if water doesnt kill it, the sand will so best thing to keep it in your pocket.
I have decided to choose the TPG $1 plan ($41 first month being $20 deposit and $20 for the SIM card and $1 for the month) since I do not have any friends and I use my work phone. I plan to transfer all my personal stuff to my TPG number over time.
http://www.tpg.com.au/mobile/pay-as-you-go
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Was watching a really kewl krav maga self defense video. Makes me want to sign up for class
http://www.kmdi.com.au/category/locations/ is sydney locations for classes :)
When my son is old enough ill go with him. in the meantime, I will teach him to eye gouge and get him learning gymnastics so he can develop balance and explosive strength ha ha
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07/12/2012 Ok I was thinking of buying myself a xmas present. Compared iphone 5 64gb vs ASUS padfone 2 via ebay and chose the padfone2 because both are biga$$ phones and I already got a small phone. The features on the padfone 2 tablet+ phone are better than iphone 5 imo and for the same price as an iphone 5 about $1000 AUD. Together they have much superior battery life and talk time etc than iphone 5 and when docked, lighter than ipad ha ha Can't wait to get it.
http://padfoneasus.com/
the following comparison is of the padfone 2 standalone without dock compard to iphone 5
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=4910&idPhone2=5017
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I finally won a bid for a nokia n8 (the one I won last week did not go thru cos the noob didnt even have a paypal account and couldnt receive money). HOpefully, I will get it before xmas. I got this one for $143 inclusive of shipping. Hopefully, it will be working and no scratches etc and is unlocked. I requested they unlock it 20 minutes before the auction was over and they promised to unlock. Even if they did not, it wouldn't really be a problem since TPG uses optus but in case I dont use TPG later on, better safe than sorry since I wouldnt be able to unlock it unless I had the seller's personal details.
kim dotcom is launching a new mega site in Jan lol
he has more luxury cars than I have mobile phones
http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/us/2012/01/21/inside-lavish-life-megauploads-founder-dotcom/?intcmp=related#slide=1
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I found I have too much old crap so I decided to digitalise my entire cd collection (which I own) so I found the perfect tool - Exact Audio Copy (EAC) and the portable version works just fine. I back up as wav format. Then I throw away my cds :) Its a shame because I had a lot of collectors versions of stuff like iron maiden. Selling on ebay not worth the effort.
EAC portable (rapidgator):
http://portableappz.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/exact-audio-copy-10-beta-3-multilingual.html
if you like it here is the official site where you can thank the author for making your life easier :)
http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/en/index.php/resources/whats-new/whats-new/
Its amazing how technology has improved. I found my old sony dvd handycam from years ago where i invested heaps of money on spare batteries and re-writable blank dvds. For the price I paid then, today I can get an iphone 5 64gb which can do everything better than that old sony dvd handycam. The only good use I ever put to it was to film a wedding lol. Even my Sony RX 100 does a better job than that sony dvd handycam. No one would even buy it if I put it on ebay lol.
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Alex.Cross.2012.BDRip.X264.AAC.MATA interesting "thriller" movie
Extracted.2012.BRRIP.XVID-AC3-PULSAR is a slow but interesting movie due to its concept... remember that old movie from 80s called flatliners with kevin bacon, this one is sorta like that
The.Firm.S01.DVDRip.XviD-REWARD is the best legal drama I have seen for some time, remember boston legal (plan B), its better than that :)
